Rabbi Erwin Schild of Toronto’s Adath Israel Synagogue personally experienced nearly 104 years of Jewish history (March 9, 1920-Jan. 6, 2024)
Rabbi Schild talked to The CJN last March about his life and career.
Quebec’s French-language law is another obstacle for synagogues and schools trying to recruit rabbis
Synagogues and schools in Quebec are finding it is taking longer than it did in the past to hire rabbis to fill vacant posts. There are fewer candidates available, and in some cases the language requirements imposed by Bill 96, add another layer of difficulty. Bill 96, which enacts even more restrictive measures on the […]
All in the family: How these 4 rabbis from across Canada have been talking to their congregants about Israel
Rabbi Susan Tendler is still jet-lagged after returning from a congregational trip to Israel a few days ago, back to her home in Richmond, B.C. But it was an ideal time to be in the country, which was roiled by protests over judicial reforms proposed by the right-wing government. Congregants from her Conservative synagogue, Beth […]
An elderly Montreal rabbi has been arrested for sex crimes against a minor that go back 25 years
A Canadian rabbi has been arrested by Peel Regional Police and is now charged with three counts of sex crimes against a minor, dating back to 1997. Rabbi Shlomo Leib Mund, 79, was picked up on an arrest warrant by the police at Toronto’s Pearson airport on April 13, when he flew from his home […]
Gregory Bordan is the lawyer who couldn’t persuade Quebec to accommodate foreign rabbis in its new language law
A small detail in Quebec’s new language legislation will have “enormous repercussions” for the Jewish community, says the lawyer who made a last-ditch effort to have that clause modified. Gregory Bordan was unsuccessful in persuading the government to maintain the longstanding flexibility afforded to rabbis from outside Canada who take positions with synagogues here as […]
Female rabbi featured on Time Magazine cover
Los Angeles rabbi Sharon Brous is among a group of Americans of different faiths featured on Time Magazine’s latest cover.
Ottawa rabbi’s new website will bring Jewish learning to the masses
On Aug. 26, Rabbi Idan Scher of Ottawa will launch a new Canadian Jewish learning platform called rabbischer.com.
My mother, the ‘wandering Jew’
Kay replies to the reaction of many readers after his mother came out with a piece about transgenderism in Judaism.
Zionist Toronto Rabbi Feder dies in his beloved Israel
Rabbi Avraham Feder, cantor, educator and founding rabbi of Toronto’s Beth Tikvah Synagogue, died in Israel on Feb. 8. He was 87.
Why I didn’t become a rabbi: a man’s journey in discovering his Jewish roots
Gindin discusses his journey of trying to find a deeper meaning in Judaism while encountering a hurdle along the way.
