Orthodox Union asks women clergy to change their titles
By Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) — Following its rabbinic ruling prohibiting synagogues from hiring female clergy, the Orthodox Union is pressuring synagogues that have hired…
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This Israeli film about Orthodox Jews is a surprise hit overseas
By Gabe Friedman (JTA) — It’s safe to call the Israeli film “The Women’s Balcony” the opposite of a Hollywood blockbuster and it will be…
Celebrate ‘Yom Yerushalayim 50’ and community unity on May 24
(EJNews) – The fiftieth anniversary of Yom Yerushalayim will be celebrated in Edmonton with a Community Unity Celebration on Wednesday, May 24, 2017 from 5:30…
What’s on at the Edmonton Jewish Film Festival?
(EJNews) – Here is a peek at the feature films that will be screened at the upcoming Edmonton Jewish Film Festival, from May 17-18, 21-23 and 28-29…
Hillel and CIJA connecting Jewish students to their campus before school starts
by Jay Solomon (CIJA) – Within our community, much attention is paid to the antics of a relatively small number of fringe anti-Israel campus activists….