With resolution against hiring women rabbis, RCA votes for confrontation
By Uriel Heilman NEW YORK (JTA) – When America’s main modern Orthodox rabbinical association voted last week to ban the hiring of clergywomen by its members, the question…
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Journey of the Soul series offered Monday nights at Fantasyland Hotel
On October 26, over 40 community members joined Rabbi Mendy Blachman at the first of a 6 part interactive and engaging learning series offered by…
Edmonton women celebrate the Greatest Community Challah Bake
by Dalia Frend (EJNews) – Love and togetherness permeated the air on October 22 at Beth Israel Synagogue. Over one hundred and twenty-five Jewish women…
Mi Shebeirach: Should we pray for healing when death is imminent?
By Jennifer Richler (JTA) — Someone I know died today. Although I didn’t know him well, and haven’t seen him in over 20 years, I…
JTA blog: On hot Yom Kippur, Israel’s Jews and Arabs kept their cool
By Ben Sales (JTA) — It could have been a fraught coincidence, especially on a 90-degree day with conflict still simmering in Jerusalem over access…