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Holocaust-denying Professor Back in Classroom Thanks to Government of Alberta

Nov. 23, 2017 LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – B’nai Brith Canada is outraged that Professor Anthony Hall has returned to work at the University of Lethbridge, after he was suspended for promoting antisemitism in October of 2016. Hall’s return was facilitated by Alberta Premier Rachel Notley’s NDP Government, which passed two bills in mid-2017 that strengthened the position of Hall’s faculty association. In […]

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Someone Had to Die for The Daily Stormer to be Removed

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The opinions, facts and any media content presented do not necessarily reflect the position of B’nai Brith Canada. August 22, 2017 The eyes of the world have been on Charlottesville, Virginia since the recent white nationalist rallies broke out and turned violent, culminating in 19 injuries and the death of 32-year-old Heather Heyer, who had

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Tech Giants Must Go Further to Combat Online Terrorism

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July 12, 2017 Technology giants Facebook, Microsoft, Youtube, and Twitter have launched a joint effort to curb terrorist recruitment and extremism on their platforms. The Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, announced June 26, is an encouraging attempt to collaborate on existing efforts to remove content promoting violence, terrorism and discrimination from the Internet. Although this

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SIGN OUR PETITION: Keep Holocaust Denier Kevin Barrett Out of Canada

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June 20, 2017 By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Kevin Barrett, a notorious Holocaust denier from the United States, has accepted an invitation to address the Toronto al-Quds Day rally on June 24 at Queen’s Park, B’nai Brith Canada has learned. In a bid to protect Canada from foreign hate mongers, B’nai

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B’nai Brith Partners with Law Society of Upper Canada for First-Rate Holocaust Remembrance Event

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April 26, 2017 By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada joined the Law Society of Upper Canada in presenting its annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Program Tuesday night at Osgoode Hall in Toronto. This year’s theme was Holocaust denial and the efficacy of Canada’s hate speech regulations. It was a first-rate event. Opening remarks were delivered by Julian Falconer, a bencher

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Holocaust Denial Posters Blanket University of Calgary

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By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Feb. 22, 2017 Students at the University of Calgary arrived on campus last week to find posters promoting Holocaust denial taped to windows and doors. The posters, dispersed at U of C last Monday, highlighted a recent scholarly debate over the number of non-Jewish victims of Nazi atrocities,

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Rogers TV Drops Arabic-Language Show Following Complaint of Antisemitism

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By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Rogers TV, which runs community programming throughout Canada, has pulled the plug on an Arabic-language show called AskMirna after B’nai Brith Canada drew its attention to antisemitic messages promoted in the program. AskMirna, which describes itself as “presenting an accurate, positive, inspiring and entertaining image of the

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Ryerson Students Walk Out on Holocaust Education Motion

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By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada A motion to commemorate Holocaust Education Week failed at the semi-annual General Meeting of the Ryerson Student Union (RSU) on Tuesday night, after students opposed to the motion staged a walk-out that caused the meeting to lose quorum. The motion in question, submitted by a member

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Global News Interviews B’nai Brith on German Police Investigation of Holocaust Denier Alfred Schaefer

Advocacy, In the media /

Global Toronto’s Christina Stevens spoke to Amanda Hohmann, National Director of B’nai Brith Canada’s League for Human Rights, on the German police investigation of Canadian Alfred Schaefer. Schaefer had computer and notes seized by German police. This was prompted after B’nai Brith Canada received a call on its anti-hate hotline about his holocaust denial videos. Alfred

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