B’nai Brith Canada

• Rideau Hall regrets honouring former University of Alberta chancellor who fought for Nazi unit

  Rideau Hall says it deeply regrets that a man who fought for a Nazi unit in the Second World War was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1987.

  Canada

  Oct 4, 2023
  
• Antisemitic incidents in Canada down slightly from record high in 2021: report

  B'nai Brith says there were 25 acts of antisemitic violence - including assault and threat of imminent assault - in Canada last year, down from 75 the year before.

  Canada

  Apr 17, 2023
  
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• Fighting the rise in antisemitism through Holocaust education

  With a rise in the number of Canadians experiencing antisemitism firsthand, programs like the mobile Tour for Humanity are teaching younger generations about the Holocaust.

  Canada

  Jan 27, 2023
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• Barrie community celebrates Hanukkah with 9-foot menorah outside city hall to combat hate

  A nine-foot public Hanukkah menorah will be lit at Barrie City Hall on Tuesday in response to the rise of antisemitism and to celebrate the Jewish Festival of Lights.

  Canada

  Dec 20, 2022
• Antisemitic graffiti found outside church in Toronto’s east end

  'We need to be taking antisemitism and Jew hatred seriously,' said the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies, in response to vandalism in The Beaches in Toronto.

  Crime

  Dec 13, 2022
• Quebec judge should recognize Nazism led to Holocaust, legal expert, Jewish group say

  Legal experts and Jewish group B'nai Brith Canada say Quebec judge should recognize Nazism led to Holocaust following the latest developments in a trial involving a Montreal man.

  Canada

  Jul 13, 2022
• Jewish York University students sound alarm over antisemitic graffiti found near campus

  The violent message and antisemitic caricature were found just steps away from the York U campus, where theatre student Robert Leitner studies.

  Canada

  Jun 10, 2022
• Editor of Your Ward News arrested after allegedly breaching parole: police

  In an email to Global News on Tuesday, Toronto police confirmed that James Sears, 58, was arrested on Feb. 3. 

  Crime

  Feb 22, 2022
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• ‘Not our Canada’: Montreal Liberal candidates campaign signs defaced with swastikas

  Liberal candidates Rachel Bendayan and Anthony Housefather, who are both re-campaigning, tweeted photos of their campaign posters vandalized with swastikas.

  Canada

  Aug 17, 2021
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• Jewish communities on edge amid ‘troubling rise’ of anti-Semitism in Canada

  Multiple demonstrations across Toronto, Montreal, Edmonton and Vancouver resulted in police intervention earlier this month.

  Canada

  May 25, 2021