By Karin Kloosterman
Ever wonder where Canada’s Foreign Ministry dollars go? When it comes to teaching Canadian-style global democracy and educational values, some of Canada’s taxpayer’s money goes to creating equal opportunities in Israel. A project through the Merchavim Institute in Ramle, Israel, is helping teach Israeli society how to embrace –– and access –– its multi-cultural [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman
With so much bad blood between the two peoples, it is good to see some peace-making in action. A latest retreat connecting Muslims and Jews through the Interfaith Encounter Association took place earlier in November, and was sponsored by Canada’s Networking for Peace program.
It was a stimulating and exciting experience event organizers report, [...]

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By Paul Shindman
Team Canada was shut out by the Americans 6-0 on Wednesday, giving the Americans their second consecutive gold medal at the World Jewish Ice Hockey Championships in Metulla, Israel.
Canada’s coach Sherri Bassin was disappointed with the loss, but magnanimous in defeat, paying credit to a hot American goaltender whonstymied the Canucks.
“That goaltender proved his worth,” said [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman
A lot of Canadians I know like to talk about peace building. And Canadians in many ways are good at it. I grew up in Newmarket, Ontario and in my class had students who were first generation – or new immigrants to Canada – from all over the world. There was H. Khan, [...]

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By Jonathan Arenson
Someone recently said to me in an e-mail:
“It’s better to light a candle than to curse the darkness”.
While there is much darkness to be found within the current Russian/Georgian conflict, there are still candles of hope flickering away.
According to the United Jewish Appeals (UJA) Federation of Greater Toronto website, the UJA in conjunction [...]

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