Rabbi Mark Glickman: Being the sounds of the Shofar – On having a blast the Jewish way
By Rabbi Mark Glickman (Calgary) – If you do it right, you will be just like the blasts of the shofar this Rosh Hashanah. The…
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New Year’s update from Calgary Chevra Kadisha
By Harold Lipton and Susan Dvorkin (AJNews) – As the warmth of the lovely summer days we have had comes to an end, it is…
From the Sources by Eliezer Segal: Look Who’s Not Talking
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – As we’ve been learning from recent American politics, it has become fashionable to “take the Fifth.” The legal principle that…
Re-engaging Calgary’s Beth Tzedec congregation in the New Year
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – Beth Tzedec’s new education director is not getting much sleep. The father of three young sons, one of whom was…
From the Sources by Eliezer Segal: Rabbi Judah, King Hezekiah… and a Cancelled Fast
by Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – One of the most revered figures in Jewish memory was the Patriarch Rabbi Judah I ben Simeon. Talmudic tradition singled…