UCalgary webinar examines Sephardic Jews in left-wing movements
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (AJNews) – The University of Calgary co-hosted a May 8 webinar on the role Sephardic Jews played in…
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Celebrating Jewish Heritage Month and basketball in Edmonton
by Harry Sanders (AJNews) – “When we announced a conference on the topic of Jews and sports,” wrote Michael Brenner in Emancipation Through Muscles: Jews…
From the Sources by Eliezer Segal: From Moses to Moses…
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – That archetypal Jewish heretic Baruch Benedict Spinoza was not very impressed with the institution of sacrifices as they are set…
From the sources by Eliezer Segal: The Mother Tongue
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – In 1845, the eminent scholar Abraham Geiger published a pioneering grammar of the Hebrew of the Mishnah. His analysis supported…
From the Sources by Eliezer Segal: One Passover in Vancouver
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – Like so many historical milestones, differences have arisen regarding the precise details of this encounter. Everyone remembers that it occurred…