Listen: A Syrian Refugee on His Love for Israel
Aboud Dandachi, a refugee from Syria, talks about life across the Middle East, how he came to Canada and the slow realization that Israel wasn’t the enemy of his people.
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.”
‘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.
Quebec honours interfaith effort to assist Syrian refugees
Le collectif pour l’unité, an ongoing interfaith project on Montreal’s Nuns’ Island, was presented with the National Assembly Medal.
A year in, strong bonds between Syrian refugees and the Jews sponsoring them
By January 2017, 40,000 Syrian refugees had come to Canada, including 14,000 who were privately sponsored by groups like Holy Blossom Temple.
