From the Desk of Avi Benlolo: I Am Canadian
by Avi Benlolo (June 28, 2019) – As we head into Canada’s 152nd birthday, we cannot be more proud of our contribution to this great…
Holocaust
Canada will adopt IHRA definition of anti-Semitism
By Marcy Oster (JTA) — The Canadian government will adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-Semitism. Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism Pablo…
As a queer Jew, learning Anne Frank was bisexual is a game-changer
by Yonah Bex Gerber This story originally appeared on Alma. Like many American children, I first read Anne Frank’s diary in school. And like many…
The son of Holocaust hero Chiune Sugihara is setting the record straight about his father’s story
by Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA) — After decades of relative obscurity, the tale of the Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara has become one of the best-known Holocaust rescue…
Back-to-back Israeli holidays are exhausting – and emotionally manipulative
by Elana Sztokman TEL AVIV (JTA) — Wednesday night (May 8) was one of the hardest nights on the Israeli calendar. In that hazy space…