Edmonton Chevra Kadisha – Chesed shel emet
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – This article is dedicated to the memory of Jerry Cooper, OBM, who recently passed away. An avid volunteer and former…
Writers
From the Sources by Eliezer Segal: Napoleonic Codes
by Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – I recently reread Tolstoy’s War and Peace. When reading literary classics, I am often searching for a Jewish angle that…
From the sources by Eliezer Segal: Of vanities and vehicles
by Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – Jewish thinkers have long been puzzled by the rabbis’ choice of the book of Kohelet [Ecclesiastes] as the designated reading…
B’nai Brith Calgary Lodge celebrates philanthropy and advocacy
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – After a two-year hiatus due to COVID, some 450 B’nai Brith faithful and community, political and business leaders gathered on…
Bat Mitzvah fundraiser raises $5K for Israel Tennis and Education Centres
By Jeremy Appel (AJNews) – Calgary-based Sloane Zenith decided to dedicate the mitzvah portion of her Bat Mitzvah towards helping Israeli youth engage in one…