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…
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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: Recalibrating extras and essentials
By Rabbi Zolly Claman (AJNews) – The year of 5780 corresponding to the secular year of 2020 will be remembered as anything but ordinary. The…
Let’s make 5781 a better year
by Rabbi Steven Schwarzman (AJNews) – In the midst of the pandemic, it’s not hard to write off 5780 as an exceptionally bad year. Never…
Masks and Glee at Edmonton TT
by Edmonton Talmud Torah teachers (AJNews) – Three days before schools closed indefinitely, our students and staff gleefully masked up for the novelty of Purim….