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…
Education
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…
Building Bridges of Compassion: CJA Students Extend Support to Students in Israel
By Joseph Tappenden (Calgary) – In times of hardship, the human spirit shines brightest when it reaches out across borders to offer a helping hand….
A conversation with Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Susannah Heschel: Oct. 27 & 28 at TBT in Calgary
by David Sklar (Editor’s note: This interview took place in early October, prior to the October 7 Hamas massacre of 1300 people in southern Israel.)…