A soldier in the Canadian Armed Forces was disciplined for his antisemitic comments—and a retired major-general calls the case a ‘positive’ step
The decision to bring a soldier in the Canadian Armed Forces to court martial for making antisemitic comments while leading an infantry training course, should be viewed as a “very positive,” development, says Major-General (Retired) Ed Fitch. “I was trying to remember, if I had ever in 50 years, seen a case of antisemitism actually […]
In the Navy: First Jewish chaplain aboard a warship seeks to build relationships
Rabbi cares for sailors of every religion while the ship is at sea.
Canadian Armed Forces corporal investigated for posts on neo-Nazi website
An outside advocacy group uncovered the soldier’s history.
Military panel’s focus includes anti-Semitism, says Canada’s top Jewish soldier
Ed Fitch is used to hearing and delivering straight, sometimes blunt talk.
Military panel urged to include anti-Semitism in its focus
There have been cases of Armed Forces members openly involved in neo-Nazi organizations.
Jewish couple gives $75,000 to military families for Christmas
The couple provided the families of Canadian Forces personnel stationed overseas with $50 grocery store gift cards to go towards their Christmas dinner.
Jewish vets reminisce, say no anti-Semitism in Canadian army
Seventy-five years later, Honorary Col. David Hart, 99, recalled the slaughter on the beaches of Dieppe, France, on Aug. 19, 1942 at an event organized by the Canadian Jewish Experience.
Alain Cohen Lieutenant-Colonel des FAC
C’est un jeune Sépharade montréalais, le lieutenant-colonel Alain Cohen, qui commandera le Régiment Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, l’un des plus anciens bataillons francophones d’infanterie des Forces armées canadiennes, fondé en 1869
