Although Canada's Jewish community was a tiny minority in 1939 when Canada declared war in 1939, the Jewish community of…
Fresh from her 2019 summer D-Day 75 anniversary trip to France with Canadian Jewish veterans and military officials, author Ellin…
When most people think about Jews and the Second World War, they think about the victims of the Holocaust. But…
My Uncle Al, an American who lived in Pennsylvania, never talked much about his service in the Second World War,…
Esther Thorley (nee Bubis) of Toronto enlisted in the Canadian Army in the Second World War after her brother Meyer…
Fresh back from her voyage to Normandy, France to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day, Canadian author and journalist Ellin…
Edmonton's Jewish community is about to mark a solemn anniversary: the 81st anniversary of "Kristallnacht", the Nazis' "Night of Broken…
Grave of Muni Erlich, high profile Canadian Jewish communist leader from Montreal, killed during WWII in Normandy, in late August,…
As the world prepares to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, and the 75th anniversary of the…
As the world prepares to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Canadian author and journalist Ellin Bessner…
