by Gordon Haber | Nov 29, 2023 | Compendium
The CANVAS Compendium: Dispatches from the New Jewish Renaissance It’s nearly two months since the October 7 attacks, and there are no easy answers to the suffering and bloodshed faced by Israelis and Palestinians. Nor are there easy answers to the surge in...
by Gordon Haber | Sep 28, 2023 | Compendium
The CANVAS Compendium: Dispatches from the New Jewish Renaissance Allow me to state the obvious: this is a time of divisiveness and intolerance. Indeed, certain leading citizens now gleefully stress our differences to further their own agendas and careers, and it...
by Gordon Haber | Jul 20, 2023 | Compendium
The CANVAS Compendium: Dispatches from the New Jewish Renaissance You must praise the mutilated world. Adam Zagajewski Next week is Tisha B’Av, the Ninth of Av, when we commemorate the destruction of both the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. It’s a solemn day,...
by Gordon Haber | May 24, 2023 | Compendium
A new Jewish arts and culture organization has launched, and we at CANVAS want to share our excitement. The Global Jewish Literary Alliance (GJLA) looks to provide community and resources for Jewish writers and writers on topics of Jewish...
by Gordon Haber | Apr 25, 2023 | Compendium
Jewish children orphaned as a result of World War I arriving in the United States, 1921. Photo: Library of Congress. It wasn’t always a month. Back in 1980, President Jimmy Carter declared the third week in April to be “Jewish Heritage Week,” a...
