Lenka Lichtenberg wins JUNO for Holocaust-themed poetry album ‘Thieves of Dreams’
by Irena Karshenbaum (AJNews) – After sitting through a very long awards ceremony, held in Edmonton on March 11, 2023, Czech-born, Canadian music artist, Lenka…
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Pianist Mona Golabek brings Children of Willesden Lane to Calgary: April 19 & 20
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – When long-time Holocaust education volunteer Paula Lexier saw a production of The Children of Willesden Lane some five years ago,…
Jewish highlights at the Oscars
by Andrew Lapin (JTA) – With seven nominations for his most personal film ever, this could have been Steven Spielberg’s biggest year at the Academy…
Today’s Tova Yedlin Lecture with Professor Wodziński will now be delivered via zoom at 1 pm
**An important note about today’s Annual Tova Yedlin Lecture with Professor Marcin Wodziński** Due to travel disruptions, Professor Wodziński’s lecture will now be delivered online…
A Jewish producer of ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’ sees his family history in the Oscar-winning Netflix film
by Andrew Lapin (JTA) — The film producer Daniel Dreifuss has only one surviving photo of a distant relative: his grandfather’s cousin, who fought for…