Scenes from the Medicine Hat Jewish community
By Jeremy Appel (AJNews) – Barry Finkelman arrived in Medicine Hat as a young man in 1977. Raised in Toronto, Finkelman moved to Alberta in…
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Edmonton’s Chevra Kadisha offers comfort and ritual
By Regan Treewater-Lipes (AJNews) – The cycle of Jewish life is marked by gatherings that commemorate milestones including births, bar/bat mitzvot, weddings and deaths. Jewish…
COVID planning at Calgary shuls: July 6 update
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – Last month, Alberta Jewish News provided extensive coverage regarding the operations of Calgary Synagogues during the Coronavirus pandemic. We checked…
Edmonton rabbis navigate COVID-19 with resolve and resourcefulness
by Maxine Fischbein (Editor’s note: The interviews for this article were completed in time for our print edition on July 6, 2020 – the information…
Anti-semitism becomes political fodder in the Alberta legislature
by Jeremy Appel (AJNews) – The Jewish Federations of Edmonton and Calgary say they expressed concerns privately with the provincial government after an appointee to…