Since her recent visit, Noga Vaisblat now sees the Jewish Federations’ partnership program with northern Israeli communities differently. Noga attended Coast to Coast to Partnership (P2G) meeting...

An Edmonton family business will have a major role in creating a space for local Jewish families to gather. Pemco Construction Ltd. is the general contractor for the new Jewish Community Centre (JC...

Before Jewish Changemakers, Liora Shafir never envisioned herself as a leader. But through the six-week online program, Liora discovered leaders come in all different forms. 

“I’m always the ...

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 ...