JNF Edmonton honours Freya and Lewis Wasel with a very moving Negev Tribute
By Deborah Shatz (EJNews) – When Freya and Lewis Wasel moved to Edmonton 19 years ago, they came with a very positive attitude. Rather than…
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Meet Israel’s Guru of Happiness – Yoram Yovell – in Edmonton on July 23
(Edmonton) – We all want to be happy – but being happy is rarely what we tend to think it is. Mark Tuesday July 23,…
EJFF delivers a very successful film festival
By Deborah Shatz (EJNews) – Yasher Koach to Edmonton Jewish Film Festival Chair Sam Koplowicz and his talented and dedicated organizing committee for putting together…
Teenager Jack Hughes is first Jewish player to be No. 1 overall pick in National Hockey League draft
by Marc Brodsky (JTA) — Jack Hughes, even at 18, is no stranger to making history. And now he’s done it again, becoming the first…
A former lawmaker hopes HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ spurs change in Israel
by Josefin Dolsten (JTA) — The HBO historical drama “Chernobyl,” which dramatizes the events surrounding the 1986 nuclear explosion in the now-Ukrainian city, has generated plenty…