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B’nai Brith Canada Launches Website to Educate Manitoba Voters

Uncategorized, All News & Press Releases, Manitoba /

Cliquez ici pour le français September 8, 2023 WINNIPEG – With Manitoba’s Oct. 3 provincial elections approaching, B’nai Brith Canada has developed a website to inform voters about the different candidates’ platforms and positions on Jewish issues. This initiative comes after B’nai Brith sent a survey to Manitoba’s legislature. The website contains the responses received […]

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Adriana Glikman of B’nai Brith Canada Interviewed by Global News on Diverse Minds Creative Writing Competition

Diverse Minds, Community, Diverse Minds, In the media, uncategorized, Manitoba /

Adriana Glikman, B’nai Brith Canada’s National Program Coordinator for the Diverse Minds Writing Competition, speaks on Global News about the launch of the 2023 Competition and invites high school students from all across Canada to enter. She is joined by a 2022 competition finalist, Samuel, who speaks about the inspiration behind his submission.

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B’nai Brith Canada Asks Manitoba Candidates to Take a Stand Against Jew Hate

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August 14, 2023 WINNIPEG – With voters set to elect Manitoba’s next provincial government on Oct. 3, 2023, B’nai Brith Canada is urging candidates to make combating antisemitism a top priority. Although B’nai Brith’s 2022 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents of Canada suggested that the province experienced one of the lowest anti-Jewish hate crime rates since

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Adriana Glikman Discusses Diverse Minds Creative Writing Competition with 680 CJOB

Diverse Minds, Community, Diverse Minds, In the media, uncategorized, Manitoba /

Adriana Glikman, B’nai Brith’s National Program Coordinator for the Diverse Minds Creative Writing Competition, speaks to 680 CJOB about the competition, which teaches valuable lessons of diversity and inclusion to high school students and empowers our youth to become role models for one another.

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To the editor of CBC Opinion – Dr. Ruth Ashrafi

In the media, Manitoba, Opinions /

April 11, 2022 To the editor of CBC Opinion In this morning’s article on the war in Ukraine, Idris Elbakri expresses gratitude that the Canadian people are capable of taking decisive positions and actions in the face of occupation. But then, alas, according to Elbakri, we are applying a double standard to other conflicts

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Chanukah Stamp

Alberta, Community, uncategorized, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec /

B’nai Brith is delighted to share Canada Post’s 2021 Chanukah stamp design with our supporters across the country. The design had input from B’nai Brith Canada and other organizations. It captures the festive holiday with a charming image of a menorah. As Chanukah approaches, from Nov. 28 to Dec. 6, we urge those sending out

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Welcoming Marvin Rotrand – New National Director of the League of Human Rights

Alberta, Advocacy, FR, uncategorized, Legal Interventions, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec /

For the first time in 40 years, Marvin Rotrand’s name was not on the ballot paper for Montreal’s municipal elections. The longest-serving councillor, who represented the Snowdon district for 39 years under eight different mayors, has left city politics for a new position. As National Director of B’nai Brith’s League of Human Rights, he is

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B’nai Brith Canada’s Volunteers of the Month: Tiphaera Ziner Cohen

Uncategorized, Community, Manitoba /

B’nai Brith Canada has introduced a new feature that is being posted regularly at www.bnaibrith.ca/volunteer-with-us. This feature allows us to pay tribute and express gratitude to exceptional volunteers who have given their time and energy to further the missions of our grassroots, human-rights organization. We are grateful and proud of — Tiphaera Ziner Cohen realized

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Celebrating the Chaggim in Dignity

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B’nai Brith wants to make sure that everyone can celebrate the holidays in dignity enjoying a festive meal. Together with JCFS, B’nai Brith delivered 100 food bags throughout our community. Our volunteers were instrumental in making this happen! Too many people in our community experience food insecurity. B’nai Brith wants everyone to celebrate the holidays

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People Helping People

Community, uncategorized, Manitoba /

Diandra and Jordana Etkin, two sisters from Winnipeg, Manitoba, have been volunteering for B’nai Brith in Winnipeg for over a decade. Giving their time as volunteers was a lesson that Diandra and Jordana learned early on from their family. In Jordana’s words: “volunteering is part of my identity.” The Etkin sisters’ first program as volunteers

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