Carrying grief through a season of light
By Sarah Karesa, M.Ed., R.Psych Editors note: This article was written before the horrific mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Australia on the first night…
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Calgary Jewish Academy welcomes new CEO Jordan Balaban
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – The recent appointment of Jordan Balaban as CEO at The Calgary Jewish Academy (CJA) is good news for Calgary’s largest…
Important Community Update from Jewish Federation of Edmonton
by Stacey Leavitt-Wright (Edmonton) – We awoke today to the horrific news of an antisemitic terror attack that killed 11 people at a Chanukah candle…
Chaplain Lesley Machon: The Dark Between Flames
By Lesley Machon (Calgary) – As a child, I was terrified of the dark. Each night, light from my bedside spilled across the floor of…
Rabbi Ilana Krygier Lapides: Somewhere over the Rainbow – Hope is the Real Miracle of Chanukah
by Rabbi Ilana Krygier Lapides (Calgary) – The recent release of Wicked: for Good, the second part of the film adaptation of the popular Broadway…