Yom HaShoah in Edmonton commemorated the past and strengthened community bonds
by Regan Treewater-Lipes (AJNews) – Yom HaShoah marks a somber date of remembrance in the Jewish calendar year. Communities gather to remember the stories of…
Anti-Semitism
Yom Hashoah in Calgary featured a moving performance using a violin recovered from the Holocaust
by Maxine Fischbein (Calgary) – This year, Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, was commemorated around the world on May 5 and 6 – a solemn…
What I told my children when our Pennsylvania synagogue was graffitied with a swastika
(Editor’s note) – The Israeli flag was stolen from its pole in front of the Beth Israel Synagogue in Edmonton last month. It was recovered…
Sensationalizing campus antisemitism isn’t serving Jewish students like mine
by Michal Raucher (JTA) — Last semester I had almost 100 students in my course on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at Rutgers University. The students represented…
A new competition will grant a $1 million prize for technology to fight antisemitism
by Asaf Elia-Shalev (JTA) — When Morielle Lotan learned that her nephew, Addir Mesika, had sacrificed his life to save others during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on…