Canada joins France and UK in saying it will recognize Palestinian state in September
By Philissa Cramer (JTA) — Canada, too, will recognize a Palestinian state at the U.N. General Assembly in September as long as certain conditions are…
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Edmonton Talmud Torah ELC: Our early learners are in good hands
By Regan Lipes (AJNews) – Talmud Torah’s Early Learning Center (TTELC) is where so many little ones in the Edmonton Jewish community get their first…
Women Empowering Women: Dr. Régine Mydlarski – A life filled with service
By Regan Lipes (AJNews) – “‘I consider it a true privilege to care for patients with complex skin diseases, advance research in skin cancer, and…
op/ed: Normalizing death talk – Death ain’t cheap
By Jay Cairns (Edmonton) – I’m writing this article to educate, help and hopefully make individuals and families aware of something inevitable, the thing…
Tom Lehrer, satirist who sang about ‘Hanukkah in Santa Monica,’ dies at 97
from Philissa Cramer (JTA) — Tom Lehrer never identified closely with his ancestral Judaism. But the famed satirist and mathematician, who died Saturday at 97,…