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…
Religion
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…
How a rabbi saved 4 Torah scrolls from being destroyed in the California wildfires
By Josefin Dolsten (JTA) — The death toll and damage continue to rise in California in the wildfires ravaging the state. More than 6,400 homes…