2016 A Record-Setting Year for Antisemitism in Canada, B’nai Brith Audit Finds
TORONTO – The year 2016 was a record-setting year for anti-Semitism in Canada, B’nai Brith Canada’s Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents has found. Now in…
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Bernie Sanders just defended Israel on Al Jazeera. Here’s why that’s a big deal.
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By Daniel S. Mariaschin (JTA) — My sisters and I called her “Ma.” She stood 4-foot-10, yet was looked up to by everyone who encountered…