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Article content Dear Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, premiers, mayors, university presidents and all Canadians of good conscience, I write this letter today on behalf of Canada’s oldest grassroots Jewish community organization, B’nai Brith Canada, to our political and civil society leaders. In a broader sense, this letter is addressed to all Canadians. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or An open letter to Canada: It is starting to be unsafe to be...

  MONTREAL -- Long-time Bnai Brith Quebec regional director and spokesperson for the Jewish community in the province Harvey Levine has died. The Jewish service organization announced Saturday that Levine died in the morning after battling cancer. “Harvey was passionate in his love for the Jewish community and for Israel,” said Bnai Brith Canada CEO Michael Mostyn in a news release. “For decades, during the Chanukah holiday, Harvey was always so proud to lead a group of volunteers, in...

Article content When Israeli actor Gal Gadot posted a message on Instagram praying for peace in the Middle East, she was attacked. “Israel deserves to live as a free and safe nation. Our neighbors deserve the same. …I pray for our leaders to find the solution so we can live side by side in peace. I pray for better days,” she wrote on Instagram. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or No truce in social media trenches as Israel-Hamas conflict cont...

(May 6, 2021 / JNS) A Canadian federal appeals court reversed a lower court’s decision that barred “Product of Israel” labels for wines produced in Judea and Samaria. In July of 2020, the Federal Court of Canada had ruled that it was “false, misleading or deceptive” for wines produced by Israeli vintners east of the Green Line to be labeled “Product of Israel.” Parts of the decision had also lent support to boycotts of Jewish communities, sugges...

Canada will not participate in Durban IV conference amid anti-Semitism concerns Poll Yes Justice Committee chair Anthony Housefather waits to start an in-camera meeting of the Justice Committee in Ottawa, Tuesday, March 19, 2019. Housefather says the federal government will not be taking part in 20th-anniversary events for an international conference where Israel was singled out for condemnation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld OTTAWA – Liberal MP Anthony Housefather says the federal governm...

The United States and Australia have also stated they will steer clear of events commemorating the 2001 Durban Declaration. The coming event, slated for Sept. 22 and authorized by the United Nations, will mark 20 years since the World Conference on Racism in Durban. The initial conference was consumed by clashes over the Middle East and the legacy of slavery, prompting the U.S. and Israel to walk out during a meeting over a draft resolution that censured Israel and likened Zionism to racism. Bn...

A red wine being poured into a wine glass to serve. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. JNS.org – A Canadian federal appeals court reversed a lower court’s decision that barred “Product of Israel” labels for wines produced in Judea and Samaria. In July of 2020, the Federal Court of Canada had ruled that it was “false, misleading or deceptive” for wines produced by Israeli vintners east of the Green Line to be labeled “Product of Israel.” Parts of the decision had also lent support to boy...

The Group of Seven scolded both China and Russia on Wednesday, casting the Kremlin as malicious and Beijing as a... “We urge Canada to stand with the United States and set an example for our allies around the world by publicly and unequivocally rejecting Durban and the overt antisemitism that it has always been associated with,” said Jaime Kirzner-Roberts, Director of FSWC, on Wednesday. “In this moment of growing antisemitism, it is more important than ever that Canada stand firm in the ...

The United States and Australia have also stated they will steer clear of events commemorating the 2001 Durban Declaration. The coming event, slated for Sept. 22 and authorized by the United Nations, will mark 20 years since the World Conference on Racism in Durban. The initial conference was consumed by clashes over the Middle East and the legacy of slavery, prompting the U.S. and Israel to walk out during a meeting over a draft resolution that censured Israel and likened Zionism to racism. Bn...

Photo Credit: Psagot Winery A display from Israels Psagot Winery, which was at the center of a European court ruling on labeling of Israeli products from beyond the so-called "Green Line." A Canadian federal appeals court reversed a lower court’s decision that barred “Product of Israel” labels for wines produced in Judea and Samaria. In July of 2020, the Federal Court of Canada had ruled that it was “false, misleading or deceptive” for wines produced by Israeli vintners...