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…
Human Rights
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…
Wealthy Luxembourg is Western Europe’s last Holocaust deadbeat
by Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA) — When Luxembourg assumed the chairmanship of the world’s foremost international Holocaust remembrance task force, its government pledged energetic action. “We…
B’nai Brith Audit: Antisemitism in Canada sets record for third consecutive year – decreases in Alberta
(April 29, 2019 – Edmonton – For the third consecutive year, records were set in 2018 for antisemitism in Canada. The 2018 Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents,…