Israel’s Olympic baseball team preps for Tokyo and looks to expand the sport
by Hillel Kuttler MISGAV, Israel (JTA) – As more than 20 men wearing blue-and-white baseball uniforms walked along Tel Aviv’s bustling Allenby Street on a…
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op/ed: Commemoration is Key to Fighting Antisemitism
by Jared Shore (Calgary AB) – On Monday, January 27, the City of Calgary will, for the first-time, recognize and commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day…
Jeff Goldblum, Terry Gross and Marc Maron get emotional tracing their Jewish heritage on ‘Finding Your Roots’
by Gabe Friedman (JTA) — The latest episode of PBS’ celebrity genealogy show “Finding Your Roots” was a lesson in Jewish history. Titled “Beyond the…
‘Anne Frank: A History for Today’ on exhibit at Red Deer MAG until March 22, 2020
(Red Deer, AB) – The travelling exhibition Anne Frank – A History for Today, from the Anne Frank House (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), will be on…
We should all be eating more blintzes this year
by Melissa Klurman This recipe originally appeared on The Nosher. My not-so-healthy Jewish food resolution for 2020 sounds simple: Eat more blintzes. But as with…