Calgary B’nai Brith Lodge dinner celebrates philanthropy and advocacy: September 22
By Deborah Shatz (AJNews) – Calgary B’nai Brith Lodge #816 is pleased to be hosting its signature annual dinner on September 22, onsite at the Beth…
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Jewish Tam at Spuds and Suds Calgary Stampede Breakfast
By Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – After a two-year drought due to COVID-19, the Spuds and Suds Stampede Breakfast, held at the Hyatt Hotel in downtown…
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…
Meraki Cuisine’s Chef Amanda Lambert: She believed and so she did!
By Debbie Lambert (AJNews) – When Chef Amanda Lambert was asked to contribute to this issue of AJN, featuring ‘Empowering Women,’ she jumped on it!…
NBA star Joel Embiid goes viral for dancing the hora at Jewish friend’s wedding
by Gabe Friedman (JTA) — NBA star Joel Embiid is an enormous man — around 7 feet tall and 280 pounds, to give an idea….