Roma, the Mexico City setting of Alfonso Cuaron’s Oscar frontrunner, used to be a Jewish neighborhood
by Alan Grabinsky MEXICO CITY (JTA) — Alfonso Cuaron’s film “Roma” has already won two Golden Globes, and many think it will be the first…
International
Malaysia Stripped Of Hosting World Para Swimming Championships
(January 27, 2019) – Thanks to a mounting worldwide campaign, including a petition from B’nai Brith Canada that garnered over 1,500 signatures, the International Paralympic…
Right-wing killings eclipsed all other extremist-related murders in 2018. The numbers don’t lie.
by Jonathan A. Greenblatt NEW YORK (JTA) — Every year, extremism takes a deadly toll around the world. No region is immune — not the…
NFB observes the International Day of Commemorating Victims of the Holocaust
(January 25, 2019) – Starting January 25, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will be streaming Éléonore Goldberg’s animated short film My Yiddish Papi (Picbois Productions/NFB) free of charge across…
A global rise in anti-Semitism could turn back the clock – even in Canada
By Shimon Koffler Fogel (Nationalpost.com) – The first time I encountered anti-Semitism, I was doing something I loved: attending an NHL game. As an eight-year-old…