Newsletter Post – April 9, 2026

by | Apr 8, 2026 | Rabbi's Corner

I’ve spent much of this week glued to the coverage of Artemis II. I am in awe of the astronauts’ work as scientists and explorers. As one observer noted, “It’s not a coincidence that the astronauts who’ve traveled further than any human...

Newsletter Post – April 1, 2026

by | Mar 31, 2026 | Rabbi's Corner

Tonight, Jewish families and communities around the globe will gather together for seder. In the collection of songs that closes out the haggadah, Chad Gadya – One Little Kid – is often a beloved favourite for its animal noises and general silliness at the...

Newsletter Post – March 26, 2026

by | Mar 25, 2026 | Rabbi's Corner

Yet again, we prepare for Pesach in a world rent by war and uncertainty. Our Israeli loved ones continue to shelter from Iranian missiles, and here in Canada, we face a never ending onslaught of news of antisemitic violence both here, in the US, and around in the...

Newsletter Post – February 12, 2026

by | Feb 11, 2026 | Rabbi's Corner

Like many of you, I imagine, I have been glued to this year’s Winter Olympics. I can’t wait to cheer on Israel’s first ever bobsled team (nicknamed Shul Runnings!) when they compete next week, I was devastated when the US women’s hockey team...

Newsletter Post – January 29, 2026

by | Jan 28, 2026 | Rabbi's Corner

As the world swirls around us, it can be hard to determine where our focus should be. What is worthy of our emotional energy? Of our grief, of our rage? How do we cut through that grief and rage to find moments of joy, or to merely go through the motions of everyday...

Newsletter Post – January 15, 2026

by | Jan 14, 2026 | Rabbi's Corner

I’ve been thinking lately about Jewish life on the margins. Those Jewish communities, like ours, outside of or on the periphery of larger Jewish population centers like Toronto, New York, Los Angeles. The kinds of towns and cities where, when you say...