About our cover artist: Naomi Broudo
By Shelley Werner, Art and Scroll Studio (AJNews) – The whimsical image on the cover of this month’s Alberta Jewish News: Calgary edition is titled…
Holidays
Nissim Black and Kosha Dillz, Jewish hip-hop royalty, remix Adam Sandler’s “Chanukah song”
by Philissa Cramer (JTA) — Two leading Jewish hip-hop artists have adapted Adam Sandler’s 1995 breakout hit, “The Chanukah Song,” for the present moment. Nissim…
This catchy ‘West Side Story’ Hanukkah parody was filmed on location in New York
by Lisa Keys (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — The opening shot is a panorama of the George Washington Bridge, its tower and the…
As more Israelis choose pure olive oil to light the Hanukkah menorah, counterfeiters see an opportunity
by Cnaan Liphshiz JERUSALEM (JTA) — In a supermarket here, Ohad David makes a beeline for the most expensive olive oil in the store. He…
Rabbi Steven Schwarzman: Rededicating ourselves to Jewish life
By Rabbi Steven Schwarzman (AJNews) – As we learn in Kohelet (Ecclesiastes), which we’re currently studying in our Zoom classes at Beth Shalom, there is…