Labour Day: Amid a season of strikes, Jews reflect on their historic & current role in the union movement
by Alex Rose, Canadian Jewish News (CJN) – As the summer comes to an end, the economic and political climate are lining up with the…
Human Rights
2023 March of the Living marks 80 years since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising,
(Auschwitz, Poland) – The annual March of the Living took place on April 18, from Auschwitz I to Auschwitz-Birkenau, marking Israel’s national Holocaust Memorial Day….
Crossing a Disputed Line: A conversation in the Jewish community about Palestinians
by David Sklar (AJNews) – Peter Driftmier was visibly nervous but composed, as he stepped up to the front of Temple B’nai Tikvah’s library on…
Netanyahu vows more active role in Israel’s judiciary fight following a day of tense protests
by Ben Sales (JTA) — After a day of raucous protests, arrests and clashes in the street protesting the Israeli government’s controversial judicial overhaul, Prime…
Calgary presents Jewish author, educator Ben Freeman at Central Public Library: Nov. 10
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – Those community members who attended Ben M. Freeman’s virtual talk on January 27, 2021—International Holocaust Remembrance Day—encountered a dedicated and…