It’s back! Calgary’s Jewish Film Festival resumes in-person screening: November 4 – 19
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – It’s back! The 23rd annual Beth Tzedec Congregation Jewish Film Festival will once again be the place to be when…
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Alberta Jewish Community Gathers in Solidarity for Israel
by Hannah Silver (AJNews) – A welcome and well needed dose of community as we struggle through these dark and difficult days, both Calgary Jewish…
Edmonton Jewish Community provides lunch and essential items to the Bissell Centre
(AJNews) – The Edmonton Jewish Community came together to donate and package 250 lunch bags for Edmonton’s vulnerable inner-city residents at The Bissell Centre. The…
How do we keep the worst days in the last 50 years of Jewish history from tearing us apart?
by Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld This piece originally appeared as a letter to the Hebrew College community. (JTA) — Like so many others, I spent…
A conversation with Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Susannah Heschel: Oct. 27 & 28 at TBT in Calgary
by David Sklar (Editor’s note: This interview took place in early October, prior to the October 7 Hamas massacre of 1300 people in southern Israel.)…