Tag: Holocaust survivor

Jewish issues at centre of partisan sniping

Jewish issues and candidates made headlines last week and became the subject of some distasteful political rhetoric on the campaign trail. In Alberta, a 21-year-old hijab-wearing university student resigned Aug. 18 as the Liberal candidate in the Tory stronghold of Calgary Nose Hill a day after...

A Yom Hashoah tribute to a grandfather

I know that Yom Hashoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day – has come and gone for another year, but I want people to see this video. It was produced entirely by Matthew Pollock, 13, a Grade 8 student at the Toronto Heschel School (and one of Primo’s best...