From the Sources: Tu B’shevat and Forbidding Fruit
by Eliezer Segal (February 2020) – Back in my elementary school days they used to mark the Fifteenth of Shevaṭ, the “birthday of the trees,”…
Religion
Contemplating Earth-focused Judaism: Should we plant trees on Tu B’Shevat?
by Rabbi Gila Caine (Edmonton) – In honor of Tu B’Shevat, I’m going to point us in the direction of “Forest gardens” which is an alternative,…
New Rabbi installed in Calgary: February 9
By Richard Bronstein (AJNews) – It will be a bit of a family reunion when the House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel congregation in Calgary celebrates the…
The first-ever women’s Siyum HaShas shows that Torah learning is for women, too
by Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll JERUSALEM (JTA) — What does one wear to the world’s first women’s Siyum HaShas? The question I posed on social media…
The Hasidic response to the Monsey attacks? Nuanced debate about what comes next.
by Yisroel B. MONSEY, N.Y. (JTA) — On December 28, I was invited to a Hanukkah party at a friend’s house. I drove through the…