Marcin Wodzinski: On dynasties, marriages and leadership in Hasidism
By Regan Treewater-Lipes (AJNews) – Despite some Lufthansa scheduling catastrophes, the Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies was able to pivot gracefully for…
Writers
Menachem Kaiser on his quest to reclaim a family home
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – When Canadian-born author Menachem Kaiser spoke at the Calgary Public Library on March 14, it was a rare literary treat….
From the sources by Eliezer Segal: Where the wild things were
by Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – What exactly was the fourth of the ten plagues that were inflicted upon the Egyptians? It goes by the Hebrew…
Festival Hatzafon brings Israeli Dance to Edmonton
By Jenna Soroka (AJNews) – The Aviv Israeli Folk Dance Association’s (AIFDA) annual Festival Hatzafon was held on March 1 in Campus Saint-Jean’s auditorium. The…
Crossing a Disputed Line: A conversation in the Jewish community about Palestinians
by David Sklar (AJNews) – Peter Driftmier was visibly nervous but composed, as he stepped up to the front of Temple B’nai Tikvah’s library on…