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…
Religion
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…
Rabbi Gila Caine: We need a community Mikveh for Edmonton
By Rabbi Gila Caine (AJNews) – Edmonton’s Jews need a community mikveh. This is a “women’s issue,” but also very much a community issue, and…
From the Sources by Eliezer Segal: The flying ‘nuns’
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – There is a brief passage in the book of Numbers that is uniquely enclosed by special symbols, backward versions of…
Harassment at a Western Wall bar mitzvah renews the fight over prayer spaces in Israel
by Andrew Lapin (JTA) – The video taken at the mixed-gender prayer space at Israel’s Western Wall is brief, but the incident it captured has…