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Back to SearchHolocaust survivor Robbie Waisman's life story is now an award-winning YA book
Robbie Waisman was the youngest of six children growing up in Poland, having just turned eight years old when the Nazis invaded. While his whole fami…
3 years, 8 months ago
'Republicans will take the House': David Frum predicts the U.S. midterms and lays out the stakes for American Jews
Today, Americans head to the polls in their midterm elections, choosing all 435 seats in the House of Representatives, plus one-third of all elected …
3 years, 8 months ago
Canada’s expecting 76,000 refugees in 2023. Meet the woman furnishing hundreds of their homes for free
At a recent Ottawa Redblacks football game, the team presented Suzi Shore Sauve with their "Wood Cookie" award. The distinction is given out at each …
3 years, 8 months ago
What happened when Jewish summer campers faced Holocaust denier Jim Keegstra’s students on the basketball court? A new graphic novel tells the tale
Nearly 40 years ago, Hart Snider was a camper at Camp BB Riback in Pine Lake, Alta., the summer after Jim Keegstra, an infamous teacher from the near…
3 years, 8 months ago
The CJN Daily Dead Beat is back, with a new name: The Honourable Menschen
Welcome to the fourth episode of The CJN Daily Dead Beat—which we're now calling the Honourable Mention, as we pay tribute to honourable menschen and…
3 years, 8 months ago
Scenes from El Al's last flight out of Canada
On Oct. 27, 2022, El Al flew its last direct flight from Canada for the foreseeable future. Leaving Toronto's Pearson airport at 7 p.m., the direct r…
3 years, 8 months ago
Go backstage on Tom Stoppard's gripping new Holocaust play, 'Leopoldstadt', with Canadian Broadway star Caissie Levy
As the world prepares to mark the 84th anniversary of Kristallnacht on Nov. 9, a new play on Broadway, Leopoldstadt, is reminding audiences what can …
3 years, 8 months ago
Canada's 2021 census numbers are in—and they're good news for Jews
When The CJN Daily launched in May 2021, one of our first stories was about Jewish organizations urging community members to fill out their census fo…
3 years, 8 months ago
'Hana's Suitcase' marks 20 years of teaching young readers about the Holocaust
The book Hana's Suitcase by Canadian author Karen Levine has been translated into 40 languages, won over a dozen literary prizes, adapted into a stag…
3 years, 8 months ago
Want to run a deli? The owner of Vancouver's storied Omnitsky Kosher is looking to sell—or close shop
For more than 40 years, Efrem "Eppy" Rappaport has run Omnitsky Kosher—first at the original deli and store in Winnipeg; then, for the past 25 years,…
3 years, 8 months ago