Gilad Shalit meets Sarkozy in Paris
Posted on: February 8, 2012
Soldier leaves Israel’s borders for first time since release from Hamas captivity to meet with French President at Elysee Palace. His parents are set to be guests of honor at annual Jewish Institutions dinner Gilad Shalit, the IDF soldier released Continue Reading »
Holocaust database unites lost cousins
Posted on: February 8, 2012
More than decade after they died, children of Nahum and Yaakov Korenblum meet for first time at Yad Vashem thanks to recently uploaded family photo discovered on its comprehensive online database For five long years during World War II, Nahum Continue Reading »
Teaching the universal lessons of the Shoah to the world
Posted on: February 8, 2012
“Students today are better informed about Holocaust than ever,” says Yad Vashem educator. Shulamit Imber of the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem faces a gargantuan challenge when she goes to work. As the pedagogical head of the International School Continue Reading »
German hackers reveal Canadian neo-Nazis
Posted on: February 8, 2012
Paul Lungen :The Canadian Jewish News TORONTO — There’s no need to man the ramparts, a new wave of antisemitism in not about to descend on Canadian society. Nevertheless, reports from Germany naming 74 individuals linked to neo-Nazi and white Continue Reading »
As a matter of facts: A reply to Michael Harris (by Shimon Fogel is the CEO of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs)
Posted on: February 7, 2012
Michael Harris’ recent piece (“Canada will be on the sidelines in search for Middle East peace”) brings to mind the adage that everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not to their own facts. Mr. Harris’ piece is so Continue Reading »
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