B'nai brith

Canadian federal court rules to release redacted sections of 1986 Nazi resettlement report

The ruling follows longstanding efforts of B’nai Brith Canada to make the entire document public.

A man looks at a Nazi flag as he visits the exhibition "Design of the Third Reich" at the Design Museum Den Bosch in 's-Hertogenbosch; illustrative.
Martin Sellner (L), Austrian far-right political activist, poses for a selfie with Italian activist Andrea Ballarati in front of a controversial monument dedicated to antisemitic former Viennese mayor Karl Lueger, as he takes part in a rally of the far-right Identitarian Movement Austria in Vienna.

Canada blocks Austrian far-right extremist Martin Sellner after B'nai Brith probe

The Toronto Police Anti Terrorism squad stands guard outside the Rogers centre before the Opening Day game between the Athletics and Toronto Blue Jays.

Man arrested for breaking into Toronto synagogue, stealing religious items

 Protesters in support of Palestinians stand at an encampment, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at McGill University’s campus in Montreal, Quebec, Canada May 2, 2024.

Class action lawsuit against McGill University for alleged campus antisemitism allowed to proceed


Canada's last Iran envoy against listing IRGC as terrorist group

"To a certain extent what we're talking about here is not money, but principle. And the principle is a terrorist, is a terrorist, is a terrorist."

Mourners attend an outdoor vigil for the victims of a Ukrainian passenger jet which crashed in Iran, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada January 9, 2020.

B’nai Brith to Canadian A-G: West Bank wine labeling decision aids BDS

B’nai Brith Canada’s senior counsel David Matas said he believed the Federal Court’s decision “contains significant legal errors."

Rosé wine

Toronto Church pulls out of event honoring terrorist after backlash

A B’nai Brith Canada petition started last week slammed the Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church for offering its assistance honoring Ghassan Kanafani

A graffiti image of PFLP terrorist Ghassan Kanafani on the security barrier in the West Bank

Antonia Yamin wins B’nai B’rith journalism award

Journalism Award aims to be face of European Jewry.

Antonia Yamin

Israeli journalists awarded for Diaspora relations coverage

Three Israeli journalists are being honored for treating the topics of antisemitism and Israeli-Diaspora relations with insight and sensitivity.

Israeli journalists (left to right) Attila Somfalvi, Antonia Yamin and Zvika Klein

Rapper T-Pain leaves stage after rowdy crowd at Jewish youth group concert

T-Pain poses as he arrives at BMI?s annual Urban Music Awards at the Saban theatre in Beverly Hills

Haley receives award for 'excellence in diplomacy' from B'nai B'rith

B'nai B'rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin presented the award to Haley at an event at the United States Mission to the United Nations located in New York.

B'nai B'rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin speak with Nikki Haley at the private event held at the United States Mission to the United Nations located in New York

Antisemitic comments made at Canadian University faculty event

B’nai B'rith had complained that one of the speakers accused Israel of committing a “genocide” against Palestinians and another referred to indigenous Israeli Jews as “European settlers.”

A MAN wearing a kippa waits for the start of a demonstration against antisemitism at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate in 2014

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Benji Lovitt performing stand up comedy at "Funny Monday"

Jewish groups call for more gun control in Las Vegas aftermath

"Our prayers must be followed by action, long overdue limits to the easy access to fire arms," Says Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism.

People scramble for shelter during a mass shooting at a music festival in Las Vegas