500 rabbis and Jewish leaders call for action against climate change
Five hundred rabbis and other Jewish leaders from around the world are calling for climate change action.
Quebec government to abolish ethics and religions course
Quebec’s Coalition Avenir Québec government has opened another front in its quest to reinforce secularism, this time in the education system.
The case for Canadian-Jewish exceptionalism
Special to the CJN, Robert Brym, Rhonda Lenton and Keith Neuman expound on two socio-political reasons why Canadian Jewry is exceptional.
How the Wild West of social media will be won
Facebook and other social media sites are fuelling the haters. What can be done to combat it? Jesse Hirsh investigates.
Dear Rabby: A religious life doesn’t make your problems go away
Dear Rabbi, I’m a single woman in her late 20s who came back to religion two years ago. My parents never got married and didn’t stay together very long. My whole family has communication issues. We aren’t comfortable with being open and vulnerable. I went to therapy for years and, thank God, I’m continuously growing, […]
Dear Rabby: Missing a lost love
Rabbi Bernath addresses a dating situation where one party is unsure of the other’s feelings following a month away from one another.
Congress is now three times more Jewish than the United States as a whole
More than 6 per cent of the new U.S. Congress is Jewish, with 34 Jews among the total of 535 lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.
Have we reached peak tikun olam?
Many on the left see the term as a fundamental aspect of Judaism, while some on the right say it’s a bastardization of the religion.
Clark: Your rabbi can offer support, but not personal miracles
“At Hanukkah, God worked a miracle for the nation. When you suffer, your rabbi would love to offer you a personal miracle, but she cannot – and should not. Rather, she will be present, listen, and pray with you. Anything else is up to God alone.”
Eisen: A Shabbat of reflection and hope
As part of our #SolidarityShabbat series, Wendy R. Eisen writes a letter to the Jewish community about her experience at Holy Blossom Temple this past Shabbat.
