‘We march today because it’s what we have to do to sleep tonight’: Jewish students on the March for Our Lives
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — The organizers of the March for Our Lives, almost all of them under 20, had a gun control agenda…
Human Rights
How Never Again evolved from a Holocaust slogan to a universal call for [fill in the blank]
By Emily Burack (JTA) — After a gunman took the lives of 17 students and staff at their high school in Parkland, Florida, students there…
B’nai Brith Canada Welcomes Abe Silverman as New Manager of Public Affairs in Alberta
EDMONTON – B’nai Brith Canada is proud to announce that Abe Silverman has joined the organization as Manager of Public Affairs in Alberta. Silverman will be based…
Recognizing exemplary bravery of a Dutch family for hiding Jewish people from the Nazis
(Edmonton) – The Canadian Society for Yad Vashem and the Consulate General of Israel in Toronto and Western Canada recognized the Righteous Among the Nations…
Poland wants to ban the term ‘Polish death camps.’ There are historical inaccuracies on both sides of the debate.
By Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA) — The Polish parliament’s bill to criminalize the use of the term “Polish death camps” prompted an avalanche of criticism in Israel by…