Warmth and caring: A Shawl-Om mitzvah grows in Calgary and beyond
By Trudy Cowan (AJNews) – The spark of an idea that ignited just before Covid has continued to grow, providing warmth and caring throughout the…
Jewish Family Services Calgary
Humour is good for the soul: JFSC 2023 Annual Event May 2
By Lisa Thomson (AJNews) – Have you ever caught yourself battling to stifle the giggles at the worst possible time – at a funeral, in…
Rabbi Ilana Krygier Lapides: Pesach – The time to make the most of our time.
By Rabbi Ilana Krygier Lapides (AJNews) – With the holiday of Passover (Pesach) upon us, I find myself marveling at how quickly time has been…
JFSC 2022 Café Europa treated Calgary’s Holocaust Survivors to a very special afternoon
By Peta Glezerson (AJNews) – Each year, International Holocaust Remembrance Day is held on January 27, marking the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau…
JFSC Executive Director Roxanne Droppo receives Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal
By Lisa Thomson (AJNews) – A hearty Mazel Tov to Roxanne Droppo, Jewish Family Services Calgary Executive Director and one of Calgary’s Jewish Community leaders,…