Deborah Lyons is Canada’s new special envoy on combatting antisemitism
by John Longhurst, Canadian Jewish News (CJN) – Deborah Lyons has been named the new Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism,…
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B.C. announces mandatory Holocaust Education in K-12 curriculum will begin in 2025
(Vancouver) – Flanked by members of British Columbia’s Jewish community, including Holocaust Survivors and their descendants, and representatives of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre (VHEC),…
Telling the precious story of Herbert Zwergfeld and the Kindertransport that saved his life
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – It is hard to imagine the rollercoaster of emotions when, on March 15, 1939, Marie Zwergfeld put her 11-year-old son…
U of A closes endowment in Waffen-SS veteran’s name
By Jeremy Appel (AJNews) – The University of Alberta is closing down and refunding a $30,000 endowment donated in the name of Yaroslav Hunka —…
A message from Jewish Federation of Edmonton: On the recognition of Yaroslav Hunka
by Steve Shafir and Adam Zepp (Edmonton, AB) – Following the developments of the recognition of Yaroslav Hunka in Parliament last week, the Jewish Federation…