Remembering the ‘Second Exodus’ on November 30
by Lyn Julius (The Blogs) – On October 29, 1956, Lilian Abda was swimming in the Suez Canal when Egyptian soldiers arrested her. Abda was…
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Chabad of Edmonton welcomes three rabbinical students
By Regan Treewater-Lipes (AJNews) – The landscape of Edmonton’s Jewish community has changed dramatically over the past two years. Many of these developments have arisen…
PJ Library celebrates Hanukkah
(AJNews) – This year, Hanukkah, the holiday of lights, runs from November 28 through December 6. PJ Library, supported by both the Calgary Jewish Federation…
Rabbi Ilana Krygier Lapides: Chanukah – The kitchen holiday that brings light into the darkness
by Rabbi Ilana Krygier Lapides (AJNews) – “The miracle is these things have clogged our people’s arteries for 2000 years, yet we survived” Grampa Boris…
Rabbi Binyomin Halpern: Celebrating Food
by Rabbi Binyomin Halpern (AJNews) – A number of years ago, as an older student in the WITS Yeshiva in Milwaukee, I would learn once…