Reboot’s annual 10Q annual reflection project, which sends participants a question a day for 10 days will return for the 13th year this month. But, with the challenges, grief and fear of COVID-19 weighing heavily on the world, this year’s…
Like many of you, I approach the New Year and Yom Kippur with a heavy heart. Ashamnu. We have sinned. Much is not well, not as it should or can be. Our communities are filled with anger, fear, hatred, pain,…
(photo from pixabay.com) Although beekeeping as an occupation is not mentioned in the Bible, bees are mentioned four times, honeycombs are referred to eight times and honey is referred to 26 times. Archeologists actually have discovered proof that there was…
I’m here to boldly encourage you to try something entirely different at your Rosh Hashanah table this year. No, not a pony. A new food. Serve it, to non-vegetarians. And, if anybody asks what they’re eating, confidently tell them it’s…
Services in the Schara Tzedeck auditorium, with social-distancing measures in place. (photo by Camille Wener) In early March, Canadians were just beginning to take COVID-19 seriously. Then, in what seemed like an instant, the province shut down all places where…
A peach salad not only looks pretty, it’s like a cold culinary shower on a hot day. (photo from pickpik.com) Recently, I was food-shamed. Not for binge eating. Or for eating too much junk food. But for not eating enough…
(photo from commons.wikimedia.org) Most of us are familiar with the spies who were dispatched by Moses to “spy” out the land of Canaan – they cut down a branch with a cluster of grapes on a staff and carried it…
Blueberry Bottom Pie is garnished with blueberries and fresh mint. (photo from pxfuel.com) When I think of summer, I think of fresh fruit. When I think of fresh fruit, I think of pies. Early pies may have originated with Egyptian…
While B.C. residents have been given the go-ahead for local travel, there are still safety restrictions in place, so plan accordingly. (photo by Colin Keigher) What a year so far. For many of us, a driving tour of the Fraser Valley…
National Hebrew Book Week has taken place every year in June. Its fate for this year, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, is unclear. (photo from gojerusalem.com) In Israel, you know Shavuot is approaching when you see the grocery stores…
