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Filming family history

screenshot - Rawa Mazowiecka: My Mother’s Hometown in Poland is a film made by Haya Newman about her maternal family’s Holocaust experiences

Prior to the Holocaust, 3.3 million Jews were living in Poland. By…

  • Cynthia Ramsay
  • September 4, 2026
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Gallows being constructed

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Israel’s minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who oversees the country’s prisons…

  • Gil Zohar
  • September 4, 2026
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Musings from the summer

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Well into a forever ceasefire of sorts in the Persian Gulf, Israel…

  • Bruce Brown
  • September 4, 2026
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The Rocky of talk-show hosts

photo - Ieden Wall has had to have grit to realize his dream of hosting a national TV talk show

On a late summer afternoon in Toronto, with thin light slipping through…

  • Lorenzo Amandos
  • September 4, 2026
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An inspiring effort at revival 

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The revival of a printed publication is a rare occasion. The folks…

  • Cynthia Ramsay
  • September 4, 2026
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Migration and familial duty

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On June 25, Gabriella Safran, the Eva Chernov Lokey Professor of Jewish…

  • Ann Daskal
  • September 4, 2026
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Reconstructing history

photo - One of the earliest letters, from June 1901, has Sam explaining how he got a job in North America, after he had been turned away for being Jewish. He told the next hiring office he was an Austrian Christian, and they believed him

Going through his storage unit in Vancouver, Paul Levine found a box…

  • aboxofletters.com
  • September 4, 2026
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Four new books on the way

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PJ Library’s Sephardic Stories Initiative is entering its third year. PJ Library’s…

  • PJ Library
  • September 4, 2026
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Understanding oneself

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Grief is an interesting thing. You can think you feel fine, but…

  • Cynthia Ramsay
  • September 4, 2026
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Heroes, living and past

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It might be a sign of the times. The three children’s books…

  • Cynthia Ramsay
  • September 4, 2026
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