Jewish Studies Week returns to U of A virtually: March 23-25
(AJNews) – Jewish Studies Week returns to the University of Alberta – virtually – from March 23 to 25. Presented by the Wirth Institute for…
History
From the Sources by Eliezer Segal: Mysterious Mordecai
by Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – In the annals of English literature, the most prominent bearer of the name “Mordecai” was a Jewish character who played…
Jewish Directories: Looking back – a tale of two cities
By Maxine Fischbein, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (Editor’s note – this article is a sidebar accompanying an article about the resurgence of the Edmonton Jewish…
JDIC presents a 3 part Zoominar series – Anti-Semitism in the World: Past and Present
(AJNews) – Join Prof. Emeritus Alvin Finkel for a new three session Zoominar series hosted by the Edmonton Jewish Senior Citizens Centre. The theme of…
From the Sources: Forces of Nature
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – The original significance of the Fifteenth of Shevat [“Tu BiShvat] was to demarcate the agricultural year to which a fruit…