Yiddish-Canadian author Chava Rosenfarb is honoured in Poland
By Regan Treewater-Lipes (AJNews) – Lodz, the third largest city in Poland, has just taken a significant and commendable step of paying tribute to a…
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Graphic novel by Alberta author recalls days of Keegstra affair
By Jeremy Appel (AJNews) – Edmonton-born Jewish writer and filmmaker Hart Snider has released a graphic novelization of a short film he made set at…
Life in Poland before the Holocaust is captured in fascinating film – at Metro Cinema Sept. 5 and 8
by Regan Treewater-Lipes (AJNews) – “Captivated” does not adequately convey the viewer’s reaction to the haunting images forever pulled out from the sequence of time…
Next up for Adam Sandler’s production company: A YA bat mitzvah novel adaptation
by Caleb Guedes-Reed (JTA) — Last month, Adam Sandler threw his daughter a star-studded bat mitzvah party. Now it looks like his production company is making…
Before WWII, Jewish mobsters kept Nazis at bay in the US — with their fists
by Howard Lovy (JTA) — The way author Michael Benson tells it, one day in 1938, New York judge and Jewish communal leader Nathan Perlman…