Edmonton Lifelong Learners expand learning options
By Deborah Forst (Edmonton) – Harry Wagner, a retired teacher, has always been interested in learning. When his cousin recommended that Edmonton Lifelong Learners Association…
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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…
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…