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NDP Leadership Candidate Endorsed by Holocaust-Denying Community Leader and Newspaper

August 22, 2017 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – NDP leadership candidate Niki Ashton has been endorsed by a controversial Canadian-Palestinian figure with a history of Holocaust denial. In a public August 15 Facebook post, Nazih Khatatba wrote that it was a “duty and responsibility” to register as an […]

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Winnipeg Graffiti Promotes Antisemitic Conspiracy Theory

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August 16, 2017 WINNIPEG – Graffiti promoting an antisemitic conspiracy theory has been found in a broad area of southern Winnipeg. Writing scrawled on roads, sidewalks and even private property along Wellington Crescent warns ominously of “white genocide,” linking the concept to Jewish-American philanthropist George Soros. The white genocide conspiracy theory, which falsely accuses Jews of plotting

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How to Combat Calgary’s Kosher Food Shortage

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August 8, 2017 By Samantha Hamilton Indigenous Rights Researcher B’nai Brith Canada CALGARY – In cities such as Toronto and Montreal, home to the largest Jewish communities in Canada, locating kosher food is more or less a simple task. In Western Canadian cities such as Calgary, however, where Jews have also experienced a long and storied history, the

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B’nai Brith Canada Urges Russia to Comply with Request from Wallenberg Family

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By Tevy Pilc Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada July 26, 2017 B’nai Brith Canada is urging the Russian government to comply with legal action taken by the family of World War II hero Raoul Wallenberg to provide information and documentation surrounding his mysterious disappearance and death in a Soviet prison in 1947. On Wednesday, legal representatives for the

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Victory! Publisher Issues Replacement Page of Textbook Accusing Israel of Using Child Soldiers

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Dear Friends, We wanted you to be the first to hear about B’nai Brith Canada’s latest victory in the fight against anti-Israel propaganda. You’ve probably heard about B’nai Brith’s investigation into the case of a Grade 6 Social Studies textbook called Canada and the Global Community that falsely accuses Israel of using “child soldiers.” While about 800 elementary schools in

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Arrest Warrant Issued in Montreal for Hate-Preaching Imam

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July 16, 2017 By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada MONTREAL – A Quebec judge has issued a warrant for the arrest of Palestinian-Jordanian Imam Sheikh Muhammad ibn Musa Al Nasr following a B’nai Brith complaint. During a sermon, Al Nasr called Jews “the worst of mankind” and expressed his hope that Muslims would slaughter them on Judgment

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Montreal Police Investigating ‘Death to Israel’ Rapper After B’nai Brith Complaint

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July 14, 2017 By Aidan Fishman, G.S. Samra & Marty York B’nai Brith Canada MONTREAL – Following an investigation and subsequent complaint by B’nai Brith Canada, the Hate Crimes Unit of the Montreal Police Service has launched an investigation of its own into a rapper who promotes antisemitism and spends much of his time in Montreal.

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B’nai Brith Canada Commends Government for Pressuring Agency to Comply with Canadian Wine Regulations

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July 13, 2017 By Marty York Chief Media Officer B’nai Brith Canada B’nai Brith Canada is pleased to announce that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has rescinded its disturbing and discriminatory decision to remove wines from two Israeli companies – Shiloh and Psagot – from store shelves. While advocating on behalf of the grassroots

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York Region Police Charge Three in Vaughan School Antisemitic Graffiti Case

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July 10, 2017 By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada York Regional Police (YRP) have charged three 17-year-olds following the discovery of antisemitic and racist hate graffiti on the walls of a Vaughan high school. According to police, the three male suspects turned themselves in and were subsequently charged with one account of mischief of over

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B’nai Brith Canada Condemns Federal Funding for Anti-Israel Exhibit

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July 10, 2017 By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada LONDON, Ont. – B’nai Brith Canada is strongly condemning an anti-Israel art exhibit on display at Western University’s McIntosh Gallery that received grants from a federal funding agency, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). The display, entitled “Choreographies of Resistance,” glorifies

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