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 Welcome To B'nai Brith
B'nai Brith Canada is the independent voice of the Jewish community, representing its interests nationwide to government, NGO's and the wider Canadian public.
Notice to Canadian citizens born in Jerusalem: Bnai Brith Canada is seeking a reversal of Canada’s passport policy, which denies Canadian citizens born in Jerusalem the right to have Israel noted in their passports as their country of birth.
B'nai Brith Canada's Position on the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Israel's Security Fence
www.bnaibrith.ca   (720 words)

  
 The Zundelsite - Update on the Batavia situation
B'nai Brith also contacted the US Ambassador to Canada, Paul Celluci, to seek his intervention.
Frank Dimant, Executive Vice President of B'nai Brith Canada, asked the Minister to instruct the Canadian authorities to deny Zundel entry in case of any unilateral action by the US.
"OTTAWA, Feb. 17 /CNW/ - B'nai Brith spoke today to Denis Coderre, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, urging him to ensure that Zundel be refused entry to Canada.
www.zundelsite.org /zundel_persecuted/feb18_zgram.html   (1160 words)

  
 Arutz Sheva - Israel National News
On June 12, 2002, a 42-member combined delegation from Bnai Brith Canada and Christians for Israel Canada visited the College of Judea & Samaria (CJS) in Ariel.
The group, led by Bnai Brith executive vice president Frank Dimant, is visiting Israel as part of a solidarity mission.
The delegation is part of a larger "historic alliance" between the two groups aimed at improving Canadian support for Israel, and at fostering interfaith relations.
www.israelnationalnews.com /article.php3?id=1158   (141 words)

  
 The Concordia Student Union elections: a story of hate-mongering and outside interference.
The failure of the administration and Bnai Brith to silence student activists prompted the late Israel Asper, owner of CanWest Global and 80% of Canada's daily newspapers, to sponsor an unforgettable event that changed Concordia as we know it.
Within a week Bnai Brith Canada, published an article claiming, "The Arab student leadership has infiltrated the Concordia Student Union".
The use of the word "infiltrated" by Bnai Brith was also racist and xenophobic in its connotations.
www.montrealmuslimnews.net /marouf.htm   (1576 words)

  
 Shofar FTP Archives: people/g/grosvenor.william/gruber-10q
Question 2 ---------- In May of 1996, you, Sir, made the following statements: "In Alberta Canada Senator Ghitter,together with Bnai Brith and other jewish groups are openly supporting special rights for faggots and for more powers for the socalled human rights commission." (Grosvenor, Jews for Faggots) and...
"Grosvenor," is why you have lied about B'nai Brith and others, who have not called upon the government to "give special rights" to gays and/or lesbians?
Question 3 ---------- On May 30, 1996, you posted the following article to an Internet topical discussion group: "Canadian news media report that the subject of the KOSHER TAX is again under investigation by Revenue Canada Taxation.
www.nizkor.org /ftp.cgi/people/g/ftp.py?people/g/grosvenor.william/gruber-10q   (1347 words)

  
 Prison Planet.com: Do You Have the Knowledge to Escape?
The Bnai Brith and the Canadian Jewish Congress are campaigning to prevent Al-Jazeerah from being broadcast in Canada.
The Bnai Brith "League of Human Rights" is joining with local universities to deliver "anti hatred" courses to workplaces.
Jewish organizations like the Bnai Brith want to control the window and define reality.
www.prisonplanet.com /analysis_makow_081803_semitism.html   (1496 words)

  
 history.htm
Bnai B’riths Senior Citizens Housing Program is the largest Jewish sponsor of non-sectarian, affordable housing for the elderly with 35 senior housing complexes in the United States, and similar projects in Canada, Israel New Zealand, and Austria.
Bnai B’rith believes that young people must be taught the lessons of community involement and lndership.
The family is the foundation of the community and the Bnai B’rith Center for Jewish Family Life works to support the family by sponsoring the Pre Teen Dialogue, a program where trained group workers help parents and children confront the controversial issues which often drive families apart.
www.justiceunit.org /history.htm   (540 words)

  
 B'nai B'rith - Psychology Central
B'nai Brith Canada (BBC) is also considered to be closer to the Likud in its views of Israel and Zionism than the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) which is officially non-partisan as to Israeli politics.
BBYO was founded in 1923 (for high schoolers), and is parent organization to the Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA), a fraternity, and B'nai B'rith Girls (BBG), a sorority.
Also, until 2001, B'nai B'rith sponsored the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization (BBYO), which is now BBYO, Inc.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/B'nai_Brith   (561 words)

  
 Aleph Zadik Aleph - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
BBYO has over eighteen thousand members in chapters worldwide, including chapters in the United States, Bulgaria, United Kingdom, Israel, France, and Canada.
Although there was strong opposition to the proposal at first, Henry Monsky delivered a stirring speech which led to the approval and adoption of AZA to become a part of B'nai B'rith.
Sam Beber went to the national convention of B'nai B'rith, to see if they would sponsor the organization.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aleph_Zadik_Aleph   (1375 words)

  
 Bnai brith europe - Is Liberalism Judaism?
B'NAI BRITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION are found in Canada, the United States, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Israel and all over continental Europe.
B'nai Brith's League for Human Rights took the unprecedented step of naming This is typical of the way Europe confronts its problems concerning Islam
There are a number of Arab American groups in the USA and Europe that work to protect league (or adl) is an american organization set up by bnai brith.
ihxa.com /?q=bnai-brith-europe   (253 words)

  
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 KlezKanada: September 2005 Archives
So, the 10th anniversary KlezKanada weblog officially launches tomorrow night, Sunday, as musicians and instructors arrive (as we did two weeks ago) at Camp Bnai Brith, about an hour north of Montreal in Canada's beautiful Laurentian Mountains.
It takes about 6.5 hours of driving from my house to Camp Bnai Brith (CBB) where KlezKanada is held every year.
By 18th century, the move to push Jews out of cities and into the shtetls, so most Jews lived in villages and shetls, as though they had migrated from Montreal to Ste Agathe (the home of Camp Bnai Brith, in the heart of the Canadian "Catskills").
www.klezmershack.com /klezkanada/kk05/2005/09   (11112 words)

  
 Antisemitism Worldwide 2003/4 - Canada
While in the past Bnai Brith Canada and the Canadian Jewish Congress were the two major national advocacy organizations, reorganization during 2003 by the United Israel Appeal Federations Canada (UIAFC) led to the establishment of a new umbrella entity known as the Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy (CIJA).
According to Bnai Brith Canada, there appears to be a causal relationship between coverage of ‘Jewish’ issues in the mass media and the sense that somehow ‘permission’ has been given for open expression of antagonism toward Jews.
The Supreme Court of Canada, in the case of Suresh vs. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (2002), held that the provision in the Immigration Act, which allows for deportation based on membership in a terrorist organization, is constitutional.
www.tau.ac.il /Anti-Semitism/asw2003-4/canada.htm   (11112 words)

  
 Letter to Sollicitor General of Canada
Not only was Canada pressured by a lawsuit from the B'nai Brith of Canada, it was also deceived by media reports.
The Jewish National Fund, B'nai Brith Canada and other groups that support the Israeli settlements should be subject to the same kind of restrictions on activities now faced by Hezbollah, he said.
WAYNE EASTER (Solicitor General): This decision is made on the basis of sound criminal and security intelligence information and in no way is due to political pressure from anywhere.
www.cpavancouver.org /letter_to_solicitor_general.html   (11112 words)

  
 Canadian Jewish News
The passport issue came up in the first place after a 17-year old Toronto student born in Jerusalem, Eliyahu Yehoshua Veffer, and Bnai Brith Canada jointly filed a lawsuit on Jan. 26 seeking a judicial review of Canada’s passport policy.
Canada’s policy is not to issue passports identifying Jerusalem as part of any country until its status is cleared up by Israel and its Arab neighbours in peace negotiations.
She told him the placeline in his passport had to be politically neutral, in conformity with Canada’s policy on Jerusalem.
www.cjnews.com /viewarticle.asp?id=5910   (11112 words)

  
 Real History and Ernst Zündel deportation
This should mark a closure to the tireless efforts of many to bring Zündel to justice,'' said Frank Dimant, right, executive vice president of B'nai Brith of Canada.
Born in Germany in 1939, Zündel emigrated to Canada in 1958 and lived in Toronto and Montreal until 2001.
However, he was seized and returned to Canada by U.S. authorities for violating an immigration requirement.
www.fpp.co.uk /online/05/02/Zundel_fails_1.html   (11112 words)

  
 The Institute for International Affairs Page
Not until 1948 did thousands of Jews, predominantly Holocaust survivors, find refuge in Canada, in part as a result of pressure from the Joint Public Relations Committee of Canadian Jewish Congress and Bnai Brith, and from the labour unions, but mainly as a response to the enormous economic growth of the time.
By 1914, 20,000 Jews had entered Canada and communities of mostly eastern European Jews could be found in every city and town, and even in some villages, across the country.
Although by Jewish common law (Halacha) only a child of a Jewish mother is a Jew, many half-Jews on the paternal side, including their children and grandchildren, were admitted to Canada as Jewish refugees.
www.bnaibrith.ca /institute/millennium/millennium25.html   (11112 words)

  
 TheStar.com - EDITORIAL: Hate crime on the rise
In its recent annual report on anti-Semitic acts, B'nai Brith Canada says there was a 27 per cent jump last year in incidents against Jews across Canada from 2002.
Many groups - Jews, Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus, Asians, blacks - are targets of hate crimes.
All are signs that hate crimes continue to be a major problem across the Greater Toronto Area.
www.thestar.com /NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1079651409002&call_pageid=968256290204&col=968350116795   (11112 words)

  
 Recreation Camps North America Canada Ontario
Camp Northland - B'nai Brith - A residential camp for boy's and girls ages 7 - 15 in Haliburton, Ontario.
Camp White Pine - Established in 1956, Camp White Pine is located on a private lake in the Haliburton Highlands in Canada.
Camp Gesher - Part of the Habonim Dror Youth Movment, Camp Gesher promotes exploring Jewish life through camping activities including water skiing, arts and crafts, swimming lessons, and sports.
www.iper1.com /iper1-odp/scat/id/Recreation/Camps/North_America/Canada/Ontario   (11112 words)

  
 :: Novopress.info North America
Bnai Brith Canada launched a lawsuit yesterday against the federal government& passport policy, accusing it of discrimination when it comes to passports of Canadian citizens born in Jerusalem.
Ever since Canada’s courts began yanking the rest of the country toward legalizing same-sex marriage, religious leaders and organizations have expressed concerns that they will ultimately be forced to perform gay wedding ceremonies against their will.
Last month, the Supreme Court of Canada properly ruled that no such requirements should be foisted on to churches.
am.novopress.info /index.php?m=200501   (11112 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Canadian Jewish Congress
The Canadian Jewish Congress is an umbrella group of Jewish organizations in Canada and constitutes the main lobby group for the Jewish community in the country though it often competes with B'nai Brith Canada in that regard.
The CJC is officially non-partisan in both Canadian and Israeli politics and is considered centrist while B'nai Brith Canada is generally viewed as a more conservative organization with a more right-wing approach to Zionism.
The Independent Order of Bnai Brith (Hebrew: Sons of the Covenant) is the oldest continually-operating Jewish service organization in the world.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Canadian-Jewish-Congress   (955 words)

  
 B'nai Brith Commends Police Raids on Hate Music Distributor (4/16/1997)
B'nai Brith Canada commends the Michigan State Police, Windsor Police, Ontario Provincial Police, Michigan Treasury and Canada Customs in their joint investigation and raids in Canada and the United States on the operation of Resistance Records.
Rochelle Wilner, National Chair of the League for Human Rights of B'nai Brith Canada stated: "The co-operation amongst the various police services exemplifies the kind of joint forces operation B'nai Brith Canada has long been advocating.
Resistance Records is one of the foremost world-wide distributors of hate and racist rock music.
homepage.mac.com /lsf/others/970416adlpr.html   (297 words)

  
 jt-050915-10
His road to the Senate began several months ago, after he returned from a mission to Uzbekistan, when he received a call from Bnai Brith Canada Quebec Region Executive Committee member Eric Bissell, who told him that Bnai Brith Canada had proposed him as a candidate to fill the Senate vacancy left by Kolber.
Goldstein’s official swearing-in and introduction to the Senate chamber in Ottawa will take place Sept. 28, when he will be escorted to his seat by the Speaker of the House and the Liberal Party member who sponsored his appointment.
MONTREAL – When Montreal lawyer Yoine Goldstein recently got the call from Prime Minister Paul Martin about his appointment to the Canadian Senate, his reaction was typical of one receiving such an honour, but he didn’t forget about the roots that brought him there.
www.jewishtribune.ca /tribune/jt-050915-10.html   (759 words)

  
 Antisemitism Research Resources
Annual Audits of Antisemitic Incidents in Canada: Presented by the League for Human Rights of B'nai Brith in Canada, these on-line reports are the result of the close monitoring of antisemitic groups in Canada: "B'nai Brith Canada has been at the forefront of the battle against antisemitism, racism and bigotry for more than a century.
Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism (SICSA): SICSA was established in 1982 as an interdisciplinary research center dedicated to an independent, non-political approach to the accumulation and dissemination of knowledge necessary for understanding the phenomenon of antisemitism.
Antisemitism -- "Link Launcher": This WWW page by the Jewish Student Union at the University of Colorado covers the topic of antisemitism; there are four main categories containing multiple links: General Antisemitism, "Anti-Zionism," Other Contemporary Antisemitism, and The Holocaust.
ddickerson.igc.org /antisemitism.html   (759 words)

  
 Welcome To B'nai Brith - Leadership
He has served as Senior Vice-President of Bnai Brith Canada and presently serves as Chair of the Bnai Brith Canada House in Montreal, an affordable housing complex that is currently under construction.
He has received the “Man of the Year Award” from the City of St. Pierre and received a special Humanitarian Award from Bnai Brith Canada for his years of support and generosity towards numerous charitable causes in Montreal.
His awards include the Supreme Medal from the Knights of Pythias, the David Ben Gurion Award from the State of Israel, a Canadian Citizenship Award from the Government of Canada, the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation “Prix d’Excellence” Award, and the Jerusalem Award from the State of Israel.
www.bnaibrith.ca /leadership.html   (759 words)

  
 B'nai Brith 1998 Press Releases Page
This memorable and moving event was co-sponsored by the Canadian government and a coalition of national community organizations, including: B'nai Brith Canada, Canadian Jewish Congress, Canadian Holocaust Remembrance Association, Canadian Friends of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Canadian Society for Yad Vashem.
May you go from strength to strength,” said Rochelle Wilner Senior Vice President of B'nai Brith Canada, who had the honour of presenting each honoree as they received their certificate.
These fifty individuals and their families represent the thousands of survivors who, out of the ashes of the Holocaust, were able to put the horrors of the past behind them and forge a new life for themselves in Canada.
www.bnaibrith.ca /press1/pr-981118-22.htm   (759 words)

  
 Arutz Sheva - Israel National News
“It appears that the Government has begun a concerted campaign to recall the passports as a direct result of the legal action now before the courts,” said Frank Dimant, Executive Vice President of Bnai Brith Canada.
The government's move follows an application to Canada's Supreme Court by Bnai Brith of Canada against the government’s new policy regarding its passports and Jerusalem.
Canadian Jews born in Jerusalem are having their passports recalled in order to erase the word “Israel” from beside the name of the Jewish State’s capital.
www.israelnationalnews.com /news.php3?id=78349   (759 words)

  
 haliburton ontario b&b
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 B'nai B'rith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Canadian politics, although both groups are officially non-partisan, several former senior officials in the CJC, such as former President Irwin Cotler, have run as candidates for the Liberal Party of Canada, while Frank Dimant, executive director of B'nai Brith, considered running as a candidate of the conservative Canadian Alliance in the 2000 federal election.
Adam Aptowitzer, the Ontario chairman of Bnai Brith Canada’s Institute for International Affairs, was widely criticized by Canadian Arab and Muslim groups after he made statements on the October 19, 2004 Michael Coren Show (a television talk show airing in Canada) defending the use of "terror" tactics by Israel against Palestinians.
Aptowitzer argued that such actions were permissible when used to prevent deaths, saying "When Israel uses terror.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/B%27nai_Brith   (528 words)

  
 B'nai Brith 1997 Press Releases Page
B'nai Brith Canada was the first organization to receive standing before the Deschenes Commission and is recognized as an expert by the courts and government on the issue of the prosecution of Nazi war criminals, having been granted intervenor status in numerous court proceedings.
In this 10th year of the Deschenes Report, B'nai Brith Canada and the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre have convened a special commission, comprised of Jewish community leaders and legal and academic experts, to urge the government to deal effectively and immediately with Nazi war criminals residing in Canada.
Toronto (March 18, 1997)...Ten years after the release of the report of the Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals (Deschenes Commission), Canada's record of bringing to justice Nazi war criminals living in this country remains dismal.
www.bnaibrith.ca /press0/pr-970318-16.htm   (528 words)

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