There’s an important new book out by the Canadian Jewish News. It’s called Northern Lights: A Canadian Jewish History. It tells the history of Canada’s Jewish community through the archives and photos of the country’s award-winning Jewish weekly newspaper.
A young Jewish Montreal high school student discovers more about his grandfather’s army service in the Second World War.
Two sets of cufflinks. Some WWll service medals. A watch. A few photographs. Until now, these were all the physical…
A moving van was blocking the narrow, cobblestone lane outside our hotel in the quaint town of Bacharach, Germany, on the banks of the Rhine River. A white-haired truck driver saw that I was struggling to squeeze between his parked truck and the walls of the building, trying to heave my suitcase over its giant wheels, in order to reach my car. He stopped what he was doing, smiled and helped me lift my bag. After stowing the luggage in the trunk, I headed back to the hotel to settle the bill. That’s when I noticed two brass plaques embedded in the street in front of the truck.
I got goosebumps.
Photo by Ellin Bessner A great surprise this week in the Canadian Jewish News edition of September 10, 2015 devoted…
Since we started the campaign to get Canadian Jews to say Kaddish for D-Day’s 70th anniversary, the editor of the…
George Meltz, in uniform, with a brother, (courtesy Isabella Meltz) Seventy years ago, a 25 year old Toronto wallpaper salesman,…