Category Archives: World
Tell Ottawa to Act NOW Against the PFLP in Canada
Terry Glavin’s story exposing Khaled Barakat on the front page of the National Post on April 30, 2022 May 4, 2022 TORONTO – For more than two years, B’nai Brith Canada has been leading the struggle to expel a dangerous antisemitic terror group from Canada. Today, it’s your turn to make your voice heard. Read more » »
Fairview woman mothered hundreds of orphaned children during the Depression
Imagine baking birthday cakes, sewing costumes and helping solve math problems for hundreds of kids. The matron of a long-ago Fairview orphanage did just that for 25 years, until her death in 1949. Read more » »
Controversy in Canada over resident’s alleged Palestinian terrorism ties – The Jerusalem Post
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The hidden American history of one of Zionism’s foundational battles: Tel Hai
They were some of the first Jews killed defending a Zionist Jewish community in what would later become Israel. The story of how they died is national lore. But virtually no one knows anything about them. They were the “Americans” killed in the legendary Battle of Tel Hai 102 years ago. Read more » »
Milestone – Obituary
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Senator Follows Up on Urgent Security Concerns About Terrorist Leader in Canada
Senator Leo Housakas (CBC) May 3, 2022 OTTAWA – The question of why the Government hasn’t yet deported a high-ranking terrorist living in Canada hit a high level Tuesday, when a Senator publicly posed a question about it. Read more » »
Jewish women are on the frontlines of the fight for abortion rights. We can’t give up hope now
Jewish Women International at a protest for abortion rights in 2016 Courtesy of JWI By Meredith Jacobs May 03, 2022 “Didn’t we expect this to happen?” That’s the text I sent to my advocacy team when news broke of the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion overturning both Roe and Casey. I wasn’t being cavalier or defeatist. Read more » »
BBUK Bureau meeting with Finland’s Ambassador to the UK – 3 May 2022
By BBUK In Advocacy, Bureau of International Affairs On 3 May 2022 This morning, the BBUK Bureau had a meeting with Finland’s Ambassador to the UK, H.E. Mr. Jukka Siukosaari (centre). The Bureau discussed the current Ukraine crisis, the prospect of Finland joining NATO, antisemitism, Israel’s relations with Finland and other topics. Read more » »
Read an Excerpt from Tracy E. K’Meyer’s „To Live Peaceably Together” | The Chicago Blog
Tracy E. K’Meyer’s To Live Peaceably Together is a thoughtful examination of the struggle for fair housing in the postwar United States, with a unique focus: the efforts undertaken by the Quaker-aligned American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in cultivating wider acceptance of residential integration. Read more » »
CRA Must Act Against al-Quds Day Mosques
Anti-Israel protesters at the April 30, 2022 Toronto al-Quds Day rally on government property May 2, 2022 TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada has written to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), demanding that it examine the charitable status of mosques that facilitated the recent al-Quds Day hate-fest in downtown Toronto. Read more » »
