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B’nai Brith Urges Poland to Reconsider Controversial Holocaust Bill

Jan. 29, 2018 By Daniel Koren Media Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is strongly urging the Government of Poland to reconsider adopting proposed legislation that would outlaw blaming the country for any crimes committed during the Holocaust. The legislation, passed as a bill on the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, suggests […]

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Holocaust Survivor Emphasizes Faith and Love at Toronto High School

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Jan. 15, 2018 By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – It’s a simple message: No matter how bleak or even inhumane your surroundings are, one must have faith in the existence and presence of good people and love will overcome. This was the message of Holocaust survivor Faigie Schmidt Libman, who spoke to a Grade

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B’nai Brith Canada Launches Free Holocaust Education Program for High Schools

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Jan. 12, 2018 By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada Building on its history as a Holocaust education leader, B’nai Brith Canada has launched a free Holocaust education program, connecting survivors with high-school students across Canada. Recently, survivor Irene Kurtz spoke to more than 300 students and faculty members at Middlefield Collegiate Institute in Markham, Ont. The

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Canadian Holocaust Denier Arrested in Germany Following B’nai Brith Complaint

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Jan. 4, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada Monika Schaefer, a German-Canadian Holocaust denier and former Green Party of Canada candidate, has been arrested in Munich. Supporters of Schaefer are explicitly blaming B’nai Brith Canada for her arrest. B’nai Brith had filed complaints against Schaefer with German

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B’nai Brith Canada Brings Holocaust Survivor to Speak to Ontario Students

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Nov. 16, 2017 By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada Middlefield Collegiate Institute in Markham today is a long ways away from the Warsaw Ghetto and Madjanek concentration camp of World War II. But on the morning of Tuesday Nov. 14, 2017, these two worlds came together as more than 300 students from the Ontario

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From Darkness to Light: Poland’s Chief Rabbi Speaks of Jewish Renewal and Renaissance

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Nov. 8, 2017 By Ran Ukashi Manitoba Regional Director B’nai Brith Canada WINNIPEG – In the minds of many, Poland is associated with one of the darkest chapters of Jewish history. It is a country that saw nearly a millenium of Jewish civilization and history wiped away in an instant during the Holocaust by the Nazis

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It’s Never Too Late to Apologize for Canada’s Antisemitic Policies During WWII

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The opinions, facts and any media content presented do not necessarily reflect the position of B’nai Brith Canada. Nov. 7, 2017 I never used to understand the point behind a government’s decision to formally apologize for past wrongs. For example, in the years leading up to former Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s official 2008 apology to students of

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Meet the Former B’nai Brith Intern Who Helped Launch Canada’s New Holocaust Monument

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Sept. 27, 2017 By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – I first met Laura Grosman at B’nai Brith Canada national headquarters in Toronto. We were both B’nai Brith student interns in the summer of 2009. I was working for the Jewish Tribune while Laura worked as a communications associate. We got along very well, often

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B’nai Brith Recognizes Lachute, Que. for Preventing Event Honouring Nazi Pilot

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June 15, 2017 By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada B’nai Brith Canada recognized the city of Lachute, Que. on Thursday with a certificate for preventing the celebration of a Nazi pilot at a ceremony in March. Hannah Reitsch, known for her close ties to Adolf Hitler and the first woman to fly a

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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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