Synagogues look to become more accessible
In recent years, synagogues across the city have been moving to accommodate people who live with disabilities
Keeping ties with Israel strong
Rabbis and synagogues have a role to play in connecting their communities with the Jewish state, and increasing the depth of that engagement
Conservative shuls merge to create new congregation
Ottawa’s two largest Conservative congregations will soon be known by the new name of Kehillat Beth Israel
NDG Chabad wants to buy ex-church hall
Rohr Chabad of NDG has launched a public fundraising campaign to buy the former church hall it occupies from the real estate developers that own it
Chabad on Bayview breaks ground on new shul
With temperatures soaring, more than 150 people came out April 17 to break ground and lay the cornerstone for Chabad’s $9.5-million Bayview Centre for Jewish Life
Visiting the Jewish cemetery in Penang
Never large – Penang’s Jews numbered a dozen families and 172 persons at its height in 1899 – the community’s exodus accelerated on the eve of the Japanese invasion in 1941
A new take on cantorial music for all tastes
A conversation with Beth Sholom Synagogue Cantor Eric Moses, who is behind two musical endeavours he hopes will resonate with fans of both traditional and contemporary music
Synagogue members mobilize to keep Shaar Shalom afloat
A group of concerned individuals have gathered to find a solution to the shul’s problems
Toronto’s Shaar Shalom Synagogue to close after 44 years
The synagogue started in a house basement by several families living in the Don Mills Road and Steeles Avenue area
Mishkan Avraham
My son and I feel at home at Mishkan Avraham. We are proud it is one of our spiritual homes while we go through this new phenomenon and memorialize my mother through Kaddish and prayer
