Alberta Minister of Culture Leela Aheer, issues Sukkot statement: Oct. 2, 2020
(AJNews) – Leela Sharon Aheer, Minister of Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women, issued this statement as Sukkot 2020 begins: “Sukkot is traditionally a harvest…
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