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AZA Basketball Team, 1947; Alex Podolsky family collection, JAHSENA.

A History of Jews in Western Canada 2010

JAHSENA May 27, 2019

Introduction Jews started coming to the Canadian West in the 1880s for the same reasons as other immigrants: to escape religious persecution in their European homelands, and for the promise

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A History of Jews in Western Canada 2010

JAHSENA May 27, 2019

Introduction Jews started coming to the Canadian West in the 1880s for the same reasons as other immigrants: to escape religious persecution in their European homelands, and for the promise

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A Brief History of the Edmonton Jewish Community

Debby Shoctor May 27, 2019

Edmonton, Alberta was first incorporated as a town in 1892. At that time, there were about 700 permanent residents. Founded on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River on the

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