Oct. 25, 2017 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada MONTREAL – On Monday, at a general meeting of the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU), a group calling themselves “Democratize SSMU” targeted three SSMU directors over their support for Jewish causes. The group – which, according to […]
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Sept. 13, 2017 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada EDMONTON – B’nai Brith Canada is calling for action in response to an Edmonton event that used taxpayer dollars to spread false claims about the State of Israel and antisemitism. On Aug. 22, as part of the Ignite Change
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TO: Marie-Claude Landry, Chief Commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission Rachel Notley, Premier of Alberta Don Iveson, Mayor of Edmonton Renee Vaugeois, Executive Director of the John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights We, the undersigned, as Canadians from coast to coast, demand an apology to the Jewish community of Alberta for your role
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June 20, 2017 By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Kevin Barrett, a notorious Holocaust denier from the United States, has accepted an invitation to address the Toronto al-Quds Day rally on June 24 at Queen’s Park, B’nai Brith Canada has learned. In a bid to protect Canada from foreign hate mongers, B’nai
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Kevin Barrett, who has been invited to speak at the vehemently anti-Israel al-Quds Day rally in Toronto, continues to engage in Holocaust denial, which both the governments of Ontario and Canada clearly define as an act of antisemitism, as well as promote conspiracy theories blaming the State of Israel and the “Zionist lobby” for the
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Dear Principal and Vice-Chancellor Suzanne Fortier, In October, thousands of Canadians from coast to coast called on you to take action against antisemitism at McGill University, after Jewish student Noah Lew and two of his peers were unjustly removed from student government. This was only the latest in a string of horrifying incidents targeting Jewish students at McGill during the
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted in favour of a draft decision on ‘”Occupied Palestine,” which ignores the Jewish connection to Jerusalem and Jewish holy sites, referred to throughout the resolution only by their Islamic names. By weighing in on security concerns that have nothing to do with cultural or educational
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Dear Friends, The time has come for Canada to finally get serious about addressing antisemitism and hatred against its Jewish community. Over the last few years, several clear instances of antisemitic hate crimes have occurred throughout the country, though appropriate charges were never laid. B’nai Brith Canada has been diligent in reporting these hate crimes
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B’nai Brith Canada is demanding that the Canadian Government provide evidence that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) no longer engages in problematic and dangerous behaviour, and is operating at a standard in line with Canadian values and expectations as it relates to human rights. “To turn over $25 million in aid
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B’nai Brith Canada is urging the University of Lethbridge in Alberta to investigate one of its professors over suggestions that he has promoted Holocaust denial and other antisemitic conspiracy theories. Anthony Hall, who teaches Globalization Studies, is a proponent of what he refers to as an “open debate on the Holocaust,” (page does not exist) a
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