PM Justin Trudeau announces St. Louis apology
OTTAWA, May 8, 2018 /CNW/ – The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced that he will deliver a formal apology in the House of Commons over the fate of…
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Ex-Nazi Helmut Oberlander is appealing loss of Canadian citizenship for a fourth time
TORONTO (May 2, 2018) – Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) is monitoring today’s court appearance concerning former Nazi interpreter Helmut Oberlander as he appeals…
Yom Hashoah remembers the horrors of the Holocaust and reminds us to work harder for inclusivity
(EJNews) – Yom Hashoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day was commemorated in Israel and around the world on April 12, 2018. In Edmonton a commemorative service…
Separated by the Holocaust, old friends find each other 76 years later
By Gabrielle Birkner LOS ANGELES (JTA) — When Alice (Gerstel) Weit last saw Simon Gronowski, she was 13 and he was 10 and, by Alice’s recollection,…
Polish president says new Holocaust law will not silence survivors’ stories
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — On April 12, 2018 the presidents of Poland and Israel met in Oświęcim, near the Auschwitz Nazi death camp, where they…