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Jun 20, 2018, 12:12 AM

US Applauds Canada’s Stand on Iran

Iran may have won its World Cup soccer match against Morocco last week, but it lost practically all its standing in Canada. It was an intense two weeks in parliament before the House of Commons adjourns for the summer...

May 18, 2018, 7:15 PM

Outrage Envelopes Jewish Community

Signed petitions against Prime Minister Trudeau's condemnation of Israel are pouring into our servers from across Canada. Canadians are incensed by the prime minister's harsh statement toward Israel. They are particularly perturbed that Hamas was neither mentioned nor condemned. Israel's...

May 5, 2018, 1:22 AM

Are Government Apologies Significant?

A push for a Government of Canada apology over the fate of the M.S. St. Louis has come from various sectors in our community in recent years. The M.S. St. Louis set sail from Hamburg, Germany to Cuba in...

Apr 28, 2018, 9:25 AM

Human Dignity Prevails as We Come Together as One

Silence still engulfs the stretch of Yonge Street where the van plowed through. People walk quietly past flowers carefully placed here and there — markers for where ordinary people once walked. Markers for where they were killed. Bouquets placed on...

Apr 20, 2018, 11:26 PM

“Took us 2000 years to come back to this place,” he said as he stared upon Jerusalem’s hills. He picked up a stone from the ground, rubbed it between his fingers and said, “This is our home. We will...

Apr 5, 2018, 11:31 PM

It’s a Mad, Mad World

When Israel defends itself, it's slammed. When Israel sits quietly and absorbs rocket fire and terror infiltration, the world looks the other way. The hypocrisy is especially apparent in the ideological battles which rage on social media and especially on...

Mar 23, 2018, 10:12 PM

Enabling Intolerance on Campus

Here we go again. Every year around this time, Israeli Apartheid Week rears its troublesome head with one overriding goal: to demonize and vilify the State of Israel. This divisive campaign, which originated in Toronto in 2005 and since has taken...

Feb 23, 2018, 11:57 PM

Can the Federal NDP be saved?

We rightly criticize the United Nations and its agencies like UNESCO and the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) for their blatant anti-Israel bias. They play a leading role in the demonization and delegitimization of the only Jewish country, Israel. The HRC, for...

Feb 10, 2018, 12:56 AM

New Polish law threatens historical reckoning of the Holocaust

Justice Louise D. Brandeis once said, "Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants." A truer statement could not be made pertaining to Poland's new law...

Feb 3, 2018, 5:09 AM

Jews Deserve Amnesty Too

We spent the better part of this week trying to understand why Amnesty International Canada launched a boycott campaign against so-called "Israeli settlements." Since "Israeli settlements" are neighbourhoods in which Jewish people primarily reside, the Amnesty campaign is primarily...

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About Me

Avi Benlolo is the President and CEO of Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies (FSWC), a Jewish non-profit human rights organization. Avi is a prominent Canadian human rights activist dedicated to promoting tolerance, freedom, democracy and human rights.