Where Community Rises: Inside the Calgary JCC’s Challah Tradition
By Jana Zalmanowitz (AJNews) – The smell of challah on Friday mornings is part of the landscape of the Calgary Paperny Family JCC. If you…
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From the Promised Land to the Prairies: Breaking the Ice in a New Country
By Jana Zalmanowitz, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (AJNews) – There aren’t many people who say playing hockey is the key to becoming an engineer in…
More than a model: How a ship building club connects seniors in Calgary
by Jana Zalmanowitz, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (AJNews) – Monday mornings are hard. But at the Calgary Paperny Family JCC, they come with coffee, conversation…
Rabbi Ilana Krygier Lapides: A Life of Saying Yes
by Jana Zalmanowitz, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (AJNews) – April and May bring feelings of the post-Passover springtime bloom. For one prominent member of the…
From the Promised Land to the Prairies: Inesa’s Journey from Aliyah to Alberta
by Jana Zalmanowitz, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (AJNews) – Inesa’s connection to Israel began not that long ago. She moved from Ukraine in 2020 through…