Pride trumps bigotry
Writer Ben M. Freeman (PR photo) Antisemitism is not a Jewish problem, writes Ben M. Freeman in his new book Jewish Pride. “It is a non-Jewish problem that has an impact upon Jews.” Freeman is a young Scottish Jew whose book…
Books
Memoir, tribute, history
Actor Tovah Feldshuh talks about her new book, Lilyville, on April 15, in an event held in partnership with the JCC Jewish Book Festival. (PR photo) The long-awaited Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival closing night event – Tovah Feldshuh…
Life-changing impact
Sandy Shefrin Rabin’s debut novel is a far-reaching account of Jewish life in a small town in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Targeted to young adult readers, Prairie Sonata may focus on 11-year-old Mira’s friendship with her school (and…
Tale of transformation
Near the beginning of her acting career more than 50 years ago, Beth Kaplan wanted to improve the world through art. “I believe in the theatre as a tool for social change,” she told the director of the London Academy…
Make memorable meals
Sweet Potato Wedges with Avocado Drizzle, as made by Miriam Pascal, author of More Real Life Kosher Cooking. (photo by Miriam Pascal) Many people have probably never heard of Miriam Pascal. I was one of them, but now am happily…
Recalling the Catskills
A postcard of the legendary Kutsher’s resort. After the Lower Eastside of Manhattan, there is perhaps no place that holds so enormous a place in the imagination of Jewish life in North America as the Catskills. The Catskill Mountains, really…
Anti-racism fundraiser
Olga Campbell is raising money for the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre’s anti-racism programming. (photo from Olga Campbell) Half of all sales during March of Olga Campbell’s multiple-award-winning A Whisper Across Time: My Family’s Story of the Holocaust Told Through Art and…
Novel journeys shared
Ilana Masad participates in the Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival on Feb. 23. (photo from the JBF) Women are at the forefront of two new books. Specifically, how we perceive their (our) roles. Especially, with regard to motherhood. Ilana…
Klein speaks on climate crisis
Seth Klein brings his book A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency to the Jewish Book Festival on Feb. 22. (photo by Erica Johnson) At this year’s virtual Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival, which runs Feb. 20-25,…
Jewish Poland in 1932
This photo, called “Generations,” was taken by Tim Gidal in Tel Aviv in 1935. (courtesy Zack Gallery) The current show at the Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery, Invisible Curtain: The 1932 Polish Photographs of Nachum Tim Gidal, was organized in…
