A conversation with author, educator Ben M. Freeman: January 27, 2022
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) -Ben M. Freeman – author of Jewish Pride: Rebuilding a People – will speak to Albertans in a live virtual event…
Literature
Calgary JCC hosts successful Literary Festival
By Jenna Soroka (AJNews) – Through a combination of virtual and in-person events, writers and storytellers covered a spectrum of topics in this year’s Calgary…
U of A hosts talk on Ukrainian nationalists’ role in the Holocaust
By Jeremy Appel (AJNews) – Historian John-Paul Himka, who published a book this year on Ukrainian nationalists’ culpability in the Holocaust, presented this year’s Toby…
Jewish groups ask Senate to move forward Deborah Lipstadt nomination to be antisemitism monitor
by Ron Kampeas (JTA) — Three major Jewish organizations are calling on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to convene a hearing on President Joe Biden’s…
Whistle, Gotham City’s latest superhero, is Jewish. It’s a full-circle moment for the comics industry.
by Julian Voloj (JTA) — It turns out that Batman’s hometown of Gotham City has a historically Jewish neighborhood, complete with a synagogue. And for…