Version anglaise | English Version Le virus de la COVID19 a affecté de nombreuses facettes de nos vies. Heureusement, avec le succès du déploiement du vaccin, nous avons tous commencé à profiter de plus de liberté et d’un graduel retour à la normale. Mais le combat n’est pas terminé. Read more » »

Version française | French Version The COVID 19 virus has affected so many facets of our lives. Fortunately, with the success of the vaccine rollout, we’ve all begun to enjoy more freedom and a return to normalcy. But the fight isn’t over. Some community members have yet to make an appointment or receive any of their two COVID 19 vaccination doses. Read more » »

Michael Mostyn and Prof. Irwin Cotler July 21, 2021 OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada, a leader in this country’s fight against antisemitism, has laid out to the federal government a series of action-based, concrete measures designed to combat hatred directed at the Jewish community. Read more » »

July 21, 2021 OTTAWA — B’nai Brith Canada has been working hard to raise awareness about the recent rise in antisemitism, and to demand it be taken more seriously by the government and the public. Earlier this month, our Chief Executive Officer, Michael Mostyn, wrote an op-ed in Le Devoir, a leading francophone newspaper in Quebec. Read more » »

Your Ward News Editor-in-Chief James Sears (right) and publisher LeRoy St. Germaine (left) attend court on Nov. Read more » »

An excerpt from materials sent to TDSB teachers by Javier Dávila (Highlighting added by B’nai Brith) July 16, 2021 TORONTO — B’nai Brith Canada is outraged by the apparent reinstatement without discipline of a Toronto school employee who sent materials to teachers justifying the murder of Israeli civilians. Read more » »

A traditional Jewish brit milah ceremony (Gershon Elinson/Flash 90) July 15, 2021 WINNIPEG — B’nai Brith Canada is calling on members of the community to speak up against potential new restrictions on the critical Jewish ritual of male circumcision, or brit milah. Read more » »

An image from a previous meeting of the Interparliamentary Task Force to Combat Online Antisemitism (Times of Israel) July 14, 2021 OTTAWA — B’nai Brith Canada endorses a new report released today by the Interparliamentary Task Force to Combat Online Antisemitism. Read more » »

Terezia Zoric speaking (YouTube) July 9, 2021 TORONTO — Earlier this week, B’nai Brith Canada drew attention to the concerns of Jewish faculty members at the University of Toronto (U of T) following problematic and antisemitic comments made by a University of Toronto Faculty Association (UTFA) official. Read more » »

To:   Meric Gertler President, University of Toronto   Keith Adamson Chair, Membership Committee University of Toronto Faculty Association   Brenda Austin-Smith President, CAUT   Dear esteemed leaders, For the past year and a half, Jewish faculty Read more » »