September 14, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – In advance of the Speech from the Throne in nine days, B’nai Brith Canada has written Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reiterating the importance of confronting antisemitism during this challenging time of COVID-19. “The Speech from the Throne is a major statement of government direction, setting out an agenda […]
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P.O. Box #77510 Sheppard Plaza Post Office Toronto, Ontario M3H 2W0 September 4, 2020 The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, P.C., M.P. Prime Minister of Canada House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 Dear Prime Minister, B’nai Brith Canada wrote you November 20, 2019, to assure your government of our firm support in
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September 10, 2020 We’re thrilled to congratulate the winners of last night‘s Diverse Minds creative writing competition in Manitoba. This is the second year that B’nai Brith Canada has held this contest, and we are so proud of all the incredible work and dedication that the participants and everyone involved put into it. Diverse Minds is
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September 10, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is pushing for forthright action by the Government of Canada to confront online hate and antisemitism. Recommendations on a mix of policy and legal remedies were presented during September 4 consultations between B’nai Brith Canada and Canadian officials including MP Arif Virani, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister
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September 10, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada We’re thrilled to congratulate the winners of last night’s Diverse Minds creative writing competition in Manitoba. This is the second year that B’nai Brith Canada has held this contest, and we are so proud of all the incredible work and dedication that the participants and everyone involved put into
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September 10, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada By Winnipeg Free Press Children with big ideas were honoured Wednesday night, as the Manitoba winners of the second annual Diverse Minds creative writing competition were announced. Click here to read Malak Abas’s full story covering the Diverse Minds Manitoba award ceremony.
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September 4, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is joining with leaders of the Uyghur community to demand that Canada, the United Nations and all world leaders take concrete steps to bring China’s brutality against the Uyghur people to an end. The Uyghur Muslims are an ethnic and religious minority found largely in
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September 3, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada’s League for Human Rights is proudly supporting the launch of a new app to help make life easier for Canadians with disabilities. We are thrilled that Eddie Rice, Chair of B’nai Brith’s Canadians with Disabilities committee, has played a key role in the official nationwide
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August 28, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada MONTREAL – Nearly two years after B’nai Brith Canada alerted both police and the Jewish community to one of the internet’s leading neo-Nazi influencers, the culprit is finally due to appear in court. Gabriel Sohier Chaput is a 33-year-old Montreal resident who, under the pseudonym of Charles Zeiger, was one of the primary
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August 17, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is urging a Greater Toronto Area municipality to rename a street dedicated to a Nazi battleship captain who fought in the Second World War. Langsdorff Drive, located in Ajax, Ontario, was named in 2007 after Hans Langsdorff, who commanded Nazi German forces at the 1939 Battle of
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