Rabbi Steven Schwarzman: Play an active role in your community
By Rabbi Schwarzman (Edmonton) – Berosh hashanah yikateivun…uvyom tzom kippur yeihateimun. On Rosh Hashanah, we are inscribed in the Book of Life. On Yom Kippur,…
Holiday Columns
Rabbi Mark Glickman: Being the sounds of the Shofar – On having a blast the Jewish way
By Rabbi Mark Glickman (Calgary) – If you do it right, you will be just like the blasts of the shofar this Rosh Hashanah. The…
New Year’s update from Calgary Chevra Kadisha
By Harold Lipton and Susan Dvorkin (AJNews) – As the warmth of the lovely summer days we have had comes to an end, it is…
Opinion: How not to ask for time off on the Jewish holidays
By ELI GOTTLIEB (JTA) — “Hey Allies: Please don’t schedule meetings or events on the Jewish holidays!” So says a meme that has circulated widely…
From the sources by Eliezer Segal: A grain of truth
by Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – Each of the biblical pilgrimage festivals has both an agricultural and a historical significance. Thus, Passover is situated in the…