A taste of hope: Honouring the memory of Alex Buckman OBM
by Ellie Vogel (AJNews) – In 2023, I had the privilege of participating in the March of the Living, a two-week international Holocaust education program…
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IHRD commemorated at MacEwan University with two engaging speakers
By AJNews staff (AJNews) – To commemorate the eighty-first anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and International Holocaust Remembrance Day (IHRD), MacEwan University marked the…
Toronto synagogue hit by gunfire on March 2, hours after Purim event
by Joseph Strauss (JTA) — A Toronto synagogue was hit by gunfire late on March 2, just hours after a Purim celebration was held there….
Holding Survivors close and carrying their legacy forward
By Danielle Dolgoy (Edmonton) – Last week, I stood in a room filled with living history. More than fifty Holocaust survivors gathered in Edmonton for…
Evocative film ‘Le Chemin des Juifs’ screened at CPL on Holocaust Remembrance Day
by Maxine Fischbein, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (AJNews) – An International Holocaust Remembrance Day IHRD program on Tuesday, January 27 brought a diverse audience of…