March 25, 2022 B’nai Brith Canada’s senior legal counsel, David Matas, penned an important op-ed for The Globe and Mail this week. We wanted to share it with you. This timely piece by one of the world’s most renowned human-rights advocates delves into the pretext for the Ukraine invasion – Russia’s claim that it aims […]
Cliquez ici pour la version française March 24, 2022 MONTREAL – Responding to outreach by B’nai Brith Canada, and the many concerned citizens spurred on by it to action, the president of McGill University has come out strongly against a recent student referendum that has dangerous implications for Jewish students. On Monday of this week,
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CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE IN ENGLISH Le 24 mars 2022 MONTRÉAL – Répondant à l’appel de B’nai Brith Canada, et aux nombreux citoyens concernés qu’elle a incités à agir, le président de l’Université McGill s’est fermement prononcé contre un récent référendum étudiant qui a des implications dangereuses pour les étudiants juifs. Lundi dernier,
March 21, 2022 MONTREAL – B’nai Brith Canada is urging McGill University to withdraw funding from the university’s Students’ Society after it voted to adopt an extreme “Palestine Solidarity Policy,” ignoring its own Judicial Board’s ruling against holding the vote. Members of the Students’ Society at McGill University (SSMU) were asked to endorse a document accusing
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March 18, 2022 TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of veteran criminal lawyer Sam Goldstein as Director, Legal Affairs. In this role, Sam will be involved in B’nai Brith’s legal matters, including helping to grow the Matas Law Society, Canada’s national Jewish activist legal group. An Ottawa native, Sam looks forward
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March 15, 2022 OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada has formally asked Bob Rae, Canada’s Ambassador to the United Nations, to help remove the highly biased Chair of the “Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territories” of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). B’nai Brith urged Rae to raise Navi Pillay’s lack of
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March 14, 2022 OTTAWA – The Federal Court has granted intervener status to B’nai Brith of Canada League for Human Rights for an upcoming case about a Jewish judge, rejecting opposition from parties who sought to exclude the Jewish human rights organization from the legal process. The case concerns Justice David Spiro. Justice Spiro
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March 11, 2022 Dear Friends, We have been watching the Russian invasion of Ukraine with horror and grave concern. To demonstrate our support for our Ukrainian-Canadian neighbours and the people of Ukraine, B’nai Brith Canada, The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), and Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies (FSWC)
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March 09, 2022 TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada supports an important speech given recently in the Senate by Senator Leo Housakos, who urged the Government to call on democratic countries in the “international community” to supervise free and fair elections in the Palestinian Territories. Housakos’ speech, delivered March 2, was the first and only time a
March 08, 2022 OTTAWA — B’nai Brith Canada is supporting a group of respected community leaders who have launched a citizens’ petition to stop government funding to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that promote antisemitism. At the request of the citizens, B’nai Brith will handle the technical and media aspects of the petition. The citizens approached
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