Rabbi Alisa Zilbershtein: Finding light in times of challenge
By Rabbi Alisa Zilbershtein (Edmonton) – As the winter nights grow longer and darkness settles early around us, we prepare to kindle the lights of…
Religion
Rabbah Gila Caine: New Edmonton cemetery – on purity and danger?
By Rabbah Gila Caine (AJNews) – We mostly retell the story of Chanukah as a celebration of purity and purification when our sacred space was…
From the Sources by Eliezer Segal: Honest to Goodness
by Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – A well-known platitude has it that “it’s a sin to tell a lie,” and many people seriously believe that the…
Conversion interest in Calgary congregations is booming
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – For Temple B’nai Tikvah Rabbi Mark Glickman, the recent conversion of nine adults and three children (see feature story in…
Beth Shalom to host Stephen Arnoff: a creative and musical Scholar in Residence Nov. 15 & 16
By Regan Lipes (AJNews) – This year, to mark the international Shabbat Project at Beth Shalom Synagogue, congregants will welcome an exciting and highly celebrated…