Team Alberta competes at JCC Maccabi Games
By Jenna Soroka (AJNews) – This year, after a 2-year hiatus due to Covid-19, the JCC Maccabi Games was hosted by the Lawrence Family JCC…
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Memorial Stones Foundation of Amersfoort: Honouring forgotten heroes
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – The Jewish community can take much comfort in knowing that we have some formidable non-Jewish friends and allies. Two spoke…
Empower Women to Break the Cycle of Violence in Canada and Israel: Matching Campaign starts Aug 23
by Rebecca Bowslaugh and Simon Williams (AJNews) – Due to the COVID-19 government shutdowns and mandatory quarantines, domestic violence increased significantly across the globe over…
Re-engaging Calgary’s Beth Tzedec congregation in the New Year
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – Beth Tzedec’s new education director is not getting much sleep. The father of three young sons, one of whom was…
Maccabiah 2022 will always have a piece of my heart
By Danyael Halprin (AJNews) – For three weeks every summer from the age of eight to 15 I attended Camp Hatikvah in the Okanagan, British…