Calgary Jewish Academy Hawks soar to victory
By Joseph Tappenden (AJNews) – In a thrilling display of skill and determination, the Calgary Jewish Academy Sr. Boys Basketball team, affectionately known as the…
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Picture book about family that celebrates Rosh Hashanah and Lunar New Year wins Jewish book award
by Penny Schwartz (JTA) — A lavishly illustrated children’s book about a Chinese Jewish family who celebrate both Rosh Hashanah and Lunar New Year is among…
Light, love and latkes at Talmud Torah
By Natalie Soroka (Edmonton) – Hanukkah is always an exciting and delicious time at TT! The week leading up to Hanukkah began with the smells…
Yad Vashem has turned itself into a school for children whose communities were attacked on Oct. 7
by Deborah Danan (JTA) — On the day Israel was attacked, one of Hannah Asnafi’s first-graders from the southern Israeli community of Kfar Maimon hid for…
Second Voices Project: An impactful tool for Holocaust Education in Alberta and beyond
by Regan Treewater-Lipes (AJNews) – On November 9, the Jewish community of Edmonton gathered at Beth Israel Synagogue to remember the horrors of Kristallnacht and…