Helping a Talmud Torah family
by Frida Pesin and Regan Treewater-Lipes (EJNews) – As a community we have always taken great comfort in the strength of our supportive and generous…
Health
Health Forum ignites collaboration among women’s groups
by Deborah Shatz (EJNews) – Over 80 women gathered on November 15 at Beth Israel Synagogue for the 2015 Edmonton Community Women’s Health Forum. With…
Unique Women’s Health Forum coming to Edmonton November 15
By Rabbanit Batya Friedman (EJNews) – In May 2012, Ben was the fortunate recipient of a life-saving kidney. The following August, his mother, Sharon Marcus,…
Domestic violence: The only safe place for battered Orthodox Jewish women in Israel
By Dvora Meyers (JTA) — Twenty years ago, when Noach Korman was starting out as a rabbinic lawyer in Jerusalem, a young woman pushing a…
New breast cancer stats: What’s an Ashkenazi woman to do?
By Erica Brody (JTA) — It’s been a busy couple of weeks for breast cancer. Of course, breast cancer is always busy, exerting its sneaky…