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…
Human Rights
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,…
Israeli Angy Cohen is the new Belzberg Scholar at the University of Calgary
by Maxin Fischbein (AJNews) – For a relatively small Jewish community, Jewish Calgary punches above its weight when it comes to supporting cultural and educational…