Canadian March of the Living is cancelled for the third year in a row—this time it’s due to war in Ukraine
Canadians will not participate in the March of The Living, an annual trip that takes high school students to Poland and Israel this year, the third consecutive year that the program has been cancelled. The war in Ukraine and the pressures it has placed on neighbouring Poland, which is housing tens of thousands of refugees, […]
March of the Living plans to run trips in 2022, after a two-year break due to COVID
In a sign that Jewish life is returning to normal, March of the Living, the annual trip that sees hundreds of Canadian teenagers journey to Poland and Israel, is planning to travel again in 2022 after a two-year hiatus. Typically, the two-week trip takes high school students, accompanied by adult chaperones and Holocaust survivors, to […]
Beth Sholom leader diagnosed with the coronavirus
A lay leader at Toronto’s Beth Sholom Synagogue has tested positive for the new coronavirus (COVID-19).
A fitting tribute to the March of the Living
On May 8, 400 Jews and non-Jews gathered together in the Shaarei Shomayim hall in Toronto, to pay homage to the 30th anniversary of March of the Living.
March of the Living was life-changing for Denis Coderre
Participating in the March of the Living “changes your life forever,” said former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre, and has put his unexpected loss in the November election into perspective.
Canada will apologize for the St. Louis: Justin Trudeau
Canada will apologize for turning away the MS St. Louis on the eve of the Second World War, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged to an appreciative Jewish audience on May 8.
Limmud FSU delegation participates in leadership summit in Warsaw
The five-day event focused on training and educating today’s Jewish leaders who have roots from the Former Soviet Union.
Holocaust survivor Bill Glied spread the lessons of history
Bill Glied died unexpectedly in Toronto on Feb. 17. He was 87.
March of the Living will continue to tour Poland, despite Holocaust law
Despite pressure from some members of the Jewish community to cancel March of the Living trips to Poland, the international organization announced that they will continue.
Staring into the abyss at the death camps; why Holocaust education matters
Six years ago, in April 2012, Lebowitz was a participant on the March of the Living. The experience changed her life forever.
