Lenka Lichtenberg wins JUNO for Holocaust-themed poetry album ‘Thieves of Dreams’
by Irena Karshenbaum (AJNews) – After sitting through a very long awards ceremony, held in Edmonton on March 11, 2023, Czech-born, Canadian music artist, Lenka…
March 2023
Pianist Mona Golabek brings Children of Willesden Lane to Calgary: April 19 & 20
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – When long-time Holocaust education volunteer Paula Lexier saw a production of The Children of Willesden Lane some five years ago,…
Israel says ‘crisis’ with Poland is over as the countries agree to resume student trips to Holocaust sites
by Gabe Friedman (JTA) — After a warm meeting with his Polish counterpart on Wednesday, Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen declared that the years-long “crisis”…
The H.A. and I.R. Friedman Scholarship: Managed by Edmonton Talmud Torah
The H.A. and I.R. Friedman Scholarship Fund was created in 1984 to assist youth from Edmonton to go to Israel. If you are between the…
Jewish highlights at the Oscars
by Andrew Lapin (JTA) – With seven nominations for his most personal film ever, this could have been Steven Spielberg’s biggest year at the Academy…