by cjhsdadmin | Feb 14, 2023 | In The News
CJHSD joins the World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) in welcoming the announcement by the Good Will Foundation that Lithuanian Holocaust survivors or their heirs can now apply for the Compensation for Immovable Private Property in Lithuania program. The...
by cjhsdadmin | Jan 22, 2023 | In The News
Holocaust education cultivates more empathetic and engaged students with critical thinking skills. “Tomorrow’s world is born in what we teach our children today.” — Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Before the Nazis took power in 1933, European Jewish culture was flourishing....
by cjhsdadmin | Mar 4, 2021 | Holocaust Education, In The News, Stories from the CJHSD
Holocaust Survivor Pinchas Gutter shares how he survived the Warsaw Ghetto and 6 Nazi concentration camps with Dahlia Kurtz on a special Holocaust Remembrance edition of The Goods. Sidney Zoltak shares his story of survival: Hear how this Holocaust Survivor escaped a...
by cjhsdadmin | Feb 8, 2021 | In The News, Press Release, Uncategorized
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 8, 2021 Ottawa, ON – Today, the Immigration and Refugee Board admissibility hearing in the case of Helmut Oberlander was postponed. The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) and the Canadian Jewish Holocaust Survivors and...
by cjhsdadmin | Oct 12, 2020 | Holocaust Education, In The News, Press Release, Uncategorized
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 12, 2020 TORONTO, ON – Today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook’s hate speech policy will be updated to ban Holocaust denial. The announcement acknowledged the harm caused by minimizing or denying the...
by Zach Ellison | Feb 26, 2020 | In The News
Passing Bill 168 would send an important message of solidarity and support to Jewish Ontarians, while also sending a clear signal to bigots that there is no place for hatred in the province Pinchas Gutter’s Op-Ed Anti-Semitism is on the rise. Ontario has an...