Growing up in Montreal, the month between Purim and Pesach was filled with great anticipation. Anticipation of spring, the annual clean up, shopping and preparation of Pesach treats and then the ultimate – the Passover Seder! The Seder in our home was a very memorable event. Our family wou…
By Janice Arnold, Staff Reporter - March 15, 2016
MONTREAL – Jews must work with Christians and Muslims in combating anti-Semitism because they simply do not have the numbers to do so alone, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks stressed in a March 14 address at Congregation Shaa…
February 18, 2016
Tom Kmiec, Member of Parliament for Calgary Shepard, spoke out against the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanction (BDS) movement in the House of Commons on Thursday.
"The BDS movement is vengeful, petty, counter-productive and it poisons the olive branch of peace" …
When small steps lead to big things
It would take a directory to list all the programs that connect the Calgary Jewish community to Israel. From venerable old institutions such as Jewish National Fund and Hadassah (now CHW), to newer en…
