June 4: Beth Israel is hosting a pre-Shavuot “Night of Insight” – with great food
by Regan Treewater-Lipes (AJNews) – As the weather in Edmonton is heating up for summer, so is the programming at Beth Israel Synagogue! Recently, over…
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A new podcast chronicles the little-known stories of boxers from the Holocaust era
By Jacob Gurvis (JTA) — In the early 1930s, Victor Perez was on top of the world. The Tunisian Jewish boxer, who fought under the…
Volodymyr Zelensky, Mila Kunis, Zoë Kravitz among Jews on this year’s Time 100 list
By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA)— Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s Jewish president who has been leading his country during the Russian invasion that began in late February, has been…
Montreal’s incredible Jewish food Is the star of this new film about ‘Chewdaism’
by Joe Baur (My Jewish Learning via JTA) – Montreal Jewish food has received the cinematic treatment thanks to the new film “Chewdaism: A Taste of Jewish…
Sacha Baron Cohen to helm ‘Chelm,’ an HBO cartoon about the shtetl of fools
by Andrew Lapin (JTA) – Imagine a village full of Borats, and you’re close to realizing the absurdity of Chelm. The real-life Polish shtetl, a…