By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada A historic synagogue in Saint John, N.B.,is on the chopping block after city council voted it was abandoning a search for a buyer. The Shaarei Zedek Synagogue, which was built in 1871, has been owned by the city since 2008. It was intended to be included in a multi-million […]
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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada The story of an American Jewish historian’s fight against a notorious Holocaust denier is making its way to the big screen. Denial documents the legal battle of Deborah Lipstadt against Holocaust denier and British historian David Irving, which occurred in the 1990s. The film stars Jewish actress Rachel Weisz as
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Rabbi Yirmi Cohen and Councillor James Pasternak hosted a Rosh Hashana celebration at Toronto City Hall for the community on September 29, 2016. Mayor John Tory blew everyone away when he blew the shofar.
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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada Residents of B’nai Brith’s 4300 Bathurst Street Senior Citizen Residence in Toronto were treated to a very special hot meal event as part of a new seniors’ program initiative. Nearly 40 residents attended the event, which was held on September 1. The new program is geared
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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada B’nai Brith in Winnipeg was pleased to have brought a group to recently attend the Anne Frank Exhibition, which was presented at the Winnipeg Millennium Library. The group consisted not only of B’nai Brith supporters but also of members of Bridges of Peace, Faith Temple, Church of the
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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada The Spanish city Velez Malaga has rescinded its city council’s resolution to boycott Israeli businesses after a local court ruled it illegal, as reported by Jewish Telegraphic Agency. On Aug. 24, a Malaga court ruled that the city’s boycott of Israel was illegal since it violates constitutional principles that guarantee
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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada The first documentary of Anne Frank in Arabic hs been secretly screened in Iran, a country whose leaders openly deny that the Holocaust happened. On Aug. 17, Deadline reported that Croatian film director Jakov Sedlar screened Anne Frank: Then and Now in an Iranian provincial theatre without approval from the authorities. The
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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada While Argentinian-Jewish high school students were enjoying their graduation festivities at a costume party hosted in a nightclub, little did they know that their party would be crashed by Nazis. That’s right: Nazis. That would be 50 students from another high school dressed as Nazis, who not only
By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada The student government at Leipzig University in Germany passed a resolution that condemns the boycott and sanctions movement against Israel, deeming it antisemitic. On Aug. 2, the student government passed the resolution “to condemn the anti-Semitic BDS campaign,” it also stated that it is “against anti-Semitic measures such as
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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada Sadiq Khan, the first Muslim mayor of a major European capital city, has been sent a barrage of antisemitic messages via social media for not being willing to back Jeremy Corbyn in a Labour party leadership election. Khan published an op-ed in The Observer last Saturday where he called on the
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