JLI Edmonton series begins Feb. 12: Reclaiming the lost art of human connection
(Edmonton, AB) – How are our almost constant interactions with devices affecting our relationships? This question is what drove Rabbi Mendy Blachman of the Edmonton…
Education
Book Review: ‘To Look a Nazi in the Eye’ by Kathy Kacer with Jordana Lebowitz
Reviewed by Deb Shatz (EJNews) – “To Look a Nazi in the Eye: A teen’s account of a war criminal trial” is the true story…
McGill U investigating charges that pro-Israel students barred from student union board
MONTREAL (JTA) — McGill University is investigating charges by Jewish groups and pro-Israel students that three students are being barred from sitting on its undergraduate…
Holocaust survivors’ stories made available online
(October 2017) – A new online portal at Lund University in Sweden makes a unique archive containing first-hand accounts from Nazi concentration camp survivors freely…
Six Jewish Debates Coming to Edmonton Jewish Learning Institute
(Edmonton,AB)— Rabbi Mendy Blachman of the Edmonton JLI will recount 2000 years of Jewish history through the lens of six epic debates that rocked the…