High Holidays Food Drive

by | Sep 24, 2025 | Charity, Temple News

Dear Members of Temple Shalom, This is the 30th anniversary of our annual High Holidays food drive. Since our first food drive in 1995, Temple Shalom has donated nearly 18,000 pounds of food and over $60,000 to the Food Bank of Waterloo Region. We have provided more...

Newsletter Post – September 25, 2025

by | Sep 24, 2025 | Rabbi's Corner

A little behind-the-scenes of preparing for the High Holy Days for you. On Sunday morning, as the Canadian government announced, as expected, their formal recognition of a Palestinian state, I imagined groans going up from the home of every rabbi in the country....

Newsletter Post – September 11, 2025

by | Sep 10, 2025 | Rabbi's Corner

Earlier this week, while driving, I heard a CBC story about one of the films premiering this week at TIFF, A Life Illuminated. This documentary tells the story of marine biologist Edie Widder, who studies bioluminescence in the twilight zone of the ocean. Widder made...