By Janet and Jonathan Isserlin
Tel Aviv is different from Jerusalem, and, of course, different again from Ashkelon and the area around the Gaza strip. But it's all Israel, and we are now all Israelis together.
As we sit in the shelter in the basement of our central Tel Aviv apartment block…
By Ned Steinman
How does it feel living in a country under attack? In one word, surreal. On Monday I was walking to the corner pizza shop (a glorious hole in the wall that is quite well known in our neighbourhood, run by a young guy and his brothers from France where we speak a mix of Frenc…
By Maureen Molot
5781 has been a challenging year for Israel, which until recently, had been dominated by lockdowns and shutdowns because of COVID-19. With the virus now only a minor irritant as a result of a well-planned and executed vaccination program, and with restaurants, shops, gyms, …
CIJA, alongside community colleagues at Calgary Jewish Federation and Federation CJA in Montreal, facilitated a student support group last week in the wake of escalating violence and conflict in Israel and Gaza. On less than 24-hours notice, this group convened 120 high school and university…
“I want people to live with an elevated sense of purpose … to share our energy and passion living as Jews and loving it.”
The last few years for English-teacher-turned-rabbi, Aryeh Kravetz, have been a bit of a whirlwind.
In 2017, Kravetz was living in Baltimore and teaching English …
