Will Obama and Netanyahu reconcile in the New Year?
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) – Now that enactment of the Iran nuclear deal appears to be a sure thing, the profound and often personal disagreement…
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Reaching insight and fulfillment in the New Year
By Rabbi Kliel Rose Shalom Uvracha! As you know the High Holiday period is filled with beautiful and stirring Piyyutim or liturgical poems. Many of these are…
Rabbi Daniel Friedman speaks out against the Iran Accord
On Sunday September 9, Edmonton Beth Israel’s Rabbi Daniel Friedman was in Washington DC, where he joined 300 Orthodox Union affiliated rabbis from North America…
Best wishes for Rosh Hashanah from NDP leader Tom Mulcair
NDP leader Tom Mulcair made the following statement on Rosh Hashanah: “At this start of the Jewish High Holidays, I would like to offer my…
Prime Minister Stephen Harper wishes Jewish communities across Canada a Happy New Year
Ottawa, Ontario – Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued this statement to mark Rosh Hashanah, or Jewish New Year: “In the coming days, Jewish communities…