New Year’s update from Calgary Chevra Kadisha
By Harold Lipton and Susan Dvorkin (AJNews) – As the warmth of the lovely summer days we have had comes to an end, it is…
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Broadway performer Rachel Zatcoff to kick off Edmonton UJA campaign: Sept. 18
by Tammy Vineberg, Jewish Federation of Edmonton (Edmonton) – The cast of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s production of Cinderella was performing on a Philadelphia stage when…
Edmonton’s Jewish Seniors Centre is attracting younger seniors
By Regan Treewater-Lipes (AJNews) – As the Edmonton Jewish community gradually establishes its ‘new normal’ many are trading in their Zoom activities for face-to-face human…
Book shows that in 1942 Hitler had plans for US and Canada
By Regan Treewater-Lipes (AJNews) – Edmontonians who attended or live streamed this year’s Yom Ha’Shoah memorial observance at the Alberta Legislature grounds will certainly remember…
Na’amat Calgary packs 830 backpacks for children seeking refuge in Alberta’s shelters
by Saundra Lipton and Marni Besser (Calgary) – Every day of the week children take refuge in Alberta shelters to escape domestic violence and/or homelessness….