Dispatches: Hamilton synagogues reluctantly curb in-person High Holiday services
Most Jews in the cities and suburbs west of Toronto will gather around their computers, cellphones and tablets to mark the High Holidays for the second consecutive year. The two Reform and two Conservative congregations in Hamilton, Halton and Niagara regions will rely on technology to observe most of the Days of Awe while allowing […]
Dispatches: Vancouver synagogues are changing course as the COVID case counts rise
Earlier this summer, Vancouver synagogues planned for High Holiday services that would be would be radically different that last year, and less inhibited by concerns about COVID. But by late August, with case counts rising steadily over the course of the summer and more restrictions in place, this year’s services look like a vague repeat […]
Dispatches: Montreal synagogues weigh whether to require proof of vaccinations to attend services
While larger synagogues grappled with the issue of requiring worshippers to be vaccinated, in July two small congregations that share a building in suburban Laval declared in no uncertain terms that anyone entering would have to be fully vaccinated. Issie Baum, president of Young Israel of Chomedey, which rents space from Congregation Shaar Shalom, said […]
Dispatches: Toronto synagogues grapple with COVID (again)
The first in a series of High Holiday reports from across Canada.
Dispatches: Winnipeg rabbis are urging the community to get vaccinated
Second in a series of High Holiday reports from across Canada.
