“The only stability in the Middle East is instability.”
Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh, the first Druze woman elected to Israel’s Knesset, made this statement. She spoke at the Jewish Agency for Israel briefing about the Majdal Shams massacres. This informative session offered an understandi…
Comments such as, when we have the building, this will be so much easier or if we had the building ready, the Jewish Community Centre (JCC) would be perfect for this event, keep popping up. I love hearing how the community is envisioning uses for the new building, like a Shalom Baby gatherin…
When I was in Grade 2, our class went on a field trip to see a computer. This was not the type of computer we use today. It filled a room, and we used the dot-matrix printer much to our excitement. We could bring that paper home to show our parents.
Little did we know then as children …
Many events this Canada Day weekend mark the beginning of Edmonton’s reputation as a city of festivals. Festivals are a wonderful opportunity to get to know our city, neighbours and the many cultural groups that make up the fabric of Edmonton. The Aviv Israeli Folk Dance Association will b…
For those who follow the news, this week has been full of challenges across the country. Brazen, violent acts of antisemitism in Vancouver and Montreal, followed by a proposal at the Toronto District School Board to adopt a motion around anti-Palestinian racism that seeks to erase core aspec…
