Rabbi's Corner

Since moving to Hamilton, I've become a big fan of the Ontario Storm Watch Facebook page. Their updates have gotten me through winter snow, summer thunderstorms, and alerted me to the tornado warning near Shai's summer camp. However, I certainly wasn't expecting the...

As individuals, as communities, as a people, we learn from the stories of our past - sometimes in ways that help us, sometimes in ways that set us up to expect the same outcome, rather than imagining a new future. In this week's Torah portion, Matot-Masei, we hear a...

This week, the government released the results of a survey compiled earlier this year about antisemitism in Ontario's K-12 schools. I know the statistics and stories shared here include the experiences of young people in our community. If you haven't looked at this...

Thank you to those who joined us on a swelteringly hot Sunday at the KW Walk for Israel. As I said to some of you, it is deeply important to me that we include our Reform, progressive voices in what it means to support Israel. Loving Israel is not the sole job of...

By now, hopefully you have heard about the need to Vote Reform in the World Zionist Congress Elections before June 15. We've sent out emails, we had a voting station on Shabbat, and the Canadian Zionist Federation election has been all over social media. But perhaps...

My heart breaks a little every time I open the news and hear of yet another antisemitic attack, hitting a loved one’s community, often only one to two degrees of separation away. Life as a Diaspora Jew can feel increasingly fraught, even with the sound and reliable...

In just a few days, the Jewish community will celebrate the holiday of Shavuot, which marks the giving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai. This is a formative event for the Jewish people, for our relationship with God and our relationship with each other as a cohesive unit...

Earlier this week, as Israel marked Yom HaZikaron, Israeli Memorial Day, one of our Israeli Reform synagogues, Beit Samueli in Ra'anana was violently attacked. The congregation had hosted a screening of the Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Ceremony, the ceremony...

I was surprised to open up my local paper yesterday and find the headline "New report says 70% of Holocaust survivors will be gone in next 10 years." It was not the data and the sobering reality presented in the article that surprised me, but its inclusion in the...

Check out this podcast featuring Rabbi Miriam, speaking about creating spaces of belonging. Click the link to listen - Just For This - or download it wherever you listen to podcasts.