"Center for Jewish History and partner collections span five thousand years, with tens of millions of archival documents (in dozens of languages and alphabet systems), more than 500,000 volumes, as well as thousands of artworks, textiles, ritual objects, recordings, films, and photographs. The Center's experts are leaders in unlocking archival material for a wide audience through the latest practices in digitization, library science, and public education. As one of the world's foremost research institutions, the Center offers academic fellowships, symposia, conferences and lectures as well as a wide array of cultural, educational and genealogy programs for the public."

"Judaism is the religion of the JEWS. Its origins were in ancient Israel, where the sacred text of the Hebrew Bible was understood to be God's revelation. The Bible's core is the Torah-the 5 books delivered by God to the Jewish people at Mount Sinai through their liberator, teacher and prophet Moses."

"Unlike most immigrants to Canada, Jews did not come from a place where they were the majority cultural group. Jews were internationally dispersed at the time of the ancient Roman Empire and after unsuccessful revolts against it lost their sovereignty in their ancient homeland. In the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS), 329,495 Canadians identified as Jewish when responding to the census question on religion, and 309,650 identified as being of Jewish ethnic origin (115,640 single and 194,010 multiple responses)."

The Canadians of Jewish extraction represent a great variety of ancestral languages and cultural traditions. Because of the Jewish people's dispersion through the centuries, Jewish culture reflects not only specific Jewish qualities, but also the influences gathered from countries in which Jews lived.

"Liberation75 is the world's largest international event to mark the 75th anniversary of liberation from the Holocaust. Join thousands of others as we commit to fighting antisemitism and continuing Holocaust education and remembrance."

Many thanks to Peel educators LaToya Green, Antonella Kalaitzis, Azi Manji and Anju Taeput for this excellent resource that is ready for use with students in your classroom!

"Jewish Heritage Month is a time to recognize the important contributions that Jewish Canadians have made to Canada. It is a time to learn about Jewish history and culture in Canada and worldwide."