There is absolutely no doubt that life follows the Torah portion and, very often, significant days in our history. Ten days ago, the world...

Virtuoso violinist Niv Ashkenazi is coming to Ottawa, bringing with him a prized instrument. But this is no ordinary violin. Rather, it is one...

Why do we fast? Why do I fast? I have been fasting on Yom Kippur for seventy years. I fasted even when I rebelled...

Part One – From Shtetl to State Tells the story of East European Jewry, from its peak to its near destruction, and its miraculous...

Jeanne Beker In her defence of the winning book at this year’s Canada Reads competition, Jeanne Beker said she recognized her own parents’ courage...

German police officers patrol a Berlin square during an event to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel on May 4. (Hayoung Jeon/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock...

On January 20, 1942, a meeting was held at the Wannsee Villa, outside Berlin. Over the course of a mere 80 minutes, fifteen high...

As I write this I am sitting in limud (learning) at the Rabbinical Assembly convention. I am constantly in awe of my colleagues –...

Two yellow school buses pulled away from the Theodor Herzl Public School in North Lawndale, a suburb of Chicago.  It was a Friday morning...

This is a letter to the greater Jewish community. Regardless of your level of observance, regardless of your connection to ritual, regardless of what...