Celebrate Tikkun Leil Shavuot in Edmonton
Shavuot will be upon us shortly, and what better way to celebrate the gift of Torah than with a community wide Tikkun Leil Shavuot. On…
2015
1 in 6 American Jews are new to Judaism – and 9 other new Pew findings
By Uriel Heilman NEW YORK (JTA) – The Pew Research Center’s newly released 2014 U.S. Religious Landscape Study offers a trove of data on American…
For Netanyahu and Obama, mistrust is personal — and cynical
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — Obama administration officials have long contended that the friction between the U.S. president and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
Israeli Air Force, particularly its scrappy beginnings, inspires 3 films
By Tom Tugend LOS ANGELES (JTA) — The Israeli Air Force is getting its moment in the spotlight, with two documentaries airing on television stations and…
Minister Uppal to join the Fight against anti-Semitism on the International Stage
May 11, 2015—Ottawa— Canada will join the international community in developing a global plan to combat anti-Semitism and other forms of racial and ethnic hatred….