Check out our brand new website, with a hub for all things Diverse Minds. Get all the information your students need to enter this year’s competition where they can win up to $3000 and get published! The Diverse Minds Creative Writing competition is running for the first year in the Toronto Pilot* Project area and […]
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Dear Mayor Crombie and Mississauga City Councillors, Mississauga is known as one of the most diverse and multicultural cities in Canada – but its reputation is under threat. On July 22 and again on Nov. 4 of this year, protesters affiliated with the Palestine House organization have commandeered Celebration Square, your city’s most iconic public
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November 22, 2019 TORONTO – Solidarity for a Democratic Iran, Council of Iranian Canadians, Justice 88 and B’nai Brith Canada invite you to join us at an urgent public rally to show your support for the people of Iran this coming Sunday, Nov. 24 in Toronto. What: Rally to Support Iranian Protesters Where: North York’s Mel Lastman Square When: This Sunday, Nov. 24, 2-3 pm
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September 10, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – As previously announced, B’nai Brith Canada is teaming up with synagogues across the country to host local debates in the run-up to October’s federal election. B’nai Brith reminds members of the Jewish community that they have various options for making their voices heard through their votes, notwithstanding that Election
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It’s been a busy and high-impact week for B’nai Brith Canada and human rights in our country. We have received overwhelming positive feedback about our success in exposing intolerance, hate and antisemitism and ensuring concrete action. Consider these eyebrow-raising national headlines, resulting from the tireless work of B’nai Brith Canada, this week alone: If you support the
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July 15, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada has filed a complaint with Toronto Police after a man was filmed harassing a member of the Jewish community in a North York park on Sunday. In the uploaded confrontation at G. Ross Lord Park, Firas al-Najim berates a man in an electronic wheelchair for supporting Israel,
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July 10, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – The League for Human Rights of B’nai Brith Canada has been granted intervener status in an upcoming legal battle over the date of Canada’s October federal election. The intersection of the Jewish calendar and the federal election schedule pose significant obstacles for observant Jews in 2019. Election Day
July 7, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – A Toronto church has cancelled a previously scheduled event that would have honoured a Palestinian terrorist, following a campaign by B’nai Brith Canada. On July 13, Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church was set to provide space for the “Ghassan Kanafani Resistance Arts Scholarship Launch,” organized by the Palestinian
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July 5, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is calling on Canadians to condemn a downtown Toronto church for facilitating an event glorifying a Palestinian terrorist. On July 13, Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church is set to provide space for the “Ghassan Kanafani Resistance Arts Scholarship Launch,” organized by the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM).
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June 27, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada The federal New Democratic Party has turfed its former nominee in the Nova Scotia riding of Dartmouth-Cole Harbour over a series of tweets in which she compared Israel to Nazi Germany and suggested that the Jewish State’s actions were reminiscent of the Holocaust. Last Friday, Rana Zaman posted on Twitter that she would no longer be an NDP candidate “due to ‘words’
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