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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is traveling to Israel with a bipartisan group of senators to meet with Israeli leaders and discuss military aid to comb...

Noam Blum of Tablet discusses Tablet's initiative to gather testimonies about the massacre of Jews on October 7 and poses the question of whether we can hand...

The Canadian Parliament's recent applause of a 98-year-old former member of a Nazi-led Ukrainian Waffen SS unit has reignited calls for Canada to release top...

During an official ceremony in the Canadian House of Commons, lawmakers gave two standing ovations to a 98-year-old former Ukrainian soldier who had served w...

During and after the Holocaust, the Seeking Relatives column in a newspaper helped thousands of Jews reunite with their families and find each other amidst t...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and House Speaker Anthony Rota have apologized for leading a standing ovation in Parliament to a 98-year-old Ukrainian...

Vilnius is celebrating its 700th anniversary, acknowledging its rich Jewish history as a former cultural powerhouse known as the Jerusalem of the North, with...

Seven Egon Schiele artworks, previously owned by Jewish cabaret star Fritz Grübaum before his murder during the Holocaust, will be returned to his heirs. The...

The text highlights the significant role of family memories in making Jewish festivals special and meaningful. The author recounts a poignant moment during Y...

Steven Fulop, the three-term mayor of Jersey City, is running to become the first Jewish governor of New Jersey. Fulop, whose Judaism has influenced his mora...

Ontario has become the first Canadian province to mandate Holocaust education starting in Grade 6, in response to a rise in antisemitism, including online in...

Amiram Hadar Shamir was a prominent artist whose work, especially the Children’s Chapel, embodies a fusion of Jewish spirituality and modern artistic express...

The podcast "Conversations We Love" features an episode with Jonathan Freedland, a celebrated author of "The Escape Artist," a bestselling book that tells th...

Audrey Glickman, a survivor of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting—the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history—has begun to speak publicly about the tra...

Joanne Intrator, a New York psychiatrist and daughter of German Jewish refugees, embarked on a challenging journey to seek restitution from Germany for the f...

Monte Kwinter, a prominent Toronto politician known for setting records as the oldest sitting MPP in Ontario's legislature, passed away at 92. Kwinter, who r...

The CJN Daily's "Honourable Menschen" segment pays tribute to notable members of Canada's Jewish community who have passed away, featuring figures like Mira ...

Joseph Berger, a former New York Times journalist, shares insights from his book "Elie Wiesel: Confronting the Silence," which is the first English-language ...

Dani Dayan, chair of Yad Vashem, visited Canada to honor the outgoing chair of the Canadian Society for Yad Vashem and attend the opening of a new Holocaust ...

An American jury recently found the gunman responsible for the 2018 Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh guilty on all 63 counts, including the murd...

The new Toronto Holocaust Museum, which cost $30 million, opened on June 9 with Holocaust survivors present, including Nate Leipciger, who dedicated the muse...

The RBC Canadian Open is taking place at the historically Jewish Oakdale Golf & Country Club in Toronto, drawing attention to a surprising merger between the...

This podcast episode explores the remarkable life of Hannah Szenes, a Hungarian poet who resisted the Holocaust by escaping to pre-state Israel and undertaki...

Saul Rubinek, a Hollywood veteran, delves into his personal connection with Yiddish and the Holocaust as he takes on the role of a rabbi in the Yiddish-speak...

Max Stern, a Jewish art dealer whose gallery in Dusseldorf was seized by the Nazis, had one of his stolen paintings, "Portrait of the Artists Children," by W...

In the upcoming Alberta election, Premier Danielle Smith of the United Conservative Party faces challenges by former premier Rachel Notley, with the outcome ...

Architect Manuel Herz designed a mesmerizing new synagogue and memorial at Babyn Yar, Ukraine, commemorating the Holocaust massacre that occurred there in 19...

"Without Precedent: The Supreme Life of Rosalie Abella" is a new documentary highlighting the remarkable career of Hon. Rosalie Abella, the first Jewish woma...

In a recent discussion, Sally Abed, Miriam Herschlag, and Noah Efron cover topics including the politics of memory in cemeteries, the implications of a video...

Moyra Turkington, a Canadian designer from Toronto, has created a role-playing game called Rosenstrasse, shedding light on the little-known but significant p...

Harry Cohen, a Montreal resident who immigrated to Canada from Poland in 1919, became Auschwitz's only Canadian Holocaust victim after being caught in Europe...

In this episode, the focus is on the capture of Adolf Eichmann, discussing his role in the Holocaust, why he is more synonymous with the genocide than his su...

As the commemoration of Yom ha-Shoah unfolds in Poland, a debate is raging over the country's Holocaust history narrative. A new law in Poland prohibits disc...

Yad Vashem head Dani Dayan addresses the challenges of Holocaust memory distortion, emphasizing the importance of preserving accurate historical narratives a...

Lenka Lichtenberg, a Toronto singer, won a Juno award for Best Global Music Album with her project "Thieves of Dreams," which sets her grandmother's Holocaus...

Erwin Schild, Canada's oldest living Conservative rabbi at 103, was interviewed in his Toronto home where he has resided since 1947. Schild's remarkable jour...

Three Conservative MPs, including Dr. Colin Carrie from Oshawa, recently met with far-right German politician Christine Anderson, a member of the Alternative...

Dr. Daniel J. Drucker, a Canadian scientist, recently won Israel's prestigious Wolf Prize for his groundbreaking research in diabetes treatment. His work on ...

Saul and Henry Fenster, Holocaust survivors from Poland, founded the Belle Neige ski hill near Montreal in 1961 with a dream of creating a family-friendly sk...

David de Jong, a journalist for the Dutch Financial Daily, delves into the topic of Nazi Germany's wealthy industrialists and their heirs in his book "Nazi B...

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff visited Poland and Germany to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, reflecting on his family's connection to Pola...

In a podcast episode titled "Everything, Everywhere, All At Once," Yonit and Jonathan interview renowned Israeli writer Etgar Keret during Holocaust Remembra...

The Winnipeg Holocaust Education Centre, Canada's smallest at 1,000 square feet, has been redesigned to focus on teaching the Holocaust in a more contemporar...

In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Unorthodox podcast features stories of survival and Jewish pride. Host Stephanie Butnick reflects on...

Rudolf Vrba, a Slovakian Jewish teenager who changed his name from Walter Rosenberg, escaped from Auschwitz in 1944, becoming one of the few to do so. His te...

A recent survey conducted for the American Jewish Committee revealed that almost half of Americans don't know how many Jews perished in the Holocaust, with o...

The Jewish community in Canada recently mourned the loss of several prominent figures, including Rabbi Bernard Baskin and composer Leon Dubinsky. Many of the...

Dr. Tamir Hod from Tel Hai College explores the Demjanjuk affair in his book "Did We Remember to Forget?", focusing on the trial and subsequent acquittal of ...

Photographer Naomi Harris pays tribute to the bygone era of Miami Beach's affordable winter destination for low-income Jewish snowbirds in her new book "Hadd...

Michael Marrus, a prominent Holocaust scholar in Canada, passed away at 81, leaving behind a legacy of significant contributions to Jewish history through hi...