B’nai Brith

B'nai Brith Canada Launches Series in Tribute to Jews from Arab Lands

From the 1940s until the 1970s, and heightening with the founding of Israel in 1948, nearly 1-million Jews were expelled from their homes across Arab countries such as Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Algeria and Iran.

BDS Stickers Found on Sodastream Boxes at Winnipeg Stores

WINNIPEG - Stickers supporting and encouraging the boycott, divestment and sanction movement (BDS) against Israel have been found on products in two department stores in one of the largest malls in Winnipeg.

UNESCO Resolution Falls into Trap of Palestinian Incitement

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted Thursday in favour of a draft decision on "Occupied Palestine," which ignores the Jewish connection to Jerusalem and Jewish holy sites, referred to throughout the resolution only by their Islamic names.

Holocaust-denying Professor Anthony Hall Suspended Without Pay

B’nai Brith Canada is commending the University of Lethbridge for officially suspending Anthony Hall, a Globalization Studies professor who vocally supports Holocaust denial and conspiracy theories blaming the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks on Israel. A video posted to YouTube this morning by Hall outlines that he has been suspended from his position without pay, as the university prepares termination procedures.

Website says Holocaust-denying Professor Has Been ‘Asked to Step Down’

According to American Herald Tribune, a website run by Professor Anthony Hall, the University of Lethbridge has requested that he resign over suggestions that he has promoted Holocaust denial and other antisemitic conspiracy theories.

Academic Freedom Does Not Include Holocaust Denial

B'nai Brith Canada is urging the University of Lethbridge in Alberta to investigate one of its professors over suggestions that he has promoted Holocaust denial and other antisemitic conspiracy theories.

B'nai Brith Complaint Leads to Dismissal of York University Staff Member

York University has dismissed an employee following an investigation into his antisemitic social media use. Nikolas Balaskas, a long-time lab technician in York's Department of Astronomy and Physics, was the subject of a B'nai Brith Canada complaint to the university's administration on Aug. 22.

Dimitri Lascaris Turfed from Green Party Shadow Cabinet

In a statement, the Green Party announced that Lascaris was removed, along with Lisa Barrett and Colin Griffiths, from its Shadow Cabinet because they publicly criticized the leader of the B.C. Green Party, Andrew Weaver. Weaver was critical of his party for considering a policy endorsing Boycott, Divest and Sanctions (BDS). B'nai Brith Canada had proactively reached out to Weaver as early as July 8, calling on him to publicly oppose the boycott motion.

Calgary Police Investigating Antisemitic Post on Facebook

Police in the Alberta city of Lethbridge have launched an investigation into an antisemitic Facebook post that was exposed by B’nai Brith Canada last Friday.

“Kill All Jews Now” is an Acceptable Message, Facebook Says

The global social media giant made its determination in response to a complaint filed by B’nai Brith Canada. It took Facebook two hours to conclude that the post was acceptable, according to the company’s standards.

B'nai Brith, JNF Irate over Green Party's Anti-Israel Policy

During its weekend convention in Ottawa, the Green Party of Canada added support for the anti-Israel boycott movement (BDS) to its official roster of policies.

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne Condemns Antisemitic Arabic Newspaper

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has condemned an antisemitic article appearing in a Southwestern Ontario publication. In an email sent to B’nai Brith Canada, Wynne did not mince words.

Ontario Arabic Newspaper Blames Jews for Holocaust

An article appearing in a monthly Arabic newspaper distributed in London, Ont. engages in virulent antisemitism, Holocaust denial and homophobia, B'nai Brith Canada has discovered.

Green Party Moves to Expel Holocaust Denier Monika Schaefer

Fewer than 24 hours after B'nai Brith Canada exposed and condemned a Holocaust denial video made by former Green Party of Canada candidate Monika Schaefer, GPC officials announced their intention to terminate her membership.

Former Green Party Candidate Makes Holocaust Denial Video

Monika Schaefer, who stood as the Green Party of Canada's candidate in the Alberta riding of Yellowhead in 2006, 2008 and 2011, is denying the Holocaust in a homemade Youtube video. Schaefer has also taken credit for convincing Green Party Leader Elizabeth May to submit a 9/11 conspiracy petition to Parliament in 2014.

Another Al-Quds Day Speaker in Toronto Calls for Israelis to be Shot

B’nai Brith Canada, which is on the record as warning that the 2016 al-Quds Day rally would once again descend into open support for terrorist organizations and antisemitic incitement, has called for a criminal investigation into hate speech at the event.

B'nai Brith Calls for Action in Response to Elizabeth May's Email

Dear Friend, On June 22, 2016, B'nai Brith Canada issued a statement informing Canadians about two anti-Israel motions being proposed at the Green Party's convention in August, one of which is co-sponsored by a representative from Independent Jewish Voices (IJV), while the other was submitted by an IJV member. IJV, as has been previously exposed by B'nai Brith Canada, has ties to Holocaust denial, white supremacists and the despotic, terror-supporting and human-rights-abusing Iranian regime.

You can help stop the Green Party's Anti-semitism

As you may have heard, the Green Party of Canada will be holding a national convention in Ottawa this August to formulate its new foreign policy. Of the two foreign policy resolutions to be debated, both deal solely with the Jewish State--one to endorse the antisemitic boycott against Israel, and the other to revoke the charitable status of the Jewish National Fund (JNF).

Landmark Decision Made Against Boycott & Sanctions

In a landmark decision for Canada, issued Tuesday of this week, the Judicial Board of the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) ruled against the anti-Israel Boycott and Sanctions Movement, finding that it violates the student union’s constitution.

B'nai Brith Condemns Iran's Attempt to Trivialize Holocaust

Iran’s annual international cartoon contest, which trivializes the Holocaust and compares Israel's treatment of Palestinians to the horrors of the Nazi regime, perpetuates antisemitic stereotypes, B’nai Brith Canada says.