Special guest Jacqui Vital will be in Calgary on Sept. 3 & 7 and in Edmonton on Aug. 29
by Regan Lipes (AJNews) – This month, the Alberta Jewish community will be visited by a very special guest: Jacqui Vital, a woman of courage,…
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Memorial Tribute: Gillian Horwitz, OBM
(AJNews) – The Jewish community of Edmonton was deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Gillian Robinson Horwitz on Friday June 20. She was…
Rabbi Alisa Zilbershtein: The unending exodus
By Rabbi Alisa Zilbershtein (AJNews) – The first signs of spring appear in Alberta. Snow begins to recede, revealing patches of earth long dormant. Birds…
Adult learning at Beth Shalom: The Habsburg Dynasty
By Regan Lipes (Edmonton) – There are dozens of organizations who are dedicated to the mapping of Jewish genealogy: Jewish-Gen being perhaps the most widely…
Rabbi Alisa Zilbershtein: Finding light in times of challenge
By Rabbi Alisa Zilbershtein (Edmonton) – As the winter nights grow longer and darkness settles early around us, we prepare to kindle the lights of…