Dutch survivor’s diary called an Anne Frank story with a ‘happy’ ending
By Cnaan Liphshiz AMSTERDAM (JTA) — A Holocaust survivor dubbed “Rotterdam’s Anne Frank” in her native Netherlands published her wartime diary, which she wrote while hiding in…
Literature
Wirth Institute announces Jewish Studies Week at University of Alberta: November 7 – 11
(EJNews) – The Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies at the University of Alberta is hosting an exciting line-up of programming for their…
Annual Scholastic Book Fair at Talmud Torah School: October 31 – November 2
The annual Scholastic Book Fair will be arriving soon at Talmud Torah School and they are excited about sharing the joy of reading with their…
Book Review: Facing the Shards by Joy Ruth Mickelson
Reviewed by Deborah Shatz (EJNews) – In 1939, facing a Nazi invasion, the British government ordered the evacuation of 500,000 young people from London to…
A Rabbi’s Take on ‘Harry Potter’
By Rebecca Rosenthal (Kveller via JTA) — This summer, as I put my 8-year-old on the bus to sleepaway camp, he turned to his friend…