Newsletter Post – October 3, 2025

by | Oct 1, 2025 | Rabbi's Corner

Thank you to everyone who helped make Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur at Temple Shalom so special and successful.   To all of those who joined me on the bima to lift us up with music: Jodie, Ava, Jenn, Jamey, and Anat. Bob Chodos, for organizing an ever-growing...

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...

Newsletter Post – September 4, 2025

by | Sep 3, 2025 | Rabbi's Corner

As our calendar turns to both Elul (the Hebrew month leading up to the High Holidays) and to September, we are ready and poised for new beginnings, for change, for learning. For many in our community, September brings the start of a new school year, whether you are...