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DOMESTIC ABUSE PART 2: 'Break down the shame'

The Jewish community is no less affected by domestic abuse than the general population, but there is still a misconception that Jewish families are somehow immune to it. The general consensus among professionals who provide resources and services...

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GUEST VOICE: ‘I felt trapped in my own home'

Growing up, I spent my summers at my parents’ cottage on Lake Simcoe. I have fond memories of this, since it was the summer vacation and I spent my time with my best friend who lived three cottages down from me. I liked to swim, and one...

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David Matas

CJN DEBATE: Hatred is not blasphemy

Are we consistent when we say that Charlie Hebdo should be free to satirize Islam but that Dieudonné M'bala M'bala should be prohibited from promoting anti-Semitism? My answer is yes. The two positions are different,...

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Marni Soupcoff

CJN DEBATE: Offensive opinions shouldn't be...

It is a truism that distasteful, unpleasant or highly controversial speech is usually the only kind of speech that really needs defending. But in the wake of the deadly Paris terrorist attacks against Charlie Hebdo cartoonists and Jews, and the...

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Some 300 survivors from 19 countries are expected to attend event marking 70 years since their liberation from the death camp.

Survivors gather for historic Auschwitz anniversary

KRAKOW, Poland — Holocaust survivors gathered in Krakow on the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz amid unease regarding the safety of Jews in Europe. Some 300 survivors from 19 countries — each with a child,...

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Anglea Orosz and her mother Vera

Woman born in Auschwitz to attend liberation...

It’s fair to say that Angela Orosz doesn’t remember much of anything about her time in Auschwitz. After all, she was barely more than one month old when it was liberated on Jan. 27, 1945. Nevertheless, she admits to feeling “...

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	B.C. event aimed to renew Jewish Renewal movement VANCOUVER — A diverse group of some 75 Jews gathered at Vancouver’s Or Shalom synagogue over the Shabbat of Jan. 16 and 17 to pray and...read more...
	FSWC rejects Trent U group’s Star of David apology Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies (FSWC) has rejected an apology from student groups at Trent University in Peterborough, Ont...read more...
	Shoah memorial likely returning to Halifax’s Pier 21 The search for a home for the Wheel of Conscience may be over. The museum piece, designed to remind spectators that in 1939, Canada turned away the...read more...
	Young offender sentenced for violence at Calgary rally A young offender received a sentence of 12 months probation and 30 hours of community service for an assault on a Israel supporter at a rally for...read more...
	Joseph Rotman was noted businessman and philanthropist TORONTO – Notable Jewish businessman and philanthropist Joseph Rotman passed away today, Jan. 27, at age 80. Rotman, born in Toronto in 1935,...read more...

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	Director gives rise to intimacy and surprise at Centaur MONTREAL — Mitchell Cushman says he only chooses plays to direct that he wishes he’d written. “That’s very true about...read more...
	Two-month spotlight on Israeli culture Following the success of last year’s inaugural Spotlight on Israeli Culture, a two-month showcase of Israeli music, theatre, film, dance...read more...
	Shaarei Tefillah holds comedy night to ‘raise the roof’Jews face a lot of tough situations, so sometimes, it’s good to get together and laugh, says Rabbi Shmuli Soroka, executive director of Shaarei...read more...
	U of T library hosts rare Judaica exhibit A Middle Eastern Torah dating from the 10th to 12th century, a 14th-century Torah commentary by Rashi, and an early 15th-century manuscript of the...read more...
	Dialogue project lifts veil between language solitudes Gail Marlene Schwartz and Élisabeth Couture have found fertile ground in Quebec for their dialogue project, the bilingual production of which...read more...

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