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The Heat is On

by Roselyn Allen, July 1, 2021

As I write this I am listening to the soundtrack to my favourite musical, Fiddler on the Roof; we are coming out of quite a heat wave, and since my…

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A 3-Minute Read On Why a 3-Minute Read Isn’t Enough

by Roselyn Allen, May 27, 2021

When I lived in Israel in the 1990s and returned to study again in Canada, it was very easy to sit and have a conversation about my experiences with friends….

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Democracy at Work

by Roselyn Allen, April 29, 2021

The old maxim goes that if you put two Jews together to discuss politics you’ll have at least three opinions. As a people, we have never been afraid to argue…

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Fish Heads Fish Heads. Eat Them Yom Tov.

by Roselyn Allen, April 1, 2021

When I was 22, I spent a year on Kibbutz and got to experience my first Passover Seder in Israel, but more importantly, my first Passover Seder away from my…

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