Every year on July 18th, we celebrate Nelson Mandela Day. Mandela is known globally as one of the world’s most famous peacemakers. He spent 67 years as a freedom fighter, as well as becoming the first black president of South Africa. He was a legendary man who broke down 50 years of segregation through apartheid. […]
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World Refugee Day is on June 20th. Find out why this day came to be, and what you can do to help. What is a Refugee? According to the UN, a refugee is someone who has been forced to flee his or her home country due to “a well-founded fear of persecution because of his/her
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My husband and I grew up in India. When we were in our 20’s we decided to take on an adventure of a lifetime, and move away. First it was Dubai and then further west to Canada. That was almost 18 years ago and wherever we lived, Dubai, Calgary or Toronto, we have made the time
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You’ve seen the news headlines. Black Lives Matter. Police Lives Matter. A Day Without Immigrants. Our world is full of diversity, yet our country and our world is plagued by a lack of empathy. What good is diversity if we don’t know how to embrace it? Teaching diversity to our kids — how to embrace
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When Purim arrives in the Jewish community, I challenge my students — all from interfaith families with at least one Jewish parent — to explore this holiday alongside the Hindu holiday of Holi, the Sikh holiday of Hola Mohallah, and the Catholic holiday of St. Patrick’s Day. I encourage them to learn basic facts about each
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