Finally, some positive changes for Israel at the United Nations. For the first time in at least a decade, it appears that the UN is finally being led by a Secretary-General who is unafraid to publicly support Israel. In a recent interview with Israel Public Radio, Antonio Guterres said of the Temple Mount, currently home to […]
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Has Michael Applebaum already suffered enough? The former Montreal mayor now faces a prison sentence after being found guilty in Quebec Court last month of eight corruption-related charges. It was alleged, and clearly support by the judge, that Applebaum extorted some $60,000 from developers seeking contracts between 2006 and 2012 while he was mayor of
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There’s a good chance that you’ve heard by now about Igor ‘Punch a Zionist’ Sadikov, the McGill student leader who encouraged and incited violence against supporters of Israel on Twitter. It is my opinion that Sadikov’s tweet epitomizes a bizarre “human rights” movement, the supporters of which seem to believe in the phrase, “Free speech for me,
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Montreal is a city rich with post-secondary educational institutions, with one such venerable university, McGill, considered the most “Ivy League” of them all. But McGill has recently had its share of problems, particularly concerning members of its Jewish community. For example, precisely one year ago, some 60 per cent of McGill students who voted supporting
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There is never a dull moment in the Montreal borough of Outremont, home to Quebec’s largest Hasidic community and recognized – rightly so – as a place where acts of intolerance are common place. For example, last week’s incident of swastikas being scrawled in the snow comes only a few months after a bylaw prohibiting new
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The opinions, facts and any media content presented do not necessarily reflect the position of B’nai Brith Canada. Feb. 7, 2018 MONTREAL – Marc Garneau is no stranger to the State of Israel. He has been to the Jewish State four times now. Garneau, Federal Minister of Transport and Liberal Member of Parliament for NDG-Westmount, was, of course, Canada’s first astronaut to
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The day after the deadly shooting at the Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec, I was at the B’nai Brith Canada Quebec Region office with senior leaders Eric Bissell and Ted Greenfield, executive director Harvey Levine, and B’nai Brith House director Eileen Katz. We were waiting to meet with D’Arcy McGee Liberal MNA David Birnbaum to
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The old adage is true: history does tend to repeat itself. At Toronto’s Ryerson University, members of its resident anti-Israel club (Students for Justice in Palestine) have found themselves perpetuating Nazi-era propaganda, despite all claims to the contrary that the group is not antisemitic, but anti-Zionist. It would behoove members of SJP Ryerson to acknowledge
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In my time as a contributor for B’nai Brith Canada, I’ve written a lot about antisemitism and its implications. Last week, I penned a more personal story after finding a swastika drawn in the snow on my own front yard, discussing the myriad of emotions I felt that ranged from anger to sadness to anxiety.
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Quebec Confidential As membership dwindled and the average age of congregants dropped to about 75, the writing was on the wall for the Orthodox Young Israel of Chomedey Congregation in Laval, Quebec’s second largest city just across the bridge from Montreal. “We had talked about selling the building for years,” said Chairman George Finkelstein, a
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