Deborah Lyons is Canada’s new special envoy on combatting antisemitism
by John Longhurst, Canadian Jewish News (CJN) – Deborah Lyons has been named the new Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism,…
Events
Na’amat Canada ‘gets inspired’ in Calgary
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – Delegates to the 20th Na’amat Triennial Convention gathered in Calgary on October 13 in the wake of vicious terrorist attacks…
Edmonton prayer vigil calls for Hamas to release the Israeli hostages
(AJNews) Close to 300 members of the Edmonton Jewish Community and their friends and allies braved the cold to attend a sombre vigil at the…
It’s back! Calgary’s Jewish Film Festival resumes in-person screening: November 4 – 19
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – It’s back! The 23rd annual Beth Tzedec Congregation Jewish Film Festival will once again be the place to be when…
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.)…