Reflecting and renewing: Tashlich by the Glenmore Reservoir
By Shula Banchik (Calgary) – As the late summer sun casts its warm embrace over Calgary, two young men stand resolute upon towering rocks overlooking…
Holidays
Sukkot Is the Best Jewish Holiday. Here’s Why.
By Lynn Levy (Kveller via JTA) – I know, I know. The shofar has finally stopped ringing in your ears, you’ve managed to get the honey out…
Calgary’s Jewish Schools Come Together for Tashlich
By Rabbi N. Aaron Kutnowski & Mrs. Avi Meyers (Calgary) – As students from the Calgary Jewish Academy (CJA) and Halpern Akiva Academy (HAA) gathered…
The working parents’ collective apology on Yom Kippur
By Shira Zemel (Kveller via JTA) – Like so many of you, I’m a working mom trying to juggle it all — my kid, my…
A Talmudic tale gets a 12th-century Chinese twist in children’s book aimed at diverse Jewish readers
by Jordyn Haime TAIPEI, Taiwan (JTA) — Rabbi Akiva’s daughter was destined for death on her wedding day, at least according to the star-gazers. So…