Calgary Jewish Federation’s Response to Incident at Purple Perk
The following is the response from Calgary Jewish Federation Community Relations Chair Jared Shore, and CEO Adam Silver regarding the “Hitler Meme Incident” and Calgary’s…
Yom Hashoah
‘Remembrance is constantly evolving’: This year’s Yom Hashoah Holocaust memorials are forced online by the coronavirus
by Toby Axelrod (JTA) — For more than three decades, thousands of teenagers from dozens of countries have trekked each April to Auschwitz to learn…
March of the Living launches Virtual Holocaust Remembrance Initiative
14 April 2020 (Tel Aviv) – March of the Living announced today the launch of a unique global Holocaust remembrance project, giving individuals around the world the opportunity…
Yom Hashoah, Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut were celebrated in Edmonton this month
(EJNews) – In Edmonton and throughout the Jewish world, the past few weeks have been a very busy time of commemoration and celebration. On May…
Back-to-back Israeli holidays are exhausting – and emotionally manipulative
by Elana Sztokman TEL AVIV (JTA) — Wednesday night (May 8) was one of the hardest nights on the Israeli calendar. In that hazy space…