A message from Adam Silver, CEO Calgary Jewish Federation
by Adam Silver (Calgary) – In a typical year, many of us build anticipation for Chanukah well in advance of its actual arrival. We anticipate the…
December 2022
Volodymyr Zelensky named Time’s ‘person of the year’
by Caleb Guedes-Reed, Gabe Friedman (JTA) — Volodymyr Zelensky, the Jewish president of Ukraine, was named Time’s “person of the year” on Wednesday for galvanizing…
Abe Foxman: If Smotrich and Ben-Gvir get their way, Israel will lose me and American Jews
by Ron Kampeas (JTA) — Abe Foxman, the past Anti-Defamation League leader who long has said that nothing could separate him from support for Israel,…
British comedian David Baddiel takes his ‘Jews Don’t Count’ argument to TV
by Jacob Judah LONDON (JTA) — David Baddiel, a comedian-turned-activist against antisemitism who calls himself “one of the U.K.’s very few famous Jews,” was holding…
Hereditary cancers aren’t just a women’s problem. Jewish men need to take precautions too.
by Larry Luxner (JTA) – Bill Harris, a veteran Los Angeles photojournalist, didn’t think much of it when one morning in 2012 he woke up…