On Rosh Hashanah, the challah is round and sweet, symbolizing our collective wish for a good, sweet year. (photo by Przemyslaw Wierzbowski) It was two years ago that I fell in love with challah. I attended a challah baking workshop…
A sudden powerful gust of wind whipping through an open window slammed the door shut…. (photo from wikiHow) It was one of those hot and humid fall days in Montreal and my sister-in-law “Sadie” decided to make a stew. After…
Barring disaster, this season’s apple harvest would be bountiful. (photo from maxpixel.net) “I don’t want to do my job any more.” That loud thought just popped into Rabbi Yohon Abrahms’ head. It was dawn, and the birds were singing. He…
“King David Playing the Harp,” by Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. All of the biblical heroes are imperfect, as are we. (photo from artsandculture.google.com) One of the beautiful ideas behind Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is the notion that we need…
A mosaic of the Akeida in Bet Alfa National Park in Israel. (photo from hartman.org.il) For many of us, the approach of the Jewish New Year offers an opportunity to take a moment from our harried lives to reflect on…
B’nai B’rith, circa 1970. (photo from JWB fonds, JMABC L.09504) If you know someone in this photo, please help the JI fill the gaps of its predecessor’s (the Jewish Western Bulletin’s) collection at the Jewish Museum and Archives of B.C.…
Robbie Waisman, left, and Chief Robert Joseph, will speak at Temple Sholom’s Selichot program Sept. 1. (photos from Temple Sholom) Two men who have built bridges between Canada’s indigenous and Jewish communities will speak about reconciliation, forgiveness and resilience at…
Camp Miriam, 1979. (photo from JWB fonds, JMABC L.09623) If you know someone in this photo, please help the JI fill the gaps of its predecessor’s (the Jewish Western Bulletin’s) collection at the Jewish Museum and Archives of B.C. by…
Who doesn’t look forward to summer’s bounty? Not only are fruits healthy – blueberries, for example, are low in calories but high in fibre, Vitamin C, Vitamin K and have a high antioxidant capacity – and delicious on their own…
Lu Winters, academic and student wellness counselor at King David High School. (photo from Lu Winters) In the fourth of a series of articles on sexual harassment and violence in the Jewish community, the Jewish Independent speaks with Lu Winters…
