What it was like to share Passover with two new young Canadians from Afghanistan
Why was this Passover different from all other Passovers? We served halal meat and started the seder after sunset so our friends who were fasting for Ramadan could eat. The friends, refugees from Afghanistan, moved to Toronto, where my family lives, almost a year ago: Vasila, a 24-year-old women’s right activist wanted by the Taliban […]
Afghanistan’s last Jewish family wants to join their relatives in Canada
Four children who already live in Ontario urge Canada’s new Minister of Immigration and Refugees to grant Kabul family visas.
Canadian Jewish community eager to help Afghan refugees; private sponsorships are on hold for now
Elise Herzig, director of Jewish Immigrant Aid Services (JIAS) in Toronto, has more than 1,000 emails in her inbox related to the Afghan refugee crisis. Some are from people still in Afghanistan or who have fled but not yet found a permanent home and are desperate for assistance, while others are from Canadians eager to […]
Another plane load of women from Afghanistan now safe after second Canadian-Israeli rescue
Sylvan Adams ‘disappointed and frustrated’ with ‘extremely slow’ pace of Canada’s refugee process
The secret rescue of the Afghanistan women’s cycling team: helped by Canada’s Jewish community
“It’s a nice story. Look, as a Jew, it feels good to be helping these people.”