Germany will compensate Kindertransport survivors $2,800 each
by Toby Axelrod BERLIN (JTA) — Germany has agreed to compensate those who fled Nazi Germany as children on the so-called Kindertransport with a one-time…
Human Rights
Honouring Victims of Genocide: Statement from Premier Notley
(December 9, 2018) – Premier Rachel Notley issued the following statement on the United Nations’ International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of…
Israel’s military exposes new tunnel from Lebanon stretching into Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israeli military exposed and prepared for destruction a second tunnel that starts in Lebanon and stretches into Israel. The Israel Defense…
On Nov. 30, Canadian MPs paid tribute to Jewish refugees in the House of Commons
OTTAWA – MPs David Sweet (Flamborough—Glanbrook, Conservatives) and Marco Mendicino (Mount Royal, Liberals) both made statements in the House of Commons Friday to commemorate November…
A Wisconsin rabbi’s message to the high school boys who gave the Nazi salute
By Laurie Zimmerman Editor’s note: Last week, students at Baraboo High School in Wisconsin were seen in a photograph taken last spring in which they appeared to…