Calgary launches Shawl-om Project
by Sari Shernofsky (AJNews) – Calgary Jewish crafters have launched a new community–based project to create and distribute shawls and blankets to frail or isolated…
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Can Diaspora Jews visit Israel during the COVID-19 crisis? The rules keep changing.
by Sam Sokol JERUSALEM (JTA) — Like many French Jews, Agnes Mimoun used to take her ability to freely travel to Israel for granted. Getting…
New COVID-19 cases in USA Orthodox communities elicit concern as school year and High Holidays near
by Shira Hanau (JTA) – Over the past week, the reports have come fast and furious. One overnight sports camp for boys in Pennsylvania had…
Alberta Teachers Association op/ed: A creation of Confidence
By ATA President Jason Schilling (August 2020) – This September, students will return to the hallways and classrooms they so abruptly and unceremoniously vacated last…
Camp BB-Riback thanks the volunteers who worked tirelessly to get through the summer of COVID
(August 2020) – On August 11, 2020 Camp BB-Riback Director Stacy Shaikin posted this note of appreciation to the volunteers who worked along side him…