One of the candidates in the upcoming federal election in Canada is reaching out to local Jews after telling a newspaper this week that she had not heard of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Alex Johnstone, a candidate for the New Democratic Party (NDP) in the Ontario district of Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas, is reaching out to rabbis, community leaders and the president of the Hamilton Jewish Federation, federation CEO Barb Babij said Thursday, according to the CBC.
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