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During the Holocaust , the Canadian Jewish Congress joined forces with other refugee advocacy groups and prominent non-Jews – including Canada's first female Senator Cairine Wilson – to create the Canadian National Committee on Refugees. The...
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Newfoundland's small but vibrant Jewish community dates back to the 1890s. The island, which did not join Canada until 1949, was hit hard by economic recession in the 1930s. Despite several proposals to settle Jewish refugees on the island,...
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