Ben M. Freeman’s message to the community: Be loud, be proud, be Jewish
By Matthew Levine (AJNews) – Jewish Federation of Edmonton hosted Ben M. Freeman, a prominent thought leader in Jewish identity, at the Creative Hive in…
Books
‘Maybe all art is provocative’: Art Spiegelman discusses his life’s work at Edmonton Public Library discussion
By Jeremy Appel (AJNews) – Cartoonist Art Spiegelman, who depicted his father’s Holocaust survival in the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus, spoke on Feb. 21…
A graphic novel of the Purim story, from a Batman comics editor
by Julian Voloj (JTA) — In 1996, Jordan Gorfinkel launched two series of comics that get at the two sides to his personality and career….
Leah Horlick becomes U of C’s first Jewish Writer-in-Residence
by Irena Karshenbaum (AJNews) – In what may be a first in its 30-year history, the University of Calgary Distinguished Writers Program has appointed a…
Book Review: Embodied Kabbalah: Jewish mysticism for all people
Reviewed by Rabbah Gila Caine (AJNews) – Every generation says this: we need a good story. We need a story that brings sense into our…