December 29: Lighting the Giant Chanukkiah at the Alberta Legislature
By Regan Lipes (AJNews) – What Edmonton Chanukah celebration would be complete without the annual lighting of Alberta’s tallest Chanukkiah by Chabad Lubavitcher Rabbi, Ari…
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Edmonton Challah Bake: It was about bread & community and much more
By Regan Lipes (AJNews) – This year’s community-wide Challah Bake at Beth Israel Synagogue was a roaring success! As part of the annual Shabbat Project,…
Community update: 36th Annual Calgary Community Menorah Lighting will be held Dec. 30
by Rabbi Menachem and Rochel Matusof and Lisa Libin (Calgary) – Over the past few weeks Rabbi and Mrs. Matusof have met with Mayor Gondek…
Rabbah Gila Caine: New Edmonton cemetery – on purity and danger?
By Rabbah Gila Caine (AJNews) – We mostly retell the story of Chanukah as a celebration of purity and purification when our sacred space was…
Sufganiyot are bliss at Bliss Baked Goods in Edmonton
By Regan Lipes (AJNews) – Shakespeare claims that a rose by any other name will still smell as sweet, and I contend that a sufganiyah,…