Latvia grants Holocaust restitution — while insisting it’s not at fault
by Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA) — Latvia’s parliament voted to pay $46 million to the country’s Jewish community for property that was stolen from it during…
Anti-Semitism
97-year-old former member of Nazi death squad dies at home in Canada
by Ben Sales (JTA) — A translator for a Nazi death squad died at home in Ontario at the age of 97, ending a decades-long…
Edmonton Beit Midrash to host dialog on anti-Semitism and racism
By Regan Treewater-Lipes (AJNews) – As Jeremiah Levine watched the horrors of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre unfold on television, and then widespread racial upheaval in…
FBI reports drop in antisemitic crimes in 2020 amid rise in total hate crimes
By Ben Sales (JTA) — The FBI recorded the largest number of hate crimes last year since 2008, including spikes in the number of anti-Black…
CIJA: Rosh Hashanah is a time for renewal
By Judy Zelikovitz (AJNews) – This past year was challenging for our community. The COVID-19 pandemic forced all of us to be physically distant from…