U of A welcomes Belzberg Scholar Dr. Alexander Marcus
By Regan Lipes (AJNews) – In early March, as part of the Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies’ Jewish Studies Week, Dr. Alexander…
Education
Ovics Scholarship enables TT teachers to attend Jewish Educators Conference
by Ari Sniderman (AJNews) – Thanks to a scholarship from the Rachel and Yossi Ovics Fund and a grant from the (Edmonton) Talmud Torah Society,…
TT Students Participate at the Running Room Indoor Games in Edmonton
By Natalie Soroka (Edmonton) – In January, teachers Ari Sniderman and Marlee Soroka made a call out to students in Grades 4-6 interested in trying…
A book about the failure of Holocaust education gives more insight
by Irena Karshenbaum (AJNews) – Over a Zoom call in late January of 2025, from her home in Hamburg, Germany, independent historian, author and speaker,…
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…