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Taxi Company Apologizes After Driver Goes on Antisemitic, Anti-Indigenous Rant

March 6, 2019 By Daniel Koren Manager, Media Relations & Communications B’nai Brith Canada WINNIPEG – A local taxi company has apologized after one of its drivers made antisemitic and anti-Indigenous comments to a Jewish passenger. Weeks ago, while employing the services of Unicity Taxi Ltd., Winnipeg resident Ron East was subjected to “racist and […]

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Introducing the Diverse Minds Creative Writing Competition

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Oct. 18, 2018 WINNIPEG – B’nai Brith Canada is proud to launch an exciting educational initiative that promotes diversity and teaches the valuable lessons of inclusion and tolerance to both elementary and high school students. The Diverse Minds Writing Competition offers an opportunity for Grade 9 – 12 students to reflect about these values and create

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Winnipeg’s Most Vulnerable Take Part in 10th Annual B’nai Brith Event

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Aug. 21, 2018 By Daniel Koren Manager, Media Relations & Communications B’nai Brith Canada WINNIPEG – This past Sunday, B’nai Brith Canada held its 10th annual “Afternoon with the Winnipeg Goldeyes Baseball Club” event, bringing out the city’s most vulnerable to spend a fun day at the ball park. Since 2008, B’nai Brith has played host to

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B’nai Brith Winnipeg Celebrates Milestone with 10th Annual Afternoon With the Goldeyes Event

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August 10, 2018 By Reut Cohen Communications Associate B’nai Brith Canada WINNIPEG — B’nai Brith Canada is thrilled to once again host its Afternoon with the Winnipeg Goldeyes Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018. Celebrating the 10th anniversary of this amazing event, the Afternoon with the Goldeyes has provided a valuable service to the community, inviting clients of Winnipeg’s service agencies to

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Sign Up for B’nai Brith’s 2018 Human Rights Initiative Grant

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Feb. 9, 2018 By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada B’nai Brith Canada-Midwest Region and The League for Human Rights are now accepting applicants for its 2018 Human Rights Initiative Grant in Manitoba. The goal of the B’nai Brith Human Rights Initiative Grant Fund is to inspire individuals to create human rights projects that

B’nai Brith and Chanukah: A Community Celebration Across Canada

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Dec. 22, 2017 By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada You don’t have to look to far to see that Chanukah is a really big deal to us at B’nai Brith Canada. It’s literally in the logo. The holiday represents a rededication to Jewish life and values, and to the Holy Temple of Jerusalem. As always,

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Winnipeg Radio Station Takes Action Against Antisemitism

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Nov. 24, 2017 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada WINNIPEG – A prominent Winnipeg radio station has suspended one of its programs after B’nai Brith Canada highlighted its promotion of antisemitic conspiracy theories. CKUW 95.9 FM, the official campus radio station of the University of Winnipeg, removed

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White Supremacist Paul Fromm Barred From Winnipeg Hotel

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Nov. 15, 2017 By Ran Ukashi Regional Director, Winnipeg Region B’nai Brith Canada WINNIPEG, MB – A notorious white supremacist has been disallowed from holding a private meeting in a Winnipeg hotel room, B’nai Brith Canada has learned. The Hilton Winnipeg Airport Suites has been directed by its leadership to cancel a reservation by Paul Fromm,

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Fierce Competition at 4th Annual B’nai Brith Invitational Chess Tournament

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By Irwin Lipnowski Chair of B’nai Brith Chess Tournament Nov. 3, 2017 WINNIPEG – The 4th Annual B’nai Brith Invitational Chess Tournament took place Sunday at the Asper Jewish Community Campus, with 20 of the strongest players in Manitoba participating in a very competitive five-round event. Thanks to the accelerated time limit, each game was completed in

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B’nai Brith Arranges for Holocaust Survivor to Speak at Winnipeg School Following Antisemitic Incident

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September 12, 2017 By Ran Ukashi Regional Director, Manitoba B’nai Brith Canada WINNIPEG – In response to an incident over the summer where students from Shaftesbury High School targeted a Jewish student with antisemitic posts on the popular social media app Snapchat, Pembina Trails School Division reached out to B’nai Brith Canada to help educate them about the

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