Maccabiah 2022 will always have a piece of my heart
By Danyael Halprin (AJNews) – For three weeks every summer from the age of eight to 15 I attended Camp Hatikvah in the Okanagan, British…
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Calgary B’nai Brith Lodge dinner celebrates philanthropy and advocacy: September 22
By Deborah Shatz (AJNews) – Calgary B’nai Brith Lodge #816 is pleased to be hosting its signature annual dinner on September 22, onsite at the Beth…
Jewish Tam at Spuds and Suds Calgary Stampede Breakfast
By Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – After a two-year drought due to COVID-19, the Spuds and Suds Stampede Breakfast, held at the Hyatt Hotel in downtown…
Melissa Bank, bestselling author of modern Jewish heroines, dies at 61
by Andrew Lapin (JTA) – Melissa Bank, whose stories of flawed, funny Jewish heroines searching for love and fulfillment won over readers’ hearts around the…
Israeli restaurant chain, VISH, opens first Canadian location in Edmonton
By Jeremy Appel (AJNews) – Israeli vegetarian restaurant chain Vish, which has locations in New Jersey and Florida, has opened its first Canadian location in…