International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance April 1, 2022 MONTREAL – B’nai Brith Canada and the Bloc Québécois have agreed that the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism,  which has also been endorsed by the Government of Canada, is a vital tool in combating hate aimed at Jews. Read more » »

David Matas, Globe and Mail Op-ed March 25, 2022 B’nai Brith Canada’s senior legal counsel, David Matas, penned an important op-ed for The Globe and Mail this week. We wanted to share it with you. Read more » »

McGill University, EQRoy/ Shutterstock   March 24, 2022 MONTREAL – Responding to outreach by B’nai Brith Canada, and the many concerned citizens spurred on by it to action, the president of McGill University has come out strongly against a recent student referendum that has dangerous implications for Jewish students. Read more » »

                                          Students’ Society of McGill University headquarters (Leanne Young / The McGill Tribune)   March 21, 2022 MONTREAL – B’nai Brith Canada is urging McGill University to withdraw funding from the university’s Read more » »

Sam GoldsteinMarch 18, 2022TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of veteran criminal lawyer Sam Goldstein as Director, Legal Affairs. In this role, Sam will be involved in B’nai Brith’s legal matters, including helping to grow the Matas Law Society, Canada’s national Jewish activist legal group. Read more » »

  March 11, 2022   Dear Friends, We have been watching the Russian invasion of Ukraine with horror and grave concern. Read more » »

Senator Leo Housakas (CBC) March 08, 2022 TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada supports an important speech given recently in the Senate by Senator Leo Housakos, who urged the Government to call on democratic countries in the “international community” to supervise free and fair elections in the Palestinian Territories. Read more » »

March 08, 2022 OTTAWA — B’nai Brith Canada is supporting a group of respected community leaders who havelaunched a citizens’ petition to stop government funding to non-governmentalorganizations (NGOs) that promote antisemitism.At the request of the citizens, B’nai Brith will handle the technical and media aspects of the petition. Read more » »

Headquarters of the University of Toronto Graduate Students’ Union (Facebook) March 07, 2022 TORONTO — In a precedent-setting development, the University of Toronto has announced that it will finally begin withholding fees from the Graduate Students’ Read more » »

United Nations General Assembly (Council on Foreign Relations) March 02, 2022 B’nai Brith Canada is standing up against anti-Zionism and antisemitism by submitting a detailed report addressing the root causes of continued attacks on Israel to a United Nations body dominated by anti-Zionist countries. Read more » »