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Avi Benlolo

Avi Benlolo is the president & CEO of Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies, which created the January 27th International Holocaust Remembrance Day education initiative.

In apologizing for turning away Jews fleeing Nazi persecution, Canada puts anti-Semites in a corner

  • This past weekend marked the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the night of the broken glass. It was the night when Germany’s prevailing anti-Semitism exploded
Opinion | BY AVI BENLOLO | November 12, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last week issued a formal apology for Canada's decision to turn away Jewish refugees who were fleeing Nazi persecution in 1939. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade

In apologizing for turning away Jews fleeing Nazi persecution, Canada puts anti-Semites in a corner

Opinion | BY AVI BENLOLO | November 12, 2018
  • This past weekend marked the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the night of the broken glass. It was the night when Germany’s prevailing anti-Semitism exploded

In apologizing for turning away Jews fleeing Nazi persecution, Canada puts anti-Semites in a corner

Opinion | BY AVI BENLOLO | November 12, 2018
  • This past weekend marked the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the night of the broken glass. It was the night when Germany’s prevailing anti-Semitism exploded
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last week issued a formal apology for Canada's decision to turn away Jewish refugees who were fleeing Nazi persecution in 1939. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade

In apologizing for turning away Jews fleeing Nazi persecution, Canada puts anti-Semites in a corner

  • This past weekend marked the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the night of the broken glass. It was the night when Germany’s prevailing anti-Semitism exploded
Opinion | BY AVI BENLOLO | November 12, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last week issued a formal apology for Canada's decision to turn away Jewish refugees who were fleeing Nazi persecution in 1939. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade

In apologizing for turning away Jews fleeing Nazi persecution, Canada puts anti-Semites in a corner

Opinion | BY AVI BENLOLO | November 12, 2018
  • This past weekend marked the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the night of the broken glass. It was the night when Germany’s prevailing anti-Semitism exploded

In apologizing for turning away Jews fleeing Nazi persecution, Canada puts anti-Semites in a corner

Opinion | BY AVI BENLOLO | November 12, 2018
  • This past weekend marked the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the night of the broken glass. It was the night when Germany’s prevailing anti-Semitism exploded
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last week issued a formal apology for Canada's decision to turn away Jewish refugees who were fleeing Nazi persecution in 1939. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade

Liberals, Conservatives did the right thing by voting against Iran

  • It was an intense two weeks in Parliament before the House of Commons adjourned for the summer last week. Parliamentarians stayed up into the
Opinion | BY AVI BENLOLO | June 28, 2018
Conservative MP Garnett Genuis proposed a resolution to condemn Iran for ‘its ongoing sponsorship of terrorism around the world,’ urging Canada to abandon its plan to restore diplomatic ties with Iran. It passed with Liberal and Conservative support on June 12. The Hill Times file photograph

Liberals, Conservatives did the right thing by voting against Iran

Opinion | BY AVI BENLOLO | June 28, 2018
  • It was an intense two weeks in Parliament before the House of Commons adjourned for the summer last week. Parliamentarians stayed up into the

Liberals, Conservatives did the right thing by voting against Iran

Opinion | BY AVI BENLOLO | June 28, 2018
  • It was an intense two weeks in Parliament before the House of Commons adjourned for the summer last week. Parliamentarians stayed up into the
Conservative MP Garnett Genuis proposed a resolution to condemn Iran for ‘its ongoing sponsorship of terrorism around the world,’ urging Canada to abandon its plan to restore diplomatic ties with Iran. It passed with Liberal and Conservative support on June 12. The Hill Times file photograph

Conditions ripe for waving the flag of hate

  • On Jan. 18, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was heckled at his town hall meeting in Quebec City by a man who held up an
Opinion | BY AVI BENLOLO | January 24, 2018
We shouldn’t be surprised when a swastika-defaced Canadian flag is unfurled at an event with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as it was in Quebec City earlier this month, writes Avi Benlolo. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Conditions ripe for waving the flag of hate

Opinion | BY AVI BENLOLO | January 24, 2018
  • On Jan. 18, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was heckled at his town hall meeting in Quebec City by a man who held up an

Conditions ripe for waving the flag of hate

Opinion | BY AVI BENLOLO | January 24, 2018
  • On Jan. 18, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was heckled at his town hall meeting in Quebec City by a man who held up an
We shouldn’t be surprised when a swastika-defaced Canadian flag is unfurled at an event with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as it was in Quebec City earlier this month, writes Avi Benlolo. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada should follow EU’s lead, take stronger stance against anti-Semitism

  • With a general election in the United Kingdom on June 8 and British Jewish citizens fleeing Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party, Europe is increasingly calling
Opinion | BY AVI BENLOLO | June 7, 2017
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, pictured in this file photo, told officials from the Simon Wiesenthal Center last week that 'denial of Israel's right to exist is anti-Semitism.' UN photograph courtesy of Rick Bajornas

Canada should follow EU’s lead, take stronger stance against anti-Semitism

Opinion | BY AVI BENLOLO | June 7, 2017
  • With a general election in the United Kingdom on June 8 and British Jewish citizens fleeing Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party, Europe is increasingly calling

Canada should follow EU’s lead, take stronger stance against anti-Semitism

Opinion | BY AVI BENLOLO | June 7, 2017
  • With a general election in the United Kingdom on June 8 and British Jewish citizens fleeing Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party, Europe is increasingly calling
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, pictured in this file photo, told officials from the Simon Wiesenthal Center last week that 'denial of Israel's right to exist is anti-Semitism.' UN photograph courtesy of Rick Bajornas

Holocaust remembrance critical to confront a lingering hatred

  • As governments, communities, and individuals commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, we do so with the understanding that our efforts must achieve
Opinion | BY AVI BENLOLO | January 26, 2017
International Holocaust Remembrance Day takes place on January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Pictured here, child survivors of Auschwitz, wearing adult-size prisoner jackets, stand behind a barbed wire fence. Photograph courtesy of Belarusian State Archive of Documentary Film and Photography by Alexander Voronzow.

Holocaust remembrance critical to confront a lingering hatred

Opinion | BY AVI BENLOLO | January 26, 2017
  • As governments, communities, and individuals commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, we do so with the understanding that our efforts must achieve

Holocaust remembrance critical to confront a lingering hatred

Opinion | BY AVI BENLOLO | January 26, 2017
  • As governments, communities, and individuals commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, we do so with the understanding that our efforts must achieve
International Holocaust Remembrance Day takes place on January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Pictured here, child survivors of Auschwitz, wearing adult-size prisoner jackets, stand behind a barbed wire fence. Photograph courtesy of Belarusian State Archive of Documentary Film and Photography by Alexander Voronzow.
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