Female authors featured at Shaar learning series
Exciting highlights from Congregation Shaar Hashomayim’s upcoming Tuesday Night Learning at the Shaar program in Montreal.
What’s so wrong about J Street’s opposition to the nation-state law?
Richard S. Levy takes issue with Barbara Kay’s criticism of J Street.
THE TORAH AND TRANSGENDERISM
In our liturgy, the Torah is referred to as the “tree of life.” But although it’s rich in general guiding principles, the Torah is paradoxically terse or mute on several of our era’s hottest issues: abortion, gay marriage and transgenderism.
Kay vs. Kay: Has Canada been good for the Jews?
Has the anti-Semitism that previous generations faced after immigrating to this country largely disappeared? Or have many of the anti-Jewish sentiments that caused them to flee the horrors of Europe re-emerged in new and insidious ways in contemporary Canadian society?
Your daily spiel for Thursday, May 25
In today’s spiel: Barbara Kay dismissed from appearances on CBC radio show; Jewish reporter for The Guardian allegedly assaulted by a Republican congressional candidate and Drake makes history.