Toronto’s mayor skipped the city’s Israel Independence Day event after calling the flag raising ‘divisive’
Olivia Chow says she’d rather leave political friction out of these events.
Ottawa city hall reversed its decision to cancel a Yom ha-Atzmaut flag-raising ceremony in response to objections from Jewish residents—who also organized their own rally for Israel Independence Day
The City of Ottawa is reversing a decision it had made to cancel a ceremony for an Israeli flag raising at city hall on Yom ha-Atzmaut on May 14. The ceremony had initially been cancelled over security concerns but in the meantime a group of Ottawa Jewish residents planned to hold a rally at city […]
Treasure Trove: David Matlow on why even trading cards recognized the founding of the State of Israel
“State of Israel Proclaimed” was the headline in The Grand Rapids Press featured on the back of this trading card, which added that the proclamation “sets up the first Jewish nation in the world since 70 A.D.” In 1954, Topps diversified its sports card business to issue the 156-card Scoops series which included this card […]
