Edmonton, Canada?

Posted: Mon, May 14 2007, 10:42 am Post subject: Edmonton, Canada?

Anybody have any info about the community and what's there- we might move there and want to know what it is like?

Posted: Mon, May 14 2007, 10:54 am Post subject: re: Edmonton, Canada?

I know very little; my (secular) uncle lives there with his family. They have an orthodox shul, an eruv and fresh kosher meat etc. available for purchase (I visited in 2001, but didin't spend the Shabbos in the community)

Posted: Mon, May 14 2007, 3:56 pm Post subject: re: Edmonton, Canada?

Op I'm Amom for the same reason you are Razz

Its a warm great community, has a Jewish Torah Umesorah style school there, A kosher pizza store, mikvehs galore, kosher food store, and more. there are couple of chabad shluchim there I believe. A litvisha kollel too.
A warm community, summer and springs are nice

Posted: Mon, May 14 2007, 11:32 pm Post subject: re: Edmonton, Canada?

Isn't Drelich and Pinson a shliach there

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hmmmmmmmm...drelich...now why do I know that name Wink

Posted: Tue, May 15 2007, 5:36 am Post subject: re: Edmonton, Canada?

Maybe PM Tefila. I think she's located somewhere in the area and would know about the Chabad community there. Smile

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is OP a chabadnik?

just wondering

Posted: Wed, May 16 2007, 1:18 pm Post subject: re: Edmonton, Canada?

nope, I'm not lubavitch.

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do you belong to any particular group or just consider yourself a "parve" yid Laughing

Posted: Wed, May 16 2007, 6:39 pm Post subject: re: Edmonton, Canada?

I have close family in Calgary. I have heard its a small orthodox community, not great for raising frum kids if you know what I mean but intimate, heimish etc.