Angela Merkel announces Germany will donate $66 million to Auschwitz museum
by Toby Axelrod BERLIN (JTA) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel, making her first visit to Auschwitz, pledged an added 60 million euros — or $66…
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Supreme Court denies former Nazi’s appeal
TORONTO – The Supreme Court of Canada has denied a former Nazi’s request to appeal the revocation of his citizenship. Helmut Oberlander was a member…
This Holocaust-themed figure skating costume is just the sport’s latest to cause scandal
by Stacy Mintzer Herlihy CALDWELL, N.J. (JTA) — Figure skating costumes have a long and sometimes ridiculous history. Until about the 1930s, women were expected to…
Annual Toby & Saul Reichert Holocaust Lecture will be held at UAlberta: November 19
(Edmonton) – The 2019 Toby and Saul Reichert Holocaust Lecture will be held at the University of Alberta on November 19 from 5 to 6:30…
Author to discuss role of Jewish-Canadians in battling the Second World War: Nov. 7
(Edmonton) – A Canadian author who wrote a compelling book about Jewish-Canadians serving in the Second World War will be in Edmonton on November 7…