Shuls beef up security following Pittsburgh attack
Toronto-area synagogues have been making big investments in new security measures in recent weeks.
Is it ever acceptable to lie?
Dear Ella, I am very happy for my friend Ruthie, whose daughter just announced she’s getting married this summer. Ruthie and her daughter have immersed themselves in wedding planning. Last week, she asked me to go dress shopping with her. “As the mother of the bride, I have to look amazing,” she said. I agreed. […]
Bar and bat mitzvahs are meant to be community events
Bar and bat mitzvahs have started to become private events. However, this is an oxymoron as these events require community members.
From the Archives: good shidduch
A trip down memory lane of two synagogues partnering up.
Toronto’s Stashover-Slipia Congregation to honour its retiring spiritual co-ordinator
After 36 years of working for the shul, Jack Lipinsky is retiring from his role. The congregation will be honouring him with a special service on Nov. 18.
Famous painter brings his art to shul
Exhibited at Beth Tzedec until the end of April, Hirschberg’s Celebrations features large, acrylic canvases showing families enjoying various simchahs and holidays.
Purim parodies alive and well in local shuls
The medieval custom of presenting the Purim story in song and drama, with an emphasis on gently mocking the clergy and community members, is thriving at local synagogues.
The slow death of the cantor
After 800 years of continuous development, the role of the synagogue cantor is disappearing, writes author Charles Heller
Book documents history of Beth Jacob Congregation
It was a visit to her hometown shul, Beth Jacob V’Anshei Drildz Congregation, that inspired Janine Sherr to document the synagogue’s history and former glory with a commemorative book
Newfoundland congregation marks 10 years
A decade ago, a group of Jewish people in Newfoundland established an egalitarian, religious and social organization to serve St. John’s and the surrounding area
