Breaking News: Edmonton Menorah Academy to close at the end of this school year
(AJNews) – The landscape of Jewish education in Edmonton will be changing very soon with the recent announcement that the Edmonton Menorah Academy will be…
Religion
What is the role of Chevra Kadisha in Edmonton – Part 2
By Regan Treewater-Lipes (AJNews) – On May 26, 1907, the Edmonton Hebrew Association purchased what is today, the city’s Jewish cemetery. For 113 years the…
Mayim Bialik on what Yom Kippur and the book of Jonah mean to her this year
by Mayim Bialik (JTA) — Yom Kippur. The Day of Atonement. After a year unlike any we could have anticipated, I have been waiting for this…
What Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg taught us about the gift of time
by Daniel B. Shapiro (JTA) — As Jews in the United States prepared to light candles to welcome Rosh Hashanah, they were hit with the…
6 months into pandemic, Jews prepare for a High Holiday season of rupture and resilience
by Shira Hanau, Philissa Cramer (JTA) — For many Jews, a high point of services on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is the Unetaneh Tokef prayer,…