Special events taking place this month at Edmonton’s Temple Beth Ora
By Regan Treewater (EJNews) – Temple Beth Ora, Edmonton’s Reform Shul is celebrating a very special occasion on April 13 and the entire Jewish community…
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Israel at 70: How 1948 changed American Jews
By Ben Sales (JTA) — One year after Israel’s establishment, in the dead of night, three students ascended a tower at the Jewish Theological Seminary…
Deaths on Gaza border hand Hamas a PR victory and Israel an angry internal debate
By Marcy Oster JERUSALEM (JTA) — When the smoke from the rifles of Israeli sharpshooters and the firebombs thrown by Gaza Palestinians cleared in the…
Citadel Theatre production reminds us about the stark truths of Indian Residential Schools
By Deborah Shatz (EJNews) – The Citadel Theatre’s production of ‘Children of God’ by playwright Corey Payette is a haunting reminder that terrible human rights…
Four Questions on Brit Milah (Passover-Style)
By Rabbi Dovid Koehler, Edmonton Mohel (EJNews) – Mazel tov! A new baby is born into a loving family, and along with the simcha (happiness)…