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**Jewish Peoplehood ** **Edmonton, Alberta **
 * Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region.

Fun Fact about Edmonton: The West Edmonton Mall is the largest mall in North America and the fifth largest in the ent ire world. But if you thought the West Edmonton Mall was your “typical” shopping mall, you’d be mistaken. It is a massive entertainment destination. Some of its incredible attractions include: an indoor amusement park, a triple-loop roller coaster, an indoor water park and wave pool, an ice skating rink, a bungee tower, an indoor lake, a mini golf course, a theater, a carousel, a bowling alley and much more. || || **Emek HaChula, Israel **
 * < [[image:http://media.ne.cision.com/ma/showmedia.aspx?media_id=119280&type=original&i=RG8y align="center"]] ||< The Hula Valley (Hebrew: עמק החולה‎, Emek HaHula, also transliterated as Huleh Valley) is an agricultural region in northern Is rael  with abundant fresh water. It is a major stopover for birds migrating along the Syrian-African Rift Valley  between Africa , Europe <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">, and <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Asia <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Did you know? <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The marshland around Lake Hula, a breeding grou <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">nd for mosquitoes carrying malaria, was drained in the 1950s. A small section of the valley was later reflooded in an attempt to revive a nearly extinct <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ecosystem <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">. An estimated 500 million migrating birds now pass through the Hula Lake Park every year. ||