From the Promised Land to the Prairies: Finding Jewish Community in Calgary
by Jana Zalmanowitz, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (Calgary) – In May of 2023, Sivan and her husband Ziv were celebrating an anticipated change in their…
Writers
From the sources by Eliezer Segal: …Like Casting Stones into the Sea
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – When Mordecai instituted the celebration of Purim, he ordained that it be observed as a time for “sending portions each…
Festival Hatzafon is coming to Edmonton: March 15
by Jenna Vetsch, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (Edmonton) – As the winter months pass and spring draws closer, our community can look forward to a…
Evocative film ‘Le Chemin des Juifs’ screened at CPL on Holocaust Remembrance Day
by Maxine Fischbein, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (AJNews) – An International Holocaust Remembrance Day IHRD program on Tuesday, January 27 brought a diverse audience of…
From the Sources by Eliezer Segal: We Are the Tree (?)
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – In discussions about Jewish attitudes toward nature, the most widely quoted biblical text is probably a passage in Deuteronomy that…