Purim D’var: When the world turns upside down, rabbis can help us keep our heads on straight
by Rabbi Shira Koch Epstein (JTA) – I am a rabbi. I should be preparing to chant Megillah and packing mishloach manot for Purim, but…
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Canadian veterans of the IDF profiled by an anti-Israel website are considering a class-action lawsuit
A range of community reactions come with questions about the publication’s motivation. by Jonathan Rothman, CJN.ca (CJN.ca) – The Maple’s database documents IDF soldiers who…
A Special Communication from Camp BB-Riback
(AJNews) – On March 10, 2025 a special communication was sent to the camp community regarding the Camp BB-Riback leadership changes for Summer of 2026….
Lesley Machon: A test of character
By Lesley Machon, JFSC Community Chaplain (Calgary) – I have always been struck by Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel’s insistence that the truest test of a…
A book about the failure of Holocaust education gives more insight
by Irena Karshenbaum (AJNews) – Over a Zoom call in late January of 2025, from her home in Hamburg, Germany, independent historian, author and speaker,…