How 3 minutes of a home movie from 1938 turned into an acclaimed Holocaust documentary
by Stephen Silver (JTA) — In 2009, writer Glenn Kurtz was working on a novel about “someone who discovers an old piece of home movie…
Books
Book shows that in 1942 Hitler had plans for US and Canada
By Regan Treewater-Lipes (AJNews) – Edmontonians who attended or live streamed this year’s Yom Ha’Shoah memorial observance at the Alberta Legislature grounds will certainly remember…
Melissa Bank, bestselling author of modern Jewish heroines, dies at 61
by Andrew Lapin (JTA) – Melissa Bank, whose stories of flawed, funny Jewish heroines searching for love and fulfillment won over readers’ hearts around the…
Here to Tell exhibit attracts close to 10,000 visitors in Calgary
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – By every measure, Here to Tell: Faces of Holocaust Survivors is a success, as affirmed by the crowds that gathered…
CJA student council raises funds for fresh reads for teens
By Lesley Machon (AJNews) – Each year, Calgary Jewish Academy’s student council raises money for a project that supports the school’s values of community, sustainability…