Jewish Guide To Iceland: How To Prevent Accidentally Offending Moses
Recently, I flew on a WOW air flight from New York that connected to the airline´s new route to Tel Aviv. The plane was full of Israelis, which I, as a Jewish woman, knew...
Parashat Yitro יִתְרוֹ
In this Parasha Bnei-Yisrael’s most Divine purpose is fulfilled, as they received the Ten Commandments (“עשרת הדיברות”). The entire prophecy of our forefathers and the main reason for creation is receiving our Torah. Yet...
Today is Tu BiShvat
Every winter, just as we start to think about spring, a minor holiday comes along. Minor enough that not all of us know what it means or how it came to be.
Tu Bishvat first...
Shabbat in Amsterdam
My alarm blared obnoxiously at 8 AM--a wakeup call to rub the sleep from my eyes and prepare for another day of my winter break travels in Amsterdam. Nervously tiptoeing around my sleeping friend...
Parashat Beshalach בְּשַׁלַּח
This Parasha has a very odd opening verse; it basically states that HaShem was worried that Bnei-Yisrael might go back to Egypt upon the prospect of war. The Torah writes that Pharaoh “sent” the...
Jewish NFL Owners To Make History
No, Julian Edelman, the all-star receiver for the New England Patriots and author of the PJ Library-sponsored children’s book about overcoming obstacles, won’t be on the field at U.S. Bank Stadium on Feb. 4....
Oscar nominations 2018: 5 Jewish takeaways
If one thing jumps out about the nominations for the 90th annual Academy Awards, it’s the lack of big Jewish headlines to be plucked from them. “The Shape of Water,” Guillermo del Toro’s latest fantasy-tinted...
Liberal Judaism to produce first new Siddur since 1995
Liberal Judaism has published its first new draft Shabbat service in more than two decades, as it begins a year-long process to produce a new Siddur.
The new Siddur will be the movement’s first since...
AJC Urges EU Ministers to Denounce Incendiary Abbas Statements on Israel
AJC is urging the foreign ministers of European Union member states to publicly denounce Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's inflammatory statements about Israelwhen the EU Foreign Affairs Council meets with him on Monday, and to insist that...
Montreal athletes encouraged to try out for first Maccabi International Youth Games
Athletic Montreal Jewish teens are being encouraged to try out for the first Maccabi International Youth Games taking place in Israel from July 22-Aug. 1.
Daniel Smajovits, Quebec co-chair of Maccabi Canada, is spreading the...