HBO documentary on the Tree of Life synagogue shooting premieres this week
by Andrew Lapin (JTA) – Trish Adlesic was visiting her father in Pittsburgh on the day a gunman walked into the city’s Tree of Life…
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Herzog and Biden stress US-Israel closeness ahead of nailbiter elections in both countries
by Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israeli president Isaac Herzog had a message and stuck to it: Israel and the United States are on the…
From the sources by Eliezer Segal: Of vanities and vehicles
by Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – Jewish thinkers have long been puzzled by the rabbis’ choice of the book of Kohelet [Ecclesiastes] as the designated reading…
Calgary presents Jewish author, educator Ben Freeman at Central Public Library: Nov. 10
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – Those community members who attended Ben M. Freeman’s virtual talk on January 27, 2021—International Holocaust Remembrance Day—encountered a dedicated and…
A special afternoon in Edmonton with Bonnie Stern and Anna Rupert: Nov. 6
By Tammy Vineberg (Edmonton) – Food is not only something we enjoy. It can encourage connection, leadership, and the passing of wisdom from generation to…