Judy Zelikovitz: Stay informed and stay connected
By Judy Zelikovitz (CIJA )- When we look at our calendars – especially that darkest of recent days, Saturday, October 7, 2023 – it’s hard…
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New Canada Post stamp commemorates Hanukkah
(OTTAWA) – Canada Post’s latest stamp honours the eight-day festival of Hannukah, featuring an illustration of a hanukkiyah (an eight-branched menorah) surrounded by flowers and various…
Deborah Lyons is Canada’s new special envoy on combatting antisemitism
by John Longhurst, Canadian Jewish News (CJN) – Deborah Lyons has been named the new Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism,…
Na’amat Canada ‘gets inspired’ in Calgary
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – Delegates to the 20th Na’amat Triennial Convention gathered in Calgary on October 13 in the wake of vicious terrorist attacks…
B.C. announces mandatory Holocaust Education in K-12 curriculum will begin in 2025
(Vancouver) – Flanked by members of British Columbia’s Jewish community, including Holocaust Survivors and their descendants, and representatives of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre (VHEC),…