Calgary launches Shawl-om Project
by Sari Shernofsky (AJNews) – Calgary Jewish crafters have launched a new community–based project to create and distribute shawls and blankets to frail or isolated…
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Can Diaspora Jews visit Israel during the COVID-19 crisis? The rules keep changing.
by Sam Sokol JERUSALEM (JTA) — Like many French Jews, Agnes Mimoun used to take her ability to freely travel to Israel for granted. Getting…
Calgary Holocaust Symposium at 36…and beyond
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – The Nazis murdered nearly her entire family. They attempted to rob her of her humanity by shaving her hair and…
New COVID-19 cases in USA Orthodox communities elicit concern as school year and High Holidays near
by Shira Hanau (JTA) – Over the past week, the reports have come fast and furious. One overnight sports camp for boys in Pennsylvania had…
5780 – who would have imagined?
by Rabbi Gila Caine (August 2020) – Now as the year comes to an end and we enter the final weeks of 5780 I’m looking…