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B’nai Brith Canada’s Volunteers of the Month: Joe Amar – B’nai Brith Canada

B’nai Brith Canada has introduced a new feature that is being posted regularly at www.bnaibrith.ca/volunteer-with-us. This feature allows us to pay tribute and express gratitude to exceptional volunteers who have given their time and energy to further the missions of our grassroots, human-rights organization. Read more » »

Nazi Collaborator Dies Peacefully in Canada – B’nai Brith Canada

Helmut Oberlander in an undated WW2-era photo (left) and in his 90s (right) Sept. 23, 2021 TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is expressing frustration with the country’s failure to deport a former translator for a Nazi death squad, who entered Canada after lying about his wartime past. Read more » »

Toronto Man Charged in Brutal Antisemitic Assault – B’nai Brith Canada

An illustrative photo of an LCBO store in Toronto (Liquor Control Board of Ontario) Sept. 15, 2021 TORONTO – A 26-year-old man is facing seven charges stemming from a vicious attack on an elderly Jewish employee inside a Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) store in Toronto’s west end. Read more » »

Algemeiner: Toronto Police Arrest ‘Swastika Man’ for Third Antisemitic Attack in Two Months – B’nai Brith Canada

Skip to content Integer posuere erat… READ MORE Latest News OMNI Cuts Ties with Arabic-Language Program following B’nai Brith Complaint SPECIAL REPORT: Last Month’s Surge of Antisemitism Far Worse Than First Thought Three Years Later, B’nai Brith Read more » »

B’nai Brith Canada Thrilled to Announce Winners of Writing Competition in Edmonton – B’nai Brith Canada

Sep. 14, 2021 EDMONTON – B’nai Brith Canada is delighted to congratulate the winners of last night’s Diverse Minds creative writing competition in Edmonton. Read more » »

Toronto Man Arrested Following Antisemitic Assaults – B’nai Brith Canada

Accused assailant Michael Park, as seen in Lawrence Subway Station Footage Sept. 13, 2021 TORONTO – A 32-year-old man is facing new assault charges after allegedly attacking people he perceived as Jewish for at least the third time in the past few months. Read more » »

Emergency Afghan Refugee Relief Campaign – B’nai Brith Canada

Sept. 2, 2021 TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada and Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) are partnering with the Afghan Women’s Organization Refugee & Immigrant Service and The Neighbourhood Organization to provide humanitarian assistance to Afghan refugees. Read more » »

Shana Tova from B’nai Brith Canada – B’nai Brith Canada

Shalom and Shana Tova! As we approach Rosh Hashanah and the new year, B’nai Brith Canada is hard at work fighting antisemitism and hatred – wherever and whenever it appears. We join the Jewish community of Canada in praying for a new year free of the scourge of antisemitism and the threat it poses to our survival. Read more » »

ACT NOW to Keep UVic Honest on Antisemitism – B’nai Brith Canada

VICTORIA – B’nai Brith Canada is calling for public action to ensure that an upcoming course on antisemitism at the University of Victoria (UVic) does not become a forum for antisemitic views. Read more » »

B’nai Brith Appalled by Wave of Swastika Graffiti – B’nai Brith Canada

Graffiti defacing a synagogue in midtown Toronto on Aug. 19, 2021 August 19, 2021 TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is alarmed by a noticeable increase in antisemitic vandalism across the country, seemingly coinciding with the start of the federal election campaign. Read more » »