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A Holocaust survivor and educator says Montreal’s Vanier College failed in its responsibility to students after cancelling a planned Holocaust commemoration event this week over security concerns. Eva Kuper, a volunteer with the Montreal Holocaust Museum and a retired educator who has taught early childhood education at Concordia University, said …
Read More »Eva Schloss, Holocaust survivor and stepsister of Anne Frank, dead at 96
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, the stepsister of teenage diarist Anne Frank and a tireless educator about …
Read More »Daughter of Holocaust survivor uses genealogy website to find family
Following a decades-long journey to piece together the puzzle of her past, a retired Toronto teacher has discovered answers and made connections with relatives she never knew existed. Elana Milman was six years old and living on a kibbutz in northern Israel when she learned she had been adopted as …
Read More »Ontario leaders warn of rising antisemitism as they observe Holocaust Remembrance Day
Political leaders in Ontario are observing International Holocaust Remembrance Day amid a reported rise in antisemitism since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict in the Middle East. Saturday marks the 79th anniversary of the day Auschwitz-Birkenau, a key concentration camp in the Nazi Holocaust, was liberated. Nearly six million European …
Read More »Ontario government expands Holocaust education in schools
Ontario is planning to expand mandatory Holocaust education in Grade 10, including to add learning about contemporary impacts of rising antisemitism. Education Minister Stephen Lecce said Wednesday it will help to combat a rise in hate. “We’re going to strengthen education, particularly when it comes to the extreme ideologies of …
Read More »Toronto-area Holocaust survivor reflects on Israel-Hamas crisis
Descrease article font size Increase article font size From the comfort of her living room in Toronto, a Holocaust survivor shared what’s been keeping her awake at night. “It’s like the nightmares of my childhood are back. The horror that I went through is becoming so real now to me,” …
Read More »Fighting the rise in antisemitism through Holocaust education
On a grey January morning, parked outside a high school in York Region, there is a large bright blue bus with the words “Tour for Humanity.” The mood inside is just as sombre as the weather outside. A group of Grade 7 students is listening quietly as an educator asks, …
Read More »Verdict expected today in trial of Montreal man charged with promoting hatred
A Quebec court judge is scheduled to deliver his verdict in the trial of a Montreal man accused of promoting hatred against Jews. News Source link
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