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B’nai Brith Yom HaShoah Ceremony in Montreal Honours Victims of the Holocaust

In honour of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), B’nai Brith Canada Quebec will be commemorating those who perished during the Holocaust on Monday, April 24, 2017. Since 2002, B’nai Brith has held this significant event in Montreal, which was officially adopted by Montreal City Hall – and thanks to Mayor Denis Coderre – last year. […]

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Montreal City Hall Continues B’nai Brith Yom HaShoah Tradition

Community, Quebec /

MONTREAL – As Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre prepares for the 2017 elections in November, there is no question that he has the support of the Jewish community behind him. Last fall, Mayor Coderre led a much publicized mission to Israel with his Toronto counterpart John Tory. Two of his senior councillors, Lionel Perez and Russell Copeman, are Jewish,

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Passover BDS Event a Disgusting Display of Religious Appropriation at Concordia

Opinions, Quebec /

MONTREAL – Posters marked with the words “Passover Against Apartheid” were plastered around the Concordia University campus on Monday, shortly before the start of Passover, promoting an event being held Thursday, April 13 called – you guessed it – “Passover Against Apartheid.” It is being hosted by the groups Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights, the Fine Arts Student Alliance (FASA), and the Concordia Student Union. The four-hour-long event will feature an art exhibit and two discussion sessions. The first is titled

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Feeding the Needy in Montreal: B’nai Brith and MADA Unite for Passover Food Drive

Community, Quebec /

MONTREAL – Last week, a dozen B’nai Brith Canada volunteers enthusiastically headed to the MADA Community Centre warehouse to pick and pack more than 2,000 food baskets. It marked the beginning of what both organizations hope will become a long-term partnership. MADA is a volunteer-based organization that evolved from a small neighbourhood community centre to Montreal’s premier group that fights

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Seniors in Crisis Get a Lift from Sports Celebrity Breakfast

Community, Quebec /

MONTREAL – It is not necessarily a well-known fact, but there are almost 20,000 Jews living below the poverty line in the Montreal area. In fact, the poor represent some 20 per cent of the total Jewish population of 90,780 in the local community. Organizations such as B’nai Brith Canada continue to take a leadership role

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Montreal Graffiti-Removal Artist Gets Burger Named After Him

Opinions, Quebec /

Corey Fleischer is becoming a bit of a legend in Montreal. About seven years ago, via his Provincial Power Washing business, Fleischer connected with B’nai Brith Canada’s Quebec Region and in a very behind-the-scenes way voluntarily used his equipment to remove swastikas and other forms of hate graffiti throughout the city. Two years ago the secret

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Federal Liberals Have Egg on their Faces Following Nasty Nomination Procedure

Opinions, Quebec /

Last week, Le Journal de Montréal Newspaper published a two-page spread spelling out the rather lengthy list of election promises Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has either reneged on or not carried through. One that has been generating a lot of headlines recently has been the meddling that’s taken place in federal by-election nominations in Toronto and Montreal.

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The Rise and Fall of Montreal’s First Jewish Mayor

Opinions, Quebec /

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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‘Jewish’ Group Issues Statement In Support of Igor ‘Punch a Zionist’ Sadikov

Campus, Opinions, Quebec /

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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The McGill ‘Punch A Zionist’ Student Must Be Expelled

Campus, Opinions, Quebec /

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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