Shoah Week in Alberta and related Holocaust awareness programming
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – Calgary Jewish Federation is gearing up for a second annual Shoah Week, providing extended opportunities for Albertans to explore themes…
Writers
From the Sources by Eliezer Segal: Solo performance
by Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – A poignant passage in Isaiah’s prophecy describes how G-d shares Israel’s suffering and exile: “In all their affliction he was…
Chabad Edmonton’s Purim party felt like a community re-united
By Regan Treewater-Lipes (AJNews) – Like so many people in the Edmonton Jewish community, the last two years of turbulent COVID adaptation have challenged me…
Tova Yedlin Lecture presents a dynamic look at Theodor Herzl
By Regan Treewater-Lipes (AJNews) – This year’s Tova Yedlin Lecture, part of the University of Alberta Jewish Studies Week at the Wirth Institute for Austrian…
Jewish and Metis academics discuss issues related to self-identification vs state-identification
By Jeremy Appel (AJNews) – Two errors in the most recent Canadian census were the starting point for a discussion between a Jewish and a…