Longtime human rights activist Irwin Cotler named as Canada’s first envoy in anti-Semitism fight
By Ron Kampeas (JTA) — Irwin Cotler, a former Canadian justice minister and a human rights activist, is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s choice as his…
Human Rights
Ceremony marks 25 years since the murder of Yitzhak Rabin
(Israel) – President of Israel Reuven Rivlin spoke at the Ner Yitzhak memorial ceremony that opened the events in memory of Prime Minister and Minister…
Ruth Bader Ginsburg to get a statue in her native Brooklyn
by Ron Kampeas (JTA) — The late Jewish Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is getting her own statue in her native Brooklyn. New York…
A conversation with author Mira Sucharov
By Jeremy Appel (AJNews) – Carleton University political scientist and specialist in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Mira Sucharov has released a new book, Borders and Belonging:…
‘Anne Frank: A History for Today’ is on exhibit at Red Deer MAG until January 2021
(AJNews) – While in hiding from the Nazis, in the early 1940’s in the Netherlands, Anne Frank wrote in her diary, “I keep my ideals,…