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May 27, 2016

NWP Shabbat Message May 27, 2016 :: Karen James, Vancouver

Parashat Behar

As we gathered at the UBC Farm to hear from two of leaders of the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, I was struck with nostalgia. The farm is on the University of British Columbia’s campus, very close to where I grew up. Actually, the old barn on the original farm is wher…

May 10, 2016

Hate is never right, and love is never wrong

::Canadian Jewish News

By Eli Rubenstein - May 4, 2016

For many survivors, the lesson of the Holocaust is to rebuild, reconcile and live life in a way that belies the brutal experience of their youth

For the last 30 years, I have been working closely with Holocaust survivors in Canada an…

May 9, 2016

From Remembrance to Celebration

"Somehow, in ways I don't fully understand, the Jewish people has been touched by a power greater than ourselves, that has led our ancestors and contemporaries, time and again, to defy the normal parameters of history. Somehow heaven and earth met in the Jewish heart, lifting people to do …

May 5, 2016

President Rivlin Yom Hashoah Address

:: Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

President Rivlin addresses Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day ceremony at Yad Vashem

04 May 2016

 
​ We will forever know how to protect ourselves by ourselves. The Holocaust will forever place us, the Jewish people, as eternal p…

May 4, 2016

In Memory of 6,000,000

 
"I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead. and anyone who does not remember betrays them again."
-- Elie Wiesel 
 
 
Since 1953, the 27th of Nissan has been officially recognized as Yom Hashoah - Holocaust…