From the Promised Land to the Prairies: Finding Jewish Community in Calgary
by Jana Zalmanowitz, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (Calgary) – In May of 2023, Sivan and her husband Ziv were celebrating an anticipated change in their…
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From the sources by Eliezer Segal: …Like Casting Stones into the Sea
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – When Mordecai instituted the celebration of Purim, he ordained that it be observed as a time for “sending portions each…
YES Monthly Heritage Series: Purim Unmasked – The Ten Sefirot Behind the Hidden Miracle
by YES Kosher Friendship Team (Edmonton) – Purim is the holiday of masks. Hashem’s Name never appears in the Megillah, yet Divine guidance fills every…
At Berlin screening, former Israeli hostages see film about their captivity rewritten after redemption
by Toby Axelrod (JTA) — BERLIN — They stood outside Berlin’s Babylon theater, bundled against the cold, laughing and dragging on cigarettes: the Cunio twins…
Jewish hockey star Jack Hughes’ overtime goal propels US to gold medal in Olympic hockey
by Jacob Gurvis (JTA) — Despite Canada’s heartbreaking overtime loss to the U.S. in the Olympic gold-medal game on February 22, Edmonton Oilers Captain Connor …