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The government of Canada on November 25 announced the appointment of Irwin Cotler – human rights expert, emeritus professor of law, long-time parliamentarian, former minister of justice and attorney-general – as its first “Special Envoy for Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism.” The position covers both domestic and international antisemitism, and features Holocaust education at […]
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Irwin Cotler: Canada’s special envoy for combating antisemitism
January 19th, 2021 
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No Comments »MK Michal Cotler-Wunsh: Prompting a paradigm shift between Israel and the Diaspora
January 5th, 2021 Awake Goy Browse > Home / Featured Articles / MK Michal Cotler-Wunsh: Prompting a paradigm shift between Israel and the Diaspora January 5, 2021 by Eliana Rudee – JNS.org Read on for article Michal Cotler-Wunsh is an Israeli-Canadian member of Knesset currently serving within the Blue and White Party, though just announced that she will not run […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: between, cotler, michal, paradigm, prompting, shift, wunsh No Comments »Q&A With MK Cotler-Wunsh
January 5th, 2021 Awake Goy (JNS) Michal Cotler-Wunsh is an Israeli-Canadian member of Knesset currently serving within the Blue and White Party, though just announced that she will not run with Blue and White in the upcoming elections—Israel’s fourth round in two years—slated for March 23. She entered the Knesset in June as a replacement for Alon Schuster, who resigned his […]
Canada’s appointment of Special Envoy Irwin Cotler aims to silence pro-Palestine discourse
December 3rd, 2020 Awake Goy Pro-Palestine activists in Canada have been overloaded in the last few months with challenges surrounding the dangerous definition of antisemitism promoted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Association. First, Bill 168 in the Ontario legislature was set for committee hearings when the government hijacked the whole process by adopting the IHRA through an Order in Council. […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: appointment, Canada, cotler, envoy, irwin, silence, special No Comments »Trudeau names Cotler as Canada’s special envoy on combating antisemitism
November 26th, 2020 Awake Goy Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named Irwin Cotler as Canada’s Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism, the prime minister’s office said on Wednesday.The office said that the Canadian government has shifted a bit of focus to “reinforcing and strengthening Canada’s efforts to advance Holocaust education, remembrance and research,” in addition to stamping […]
