PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Dear colleagues and friends, I’m delighted to express my best wishes for Chanukah to you and your families! May all of you be blessed by the spirit of Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, that is shared by all people who love freedom. Chanukah celebrates freedom from oppression. This Festival of Lights teaches us that even a little bit of light dispels a lot of darkness! Let’s hope that the lights of Chanukah will bring us many bright ideas of how to make our world better and happier. Your AJL-Canada Executive continues to respect our traditions. One of them is by organizing wonderful programs. (See page 5 for information about our next program on January 20, 2025.) Many thanks to the members of the AJL-Canada Executive: Anne Dublin, Marjorie Gann, and Caroline Ingvaldsen, whose amazing devotion and great knowledge make our chapter so important and indispensable. CHANUKAH SAMEACH to all of you from the bottom of my heart! Anna Skorupsky

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Dear colleagues and friends, It’s my sincere pleasure to use this opportunity to say to all of you how grateful I am for your invaluable help and ongoing cooperation during this difficult time. I really hope that in the coming 5785 New Year we will continue our great tradition of organizing new excellent programs – one is coming during this fall – and increasing our membership. I am grateful, as always, to the members of our AJL-Canada Executive: Anne Dublin, Marjorie Gann, and Caroline Ingvaldsen whose invaluable devotion makes the AJL-Canada chapter absolutely great. I send you my best wishes for Shana Tova to you and your families! May all of you be inscribed for a good, healthy, and peaceful year. SHANA TOVA ve-G’MAR HATIMA TOVA! Chag Sameah! Anna Skorupsky

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Dear colleagues and friends , I am delighted to again express my sincere gratitude to all of you for your constant and meaningful support during such difficult times. I certainly hope that you enjoyed our recent fascinating program, “Canadian Jewish Authors’ Showcase”. It was organized by AJL-Canada with invaluable help from AJL National. The program was very successful and brought us new members. I also want to express my gratitude to our Executive: Marjorie Gann, Anne Dublin, Hannah Srour, and Caroline Ingvaldsen. Due to their hard work and creative ideas, our chapter continues to grow and prosper. I wish you and your families a lovely and peaceful summer. Anna Skorupsky

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Dear Colleagues and Friends, It’s my sincere pleasure to greet you all as spring has come and with it, new hopes for peace and good health. My deep gratitude to all members of our Association for their invaluable help, support, and initiative, without which we would not be able to be what we are: informative, helpful, united. And this is confirmed by the fact that our membership is steadily growing. I certainly hope that you’ll enjoy AJL-Canada’s excellent new upcoming program, “Canadian Jewish Authors Showcase”, co-sponsored by AJL National. All the information about it you’ll find in this Newsletter. I’m especially grateful to all the members of our AJL-Canada Executive for their dedication and hard work to make our chapter the best of the best. My heartfelt wishes for a Happy Passover to you and your families! Chag Passover Sameach! Anna Skorupsky