‘Offensive’ photos taken at Canada’s National Holocaust Monument have been removed from Instagram: Ottawa photographer
Ed: The CJN has hidden the model’s face and identifying tattoo.
Federal politicians honour victims of the Holocaust
The Canadian Society for Yad Vashem (CSYV) and the government of Canada hosted a National Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony in Ottawa on April 18.
Holocaust remembered at Yom ha-Shoah commemorations in Montreal
The stories of six Holocaust survivors living in Montreal were told at the annual Yom ha-Shoah commemoration, held at Congregation Tifereth Beth David Jerusalem in Montreal on April 11.
From the Archives: We Remember
The children of Shmuel Toogfogel in Warsaw, circa 1938. It is estimated that 1.5 million children-including these two- were murdered during the Holocaust.
The Righteous Among the Nations: Why did they do it?
A professor of sociology and a survivor has identified nine qualities shared by Righteous Gentiles.
Finally a Holocaust name to mourn
Like most Jews, the Shoah had surely broken several branches off my family tree. But I didn’t have a name to mourn.
Yom Hashoah ceremony speaker was born in Auschwitz
Angela Orosz was born in Auschwitz. Her mother went into labour alone on a top bunk, unable to utter a sound. She delivered the baby, weighing just 1 kilogram, and hours later had to leave her to go to work.
Elisha Wiesel’s speech urges Jews not to be silent observers of injustice
Will you be silent while history is in danger of being rewritten…Will you stand by when African-Americans have reason to be terrified of a routine traffic stop?
With Yom Hashoah nearing, we remember acts of Jewish resistance
On April 23, people will pause to remember the millions of Jews who perished in the Holocaust. They’ll also remember the Jews who marshalled what resources they had to fight back against Nazi oppression.
