Montreal’s rich Yiddish heritage has an unlikely champion
Yiddish, and the rich literary output of the last century in Montreal when the language thrived here, has a new and unlikely champion. Chantal Ringuet,…
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Anne Frank and Eva Schloss, sisters in tragedy
In her three books and countless talks to young people and adults, Eva Schloss, 84, has been keeping alive the legacy of the Holocaust. It…
Yossi Beilin encourages community to “fight the Archie Bunkers”
Israel is facing a critical red line in the very near future. But the threat is not from an Iranian nuclear bomb, or Russia supplying…
Our Man in New York: Eldridge Street Synagogue a monument to faith and immigration
Strolling past Fang Fang Bakery, KK Delicious Dumpling Shop and the Buddhist Association in New York’s Lower East Side Chinatown, you come upon a stone…
First female senior rabbi installed at Temple Emanu-el-Beth Sholom
The scene: a crowded Friday night at the Temple Emanu-el-Beth Sholom in Westmount. Excitement is in the air as the huge main sanctuary fills up….