Written by 
While many Jews don’t celebrate Halloween, that doesn’t mean we don’t have our own share of spooky, scary skeletons scattered throughout our day. Most Jewish holidays can be sorted into two categories: 1. They tried to kill us. We won. Let’s eat.2. They tried to kill us. They did. Let’s fast. Thinking about ways to […]
A handwritten book was seized from B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton’s prison cell following his death earlier this year, raising hopes of uncovering new evidence in a series of unprosecuted murders. The B.C. RCMP confirmed writings “believed to have been authored” by Pickton were pored over for potential information on his crimes, but […]
Mary Charlton Jonas (1874-1950) returned to her work at the Egypt Exploration Society’s (EES) offices in the early days of 1930, refreshed and slightly tanned from her Christmas holidays in Egypt. Her desk was covered in paper: correspondence, paperwork, memos, pay packets, meeting requests, and all her other duties she had missed while she was […]