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B’nai Brith Investigation on IJV Produces Positive Reactions

B’nai Brith Investigation on IJV Produces Positive Reactions By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada Earlier this week, B’nai Brith Canada began a series of revelations following an investigation of Independent Jewish Voices. The investigation revealed that it used social media to promote the boycott and sanctions movement against Israel, Holocaust denial, and its affiliation with white supremacist […]

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Support for Israel a Non-Issue in Conservative Leadership Race

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As the Conservative Party of Canada 2017 Leadership race enters its final months, I continue to be asked the same question by friends and colleagues within the party: which candidate is the best for Israel? Even before the race began, and up until now, I have confidently answered that the topic of Israel has been

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Are Jews Indigenous to Israel?

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B’nai Brith Canada and the Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto (BAYT) are proud to present “Are Jews Indigenous to Israel,” featuring prominent speakers discussing the connection the Jewish people have to Israel – as indigenous people to the land. The following three speakers will bring their unique perspectives and expertise on the matters. Ryan Bellerose

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Yom HaShoah Ceremony – Oakville, Ontario – B’nai Brith Canada

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Yom HaShoah Ceremony – Oakville, Ontario In honour of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), B’nai Brith Canada and Shaarei-Beth El Congregation of Halton will be commemorating those who perished during the Holocaust on Monday, April 24, 2017 in Oakville, Ont. The Unto Every Person There is a Name ceremony seeks to personalize each victim and survivor of

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Canadian Antisemitic Magazine Finds New Home in United States

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March 9, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – An antisemitic monthly magazine, previously published out of a Toronto-area mosque, now claims a post office box in Berryville, Virginia as its new address. The development follows a lengthy campaign by B’nai Brith Canada against the publication. During the past few years, Crescent International: Newsmagazine of the Islamic Movement has carried articles

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B’nai Brith Canada Presents The Canadian Premiere of Wish You Weren’t Here

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With Roger Waters’ Canadian tour quickly approaching, and in a bid to refute his misguided and inflammatory views on the State of Israel, B’nai Brith Canada is proud to team up with #1 New York Times best-selling author and award-winning filmmaker Ian Halperin (Who Killed Kurt Cobain?, Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson) to present screenings of his latest

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Canadian Arabic Newspaper Runs Terrorist Official’s Antisemitic Article

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March 3, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – An Arabic-language newspaper in the Greater Toronto Area has published an article by a Hamas figure, praising terrorism, peddling outlandish conspiracy theories and blaming Israel’s supposed faults on Judaism itself. Hamas is the radical Islamist ruling party in the Gaza Strip, responsible for more than a decade of constant rocket attacks on

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U of T Profs Publish New Letter to Administration

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February 27, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – A committee of University of Toronto (U of T) professors has published a new letter to the school’s administration over concerns of antisemitism on their campuses. The committee is calling on all U of T faculty members – Jewish or not – to add their signatures to this

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B’nai Brith Canada Launches Lawsuit Against Federal Government

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B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada has filed a lawsuit against the federal government, citing its failure to comply with a motion to list Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in its entirety, as a terrorist organization. The action, specifically launched against both the government and the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, comes

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We Are Jew-Killers: Slogan at IRGC Rally

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B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – A violent antisemitic slogan was proudly displayed at a recent Tehran rally organized by an infamous Iranian militia, B’nai Brith Canada has learned. On Feb. 5, the Basij, one of five branches of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), held a massive gathering at the Grand Imam Khomeini Mosalla, as documented by an

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