The past two months have been difficult on all of us. Our regular day-to-day lives have blurred to memory as we endure social distance and isolation – what I’ve come to call “house arrest” – in our necessary efforts defeat, or at least “flatten the…
During the two months that the COVID-19 pandemic has kept many of us in self-quarantine, we have witnessed a myriad of leadership styles and approaches.
It would be safe to say that the majority of national, provincial and city medical officials have earned our trust…
In a few weeks from now we will be celebrating the Festival of Shavuot.
We find three different names used by the Torah to refer to this Holy Day: 1. Chag HaShavuot (the festival of weeks), Chag HaKatzir (the festival of reaping) and Y…
It might be hard to laugh. But Jewish humour will get us through this pandemic with our collective identity intact.
By Jon Savitt
NEW YORK (JTA) – Humour is as Jewish as challah. It also just so happens that we need both to survive – and producing the most satisfying versions can be es…
