Literacy is a focus at Edmonton’s Talmud Torah School
by TT board members (AJNews) – Literacy is the keystone of our modern world. It is part of a student’s earliest learning, enabling them to…
December 2021
Na’amat Canada (Edmonton) Memorial Tribute for Anna Shapiro OBM
(AJNews) – Anna Shapiro z”l, a lifetime member of Na’amat Canada, passed away peacefully on September 5, 2021 at the age of 98. She was…
Dvar of the Week: Cantor Russ Jayne, Beth Tzedec Congregation, Calgary
by Cantor Russ Jayne Parashat Vayigash (AJNews) – When kids in Hebrew School read the story of Joseph, he looks very good. He saves the…
In New York, Israeli minister promises progress on Western Wall’s non-Orthodox prayer space
byBen Sales (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Israel will set plans in motion to renovate the non-Orthodox prayer space at the Western Wall,…
Jews were the creative forces behind ‘West Side Story’ decades ago and today. Should they be?
by Jordyn Haime (JTA) — In 1955, theater director Jerome Robbins approached writer Arthur Laurents and composer Leonard Bernstein with a new idea for a…