Scenes from the Medicine Hat Jewish community
By Jeremy Appel (AJNews) – Barry Finkelman arrived in Medicine Hat as a young man in 1977. Raised in Toronto, Finkelman moved to Alberta in…
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Alberta Federation of Labour President Gil McGowan apologizes for using the Nazis as a point of reference in his criticism of the UCP
The president of the Alberta Federation of Labour, Gil McGowan, issued the following statement today: I, Gil McGowan, president of the Alberta Federation of Labour,…
From the archives at JHSSA: A tribute to Jay Joffe z”l
(Editors note: The following was written for the Journal of the Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta in November 2006, based on a presentation made…
Edmonton’s Chevra Kadisha offers comfort and ritual
By Regan Treewater-Lipes (AJNews) – The cycle of Jewish life is marked by gatherings that commemorate milestones including births, bar/bat mitzvot, weddings and deaths. Jewish…
JFSC’s Cowboys & Cocktails was a ‘wow’ virtual event!
By Daniel Moser (AJNews) – New times call for new measures, and Jewish Family Services Calgary (JFSC) took the leap and made the appropriate changes…