Rabbi Alisa Zilbershtein: Finding light in times of challenge
By Rabbi Alisa Zilbershtein (Edmonton) – As the winter nights grow longer and darkness settles early around us, we prepare to kindle the lights of…
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Rabbi Leonard Cohen: Hadlakah, Hanakha & Chinuch: a lexicon of lessons for Hanukkah
By Rabbi Leonard Cohen (Calgary) – One Talmudic debate regarding Hanukkah is whether “Hadlakah osah mitzvah, o hanakhah osah mitzvah?” (Shabbat 22b). What constitutes the…
PJ Our Way celebrates Chanukah in Calgary
(Calgary) – Community members had an incredible time celebrating Chanukah with PJ Our Way® powered by Calgary Jewish Federation! The night was lit with festive…
Timothée Chalamet’s grandfather was an important Jewish writer from the Bronx
By Jackie Hajdenberg (The New York Jewish Week via JTA) – Jewish actor Timothée Chalamet is everywhere these days — including in Washington Square Park, where he recently…
Toronto Jewish girls’ school targeted by gunfire for 3rd time this year
by Joseph Strauss (JTA) — For the third time since May, Toronto Police are investigating evidence of gunshots fired overnight at Bais Chaya, a Jewish…