Shalom Italia: Three Italian brothers try to find the cave they lived in during the Holocaust
By Gabe Friedman (JTA) — Renting a house in the Italian countryside and eating loads of pasta is about as blissful a vacation as they…
Anti-Semitism
6 reasons why Macron’s speech about the Holocaust in France was groundbreaking
By Cnaan Liphshiz PARIS (JTA) — It wasn’t the first time that a French president acknowledged his nation’s Holocaust-era guilt, but Emmanuel Macron’s speech Sunday July 16 was…
UNESCO World Heritage Council condemns Israeli actions in Jerusalem
(JTA) — The United Nations’ cultural agency voted to condemn Israelis actions in Jerusalem. The United Nations Educational, Scientific, Cultural Organization’s World Heritage Council on Tuesday…
Righteous Persons documentary to premiere at Edmonton Jewish Film Festival
By Adam Bentley (EJNews) – I am Jewish and Canadian, Israeli and Edmontonian. I am a filmmaker whose short films have been screened on CBC…
2016 A Record-Setting Year for Antisemitism in Canada, B’nai Brith Audit Finds
TORONTO – The year 2016 was a record-setting year for anti-Semitism in Canada, B’nai Brith Canada’s Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents has found. Now in…