Rabbi Matthew Ponak asks: Can a pig be kosher?
by Rabbi Matthew Ponak (AJNews) – Many Jews today carry guilt for not being more “religious.” Many of us, consciously or unconsciously, hold up ritually…
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B’nai Brith commends parliamentarians for tackling online antisemitism
OTTAWA — B’nai Brith Canada endorses a new report released July 14 by the Interparliamentary Task Force to Combat Online Antisemitism. The report highlights the…
op/ed: The community needs to support its volunteers
By Colin Muscat (AJNews) – Before I settled in Edmonton, I lived in a small town in rural Southern Alberta, for 5 years, where the…
2021 Emmys: All the Jewish nominees, from Jurnee Smollett to Michael Douglas
by Emily Burack (JTA) — At the last Emmy Awards, “Schitt’s Creek,” the comedy from Jewish father-son duo Eugene and Dan Levy, swept the night,…
From the Sources by Eliezer Segal: The fascination with vaccination
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – Rabbi Pinhas Elijah Hurwitz was an itinerant Lithuanian scholar whose travels took him to Galicia, Poland, Prussia, Holland, Hungary and…