Mourning amidst the 11th plague
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – There are countless people around the globe mourning loved ones in isolation due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. When my father…
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From the Sources: Purim – Sequel to Sinai
by Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – In one of the Talmud’s more theologically troubling passages, an obscure sage named Rav Avdimi bar Ḥama expounded that when…
From the Sources: Tu B’shevat and Forbidding Fruit
by Eliezer Segal (February 2020) – Back in my elementary school days they used to mark the Fifteenth of Shevaṭ, the “birthday of the trees,”…
Calgary Beth Tzedec brings back Burnstein’s ode to Robert Burns: February 13
by Maxine Fischbein (Calgary) – The Bard is back as Beth Tzedec Synagogue once again rolls out the red carpet for one of Calgary’s best…
New Rabbi installed in Calgary: February 9
By Richard Bronstein (AJNews) – It will be a bit of a family reunion when the House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel congregation in Calgary celebrates the…