Son of Canadian Israeli peace activist killed on Oct. 7 vows to complete her life's work

After his mother, Vivian Silver, died in the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, Yonatan Zeigen quit his job as a social worker to try to fulfil her life's work of seeing peace between Israelis and Palestinians. On the one-year anniversary of the attacks, the CBC's Chris Brown spoke to Zeigen about the lessons he's learned.

Son of Canadian Israeli peace activist killed on Oct. 7 vows to complete her life's work
Yonatan Zeigen, son of Vivian Silver, an Israeli Canadian peace activist killed in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks on her kibbutz and other communities in southern Israel.

After his mother, Vivian Silver, died in the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, Yonatan Zeigen quit his job as a social worker to try to fulfil her life's work of seeing peace between Israelis and Palestinians. On the one-year anniversary of the attacks, the CBC's Chris Brown spoke to Zeigen about the lessons he's learned.