Jewish groups criticize Ottawa’s reinstatement of funding to UNRWA
TORONTO (JTA) — Canada’s Liberal government has reinstated funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, or UNRWA. Ottawa announced on November…
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Dutch survivor’s diary called an Anne Frank story with a ‘happy’ ending
By Cnaan Liphshiz AMSTERDAM (JTA) — A Holocaust survivor dubbed “Rotterdam’s Anne Frank” in her native Netherlands published her wartime diary, which she wrote while hiding in…
BDS Stickers Found on Sodastream Boxes at Winnipeg Stores
WINNIPEG (October, 2016) – Stickers supporting and encouraging the boycott, divestment and sanction movement (BDS) against Israel have been found on products in two department stores in…
Wirth Institute announces Jewish Studies Week at University of Alberta: November 7 – 11
(EJNews) – The Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies at the University of Alberta is hosting an exciting line-up of programming for their…
Book Review: Facing the Shards by Joy Ruth Mickelson
Reviewed by Deborah Shatz (EJNews) – In 1939, facing a Nazi invasion, the British government ordered the evacuation of 500,000 young people from London to…