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Chai Achiever: Reches Pasternak is building Jewish life at Ontario Tech University
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1011+ words) Reches Pasternak has started walking the halls of Ontario Tech University in Oshawa, Ont., with tefillin in his bag, ready to help his fellow Jewish students ground themselves amid the day-to-day hustle of academic life. Between attending classes, running the…...
Nova Scotia actor plans retreat that gives Jewish artists room to create, connect and unwind
1+ week, 4+ day ago (949+ words) The only moment when Tracey Erin Smith’s quick-talking and charming personality wavers in an interview is when she’s asked about the mindset of Canadian Jewish artists since Oct. 7. “My courage shrank, well, in speaking out about how I was feeling…...
From bagpipes to the bimah: A Winnipeg cantor's unlikely Jewish journey
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (883+ words) When Cantor Kevin McIntyre steps onto the bimah at Congregation Etz Chayim in Winnipeg, few of the synagogue’s congregants would guess that, just over a decade ago, he wasn’t Jewish. McIntyre now serves on the clergy team at one of…...
Moncton's Tiferes Israel Synagogue celebrates 100 years while planning for the next century
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1928+ words) More than 135 descendants of Moncton, N.B.’s founding Jewish families returned over the August long weekend for a sold-out centennial reunion at Tiferes Israel Synagogue, sharing memories, meals and hopes for the future of one of Canada’s oldest Jewish communities. The…...
From Toronto to Texas: Why Shloime Zionce is driving his Cybertruck on a cross-continent mitzvah mission
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (2049+ words) Last week, if you were in Toronto, you may have spotted a striking yellow-and-black Tesla Cybertruck cruising around the city. Behind the wheel was Shloime Zionce, the Toronto-raised White House correspondent for Ami Magazine and YouTube creator. He grew up…...
Hoax or Hasid: Why stay in a religious community after you’ve stopped believing?
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1924+ words) Yedida Eisenstat: Hanging in, keeping everything going. You? Avi Finegold: That’s good. The kids are all in camp. Finally. Today, they all—like, the last one left, and Monday we have to pick up the next one. So there’s a…...
Meet the Canadian now leading one of the world's oldest Jewish women's organizations
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1920+ words) Debbie Wasserman has spent nearly four decades volunteering with the National Council of Jewish Women in Canada. Now she’s taken on her highest profile role yet: she’s the new president of the International Council of Jewish Women (ICJW), a century-old…...
Vancouver's Jewish Federation expands to serve smaller communities across B.C.
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1339+ words) The scene captured the real story behind the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver’s expansion this week into the Jewish Federation of British Columbia (JFBC). While the change broadens the organization’s mandate, leaders say the larger transformation is about helping smaller…...
New Chabad in historic Ottawa building offers a home to decades-old Jewish library
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (884+ words) The opening of a new Chabad building in Ottawa has brought almost 15,000 library books back to the capital’s Jewish community after they spent nearly a decade in storage. Chabad of Wellington West was founded in 2022 by Ottawa-born Rabbi Moshe Caytak…...
We’re Not Particular: Understanding Judaism’s Universalist Roots
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (106+ words) The Canadian Jewish News We’re Not Particular: Understanding Judaism’s Universalist Roots Judaism is often cast as a religion that focuses on the legalistic, ritualistic, and narrow interests of the elected people of Israel. Early Jewish sources, however, present a very…...