Stories

“Just having a voice doesn’t make you a singer – it’s much more; it comes from so many places within the self. So much teaching is dealing with an indefinable thing. You have to reach very deep inside to make people aware of their uniqueness – because art is self-expression, after all.”

"When asked in 1995 upon receiving his honourary Doctor of Laws from the University of Alberta why he helped people of other faiths, Jake said, “The Bible tells us that when God created the world, He created one man whose name was Adam. He was the first man – not the first Jew, Catholic or Protestant..."

"There is a vibrant and colorful slice of Jewish life here on the prairies, in one of the most northern Jewish outposts in the world, with people and institutions that continue to provide cultural, educational, religious and spiritual activities for its members, and to honour the history of its founders."