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B’nai Brith Canada Concerned About Antisemitic Graffiti at U of T

B’nai Brith Canada is concerned about antisemitic graffiti at the University of Toronto after a spate of swastikas defacing university property was discovered on its St. George and Mississauga campuses. However, in response, the University of Toronto Students’ Union (UTSU) released a statement condemning the acts of vandalism, which B’nai Brith spokesperson Amanda Hohmann, National Director of …

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Waterloo Students Vote to Defund Anti-Israel Group

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By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Undergraduate students at the University of Waterloo have voted to eliminate their $9.50 fee to Waterloo Public Interest Research Group (WPIRG), which had given the organization an annual windfall of about $290,000. A whopping 82 per cent of Waterloo undergraduates voted to remove the automatic WPIRG fee. Through …

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Orthodox Jewish Student Told to Remove Kippah at Concordia University

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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada The Vice President of Concordia University has strongly encouraged an Orthodox Jewish student to file a complaint about an incident in which he was allegedly bullied by a young man who demanded he remove his kippah while on campus. According to a report from Bill613.com, Concordia VP …

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Emboldening the University Zionist Voice

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I wholeheartedly support fellow University Zionists. We are in an intellectual battleground where our ideas are being stifled by the regressive left masquerading as liberalism and free speech. We risk becoming social pariahs for standing with morality and against those who would happily support another Jewish and Israeli genocide. And we often stand alone. Anti-Israel …

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B’nai Brith Complaint Leads to Dismissal of York University Staff Member

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York University has dismissed an employee following an investigation into his antisemitic social media use. Nikolaos Balaskas, a long-time lab technician in York’s Department of Astronomy and Physics, was the subject of a B’nai Brith Canada complaint to the university’s administration on Aug. 22. CIJNews reported (page doesn’t exist) Wednesday afternoon that a letter was sent …

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German University Students Condemn Boycott And Sanctions Movement

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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada The student government at Leipzig University in Germany passed a resolution that condemns the boycott and sanctions movement against Israel, deeming it antisemitic. On Aug. 2, the student government passed the resolution “to condemn the anti-Semitic BDS campaign,” it also stated that it is “against anti-Semitic measures such as …

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Anti-Israel Hate Group Sanctioned From University of California Irvine Campus

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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada The University of California’s Irvine (UCI) campus has sanctioned pro-Palestinian group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) for disrupting a film screening and intimidating Jewish students. The pro-Palestinian group protested the screening of Israeli film Beneath The Helmet, which was hosted by Students Supporting Israel (SSI) and Hillel. The students were swarmed by …

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Brazilian University Compares Nazism to Zionism

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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada It’s nice to see some universities actually applying some ‘higher learning.’ The Federal University of ABC in the Brazilian region of Sao Pualo came to its senses when it removed a course that had been planned for the purpose of teaching Zionism as a racist ideology comparable to apartheid …

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Boycott and Sanctions Vote at McGill Disappointing

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On Tuesday, February 22, the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) voted in favour of a motion to support the anti-Israel Boycott and Sanctions movement on campus. However, with only 2% of the student body voting, the motion will not be ratified until all McGill students have the opportunity to vote, by online ballot, in …

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