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Canadian province of Saskatchewan adds mandatory Holocaust education (The Israel National News)

Saskatchewan announces that Holocaust education will be a compulsory component of the high school curriculum beginning in 2025-26.

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November 21, 2023

What does 'From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free' mean? (CBC News)

Here is what Palestinian and Jewish groups have to say about the slogan

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November 21, 2023

CIJA Applauds Saskatchewan’s Introduction Of Mandatory Holocaust Education Beginning In 2025-26

Ottawa, ON – November 20, 2023 – Today, the Government of Saskatchewan announced that Holocaust education will be a compulsory component of the renewed Social Studies 10 curriculum expected to...Read More

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November 20, 2023

Arrests made at Israel/Gaza demonstrations Sunday (CTV News)

Calgary Police made five arrests Sunday at a large demonstration involving pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli crowds on opposite sides of Macleod Trail at City Hall.

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November 20, 2023

Is Canada's law against Holocaust denial actually working? (National Post)

Advocates say the law is an important symbolic step for to show that Canada says: 'This is the red line'

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November 20, 2023

Canada criminalized 'condoning, denying or downplaying' the Holocaust: is it working? (City News, + The Canadian Press Syndication)

Canadian Jewish organizations are calling on the Liberal government to remove what they see as barriers to enforcing a relatively new Criminal Code provision against Holocaust denialism amid a rise in antisemitism.

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November 19, 2023

This week in Canadian Jewish Advocacy | November 19, 2023

This week, we called on our Prime Minister to stand with Israel, support democracy, and reject hate and terrorism. We also called out a Canadian ‘peace’ group for their biased...Read More

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November 19, 2023

Hateful slurs. Vandalism. Online vitriol. Montreal’s Jewish and Muslim communities see sense of peace and safety in tatters over Israel-Hamas war (Toronto Star)

The Jewish and Muslim communities in Montreal have often made common cause, working together in court to contest Quebec’s religious symbols ban. But the war in the Middle East has frayed such bonds.

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November 18, 2023

ANALYSIS | Canada's voting record at United Nations faces scrutiny as Israel-Hamas war intensifies (CBC)

Recent positions could harm attempts to be seen as balanced player: expert

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November 18, 2023