June 4: Beth Israel is hosting a pre-Shavuot “Night of Insight” – with great food
by Regan Treewater-Lipes (AJNews) – As the weather in Edmonton is heating up for summer, so is the programming at Beth Israel Synagogue! Recently, over…
2022
A new podcast chronicles the little-known stories of boxers from the Holocaust era
By Jacob Gurvis (JTA) — In the early 1930s, Victor Perez was on top of the world. The Tunisian Jewish boxer, who fought under the…
Volodymyr Zelensky, Mila Kunis, Zoë Kravitz among Jews on this year’s Time 100 list
By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA)— Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s Jewish president who has been leading his country during the Russian invasion that began in late February, has been…
Israeli military likely killed Palestinian journalist, AP and CNN conclude
by Andrew Lapin (JTA) – A Palestinian American journalist reporting on an Israeli military raid on a West Bank refugee camp was likely killed by…
Montreal’s incredible Jewish food Is the star of this new film about ‘Chewdaism’
by Joe Baur (My Jewish Learning via JTA) – Montreal Jewish food has received the cinematic treatment thanks to the new film “Chewdaism: A Taste of Jewish…