February’s programs at Edmonton’s Beth Israel ‘sparkle’ for the whole family
By Regan Treewater-Lipes (AJNews) – Winter weather in Edmonton is eclectic but winter programming at Edmonton’s Beth Israel Synagogue – known as the Family Shul…
Lifestyle
Rabbi Mark Glickman: Some things you should know about Reform Judaism
By Rabbi Mark Glickman (AJNews) – When I moved here from the United States six years ago, I was surprised to learn that Judaism in…
Dvora Hacohen, Joshua Cohen, Dara Horn win big at the 2021 National Jewish Book Awards
by Andrew Lapin (JTA) – Dvora Hacohen’s biography of Hadassah founder Henriette Szold won two honors, including Jewish Book of the Year, from the Jewish…
33 years after classic bar mitzvah episode, revamped ‘Wonder Years’ revisits the ritual
by Phyllis Cramer (JTA) — Paul Pfeiffer’s bar mitzvah made Jewish television history when “The Wonder Years” devoted an episode to it in 1989. Pfeiffer,…
Golden Globes 2022: Andrew Garfield, and Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story,’ win big
by Shira Hanau, Gabe Friedman (JTA) — Golden Globes fans may have noticed something different this year: The annual entertainment awards were not announced on…