Our cover artist for December 2020 Calgary edition: Galia Goodman
(AJNews) – The whimsical holiday art on the cover of this month’s Alberta Jewish News is by Galia Goodman, a gifted artist whose work often…
Holiday Columns
COVID-19 hit my Orthodox Israeli town early and hard. Coming together helped us stop the spread.
by Carol Ungar KIRYAT YEARIM, ISRAEL (JTA) — Lately, the media has been flooded with stories of Orthodox Jews who are derelict in following pandemic protocols….
Tishrei at Edmonton Talmud Torah
by Moreh Ari Sniderman and Natalie Soroka (Edmonton) – Tishrei and the beginning of the school year bring much celebration and rich learning right off…
From the archives of JHSSA: Eichler family Travelling Torah Scroll
(Editor’s note: The following article was written for Discovery, The Journal of the Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta and it was published in May…
Alberta Minister of Culture Leela Aheer, issues Sukkot statement: Oct. 2, 2020
(AJNews) – Leela Sharon Aheer, Minister of Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women, issued this statement as Sukkot 2020 begins: “Sukkot is traditionally a harvest…