By Daniel Koren Media Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Dec. 18, 2017 MONTREAL – At least two synagogues in the Montreal area – Beth Ora and Shaare Zedek – received antisemitic hate mail Monday that advocated for the genocide of Jewish people, B’nai Brith Canada has learned. The letter, which strongly resembles Nazi propaganda, contained the phrase […]
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By Daniel Koren Media Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Dec. 14, 2017 On Dec. 20, B’nai Brith Canada will attend a Puslinch Township Council meeting to argue in support of changing a local street name called “Swastika Trail.” For months, B’nai Brith has been working with concerned citizens of the town just southeast of Guelph, Ont., citizens
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Dec. 13, 2017 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada HAMILTON, Ont. – B’nai Brith Canada is calling on McMaster University to condemn a spate of antisemitic social media posts from members of the campus group “Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights” (SPHR). Earlier this week, a report by American watchdog group
By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada December 10, 2017 VANCOUVER – B’nai Brith Canada is outraged and calling for action after anti-Israel protests took place in Vancouver Friday and Saturday, when children were encouraged to chant terrorist slogans and protesters stole and destroyed Israeli flags. The protests
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ec. 4, 2017 TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is calling on the United Nations to strip Michael Lynk of his position as “Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory” after he headlined a fundraiser for a radical anti-Israel group. B’nai Brith has sent letters to both United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and Canadian
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By Tevy Pilc Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada Nov. 30, 2017 Seventy years ago, before the establishment of the State of Israel, there were nearly 1-million Jews living in Egypt, Syria, Iran, Iraq, and throughout the Middle East. In the years leading up to and following Israel’s creation, however, these Jews – despite having a storied
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Nov. 28, 2017 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – A report released by Statistics Canada Tuesday reveals a significant increase in hate crimes targeting Canada’s Jewish population in 2016. According to Tuesday’s report, antisemitic hate crimes rose from 178 incidents in 2015 to 221 incidents in 2016 – an
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By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada Nov. 27, 2017 TORONTO – A Toronto group that played host to a neo-Nazi speaker in April of 2016 is leading the charge against an effort by City Councillor James Pasternak to prohibit “hate-sponsored rallies” on public property. Beit Zatoun, which calls itself “a
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By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada Nov. 24, 2017 LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – More developments have come to light after Thursday’s shocking revelation that disgraced University of Lethbridge Professor Anthony Hall would be returning to work. B’nai Brith Canada has now received assurances from high-ranking university officials that Hall
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Nov. 24, 2017 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada WINNIPEG – A prominent Winnipeg radio station has suspended one of its programs after B’nai Brith Canada highlighted its promotion of antisemitic conspiracy theories. CKUW 95.9 FM, the official campus radio station of the University of Winnipeg, removed
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