#WeRemember Campaign promotes a future without hate
NEW YORK – In the leadup to International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, the World Jewish Congress has launched its seventh annual #WeRemember campaign, to…
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A mile from Auschwitz, a restored synagogue recalls thriving Jewish life in Oswiecim
by Cnaan Liphshiz OSWIECIM, Poland (JTA) — In a typical, pre-pandemic year, about 2.3 million people a year visit Auschwitz, the infamous Nazi death camp…
Upcoming Holocaust Education programs will have an impact across Alberta
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – In addition to the January 27 live virtual conversation with Ben M. Freeman, author of Jewish Pride, Jewish community members…
150,000 Holocaust survivors to receive $200M in emergency COVID-19 funding
by Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA) — About 150,000 Jewish victims of Nazi persecution are set to receive emergency funding of approximately $1,400 per person from Germany…
U of A hosts talk on Ukrainian nationalists’ role in the Holocaust
By Jeremy Appel (AJNews) – Historian John-Paul Himka, who published a book this year on Ukrainian nationalists’ culpability in the Holocaust, presented this year’s Toby…