Why I Invite People Over for Shabbat Even If I Don’t Have Time to Cook
By Maurie Backman (Kveller via JTA) — I’ve loved cooking for a long time now, and while I’ve certainly had my fair share of kitchen…
Religion
Muslim and Jewish religious leaders denounce violence in historic Israeli Palestinian meeting
(Jerusalem, October 13) — In the first event of its kind, top Israeli Jewish and Palestinian Muslim religious leaders – including one of Israel’s chief…
Rabbanit Batya Friedman: Today we stand together
By Batya Friedman (EJNews) – Many of you read my op-ed piece in the Edmonton Journal about how I was going to wear a shvimkleid…
Rabbi Daniel Friedman: What an incredible new arena!
By Rabbi D. Friedman (EJNews) – What an incredible new arena! Rogers Place has positioned Edmonton once again as a world-class city, the envy of…
How all sides view Netanyahu’s ‘ethnic cleansing’ remarks
By Andrew Tobin JERUSALEM (JTA) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu argued last week that the Palestinian leadership is supporting “ethnic cleansing” by refusing to accept Israeli settlers…