Beth israel: Small community, big heart, in the month of Kislev
by Philip Kirman, President BI Congregation in Edmonton (Edmonton) – One of the great blessings of being part of a community like ours is that…
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Speaking out: Remembering Jewish Communities that were uprooted from their homes
(CIJA) – This Sunday, November 30, Jewish communities across Canada and around the world will gather to mark Yom HaPlitim, the Day of the Jewish…
Chai Life YYC opens with “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat” on Nov. 29 at TBT
By Holly Shifrah (AJNews) – Chai Life YYC’s production of Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, running from November 29 to December 7 at Temple…
National Book Award in nonfiction goes to Gaza polemic ‘One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This’
by Andrew Lapin (JTA) — A provocative essay collection about the West’s response to the Gaza war and a children’s book about young Iranians helping…
From the sources by Eliezer Segal: The one that didn’t get away
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – The Talmud tells a story about a Jew known as “Joseph the Sabbath-honourer.” Joseph had a wealthy non-Jewish neighbour who…