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B’nai Brith

B’nai Brith Canada has been active in Canada since 1875 as the Jewish community’s foremost human rights agency.

Most Recent Articles by B’nai Brith:

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.
- Wednesday, September 28, 2016

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.
- Thursday, September 15, 2016

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.
- Wednesday, September 14, 2016







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.
- Friday, July 15, 2016

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.
- Monday, July 4, 2016

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.
- Saturday, June 25, 2016


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.
- Thursday, June 2, 2016

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.
- Thursday, May 19, 2016

Nakba Day Commemorations Spur Antisemitism

Nakba Day, which mourns the rebirth of the State of Israel in the ancestral Jewish homeland every May 15 and advocates for its destruction, serves to create antisemitism in Canada, B’nai Brith Canada says.
- Saturday, May 14, 2016

Al-Quds Day Permit Denied

TORONTO — After reaching out to Members of Provincial Parliament and gathering almost 3,000 signatures on a petition to stop the yearly ‘Al-Quds Day’ hate-rally, B’nai Brith Canada is proud to announce it has received word that no permit will be issued for this year’s rally.
- Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Terrorist Featured on York Student Group Website

TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is concerned by a recent posting online by Students Against Israeli Apartheid at York University (SAIA) in Toronto. SAIA uploaded to their Facebook page a link to an interview with a member of Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, a terrorist organization.
- Monday, August 18, 2014

Latin America Disappoints

TORONTO — The pulling of envoys by five Latin American nations is being described as 'disgraceful' by B'nai Brith Canada. El Salvador is the latest country to pull its ambassador from Israel, joining Brazil, Peru, Chile and Ecuador.
- Thursday, July 31, 2014

Toronto Braces for Pro-Hamas Rally

TORONTO — Despite an appeal by the Jewish human rights organization B’nai Brith Canada and the grassroots Christian and Jewish communities, authorities at Queen’s Park refuse to deny the use of the grounds of the Legislative Assembly for the annual “Al-Quds Day” rally this Saturday.
- Friday, July 25, 2014

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