Author Douglas Century turns childhood fascination to literary triumph about Hannah Senesh
By Mark Cooper (AJNews) – Long before he was a bestselling author, Douglas Century sat in a 1970s Calgary elementary school classroom learning Yiddish and…
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Coming to Calgary on June 9: Israel’s Colonel of the airwaves Jonathan Conricus
By Mark Cooper, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (AJNews) – On that Shabbat morning of October 7, 2023, the sirens did more than signal a rocket…
Coming to Edmonton: MP Shuv Majumdar in conversation with former Prime Minister Stephen Harper
By Mark Cooper, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (AJNews) – When the topic of “allyship” comes up, Shuv Majumdar bristles. The term feels too detached for…
Security expert Jonathan Conricus to headline Friends of JNF Calgary Negev Gala
By Mark Cooper, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (Calgary) – One of the world’s most authoritative voices on security and counter-terrorism in the Middle East will…
Acclaimed educator Charlotte Korchak charts a positive path forward for world Jewry
By Mark Cooper (AJNews) After losing three childhood friends to the trigger of a Palestinian suicide bomber, living through the “slow burn” of daily terror…