High Holidays 2020, what will Jewish seniors be doing?
By Irena Karshenbaum (AJNews) – With the global death toll from COVID-19 rising exponentially, as tracked by the Johns Hopkins University of Medicine Coronavirus Resource…
Edmonton
Chabad of Edmonton offers shofar blowing and a yiskor service out of doors
(AJNews) – Recognizing that there are many people in the Edmonton Jewish community who will not be attending High Holy Days services this year because…
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…
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…