Seder plate rituals combat oppression
By Cantor Russ Jayne (Calgary) – The traditional Seder plate contains an egg, shank bone, karpas, charoset and maror. Some also make room for hazeret,…
2020
Distance learning at Akiva Academy
By Rabbi Chaim Greenwald (March 2020) – Last Friday, we had an intuition that school closures were coming so we asked teachers to send home…
Contemplating Earth-Focused Judaism: Pesach and the quiet heart inside chaos
By Rabbi Gila Caine Purim is always a hectic time, but this year it really overdid it. And now here we are in a world…
A plea to the Jewish Community: Do not travel or host a seder for anyone but your immediate household
(April 5, 2020) – Three Ontario MPs issued this plea to the Jewish Community of Thornhill. The message should be heeded by the Jewish Community…
Upcoming JNF Webinars featuring Celebrity Chef Ron Ben Israel, Professor Gil Troy, and more!
Although we all may have moved indoors there are so many ways to keep our minds stimulated and entertained, such as joining in on a…