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…
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Holocaust survivors’ stories made available online
(October 2017) – A new online portal at Lund University in Sweden makes a unique archive containing first-hand accounts from Nazi concentration camp survivors freely…
Jewish Studies Series 2017 at UAlberta features guest lectures and a special art exhibit: Oct. 8-24
By Regan Treewater (EJNews) – The Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies’ has announced an exceptional program for the 2017 Jewish Studies Series,…
Canada opens National Holocaust Memorial in Ottawa
(EJNews) – On September 27, 2017, Canada, at long last, inaugurated a National Holocaust Memorial in its capital city – Ottawa. The National Holocaust Monument – a…
Canada at long last opens national Holocaust memorial
MONTREAL (JTA) — Canada inaugurated a national Holocaust memorial in Ottawa as its government reportedly readied itself to formally apologize for turning away 900 European…