Calgary lights the Menorah at City Hall
by AJNews staff (AJNews) – Despite Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek deciding not to attend the 35th Anniversary Calgary Community Menorah Lighting, the December 7 Chanukah…
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‘Indecent’ is a powerful play about a Yiddish scandal: Playing at the Timms Theatre in YEG until Dec. 9
by Deborah Shatz (AJNews) – On December 2, with the University of Alberta Drama Department, Temple Beth Ora co-hosted an incredible gala evening of theatre,…
Only remaining teen hostages and Mia Shem, seen in Hamas hostage video, among 8 Israelis freed from Gaza on Thursday
by Philissa Cramer (JTA) — The 21-year-old woman who was seen in the first hostage video Hamas published following its attack was among the eight…
16 more hostages are freed as Netanyahu vows to resume war at truce’s end
by Philissa Cramer (JTA) — Twelve more Israelis have been freed from Gaza, including several who had been separated from family members released in recent…
10 Israelis, including teen with her dog, and 2 Thais freed from Gaza as ceasefire goes into overtime
by Ron Kampeas (JTA) — Hamas released another 10 Israeli hostages, nine women and a 17-year-old girl, on the first day of a two-day extension…