Obituary: His shoes were made for walking: War vet Marvin Gord was a tireless fundraiser
Marvin Gord was determined to make a difference—one step at a time. In 2020, the near-centenarian strode into virtually every headline and newscast in Toronto by announcing that he planned to walk one million steps to raise money and awareness for seniors’ care. The “Marvin’s Millions” campaign was launched in the summer of 2020, with […]
Director hoping to fund a dream project about Bulgarian king
Director Ted Kotcheff feels it is his personal mission to create a film about Bulgarian King Boris III who played a significant role in World War II.
Canadian Jewish heroes laid to rest in Europe during World War II
Nearly 19,000 Jews enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces, out of a total Jewish population at the time of approximately 167,000.
Students learn about Jewish participants in wartime service
Journalist Ellin Bessner reminds people that thousands of Canadian Jews served in World War II.
Come back for me captures weight of Holocaust trauma
One storyline chronicles the transitional high school and university years of Suzy Kohn, whose parents escaped the Nazis. The other is about Artur Mandelkorn and his sister, separated from their family in the roundup of Hungarian Jews in 1944.
Canadian Jewry in the era of ‘none is too many’
What is most astonishing about this anti-Semitism is how few and how powerless Canadian Jews were at this time.
The Last Goodnight tells of femme fatale Betty Pack
The Last Goodnight by Howard Blum tells the story of Betty Pack, a so-called femme fatale who foiled numerous Nazis.
The dark history of a quaint mountain town on the banks of the Rhine
It seemed like a quaint tourist town. But, as one visitor discovered, it has become a mausoleum for local Jews who met a violent end.
Captivating book is a quest for freedom
Sana Krasikov’s The Patriots is superb. It succeeds substantively and stylistically as a work of ragingly compelling literature.
Prof organizes reunion of Gibraltar Camp in Jamaica
Diana Cooper-Clark brought together survivors and families of Jews who were evacuated from Europe to the camp in Jamaica
