Broadway performer Rachel Zatcoff to kick off Edmonton UJA campaign: Sept. 18
by Tammy Vineberg, Jewish Federation of Edmonton (Edmonton) – The cast of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s production of Cinderella was performing on a Philadelphia stage when…
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How 3 minutes of a home movie from 1938 turned into an acclaimed Holocaust documentary
by Stephen Silver (JTA) — In 2009, writer Glenn Kurtz was working on a novel about “someone who discovers an old piece of home movie…
Yoni Avi Battat debut album ‘Fragments’ explores artist’s fragmented Arab-Jewish identity
(AJNews) – On September 2nd, 2022, multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer Yoni Avi Battat released his debut album Fragments, a collection of original and traditional music surrounding…
Edmonton’s Jewish Seniors Centre is attracting younger seniors
By Regan Treewater-Lipes (AJNews) – As the Edmonton Jewish community gradually establishes its ‘new normal’ many are trading in their Zoom activities for face-to-face human…
Book shows that in 1942 Hitler had plans for US and Canada
By Regan Treewater-Lipes (AJNews) – Edmontonians who attended or live streamed this year’s Yom Ha’Shoah memorial observance at the Alberta Legislature grounds will certainly remember…