Trudeau apologizes for ovation to 98-year-old Ukrainian who fought in Nazi unit
Prime minister calls the incident “deeply embarrassing” to “all Canadians.” Lawmaker who organized it faces calls for ouster.
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Fast Forward Zelenskyy joins Canadian Parliament’s ovation to 98-year-old veteran who fought with Nazis
The man was part of SS Galichina, a unit whose history has been whitewashed by veterans groups in the West
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Fast Forward WATCH: Justin Trudeau Says BDS Is Anti-Semitic
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel “anti-Semitic” during a town hall in Ontario last week. “I will continue to condemn the BDS movement,” Trudeau said. Speaking at Brock University in St. Catharines, Trudeau was asked by an audience member to retract his previous condemnations of BDS,…
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Fast Forward Canadian Prime Minister Will Apologize For Turning Away Jewish Refugees In 1939
(JTA) — Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the Canadian government will formally apologize for turning away a ship full of Jewish refugees who had fled Nazi Germany. Trudeau made the announcement Tuesday night at a Jewish fundraiser for the March of the Living in honor of its 30th anniversary. He did not say when…
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Fast Forward Canadian Rabbi Owns Omission Of Jews From Holocaust Monument
MONTREAL (JTA) — A Canadian rabbi who participated in the planning of a Holocaust memorial monument whose plaque omitted any reference to Jews apologized for what he said was inattentiveness. Rabbi Daniel Friedman of Edmonton made the apology in an interview this week with the Ottawa Citizen about a gaffe that ended with the removal…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Apologizes For Canada Holocaust Plaque That Left Out The Jews
A rabbi who chaired the council that developed Canada’s new national Holocaust memorial has apologized after a plaque dedicated at the site by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not mention Jewish victims. On the day that Trudeau inaugurated the new memorial, which dedicated in his name, “we suddenly realized that an egregious error had been…
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Fast Forward Justin Trudeau Keeps Forgetting That Jews Were In The Holocaust
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled a plaque last week to inaugurate the country’s new National Holocaust Monument. There was just one problem—the plaque did not mention anti-Semitism or the Jewish people. “The National Holocaust Monument commemorates the millions of men, women, and children murdered during the Holocaust and honours the survivors who persevered and…
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The Schmooze When Justin Trudeau Took Ivanka Trump To A Broadway Show On Welcoming Foreigners
Ivanka Trump accompanied Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau to the Broadway musical “Come From Away.” The musical tells the story of a small Newfoundland town that played host to over 6,000 stranded air travelers when American air space was closed during and following the 9/11 attacks. It’s a depiction of Canadian and American solidarity, a…
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