Why Celebrate Lag BaOmer?
By Rabbi Nachum Aaron Kutnowski (AJNews) – Lag BaOmer is a day of celebration and joy in the Jewish calendar, occurring on the 33rd day…
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Is the Tradition of the Shiva Visit Disappearing?
by Susan Dvorkin and Harold Lipton (Calgary) – One of two cardinal principles that underlies Jewish end of life practice is nichum aveilim – comforting…
From the sources by Eliezer Segal: On Native Soil
By Eliezer Segal (AJNEws) – According to the stereotypical version of Jewish history as taught in many Hebrew schools and sermons, the Jewish population in…
11 Passover haggadah supplements to print if you want to discuss Oct. 7 at your seder
by JTA Staff (JTA) — With just hours before Jews around the world will sit down for the first Passover seder since the Oct. 7…
To mark our brokenness this Passover, let’s scale back the matzah on our seder tables
by Rabbi Elie Kaunfer (JTA) — How might we celebrate Passover differently this year? With so many Israelis brutally murdered on Oct. 7, so many…