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B’nai Brith and MADA Team Up Again for Rosh Hashanah Food Drive

September 15, 2017 By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada Fifteen dedicated B’nai Brith Canada volunteers made their way to the MADA Community Centre warehouse in Montreal last week to participate in the B’nai Brith/MADA Holiday Basket Program. The collective packed 350 boxes – each containing 18 items. That’s an astounding 150-box increase from the 200 […]

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Feeding the Needy in Montreal: B’nai Brith and MADA Unite for Passover Food Drive

Community, Quebec /

MONTREAL – Last week, a dozen B’nai Brith Canada volunteers enthusiastically headed to the MADA Community Centre warehouse to pick and pack more than 2,000 food baskets. It marked the beginning of what both organizations hope will become a long-term partnership. MADA is a volunteer-based organization that evolved from a small neighbourhood community centre to Montreal’s premier group that fights

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Seniors in Crisis Get a Lift from Sports Celebrity Breakfast

Community, Quebec /

MONTREAL – It is not necessarily a well-known fact, but there are almost 20,000 Jews living below the poverty line in the Montreal area. In fact, the poor represent some 20 per cent of the total Jewish population of 90,780 in the local community. Organizations such as B’nai Brith Canada continue to take a leadership role

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