Doing Jewish Art in the GTA
by John Lewsen, October 31, 2022
During the summer, with a couple of hours to spare between appointments, I dropped into the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO). I went without any specific exhibit in mind, and…
Read More »Get Ready for Sukkot!
by Rabbi Audrey Pollack, October 1, 2022
From the sounds of the Shofar on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, we move into the shelter of the holiday of Sukkot. The Sukkah is a simple structure. It provides…
Read More »Back to the Future
by Arliene Botnick, October 1, 2022
It was the fall of 1975, my son was turning eleven. He’d been studying Hebrew at a rented facility in Etobicoke with a group called Western Suburban Jewish Community. But…
Read More »Reconnecting at Solel
by John Lewsen, October 1, 2022
As Brenda and I watched Rabbi Pollack trying to start the Rosh Hashana morning service over the buzz of animated chatter in the sanctuary, we realized there was something very…
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