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…
Human Rights
What Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg taught us about the gift of time
by Daniel B. Shapiro (JTA) — As Jews in the United States prepared to light candles to welcome Rosh Hashanah, they were hit with the…
Tackling Online Hate and Antisemitism: B’nai Brith Urges Government Action
(OTTAWA) – B’nai Brith Canada is pushing for forthright action by the Government of Canada to confront online hate and antisemitism. Recommendations on a mix…
Prominent Neo-Nazi Recruiter Finally Before the Courts in Montreal
by B’nai Brith Canada (MONTREAL) – Nearly two years after B’nai Brith Canada alerted both police and the Jewish community to one of the internet’s leading neo-Nazi influencers, the…
Kenosha’s rabbi on graffiti at her synagogue: ‘What’s happened these last few days is not about us’
by Ben Sales (JTA) — In early June, as anti-racism protests swept the country in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, Beth…