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B'nai Brith Canada

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B'nai Brith Canada (BBC) (from בני ברית b'né brit, "Children of the Covenant") is the Canadian section of B'nai B'rith (the Canadian organization uses no apostrophe in "B'rith"), the oldest Jewish service organization in the world. [1]

62 relations: AGF Management, Air Canada, Al Waxman, Allan Gotlieb, Alzheimer's disease, Anti-Defamation League, Antisemitism, B'nai B'rith, BBYO, Bill Davis, Canada, Canada-Israel Committee, Canadian Jewish Congress, Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee, Carleton University, Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, Covenant (biblical), David Matas, Edward S. Rogers Jr., English language, Ernest Manning, F. Anthony Comper, Fishing expedition, Frank Dimant, Frank Stronach, French language, Gary Filmon, George Cohon, Guy Charbonneau, Hassan Diab, Herb Gray, Hezbollah, Hillel International, Independent Jewish Voices (Canada), Israel, Izzy Asper, Jean Béliveau, Jean Drapeau, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Jews, Judaism, Kangaroo court, Leo Kolber, Lindsay Gordon, Lloyd Axworthy, London Police Service, Montreal, Monty Hall, National Post, Nazism, ..., Non-governmental organization, Paul Martin, Paul Tellier, Peter Lougheed, Robert Lantos, Stephen Harper, The Forward, The Jewish Tribune (Canada), Toronto, Toronto Star, Wallace McCain, 1980 Paris synagogue bombing. Expand index (12 more) »

AGF Management

AGF Management Limited is a Canadian-based independent and diversified asset management firm.

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Air Canada

Air Canada is the flag carrier and largest airline of Canada by fleet size and passengers carried.

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Al Waxman

Albert Samuel Waxman, (March 2, 1935 – January 18, 2001) was a Canadian actor and director of over 1000 productions on radio, television, film, and stage.

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Allan Gotlieb

Allan Ezra Gotlieb, (born February 28, 1928) is a Canadian public servant and author.

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Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease (AD), also referred to simply as Alzheimer's, is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and worsens over time.

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Anti-Defamation League

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL; formerly known as the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith) is an international Jewish non-governmental organization based in the United States.

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Antisemitism

Antisemitism (also spelled anti-Semitism or anti-semitism) is hostility to, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews.

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B'nai B'rith

B'nai B'rith International (from בני ברית b'né brit, "Children of the Covenant") is the oldest Jewish service organization in the world.

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BBYO

BBYO (formerly B'nai B'rith Youth Organization, now BBYO INC.) is a Jewish teen movement aspiring to involve Jewish teens in Jewish experiences.

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Bill Davis

William Grenville "Bill" Davis, (born July 30, 1929) is a Canadian former politician who served as the 18th Premier of Ontario from 1971 to 1985.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Canada-Israel Committee

The Canada-Israel Committee (CIC) was the official representative of the organized Canadian Jewish community on matters pertaining to Canada-Israel relations.

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Canadian Jewish Congress

The Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) was, for more than 90 years, one of the main lobby groups for the Jewish community in Canada.

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Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee

CJPAC is a national, independent, multi-partisan organization.

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Carleton University

Carleton University is a comprehensive university located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) is the advocacy agent of the Jewish Federations of Canada.

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Covenant (biblical)

A biblical covenant is a religious covenant that is described in the Bible.

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David Matas

David Matas (born 29 August 1943) is the senior legal counsel of B'nai Brith Canada.

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Edward S. Rogers Jr.

Edward Samuel "Ted" Rogers Jr., OC (May 27, 1933 – December 2, 2008) was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Ernest Manning

Ernest Charles Manning, (September 20, 1908 – February 19, 1996), a Canadian politician, was the eighth premier of Alberta between 1943 and 1968 for the Social Credit Party of Alberta.

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F. Anthony Comper

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Fishing expedition

A fishing expedition is an informal, pejorative term for a non-specific search for information, especially incriminating information.

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Frank Dimant

Frank Dimant (born) is the CEO of Christians United for Israel Canada, and was appointed to the position in January 2015.

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Frank Stronach

Frank Stronach, (born 6 September 1932) is an Austrian and Canadian businessman and politician.

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French language

French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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Gary Filmon

Gary Albert Filmon (born August 24, 1942) is a Manitoba politician.

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George Cohon

George Alan Cohon, (born April 19, 1937) is an American-born Canadian businessman who is the founder and senior chairman of McDonald's of Canada and McDonald's of Russia.

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Guy Charbonneau

Guy Charbonneau, (June 21, 1922 – January 18, 1998) was the longest serving Speaker of the Canadian Senate, serving from 1984 to 1993.

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Hassan Diab

Hassan Diab (حسن دياب) (born November 20, 1953) is a former sociology professor at the University of Ottawa and Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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Herb Gray

Herbert Eser "Herb" Gray (May 25, 1931 – April 21, 2014) was a prominent Canadian politician.

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Hezbollah

Hezbollah (pronounced; حزب الله, literally "Party of Allah" or "Party of God")—also transliterated Hizbullah, Hizballah, etc.

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Hillel International

Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life (known as Hillel International or Hillel) is the largest Jewish campus organization in the world, working with thousands of college students globally.

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Independent Jewish Voices (Canada)

Independent Jewish Voices (Canada) (IJV) is an organization that describes itself as representing Canadian Jews who have a strong commitment to social justice and universal human rights.

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Israel

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East, on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea.

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Izzy Asper

Israel Harold "Izzy" Asper, (August 11, 1932 – October 7, 2003) was a Canadian tax lawyer and media magnate.

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Jean Béliveau

Joseph Jean Arthur Béliveau, (August 31, 1931 – December 2, 2014) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played parts of 20 seasons with the National Hockey League's (NHL) Montreal Canadiens from 1950 to 1971.

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Jean Drapeau

Jean Drapeau, (18 February 1916 – 12 August 1999) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as mayor of Montreal from 1954 to 1957 and 1960 to 1986.

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Jewish Telegraphic Agency

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) is an international news agency and wire service serving Jewish community newspapers and media around the world, with about 70 syndication clients listed on its web site.

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Jews

Jews (יְהוּדִים ISO 259-3, Israeli pronunciation) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and a nation, originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The people of the Kingdom of Israel and the ethnic and religious group known as the Jewish people that descended from them have been subjected to a number of forced migrations in their history" and Hebrews of the Ancient Near East.

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Judaism

Judaism (originally from Hebrew, Yehudah, "Judah"; via Latin and Greek) is the religion of the Jewish people.

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Kangaroo court

A kangaroo court is a court that ignores recognized standards of law or justice, and often carries little or no official standing in the territory within which it resides.

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Leo Kolber

Ernest Leo Kolber, (born January 18, 1929) is a Canadian businessman, philanthropist and former Senator.

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Lindsay Gordon

Air Vice-Marshal James Lindsay Gordon DFC (11 December 1892 – 3 March 1940) was a leading figure in the pre-World War II Royal Canadian Air Force and a pilot in the Royal Naval Air Service during World War I.

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Lloyd Axworthy

Lloyd Norman Axworthy, (born December 21, 1939) is a Canadian politician, elder statesman and academic.

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London Police Service

The London Police Service (LPS) provides policing services for the city of London, Ontario, Canada.

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Montreal

Montreal (officially Montréal) is the most populous municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec and the second-most populous municipality in Canada.

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Monty Hall

Monty Hall (born Monte Halparin; August 25, 1921 – September 30, 2017) was a Canadian-American game show host, producer, and philanthropist.

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National Post

The National Post is a conservative Canadian English-language newspaper.

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Nazism

National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus), more commonly known as Nazism, is the ideology and practices associated with the Nazi Party – officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP) – in Nazi Germany, and of other far-right groups with similar aims.

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Non-governmental organization

Non-governmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, or nongovernment organizations, commonly referred to as NGOs, are usually non-profit and sometimes international organizations independent of governments and international governmental organizations (though often funded by governments) that are active in humanitarian, educational, health care, public policy, social, human rights, environmental, and other areas to effect changes according to their objectives.

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Paul Martin

Paul Edgar Philippe Martin (born August 28, 1938), also known as Paul Martin Jr., is a Canadian politician who served as the 21st Prime Minister of Canada from December 12, 2003, to February 6, 2006.

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Paul Tellier

Paul Mathias Tellier, (born 1939) is a Canadian businessman and former public servant and lawyer.

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Peter Lougheed

Edgar Peter Lougheed,, (July 26, 1928 – September 13, 2012) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.

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Robert Lantos

Robert Lantos, CM BA MA D.Litt. (born 3 April 1949) is a Canadian film producer.

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Stephen Harper

Stephen Joseph Harper (born April 30, 1959) is a Canadian economist, entrepreneur, and retired politician who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada, from February 6, 2006, to November 4, 2015.

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The Forward

The Forward (Forverts), formerly known as The Jewish Daily Forward, is an American magazine published monthly in New York City for a Jewish-American audience.

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The Jewish Tribune (Canada)

The Jewish Tribune was a privately owned community-based Canadian weekly Jewish newspaper founded by and closely associated with B'nai Brith Canada.

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Toronto

Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario and the largest city in Canada by population, with 2,731,571 residents in 2016.

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Toronto Star

The Toronto Star is a Canadian broadsheet daily newspaper.

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Wallace McCain

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1980 Paris synagogue bombing

On 3 October 1980, the rue Copernic synagogue in Paris, France was bombed in a terrorist attack.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B'nai_Brith_Canada

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