Rabbi Ilana Krieger Lapides: Pesach and intermission
By Rabbi Ilana Krieger Lapides (Calgary) – Google maps always plays a role when I teach my B’nai Mitzvah kids their Torah portion. Since every…
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Rabbi Leonard Cohen: Z’man Herutenu – Our Time of Freedom
By Rabbi Leonard Cohen (Calgary) – According to our Sages, we are obliged to commemorate two things every Shabbat: G-d’s creation of the Heaven and…
Rabbi Alisa Zilbershtein: The Sweetness of Liberation
By Rabbi Alisa Zilbershtein (Edmonton) – As we prepare for Pesach this year, we do so at a remarkable moment in Israel’s history. The war…
Rabbi Nisan Andrews: Moving from slavery to freedom
By Rabbi Nisan Andrews (Calgary) – There is a reason why, in the vast library of Jewish thought, two books stand above the rest. They…
CTeens Shabbaton was extended due to inclement weather – and what a wonderful extension it was!
By Regan Lipes, LJI Reporter (AJNews) – This year’s CTeens Shabbaton in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, was one for the books! After all the wonderful Shabbaton…