Winnipegger recognized for helping Yazidi refugees
Michel Aziza received the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for the Advancement of Inter-Religious Understanding for his work with Yazidi refugees.
Halifax girl helps refugees as part of bat mitzvah project
When Sylvie Anderson was preparing for her bat mitzvah at the Shaar Shalom Synagogue in Halifax, Rabbi Raysh Weiss asked her to do a mitzvah project, but “Sylvie already had a project going and it was entirely of her own vision.”
Kay: The Yazidis of today are the Jews of yesterday
Barbara Kay explains why Jews should assist the Yazidis.
Rabbis call for end to Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement
Thirty-three Canadian rabbis issued a public statement on July 11 calling on the federal government to suspend the Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement.
Jewish and church groups sponsor Eritrean refugee from Israel
CHAI Canadians Helping Asylum Seekers in Israel is working with an Anglican church in Thornhill, Ont., and AURA, which represents the Anglican Diocese of Toronto, to bring Amar, a 21-year-old Eritrean man, to Canada from Israel.
Remembering Janis Roth: ‘a blessing for so many’
Bernie Farber and Eli Rubenstein reminisce about their dear friend Janis Roth.
Your Daily Spiel For May 28
Israel grants temporary residence to 300 Sudanese refugees, Gal Gadot declines hosting Eurovision 2019, Jewish Heritage Month poster taken down at Forest Hill Collegiate.
‘The world was infinitely better thanks to you’: Refugee advocate Janis Roth dies of cancer
Janis Roth, a woman who combined compassion and toughness to steer Jewish Immigrant Aid Services (JIAS) of Toronto through some tumultuous years, died at her home in Thornhill, Ont., on April 29, after a brief bout of cancer. She was 59.
Canada to continue accepting Africans from Israel, despite Netanyahu’s flip-flop
The fate of African asylum seekers living in Israel remains unclear after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backtracked on a plan to relocate many of them to Western countries, but Canada has a separate agreement with Israel, under which it will accept African refugees.
Canada accepts fewer Israeli refugee claims, more Palestinians
Canada continued to accept refugees from Israel last year, but overall numbers remain low. However, the number of cases in which asylum was granted to people from Palestine increased dramatically last year over the year before.
