Category Archives: B’nai Brith Canada

B’nai Brith Canada Launches Canada’s First Anti-Hate Mobile App

Pour le français, voir ci-dessous… July 29, 2021 TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is excited to announce that we are launching this country’s first anti-hate mobile app. The app is free and available on both Android and Apple platforms. It is also available in both English and French. Read more » »

Ontario Government Sued Over Inequitable COVID Safety Funding

July 28, 2021 TORONTO – Three Ontario schools are taking the provincial government to court over inequitable distribution of the Safe Return to Class Fund. Read more » »

Protégez votre communauté – Faites-vous entièrement vaccine

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 » »

Protect Your Community – Get Fully Vaccinated

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 » »

B’nai Brith Canada Makes Strong, Action-Based Recommendations to Feds

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 » »

B’nai Brith Demands Action on Antisemitism

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 » »

B’nai Brith Hails Rejection of Your Ward News Appeal

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

B’nai Brith Outraged by Impunity over Openly Pro-Terrorism School Emails

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 » »

Act NOW to Defend Brit Milah in Manitoba

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 » »

B’nai Brith Commends Parliamentarians for Tackling Online Antisemitism

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 » »