In Edmonton: Divine provenance for Yache Rache, OBM
by Regan Lipes (AJNews) – Divine provenance, hashgechah patit,is a foundational tenant of the Jewish spiritual world and am Yisrael’s relationship with Hashem. Miracles, in…
Religion
A conversation about Contemporary Humanistic Judaism
By Jeremy Appel (AJNews) – Earlier this year, the Jewish Publication Society released Contemporary Humanistic Judaism: Beliefs, Values, Practices, a collection of writings about the…
From the sources by Eliezer Segal: A Celebration for the Nations
by Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – Several decades ago, a distinguished looking gentleman in a Christian clerical collar used to show up annually at our synagogue…
From the sources by Eliezer Segal: The thin red line
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – The tractate in the Mishnah tractate that is devoted to the Day of Atonement is quite thorough in describing the…
The evolving minhag of Tashlich
by Holly Shifrah (AJNews) – Tashlich is a New Year tradition which many say began in the fourteenth century amongst Jewish communities in Germany. Others…