March 22, 2019 | 15 Adar II 5779

Save the date for Yom HaShoah: Wednesday, May 1. We are honoured to host Angela Orosz-Richt, one of the only children to survive being born in Auschwitz. She has travelled with Calgary March of the Living participants for the past two trips and will tell her story at our annual Yom HaShoah event which commences at 6:30pm at the JCC Holocaust Memorial, and continues at 7:30pm at Beth Tzedec Congregation.

Calgary Jewish Federation invites the whole family to Good Deeds Day on Sunday, April 7 from 1:00 to 2:30pm at the Calgary JCC. Children and adults will create care packages 

and lunch bags for Inn From the Cold and Brown Bagging for Kids. Bring the family (children 3+) along with donations of  personal care items for this Global Day of Tikkun Olam! Good Deeds Day unites people from 100 countries to do good for the benefit of others. For more information email Danielle Braitman.

Is there anything better than a warm bowl of soup on a cold day? Unfortunately, we live in a world where not everyone can afford this comforting treat. On Tuesday, March 26 members of Jewish Adult Calgary (JAC), Beth Tzedec 20-40s, and Jewish Family Service Calgary (JFSC) came together with Soup Sisters to make four kinds of soup for our community's less fortunate. Distributed through JFSC, this meal will warm hearts and bellies throughout Calgary. For more information on how to get involved email Danielle Braitman.

Mazal tov to Chabad Lubavitch of Alberta on their enormously successful program: Behind Enemy Lines: The True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany. Almost 1,400 people listened to the amazing 98 year old Marthe Cohn speak about her family, history, and journey from 1939 to 1945.  Yasher Koach to Rabbi Groner and Mrs. Groner, Rabbi Matusof and Mrs. Matusof, and their entire team for a wonderful community program.