Students reflect on their March of the Living experience
By Maxine Fischbein, Photos by Fedele Arcuri, Rum Punch Media, Courtesy of Calgary Jewish Federation. (AJNews) – Hearts spoke to hearts at Beth Tzedec Synagogue…
Holocaust
2023 March of the Living marks 80 years since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising,
(Auschwitz, Poland) – The annual March of the Living took place on April 18, from Auschwitz I to Auschwitz-Birkenau, marking Israel’s national Holocaust Memorial Day….
Edmonton’s Holocaust education symposium to be held in person this year
by Tammy Vineberg (AJNews) – Holocaust education has always been a core focus of the Jewish Federation of Edmonton and, historically, the annual Dianne and Irving…
Menachem Kaiser on his quest to reclaim a family home
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – When Canadian-born author Menachem Kaiser spoke at the Calgary Public Library on March 14, it was a rare literary treat….
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…