A Shavuot Message from Adam Silver, CEO Calgary Jewish Federation
by Adam Silver (AJNews) – This time of the Jewish calendar year is very purposeful. It is the season during which we count the time…
Calgary Jewish Federation
Virtual Yom HaShoah commemorations honour Holocaust survivors in Edmonton and Calgary
by Deborah Shatz (AJNews) – Yom HaShoah was commemorated around the world and in both Edmonton and Calgary on April 8 with special virtual ceremonies…
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…
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…