Lawyer Daniel Kalban creates comic book series 'American Dreams,' which features a Jewish New Yorker from 1900 as its main protagonist; 'I’m not most observant Jew, but I still think we need more representation,' he says

Director General of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation says melting snow and mud reveals artifacts in area covered for decades; penknife's owner identified as Jewish prisoner transported from Czechoslovakia and ring as made in Lodz Ghetto

Although only 1% of the population, Jews victims of 14% of hate crimes, Statistics Canada reports, showing a 47% rise compared to previous year; Jewish official says alarmed by figures and calls for action