Turn It and Turn It

by Arliene Botnick, December 1, 2019

From Rabbi Ben Bag-Bag (Mishna Avot Chap.5) Turn it and turn it, for everything is in it Each week, as we read from the designated verses of Torah, we are…

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Familiarity Breeds Content

by Roselyn Allen, December 1, 2019

When I went to the University of King’s College in Halifax, I was a campus police officer over a summer holiday. King’s was founded as an Anglican institution and still…

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Ethiopian Jews & the Festival Sigd

by Rabbi Audrey Pollack, October 30, 2019

Hodesh Tov! This is the standard Jewish greeting at the start of each new month in the Jewish calendar. As November begins this year in the secular calendar, the month…

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We’re “Doing Jewish” and So Can You!

by Arliene Botnick, October 30, 2019

What’s the question(s) you’ve always wanted to ask? Boys become Bar Mitzvah at age 13 but there is no place in the Torah that mentions the age of 13. Torah…

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