A message from Diana Kalef, Calgary Jewish Federation
by Diana Kalef (Calgary) – What a crazy year!?! When this issue of Alberta Jewish News lands in homes, it will be one year since…
Calgary Jewish Federation
Upcoming Holocaust Awareness and Education Programming in Calgary and Edmonton
By Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – The January 27 talk about anti-Semitism by Deborah Lipstadt was a prelude to further Holocaust-related programming in 2021 for both…
Historian Deborah Lipstadt empowers Albertans in the fight against antisemitism
By Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – An historic change in local Holocaust commemoration occurred when Mayor Naheed Nenshi first proclaimed civic observance of International Holocaust Remembrance…
Itzhak Perlman, Rep. Jamie Raskin and a blind rabbi highlight the need for disability advocacy
by Larry Luxner (Feb. 2021) – When Israeli-American violinist Itzhak Perlman debuted at Carnegie Hall in 1963, he performed while seated — a consequence of…
CJA / Akiva Academy alumnus Chaim Katz wins BDS fight with U of T Graduate Students Union
(AJNews) – In a recent landmark ruling – the first of its kind in Canada – a University of Toronto panel has ordered the University…