Tag: Canada
Canadian premier apologizes for nation’s failure to save German Jews on ‘St. Louis’
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau officially apologized for his country’s 1939 refusal to allow entry to a ship carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees from Nazi oppression.
Trudeau made the statement at the House of...
Ex-Nazi, 94, loses appeal to keep Canadian citizenship
Helmut Oberlander, a 94-year-old living in Waterloo, Ontario, lost his appeal to keep his Canadian citizenship, being found to have lied about his identity as a former Nazi when applying for the status.
Canada’s Federal...
Canadian party recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, vows to move embassy
Canada’s Conservative Party overwhelmingly approved a resolution last week that, were the party to win the next majority government, recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move the country’s embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Conservative...
Amid uptick in hate crimes targeting Jews, nearly 15 percent of Canadians harbor anti-Semitic...
One in six Canadians express views that may be considered anti-Semitic, while on the flip side, 78 percent of Canadians believe memories of the Holocaust memory must be kept alive, according to a recent...
Minister lauds groundbreaking free trade deal between Israel, Canada
Israel and Canada on Monday signed a modernized free trade agreement in what has been described as a historic step in the countries’ bilateral relations.
Canadian International Trade Minister Francois-Phillippe Champagne and Israeli Economy Minister...
Canada will formally apologize for turning away Jewish refugees in 1939
Canada will formally apologize for turning away a boat full of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany in 1939.
Speaking at a Jewish fundraiser for March of the Living, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the...
Canada’s Conservative Party would recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, if in power
Canada’s Conservative Party promised that they would follow in the footsteps of the United States and recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel if they win the next general election.
“Canada’s Conservatives recognize the obvious...
B’nai Brith Canada disappointed in McGill report denying anti-Semitism
B’nai Brith Canada is expressing “deep disappointment” after a McGill University investigation denied that anti-Semitism played a role in the removal of the only Jewish student member of the student council’s board of directors.
The...
Canada: Winter Limmud FSU takes place in February
The annual Winter Limmud FSU event will be taking place at the Schwartz-Reisman Centre on Sunday, Feb. 11, and will feature lectures and programs for Russian-speaking Jews of all ages.
There will be 10 presenters at this...
Krugerdorf cemetery: A testimony to the Jewish pioneers of the north of Canada
Abe Aidelbaum, one of the last remaining Jews in Kirkland Lake, Ont. – just north of Krugerdorf, where a small, 112-year-old Jewish cemetery sits – is working to obtain charitable status for the cemetery,...