How PJ Library Calgary’s Simcha Series Is Redefining Inclusive Jewish Programming
By Jana Zalmanowitz (AJNews) – Jewish Calgary is home to a wealth of children’s programming. There is a steady stream of holiday parties, learning, and…
Books
This year’s Hanukkah kids’ books light up the imagination
By Penny Schwartz (JTA) — From Who-ville to Schmoozeville, and from island getaways to cozy homes, this year’s crop of Hanukkah books for kids of…
National Book Award in nonfiction goes to Gaza polemic ‘One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This’
by Andrew Lapin (JTA) — A provocative essay collection about the West’s response to the Gaza war and a children’s book about young Iranians helping…
Holocaust education scholar Dr. Melanie Carina Schmoll will be in Alberta in November
By Regan Lipes (AJNews) – Twice a year, the Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies hosts Jewish Studies Week in Edmonton, a series…
New crop of High Holidays children’s books take place in Uganda, Hong Kong and a Sephardic home
by Penny Schwartz (JTA) — A laugh-out-loud Sukkot story that reimagines the classic tale of the three little pigs; an inspiring work of historical fiction…