New children’s books for the Jewish New Year
By Penny Schwartz BOSTON (JTA) — Challah-eating Australian kangaroos, an adventurous cartoon retelling of the biblical story of Jonah and the welcome second-in-a-series chapter book…
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Shalom Baby welcomes newborns to the Jewish Communities in Calgary and Edmonton
By Jenna Soroka (AJNews) – Shalom Baby, a program designed to welcome newborns into the Jewish community and support parents of Jewish families across Canada…
Empowering women as community leaders
by Stacey Leavitt-Wright (AJNews) – Since I was a teenager, I have always believed that we create the community we want to live in. For…
From the Sources by Eliezer Segal: Beyond an (eye) shadow of a doubt
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – In the Bible and in subsequent Jewish and Christian traditions, the name Jezebel provokes very unfavourable associations. A native of…
Camp BB-Riback: Leadership training and so much more
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – While COVID-19 had threatened to shutter a second consecutive season at Camp BB Riback, camp director Stacy Shaikin and his…