CIJA: Supporting community security in challenging times
By Steve McDonald (March 2017) – Events in the past few months have brought the issue of Jewish community security to the forefront. Since January…
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Passover 2017: Is U.S. President Donald Trump anti-Muslim?
by Rabbi Daniel Friedman (EJNews) – “Given his latest travel ban imposed on seven specific nations, who here believes Donald Trump is anti-Muslim?” I recently…
Beth Shalom and the Arthritis Society host a “Joint Affair” to honour Dr. Anthony Russell
by Deborah Shatz (EJNews) – What do the Beth Shalom congregation of Edmonton and the Arthritis Society of Alberta and the NWT have in common?…
This Beyoncé-themed Passover site is as fierce as it sounds
(JTA) By Gabe Friedman — Moses, Pharoah, Elijah — meet Queen Bey. There is a Tumblr website full of Beyoncé-themed Passover memes — or alternatively, as…
JTA: The last Passover countdown checklist you will ever need
(JTA) — The 30-day period between Purim and Passover is often fraught, especially for Jews — especially if, against all sound advice, they insist on…