From the desk of the CEO

  • I’d like to share a story with you about a phone call I received earlier this week. Uncannily, the day that Jewish Federation of Edmonton was sponsoring the opening reception of Here to Tell: Faces of Holocaust Survivors at the Art Gallery of Alberta. A woman in Washington State who, with a trembling voice, was looking for help from the Canadian Jewish community. (Who better to contact than the shtetl of the North, the Jewish Federation of Edmonton?!) Her name is Judith, and she is a second...