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B’nai Brith Commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Cliquez ici pour le français Jan. 27, 2023 Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. B’nai Brith Canada solemnly remembers the millions murdered in the Holocaust and reaffirms its commitment to combat antisemitism and hate, advocate on behalf of the marginalized and promote freedom and human rights. The Holocaust, unparalleled in its scope and depravity, resulted …

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Jamaican Organizations and B’nai Brith to Work Together to Highlight Little-Known Chapter of the Holocaust

Cliquez ici pour le français Oct. 13, 2022 TORONTO – A number of Jamaican organizations have made an agreement with B’nai Brith Canada to publicize a little-known chapter of Jewish history in Jamaica. The Jamaican Canadian Association, the Jamaica Association of Montreal, the Jamaican Cultural Association of Nova Scotia, and the Jamaican Canadian Association of Alberta and B’nai Brith Canada …

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B’nai Brith Calling on Canadian Judges to have Proper Training about Holocaust

Cliquez ici pour le français July 11, 2022 MONTREAL – B’nai Brith Canada is calling on Federal Justice Minister David Lametti and his provincial counterparts to ensure Canadian judges are thoroughly knowledgeable of important Holocaust details. B’nai Brith’s call follows a trial in Montreal last Friday of Gabriel Sohier Chaput for willful promotion of hate. …

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Booklet of Holocaust Victim’s Letters Profiled by the Nizkor Project

Cliquez ici pour le français June 30, 2022 OTTAWA – The Nizkor Project – a website dedicated to countering Holocaust denial – is proud to highlight Hilda Dajč , a Holocaust victim whose letters describing the horrors of the concentration camp were turned into a celebrated comic. A wrenching account of the misery and deprivation inflicted on Serbian …

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LSO Holocaust Remembrance Event

Join the Law Society, along with B’nai Brith and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA)  for our upcoming Yom HaShoah program, where we’ll explore and come to terms with the intellectual and historical antecedents to Nazism and the lessons to be drawn related to integrity, our professional obligations and the preservation of our …

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