Beth Israel presents premiere staged-reading of “Girl from Treblinka”
By Regan Treewater-Lipes (AJNews) – On the evening of May 23, Beth Israel Synagogue’s bimah was transformed into a theatrical stage for a one-night-only staged-reading…
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2022 Holocaust Education Symposium reaches thousands of students across Alberta
By Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – With each passing year, there are fewer Holocaust survivors alive to share their testimonies with live audiences. Here to Tell:…
Introducing Hatepedia and Canada’s Hate Symbols List
A new online resource to strengthen the fight against hate will launch on Thursday June 16 at 7:30 pm, including an introduction to its various…
Shoah Week in Alberta highlighted a diversity of themes and stories
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – Those engaged in Holocaust education and remembrance have seen it coming for years now, a sea change that is painful…
Before WWII, Jewish mobsters kept Nazis at bay in the US — with their fists
by Howard Lovy (JTA) — The way author Michael Benson tells it, one day in 1938, New York judge and Jewish communal leader Nathan Perlman…