A plaque at the Calgary Jewish Academy
By Joe Spier (AJNews) – As I walk the halls of the Calgary Jewish Academy, I come upon an Honour Roll adorned with bronze plaques….
History
From the Sources: Lord Gordon’s Highland Hanukkah
by Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – Dickens’ Barnaby Rudge carries the subtitle: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty. It is a historical novel set against…
Remembering the ‘Second Exodus’ on November 30
by Lyn Julius (The Blogs) – On October 29, 1956, Lilian Abda was swimming in the Suez Canal when Egyptian soldiers arrested her. Abda was…
U of A hosts talk on Ukrainian nationalists’ role in the Holocaust
By Jeremy Appel (AJNews) – Historian John-Paul Himka, who published a book this year on Ukrainian nationalists’ culpability in the Holocaust, presented this year’s Toby…
Remembrance Day events focus on Jewish women in military
By Jeremy Appel (AJNews) – In the spirit of Remembrance Day, the Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta (JHSSA) and the Calgary Jewish Federation are…