In a dramatic step, Israel to require 14-day quarantine for all travelers from abroad
(JTA) — Israel will require all travelers from abroad to complete a 14-day quarantine, according to the latest regulation aimed at curbing the spread of…
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Due to Coronavirus Outbreak, March of the Living 2020 Postponed
Organization’s World Chair: “We remain thoroughly committed to our values and our historic role” (March 8 2020: Tel Aviv) – The organization’s leaders announced today,…
Hit musical ‘Cabaret’ coming to Calgary’s Front Row Centre: March 20 – April 4
By Judy Shapiro (Calgary) – Cabaret is one of those award-winning, hit musicals that never gets old. Originally staged in 1966 in New York, followed…
From the Sources: Purim – Sequel to Sinai
by Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – In one of the Talmud’s more theologically troubling passages, an obscure sage named Rav Avdimi bar Ḥama expounded that when…
Monuments: We in Canada should know better
By Myrna Kostash (AJNews) – I snatched up the November issue of Edmonton Jewish News when I saw, above the fold, the bold headline, “YEG…