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The International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration

On Monday, January 27, B’nai Brith’s Director of Government Relations, David Granovsky, will deliver a short address during the International Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony in Ottawa—joining the rest of the world in honouring the victims of the Holocaust. Organized by the National Holocaust Monument Committee, the 2025 ceremony marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation […]

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Yom HaShoah Commemoration: National Holocaust Monument

This year, Yom HaShoah will pay tribute to the 80th anniversary of the deportation of 440,000 Jews from Hungary from May 15 to July 9, 1944. Most were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau where they were murdered, the majority in gas chambers. By the end of July 1944, the only Jewish Community left in Hungary was that

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Unto Every Person There is a Name, 2024

Unto Every Person There is a Name, 2023

B’nai Brith Commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Cliquez ici pour le français Jan. 27, 2023 Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. B’nai Brith Canada solemnly remembers the millions murdered in the Holocaust and reaffirms its commitment to combat antisemitism and hate, advocate on behalf of the marginalized and promote freedom and human rights. The Holocaust, unparalleled in its scope and depravity, resulted

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Jamaican Organizations and B’nai Brith to Work Together to Highlight Little-Known Chapter of the Holocaust

Cliquez ici pour le français Oct. 13, 2022 TORONTO – A number of Jamaican organizations have made an agreement with B’nai Brith Canada to publicize a little-known chapter of Jewish history in Jamaica. The Jamaican Canadian Association, the Jamaica Association of Montreal, the Jamaican Cultural Association of Nova Scotia, and the Jamaican Canadian Association of Alberta and B’nai Brith Canada

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Jewish organizations are outraged over ‘bizarre’ Montreal court case putting the Holocaust on trial

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Sam Goldstein, Director of B’nai Brith Canada’s David Matas Law Society is interviewed in this podcast about the recent ruling by a Montreal judge and the need for Holocaust training for judges. CLICK HERE to hear the podcast.

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B’nai Brith says judges need better understanding of the Holocaust

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B’nai Brith is quoted in this article on why the Sorier-Chaput case points to the need for judges to have greater understanding of the Holocaust. CLICK HERE to read the article.

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B’nai Brith says judges need a better understanding of the Holocaust

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B’nai Brith is quoted in this article calling for judges to have a better understanding of the Holocaust. CLICK HERE to read the article.

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B’nai Brith Calling on Canadian Judges to have Proper Training about Holocaust

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Cliquez ici pour le français July 11, 2022 MONTREAL – B’nai Brith Canada is calling on Federal Justice Minister David Lametti and his provincial counterparts to ensure Canadian judges are thoroughly knowledgeable of important Holocaust details. B’nai Brith’s call follows a trial in Montreal last Friday of Gabriel Sohier Chaput for willful promotion of hate.

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