Righteous Persons documentary to premiere at Edmonton Jewish Film Festival
By Adam Bentley (EJNews) – I am Jewish and Canadian, Israeli and Edmontonian. I am a filmmaker whose short films have been screened on CBC…
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James Comey, fired by Trump, reviled by Democrats, had admirers among Jewish defense officials
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — “You make us better,” James Comey told the Anti-Defamation League in his final public speech as FBI director. Judging…
Israeli paratroopers re-create iconic photo on 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War
By Andrew Tobin JERUSALEM (JTA) – David Rubinger’s iconic photograph of three paratroopers at the Western Wall is the defining image of the 1967 Six-Day War….
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…
From the desk of Avi Benlolo: In search of peace
By Avi Benlolo (May 5, 2017) – The Jewish people long for peace. Yet, it has been elusive since Israel’s independence in 1948, when the…