Abe Silverman is appointed to Alberta’s anti-racism council
By Jeremy Appel B’nai Brith’s Alberta public affairs manager Abe Silverman has been appointed to the province’s anti-racism advisory council. Silverman says he got news…
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Jewish Directories: Looking back – a tale of two cities
By Maxine Fischbein, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (Editor’s note – this article is a sidebar accompanying an article about the resurgence of the Edmonton Jewish…
From the Sources: Forces of Nature
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – The original significance of the Fifteenth of Shevat [“Tu BiShvat] was to demarcate the agricultural year to which a fruit…
Calgary’s Grumans Delicatessen adapts to Covid reality
By Jeremy Appel (AJNews) – Calgary’s Grumans Delicatessen has so far been able to weather the COVID-19 storm, which has affected both its locations in…
Back to the future: Bondar brings B’nai Brith to a new generation of men and women
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – Darren Bondar is excited to have ascended to the presidency of one of Jewish Calgary’s most deeply rooted organizations. In…