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B’nai Brith Calls on Government to Examine U of T Hiring Process

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Nov 3, 2021 TORONTO — B’nai Brith Canada is calling on the Federal Government to investigate a troubling hiring process at the University of Toronto. Last year, the university’s law school sought to hire Valentina Azarova, a controversial academic based in Germany, to lead the prestigious International Human Rights Program (IHRP). B’nai Brith strongly objected […]

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Toronto Law Prof Compares Jewish Judge to Nazi Figure

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Oct. 7, 2021 TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is deeply disturbed by the nonchalance of a leading Canadian law school toward a professor who has for months equated a Jewish judge with an infamous Nazi jurist. Professor Mohammad Fadel teaches Business Organizations at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, a mandatory course for undergraduate law students.

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All Levels of Government Must Adopt IHRA Definition of Antisemitism

Advocacy, Press Releases /

B’nai Brith Canada June 24, 2019 OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is reiterating its long-held position for the Government of Canada and for the governments of Canada’s provinces, territories and municipalities, to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. Canada, while an important member of IHRA, has not formally adopted the working definition for domestic purposes,

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Can the Law Combat Antisemitism?

Campus, Ontario, Opinions /

Nov. 2, 2018 OPINION | By Prof. Lorne Sossin The opinions, facts and any media content presented do not necessarily reflect the position of B’nai Brith Canada. This article originally appeared on Prof. Sossin’s Law Blog. TORONTO – With the tragic attack on the Jewish community in Pittsburgh still reverberating around the world, I’ve been

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An Evening with Dr. Asher Grunis, Former President of the Supreme Court of Israel

Campus, Opinions /

On Sept. 20, Dr. Asher Grunis, former President of the Supreme Court of Israel, visited Windsor, Ont. to discuss the uniqueness of Israeli constitutional law. He was accompanied by Amanda Hohmann, Director of the League for Human Rights at B’nai Brith Canada. After receiving his law degree (LL.B.) in 1968 from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem,

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