Hate mail incidents: Premier Notley statement
Premier Rachel Notley issued the following statement after two Edmonton synagogues received anti-Semitic hate mail during Hanukkah. “Anti-Semitism has no place in Alberta or Canada….
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op/ed: My Reform colleagues were wrong on Jerusalem
By Ammiel Hirsch (JTA) — We were wrong. As Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky pointed out, “The Reform response to the recognition of Jerusalem was…
Josh Miller appointed as inaugural CEO for the Edmonton Screen Industry Office
(ESIO, Edmonton, AB.) The Board of Directors of the Edmonton Screen Industries Office (ESIO) is delighted to announce the appointment of Josh Miller as its…
In Budapest, Hanukkah comes out of the shadows and onto the ice rink
By Cnaan Liphshiz BUDAPEST (JTA) — The outdoor ice skating rink — the largest in Central Europe — in Budapest’s city center has been part…
Sufganiyot get all the hype. But this humble Moroccan doughnut is Israel’s Hanukkah staple.
By Andrew Tobin TEL AVIV (JTA) – The sufganiyah is the plump, shining star of Hanukkah in Israel. During the holiday season, the famed jelly doughnut poses…