Students defeat BDS vote at University of Ottawa
(EJNews) – An initiative to advance Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions (BDS) against Israel was defeated at the Students’ Federation of the University of Ottawa’s (SFUO) Board of Administrators….
Articles by Alberta Jewish News
Taboo-breaking film depicts Hungary’s grim welcome to Holocaust survivors
By Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA) — The time is just after the defeat of Nazi Germany. Two Orthodox Jews disembark from a train at a rural…
Jewish family learns they are related to Scarlett Johansson by watching PBS show
By Curt Schleier (JTA) — Turns out you don’t actually have to be a guest on Henry Louis Gates’ PBS show “Finding Your Roots” to,…
Scarlett Johansson cries when she discovers her family’s tragic Holocaust history on ‘Finding Your Roots’
(JTA) — Scarlett Johansson knew that her mother’s side of the family came from Jewish communities in Eastern Europe, but she didn’t know much else about…
B’nai Brith Canada Reports: Antisemitic Posters Appear at University of Victoria
VICTORIA, B.C. – Students at the University of Victoria arrived on campus last week to find posters promoting antisemitism and white supremacy scattered around the…