From the Sources: Happy Herod’s Day
by Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – The first-century C.E. Latin satirist Persius Flaccus devoted one of his poems to the theme that even persons who are…
History
30th Anniversaries celebrated for Calgary’s Jewish Foundation and Jewish Historical Society
by Maxine Fischbein (ANNews) – Jewish Calgary has some celebrating to do as the Jewish Community Foundation of Calgary (JCFC) and the Jewish Historical Society…
How a Holocaust survivor from Berlin built one of Calgary’s best multi-residential developments
By Irena Karshenbaum (AJNews) – There is an irony that when Europe went mad with hatred in the middle decades of the 20th century, the…
Jewish Studies Week at the University of Alberta features 2 special events: Nov. 16 – 20
(AJNews) – Jewish Studies Week takes place at the University of Alberta from Nov. 16 to 20 with special virtual events taking place on November…
Jewish Women in the Canadian Armed Forces – a call for art submissions
(AJNews) – Jennifer Eiserman and Saundra Lipton are excited to announce an upcoming virtual and physical exhibition of art inspired by the stories of the…