Posts Tagged: Canadian Jews
Winnipeg Jews and Filipinos to Gather for Joint Kristallnacht Commemoration, Pay Homage to Role of Philippines in Rescue of Jews During Holocaust
For the first time ever, an annual event held in Winnipeg, Canada, to mark the anniversary of Kristallnacht will be attended by the Canadian city's Filipino...
MP Irwin Cotler Explains Why Canadians and Americans Differ on Iran Nuclear Deal (INTERVIEW)
“Foreign policy doesn’t have the salience in Canada as it does in the United States,” Liberal MP Irwin Cotler told The Algemeiner on Wednesday. “And the...
Canadian Media Personality: Jews Provoke Hatred
JNS.org - Canadian media personality Gilles Proulx was called out by the Quebec wing of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) for...
Canada Officially Recognizes Plight and Status of Jewish Mideast Refugees
JNS.org - The Canadian government has officially recognized a report by a parliamentary committee that recognized the plight and status of Jewish refugees from...
Is Stephen Harper’s Canada Israel’s New Best Friend?
JNS.org - With the Middle East in turmoil, Europe moving backwards, and the United States fatigued from years of war and recession, Canada...
Canadian University Student Union Strips Anti-Israel Group of Official Status
The University of Manitoba Student Union (UMSU) in Canada has become the first student group in North America to ban the anti-Israel "Israel Apartheid Week"...
Jewish Population of Israel Passes Symbolic 6 Million Mark
International Business Times - During Passover, the Jewish population of Israel has passed the symbolic 6 million mark - the same number of Jews...
Canadian Brothers File Lawsuit Over Anti-Semitic Posters
JTA - Two brothers are going to court to stop the distribution of anti-Semitic posters in Winnipeg. Sandy and Robert Shindleman, real estate developers in central...
Israel Welcomes 350 North American Immigrants
Some 350 immigrants from North America arrived in Israel on Tuesday morning on a Nefesh B'Nefesh charter flight, and were greeted at Ben-Gurion...
Ontario Names May “Jewish Heritage Month”
Ontario, Canada has decided to name May as its Jewish Heritage Month. Canadian politicians put forth Bill 17, the Jewish Heritage Month Act,...
