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B’nai Brith Yom HaShoah Ceremony in Montreal Honours Victims of the Holocaust

In honour of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), B’nai Brith Canada Quebec will be commemorating those who perished during the Holocaust on Monday, April 24, 2017. Since 2002, B’nai Brith has held this significant event in Montreal, which was officially adopted by Montreal City Hall – and thanks to Mayor Denis Coderre – last year. […]

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Montreal City Hall Continues B’nai Brith Yom HaShoah Tradition

Community, Quebec /

MONTREAL – As Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre prepares for the 2017 elections in November, there is no question that he has the support of the Jewish community behind him. Last fall, Mayor Coderre led a much publicized mission to Israel with his Toronto counterpart John Tory. Two of his senior councillors, Lionel Perez and Russell Copeman, are Jewish,

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Unto Every Person There is a Name – Winnipeg Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony

Events, Manitoba /

In honour of Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, B’nai Brith Canada’s League for Human Rights, Midwest Region, presents the reading of the names of Holocaust victims at the Manitoba Legislative Building on April 24, 2017. By personalizing the individual tragedy of its victims and survivors, this program seeks to defy the dangerous trends of indifference

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Unto Every Person There is a Name – Winnipeg Yom Hashoah Ceremony

Community, Events /

In honour of Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, B’nai Brith Canada’s League for Human Rights, Midwest Region, presents the reading of the names of Holocaust victims. By personalizing the individual tragedy of its victims and survivors, this program seeks to defy the dangerous trends of indifference and ignorance and will restore a degree of

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