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Today, for the first time, the City of Calgary will recognize and commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day at city hall. This global day of remembrance tells the stories of courageous survivors and honours the six million Jews and 11 million other individuals who perished in the Shoah (Holocaust). Jan.
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Ceremonies in both Poland and Jerusalem marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the death camp run by the Nazis that was synonymous with the Holocaust. Over a million people were murdered there between 1940 and 1945, the vast majority of them Jews
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Visitors walk past the infamous entrance gate that reads: 'Arbeit macht frei' - or 'Work sets one free' - at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp memorial in Germany. (Picture: Carsten Koall/Getty Images) Monsters are real. They may wear business suits or military uniforms, but they have walked among us.
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The opportunity of the centuryIn The Palestinian leadership should not reject Trumps peace plan (January 28), Jason Greenblatt and Bishara Bahbah lay out a path toward reconciliation between Palestinians and Israelis. They urge the Palestinians to look at the plan and make constructive suggestions, to not miss another opportunity to move forward, to make a better future for their people.So, it is ironic that on the same page, in The international community should say no to the Trump plan, Nimrod Goren implores the international community to oppose the plan. Goren offers no new solutions, and falsely notes that the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank made a decision to conduct their national struggle in the diplomatic arena, glossing over facts such as that the Palestinian government pays to slay; educates its citizens to hate Jews; and empowers its media and religious institutions to incite to violence.Moreover, the Palestinians have already said no to much more generous offers than those apparently on the table, so what is Goren thinking might be acceptable to them?It is time for all to actually read the plan Goren included and say, Yes, lets talk.BARRY LYNNEfratI have just read The international community should say no to the Trump plan
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Orthodox Jewish women are increasingly joining a custom called Daf Yomi, Hebrew for "daily page," which involves reading a page a day of the Talmud, a centuries-old, multivolume collection of rabbinic teachings, debates and interpretations of Judaism. Here women read the last pages of the cycle at their first women's mass Talmud celebration in Jerusalem in January. Tanya Habjouqa/NOOR for NPR hide caption Orthodox Jewish women are increasingly joining a custom called Daf Yomi, Hebrew for "daily page," which involves reading a page a day of the Talmud, a centuries-old, multivolume collection of rabbinic teachings, debates and interpretations of Judaism.
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