Commemorative prints for saleCommemorative giclee prints of
“In the Beginning…” (cover image for the invitation)
by Roberta (Sheckter) Hanson
will be for sale during the weekend for $180.
If anyone wishes to pre-order them they can do so by calling Frida at the office 780-481-3377.
Look who you’ll find at the TT 100 Anniversary Weekend.
Anyone who has not received confirmation regarding the details of their home hosted party on Saturday evening should contact Marilyn at marilyn.glick@gmail.com for information.
On Thursday May 17, Robert Dvorkin will play a benefit piano recital in Edmonton to kick off the TT100 gala weekend festivities. The event is open to the public. I had a chance to get to know Robert better during a recent exchange: JP: Tell me a bit about your years at Talmud Torah. When [...]
10. Be inspired by MC and alumnus Arna Panar Poupko Fisher, honoured in 2010 by Jewish Women International as one of ten Jewish Women to Watch. 9. Be entertained by comedian Joel Chasnoff whose hilarious stories about growing up in a Jewish day school will headline the evening’s entertainment. (Watch sample.) 8. Experience Kashruth taken to a new level by [...]
Thanks to our friends at West Edmonton Local for their great coverage of the upcoming festivities at TT100. In the article, Esther Starkman speaks about the context in which the early Jewish community in Edmonton established the school. “My father, as many immigrants, went through terrible times in eastern Europe,” she said. “They got to [...]
The Archives Committee for the 100th anniversary is looking for report cards, pictures, readers and essays in English and Hebrew and any other memorabilia from Talmud Torah collected and saved over the past 100 years. All these items will be displayed at the open house on the Sunday afternoon of the gala weekend (May 20, [...]
The Westin Edmonton has set aside a block of rooms for anyone attending the TT100 festivities planned for May 17-21, 2012. The special rates start at $109/night. At that amazing rate, some of us Edmontonians may even book in for a few nights! You can make your reservation online. Or call: 1-800-937-8461 and mention [...]
Come on out and find out about all the exciting stuff being organized for TT100. Here’s the agenda for the first TT100 Volunteer Outreach Night: Welcome by Co-Chairs Jane and Randy Soifer – you saw the video, now come see them live! Committee reports – short, snappy 5 minute reports from our TT100 committees on [...]
Talmud Torah Edmonton is the oldest continuously operating Jewish day school in Canada. In this 6-minute video, archivist Debby Schoctor of the Jewish Archives and Historical Society of Edmonton and Northern Alberta (JAHSENA) explains how the roots of this school go back to the founding years of the province of Alberta.
TT100 co-chairs, Randy and Jane Soifer, are both Talmud Torah alumni and have four kids who are alumni as well.
