Beth Israel creates High Holi-DIY Boxes for Edmonton families
by Carla Lehrer (AJNews) – Edmonton’s Beth Israel Synagogue (warmly referred to as the family shul) is constantly striving to create an environment that is…
Holiday Columns
Rosh Hashanah dinner, Yom Kippur break-fast, sukkah hops: How risky are these High Holiday activities during COVID-19?
by Shira Hanau (JTA) – When Passover arrived just a few weeks after the pandemic set in earlier this year, it was clear that Seders…
Pizza is the perfect Rosh Hashanah food
by Molly Tolsky (This article originally appeared on The Nosher.) (JTA) — Last year I hosted my biggest Rosh Hashanah dinner ever. My boyfriend and…
Rabbi Gila Caine: Praying Subversively
by Rabbi Gila Caine (AJNews) – In the words of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel: “Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to…
Rosh Hashanah 5781: This year, shul may seem far away
By Rabbi Binyomin Halpern (Calgary) – Life is full of challenges. Sometimes challenges come in unexpected ways and at unexpected times, but they are always…