Chanukah is a beautiful time of year
By Rabbi Zolly Claman (EJNews) – Chanukah is such a beautiful time of year. As the nights get longer and our daylight gets shorter, we…
Religion
Chag Ha’Banot: Bringing women’s leadership to the community
By Rabbi Gila Caine (EJNews) – Egalitarian Jewish practice usually means, women take part in spheres of our culture which traditionally belonged mostly to men. But we have now…
What You Need to Know About the Hanukkah Story
By Lesli Koppelman Ross (My Jewish Learning via JTA) – In 168 BCE, the ruler of the Syrian kingdom, Antiochus Epiphanes IV, stepped up his…
Op/ Ed: There is no religious excuse for not vaccinating your kids
By Alan Kadish and Edward C. Halperin NEW YORK (JTA) — Opposition to vaccination on political and religious grounds has been swaying parents across the…
Chabad of Edmonton honours Leah Goldford and Clarice Switzer
(EJNews) – Leah Goldford and Clarice Haika Switzer were honoured last month at a Chabad of Edmonton, Crown of Creation Women’s Gala held at the…