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\"logo<\/a>The Association for Canadian Jewish Studies<\/a> (ACJS) has\u00a0recently launched the Canadian Jewish Life Writing Project, a national public humanities initiative inviting Jewish Canadians to submit personal essays about what it was like to grow up Jewish in Canada.<\/p>\n

The project aims to preserve the everyday experiences, memories, and perspectives that often don’t appear in traditional historical sources. Selected submissions will become part of a permanent digital archive, creating a valuable resource for future research on Canadian Jewish life and history.<\/p>\n

The call for submissions is open to faculty, students, alumni, and the wider community. The ACJS is hoping to gather stories from people of all ages, backgrounds, and regions of Canada.<\/p>\n

You can find more information about the project, along with submission guidelines, here:\u00a0https:\/\/acjs-aejc.ca\/lifewriting\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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