Observing our holiday traditions
These Rosh Hashanah recipes come from my parents when I was a child in Winnipeg
Apple cakes for Rosh Hashanah
What kind of apples you choose for your desserts will generally depend on what kind of dessert you’re planning to make
Holiday recipes from Israel
Israeli chefs and Sybil Kaplan, share holiday recipes and favourite Rosh Hashanah treats with CJN readers
Unetaneh Tokef in heels
She walked into shul trying to not appear haughty. It was Rosh Hashanah, and she had dressed well for the occasion, for the people. She would impress.
Over and over, she imagined how she would get to her seat in the middle of the row, having to squeeze by the entire Goldman family to do so. How humiliating.
What do you get when you mix bowling, blues, and the Jewish new year? Bowl HaShanah
Peter Shapiro — the owner of Brooklyn Bowl, a mid-sized music venue in Williamsburg that boasts a bowling alley and a Blue Ribbon restaurant — has referred to himself as the “rabbi” of his unique venue. But, come Monday, an actual rabbi will be taking over the joint.
Temple Sinai Slichot service mixes drama and prayer
Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto held a unique Slichot service on Sept. 5 that Rabbi Michael Dolgin, the Reform synagogue’s senior rabbi, said can be categorized as “neither show nor shul.”
Hillel, CIJA say situation on campus has improved for Jewish students
Remember the window-smashing mini-riot at Concordia University a few years back that prevented Benjamin Netanyahu from speaking on campus? Or the thuggish behaviour of anti-Semitic protesters at York University whose bellicosity and cries of “Die, Jew, get the hell off campus,” forced Jewish students to find refuge in Hillel’s campus lounge?
Shuls offer alternatives for people who don’t want to pray
Sandi Horwitz, a decades-long member of Toronto’s Oraynu Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, says the first time she attended a Rosh Hashanah service at Oraynu’s forerunner, the Secular Jewish Association (SJA), was a “revelation.”
5775: The year in review
It’s been a busy 12 months for the Jewish world, in Canada and beyond. Here are some of the most memorable moments
September 2014
Looking back at 5775
The walls surrounding my desk at our Toronto offices are camouflaged by an ever-growing collage of CJN covers. Every Monday afternoon, after the week’s paper has been sent off to the presses, I like to print a copy of the front page and tape it to the wall, right next to the previous week’s version. It’s a ritual that signals the end of one news cycle and the beginning of the next. This week’s cover will be number 84 on the wall.
