April 8, 2019 MONTREAL – B’nai Brith Canada launched into Spring this weekend with its eighth Music Brunch for Seniors event! Our wonderful staff and volunteers welcomed over 120 senior guests, their caregivers, spouses and family members to The Adath Synagogue for a rousing performance by the Bagg Street Klezmer Band. Check out a sneak peak […]
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March 4, 2019 QUEBEC CONFIDENTIAL | By Mike Cohen MONTREAL – I do not read a lot of books, but when one of Canada’s most prolific Jewish impresarios offered to send me a copy of his recently published biography, how could I say no? Not In A Shy Way: The Sheldon Kagan Story is such an excellent
Prolific Jewish Impresario Sheldon Kagan Pens his Biography Read More »
Feb. 12, 2019 MONTREAL – We are proud to announce that B’nai Brith Canada held its seventh successful Music Brunch for Seniors event this weekend with well over 120 senior guests, as well as caregivers, spouses and other family members, not to mention our incredible staff and volunteers! “Sunday’s event was specifically special thanks to the dignitaries in
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Jan. 2, 2019 QUEBEC CONFIDENTIAL | By Mike Cohen MONTREAL – One of Canada’s legendary religious leaders passed away last week. Rabbi Wilfred Shuchat served as spiritual leader of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in the tony Montreal suburb of Westmount from 1946 to 1993, and as rabbi emeritus all the way until his passing on Dec.
Mourning the Legendary Rabbi of Montreal’s Shaar Hashomayim Read More »
Dec. 4, 2018 QUEBEC CONFIDENTIAL | By Mike Cohen The opinions, facts and any media content presented do not necessarily reflect the position of B’nai Brith Canada. MONTREAL – Quebec may be one step closer to getting another Jewish Member of Parliament. The Federal Liberal Party Outremont Riding Association finally announced Friday that a nomination
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Nov. 28, 2018 MONTREAL – The Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre (DWYT) players recently put on a riveting production of A Bintel Brief, which was hosted by B’nai Brith Canada – Quebec Region at Montreal’s Segal Centre for Performing Arts. On behalf of B’nai Brith, the Segal Centre and the DWYT, we would like to thank the
Yiddish Theatre Production Brings Tears, Laughter and Music to Montreal Read More »
Nov. 12, 2018 By Janna Minikovich and Ran Ukashi B’nai Brith Canada MONTREAL – B’nai Brith Canada is pleased to learn that a warrant has been issued for the arrest of Gabriel Sohier Chaput, a Montreal-area man alleged to be a neo-Nazi and hate propagandist. B’nai Brith complained about Chaput to the Service de Police de la Ville de
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Nov. 2, 2018 QUEBEC CONFIDENTIAL | By Mike Cohen MONTREAL – Can the sport of Mamanet, more commonly known as cachibol or Newcomb, become a sensation in Quebec and Ontario as it is in Israel? We will get a good indication during the weekend of Nov. 9, 2018, when Ofra Abramovich, founder of the largest
Israel’s Most Popular Social-Sport for Women Targets Montreal, Toronto Read More »
Oct. 31, 2018 By Ran Ukashi National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada MONTREAL – B’nai Brith Canada is commending the Montreal Hate Crimes Unit after it swiftly charged a purveyor of antisemitic content online with voluntarily inciting hatred towards an identifiable group. Last week, the Service de Police de la
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Oct. 16, 2018 MONTREAL – Over 140 senior citizens, as well as caregivers, spouses and other family members, gathered for B’nai Brith Canada’s fifth Music Brunch for Seniors event in Montreal on Sunday. It was the most well-attended seniors brunch since the pilot project launched earlier this year. Several staff members and volunteers also took part in the
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