By Rabbi Howard Finkelstein
An interesting dialogue and debate occur in the heavens as the angels’ challenge God’s giving of the Torah to the people of Israel. The angels claim that as the Torah is a divine document, it should remain with divine beings, meaning themselves. Moshe retorts…
By Jason Moscovitz
I keep hearing people on television say the murder of George Floyd is a tipping point in American history – but I hear it mostly from white people. People of colour are never so certain. History tells – if not warns – them not to be.
While racism exists in Canada, …
By Rabbi Menachem M. Blum, Ottawa Torah Centre Chabad
I write these lines as violent protests rage across the United States as a reaction to George Floyd’s death. What should our reaction be? How should we look at this particular situation? As Jews, we were always taught to turn to the To…
'Our history as North Americans, and as Jews, urges us to look at recent events with the eyes of our historical experience of racism, both personal and communal.'
By Rabbi Steven Garten
While many of us have been fixed on the news emanating from the United States, it would have been easy t…
By Michael Regenstreif, Editor
Nothing was published yesterday – June 2, 2020 – on the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin website and the only thing posted on our Facebook and Twitter accounts was an empty black box with the hashtag #BlackOutTuesday.
The Bulletin – along with the Jewish Federati…
