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Talmud Torah Times Jan./Feb. 2025 Newsletter

FEATURES Shlichim visit TT KG Open House Jewish Edmonton Helps TT Families MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR Dear Families, Alumni, Supporters and Friends, I hope this newsletter finds you well. We are now more than half way through 2024-2025, with dark mornings and afternoons behind us. The cold weather in Edmonton has been challenging, but inside […]

Edmonton Talmud Torah 2025-2026 Kindergarten Open House

On a very cold and snowy evening in late January, Talmud Torah School and Talmud Torah Society hosted a Kindergarten Open House, warmly welcoming parents and children to explore our inviting learning environment. The event highlighted the school’s commitment to individualized learning, Jewish values, independent thinking, and creative expression, offering families a glimpse into daily […]

Talmud Torah Times Nov./Dec. 2024 Newsletter

FEATURES Hebrew curriculum shines bright Hanukkah at TT Top 40 Under 40 Alumnus: Daniel Shafran MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR Dear Families, Alumni, Supporters and Friends, Happy Hanukkah! It’s been a busy couple of months, and much of it was extremely cold. Our families are resilient though, and weathered the extreme temperatures. The month of December […]

H.A. and I.R. Friedman Scholarship Recipient Noam Rosenblum -Birthright Experience

By: Noam Rosenblum Hello all, my name is Noam Rosenblum. I am an 18-year-old Jewish person from Edmonton, and I am an Edmonton Talmud Torah School Class of 2017 graduate. I spent three and a half weeks in Israel this past May 2024 on my Birthright trip, extending my stay to participate in a two-week […]

Talmud Torah Times Sept./Oct. 2024 Newsletter

FEATURES Our 2024-25 Board Committees Oct. 7 Commemoration Chag Tishrei Assembly MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR Dear Families, Alumni, Supporters and Friends, Welcome to our first newsletter of the 2024-2025 school year! You might be curious about my new profile picture. This is a selfie I took with an adorable alpaca at Kirks Alpaca Farm just […]

H.A. and I.R. Friedman Scholarship Recipient Leah Campbell – March of the Living

By: Leah Campbell In May 2024 I had the incredible opportunity of going on the International March of the Living alongside an amazing group of fellow Canadian university students. As a great-granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, this was a trip that I had been longing to go on for quite some time. I had heard of […]

Talmud Torah Times May/June 2024 Newsletter

FEATURES Your 2024-25 Board of Directors Gr. 1/2 Celebrations Gr. 6 Shabbaton Maccabi Games MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR Dear Families, Alumni, Supporters and Friends, The school year has wrapped up (where has the time gone?) and this edition of TT Times is full of activities that mark the end of the 2023-24 year! However, the […]

Talmud Torah Times March/April 2024 Newsletter

FEATURES Purim Highlights Notice of AGM TT Alumna Rachel Mintz Class of ’91 MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR Dear Families, Alumni, Supporters and Friends, Here we are into the first week of May, with Passover behind us. Time sure does fly! The month of March was all about Purim, while during April students learned about and […]

Tu B’Shevat at Talmud Torah School

By Natalie Soroka Tu B’Shevat is always an exciting time at TT. This year, learning about and celebrating Tu B’Shevat began with a visit from Yifat Bear Millar, Jewish National Fund of Canada’s Education Emissary (National Shlicha). Yifat’s primary objective is to “strengthen Canada’s connection to Israel and to the Israeli people”. Yifat does this […]

Talmud Torah Times Jan/Feb 2024 Newsletter

FEATURE Tu B’Shevat MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR Dear Families, Alumni, Supporters and Friends, I hope the start of 2024 has been good to you. It’s so hard to believe we are at the end of February! Here in Edmonton, we’ve experienced winter in all variations, from -50 °C to +10 °C, and everything in between. […]

Talmud Torah Times Nov/Dec 2023 Newsletter

FEATURES Love, Light & Latkes Alumni Highlight MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR Dear Families, Alumni, and Friends, I hope those of you who celebrated Hanukkah did so surrounded by family and friends, in light and love. Even as we were immersed in the heart and soul of Hanukkah, singing songs and lighting the Hanukkiah, the tragedy […]

Education Committee Update

By: Michelle Huberman, Education Committee Chair We are now beginning the third of our five-year year strategic plan, and we are excited to share the progress that has been made by Talmud Torah Society’s (the Society) Education Committee in meeting two of our areas of focus: 1) ensuring and promoting high pedagogical and academic standards […]

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