When Edmontonian Yuri Rogaev heard a 97-year-old Holocaust survivor’s story on the grounds of Auschwitz, he felt the time gap between the 1940s and today close in. Yuri was one of the adult parti...

Sarah Mali has worked in the Jewish world for over 20 years, and she’s never witnessed a community so interwoven with Israel like Canada.

“I’ve never seen a Jewish community so Zionistic. Yo...

For Shaina Silver-Baird, there are moments in her career that appear to be accidental, just like her character in her film, Less Than Kosher. She never intended to fill a role as a cantor at a Toro...

Three Jewish young women from Edmonton—Leah Campbell, and sisters Abby, and Zoe Wright—experienced March of the Living this past spring with a different lens after seeing the impact of October ...

Driven by a deep personal and professional commitment, Davina Eisenstat attended the Antisemitism: Face it, Fight it conference to gain essential tools and insights for addressing antisemitism in h...

Shannon Sabbah’s values as an Orthodox Jew reaffirmed her commitment to become a leader in the Edmonton Jewish community. Standing at the crossroads of tradition and modernity, she felt a deep se...

After the events of October 7, Edmonton’s Jewish community was deeply shaken and needed to unite and stand by each other. Jewish Federation of Edmonton collaborated with Jewish Family Services of...

Jewish Edmonton’s support for Israel grows stronger than ever. The partnership between the Jewish Federation of Edmonton and Tel-Hai College, now the University of the Galilee, stands as a shinin...

Music fills the air and costumed dancers take to the stage. The group flows as one while a crowd gathers to watch and learn about the culture before them. Applause echoes once the dance ends. This ...

The new Jewish Community Centre (JCC) project is underway. In June, extensive consultations took place where community members shared their recommendations with JCC architects. Some suggestions wer...

This year’s winner of the Earl Parker Award for Jewish Film, Becky Wosk, wasted no time in throwing her hat into the ring. Upon hearing about the award from her mentor, Jonas Quastel, who is a La...

Dina Moustafa and Michael de Wolf of Mode Architecture Inc. are excited to meet members of Edmonton’s Jewish community as they learn what are the needs for the future Jewish Community Centre (JCC...