Canada will adopt IHRA definition of anti-Semitism
By Marcy Oster (JTA) — The Canadian government will adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-Semitism. Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism Pablo…
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Robert Kraft announces foundation to combat anti-Semitism at Genesis Prize ceremony
by Marcy Oster JERUSALEM (JTA) — New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft announced the establishment of a foundation dedicated to combating anti-Semitism as he accepted…
Canada’s MMIWG report spurs debate on the shifting definitions of genocide
by Andrew Woolford, University of Manitoba When the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls released its final report, it described the…
The son of Holocaust hero Chiune Sugihara is setting the record straight about his father’s story
by Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA) — After decades of relative obscurity, the tale of the Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara has become one of the best-known Holocaust rescue…
Opinion: What Jewish law really says about abortion
by Ephraim Sherman (JTA) – Alabama and Georgia have passed laws recently that limit or forbid abortions in unprecedented ways, joining a growing number of states that…