by admin | Jun 19, 2025 | Local
A People That Rises Like A Lion Like all other Israelis, I was woken up at 3:30 AM on Friday the 13th by a siren. And probably like a lot of Israelis, it was the 615th night in a row that my sleep was less than optimal. So far, no biggie. Except that the...
by admin | Jun 17, 2025 | Local
Hi Rhonda – Greetings from Jerusalem where Anita Wortzman and I are staying at the King David hotel where the delegation for the Hebrew University was staying for the big Board of Governors meeting that was scheduled to take place June 13-19. This year was...
by admin | Jun 10, 2025 | Local
Congregation Etz Chayim has recently cancelled membership for an individual and all members of their household. The synagogue wrote to congregants as follows: “On Tuesday, May 27th, we received deeply troubling correspondence from a member of our community. The...
by admin | Jun 8, 2025 | Local
ANNIVERSARY OF SIX DAY WAR: REMEMBERING YORAM EAST, A SOLDIER IN THE PARATROOPERS RESERVE BRIGADE THAT LIBERATED THE WESTERN WALL-“HAR HABAYIT BEYADEINU by Rhonda Spivak, posted , originally written on June 23, 2011 I’ve been...
by admin | Jun 8, 2025 | Local
At its Annual General Meeting on June 23 at 7 p.m. at Shaarey Zedek synagogue, Jewish Child and Family Service will be honouring and higlighting Cherly Hirsch Katz, Director of Adult Services who is retiring after 43 years...