If you are a teacher at Talmud Torah School, you face challenges that others in your profession in Edmonton may not easily connect with. Talmud Torah is the only public school in the city that offe...

United Jewish Appeal Campaign (UJA) Co-Chairs Farrel Shadlyn and Josh Raizman are pleased to welcome the Edmonton Jewish community to this year’s campaign launch, featuring a concert by the Clore...

Building a culture of security is essential to the safety of the Jewish community in Edmonton, says Gerry Almendrades.

The national director of community security for the Centre for Israel and Jew...

Avital Apartsev dreamed of going to a sleep-away camp when she was a child. The movies that she saw featured these camps, fueled her desire. Living in Israel, there was not an opportunity for this....

Thanks to a Government of Alberta grant, visitors to this year’s Israel Pavilion at Heritage Festival will learn about the country through hands-on experiences. 

The Jewish Federation of Edmont...

Many organizations in the Edmonton Jewish community depend on casino volunteers annually. Casinos help raise between $70,000 and $80,000 in a two-day period. Jodi Zabludowski has been volunteering ...

A 23-year-old psychology student, who was awarded a Jewish Studies scholarship, has already seen the impact it has made on her life. Victoria Taylor received the 2023 Jewish Federation of Edmonton ...

Thanks to the Edmonton Jewish Film Festival, David Ivanchikov will be exploring the world of filmmaking as he heads to Concordia University in Montreal to study fine arts, this fall. David is the w...

Having his high school students attend the annual Dianne and Irving Kipnes Holocaust Education Symposium is a field trip experience like no other for Chris Johnston.

Chris, who teaches social stud...

Two Israelis got their first taste of Canada in early June. Lilach Bauer, 33, and Gilad Inbar, 27, came to Edmonton as part of the Jewish Agency for Israel’s small communities program. The emissa...

As an ally to the LGBTQ2S+ community, Melany Allen believed it was important to become involved in the Jewish Federation of Edmonton’s Pride Shabbat committee three years ago.

“There’s a rol...

Before attending the Dianne and Irving Kipnes Holocaust Education Symposium in May, Carter Collier didn’t realize the magnitude of antisemitism that still prevails to this day. Carter, a Grade 11...