by cjhsdadmin | Apr 20, 2020 | Press Release
Yom HaShoah, known as Holocaust Remembrance Day in English, is a day to honour and remember the six million Jews who were murdered during the Holocaust. The commemoration of this horrific period carries immense meaning for all who survived the atrocities, along with...
by cjhsdadmin | Jan 25, 2018 | Holocaust Education, Remembrance
This Saturday is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. As Survivors of the Shoah, there is not a day that goes by that we do not think of the loved ones we lost. Antisemitism is on the rise around the world. It is more important than ever that the horrors of the...
by cjhsdadmin | Sep 27, 2017 | Holocaust Education, In The News, Press Release, Uncategorized
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 27, 2017 Ottawa, ON – Today the Government of Canada unveiled Canada’s National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa. In response, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), and their affiliate, the Canadian Jewish...
by cjhsdadmin | Jul 7, 2016 | Holocaust Education, Uncategorized
July 7, 2016 Toronto — Today, the Supreme Court of Canada rejected the Government of Canada’s request for leave to appeal in the Helmut Oberlander case. The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) and Canadian Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Descendants (CJHSD)...
by cjhsdadmin | Jan 27, 2016 | In The News, Press Release, Uncategorized
January 27, 2016 Montreal—On the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), the Canadian Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Descendants (CJHSD), and the World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) would like to...