More Jews observe Passover than any other holiday, giving us a sense of strength as unity as millions of us recline at our seders tomorrow to mark our history, our freedom, and our peoplehood. Through our individual actions, we come together as families and as a community at Passover more th…
This week's Shabbat message is written by Steve Shafir, who represents our Federation for our advocacy arm, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA). Advocacy is a large part of the work that the Federation does for our Edmonton Jewish community. We thank Steve for his dedicated volun…
As I close out my first week on the job, I want to share a few thoughts and observations with you about tzedakah and the natural overlap between donors and recipients.
First, I am very proud to be a product of this community, and it is great to be back and closer to family. Edmonton has…
Having just come back from our partnership region in northern Israel, I expected this week’s message to focus on that—and it will—but first I want to address the email that went to the community yesterday, informing of a duty to warn that came from Edmonton Police Service (EPS) to the …
This past Monday, I was in Jerusalem, viewing treasures in the collection of the new National Library of Israel. Among them was the codex brought back from Syria, a 10th century manuscript that was used to teach the Hebrew language, compete with vowels and tropes for pronunciation. Volumes s…
