Rabbi Mark Glickman: The Year of “Speak Up”
By Rabbi Mark S. Glickman (Calgary) – The New Year is coming for us Jews, and, like all years, this one is bound to be…
Holidays
This year’s High Holiday books for kids are a celebration of Jewish diversity
By Penny Schwartz This story originally appeared on JTA. The enduring traditions of the High Holiday season take shape across time and place in the latest…
Beth Israel offers free Yom Kippur seats to Edmonton families with children
by Regan Treewater (AJNews) – Beth Israel Synagogue is proud to be able to support bridge building within the Edmonton Jewish community again this High…
For rabbis writing High Holiday sermons during the Israel-Hamas war, procrastination pays off
by Jacob Gurvis (JTA) — On the morning of Oct. 7, Rabbi Erez Sherman was preparing for the Yizkor memorial service at his Conservative synagogue,…
Staying up all night on Shavuot is about going all in
By Rabbi Shlomo Zukkier (JTA) — The holiday of Shavuot, which begins at sundown this year on June 11, is understood by Jewish tradition to be…