About Shelley Werner: Our cover artist for the Calgary Chanukah edition
(Calgary) – The image on the cover of this month’s Alberta Jewish News is by Shelley Werner, a designer and Judaica Illustrator. She is the…
Arts
Nani Vazana performs new Ladino songs in Canmore
By Irena Karshenbaum (AJNews) – In an interview in early November from her home in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Ladino singer and songwriter, Nani Vazana, evokes…
Tributes pour in from Jewish celebs as Hollywood remembers Norman Lear
by Jacob Gurvis (JTA) — Soon after news broke Wednesday morning of Jewish TV pioneer Norman Lear’s death at 101 years old, actors and comedians…
‘Indecent’ is a powerful play about a Yiddish scandal: Playing at the Timms Theatre in YEG until Dec. 9
by Deborah Shatz (AJNews) – On December 2, with the University of Alberta Drama Department, Temple Beth Ora co-hosted an incredible gala evening of theatre,…
The most Jewish moments from Barbra Streisand’s memoir
by Stephen Silver (JTA) — Throughout Hollywood history, many stars of Jewish ancestry have soft-pedaled that heritage, changing their names or speaking rarely, if at…