This was such a fun class! Click below for the recording of today's session on 'Talmudic Tales That are (Kind of) About Pesach.'

Shabbat Shalom, and happy rest of Pesach, everyone.

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Rabbi Jeff Brown taught a wonderful 'Tikvah Through Text' session today. He focused on the tablets of the Ten Commandments as a symbol for Jewish unity, even when we don't agree with one another.

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Come take a study break with me on Friday! We'll be spending an hour on Zoom studying 'Talmudic Tales for Pesach.'

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Come study Pirke Avot with me on Zoom, starting in 2 weeks!

If you support the Palestinian people’s right to freedom and self-determination, please stop talking about “globalizing the Intifada” – I lived through the Second Intifada in Gaza, and I swear it was deadly, violent, painful, scary and I, along with many others, almost lost our…

This statement by B'nai Brith Canada does not represent me and does not reflect my Jewish values.

Banning the kefiyyeh in the Ontario legislature is a shameful curtailment of rights and a violation of our cultural pluralism. It should be reversed immediately.

This is insane and actually dangerous to Jewish Canadians. If it's okay today for politicians in power to ban a Palestinian cultural icon -- you can bet that power will be turned on Jews tomorrow!

The irony of Jewish orgs opening pathways to discriminate against ourselves. 🤯

Rabbi Leah Berkowitz taught a wonderful 'Tikvah Through Text' session today about the Exodus. She asked: Who would you have been and how would you have acted during that extraordinary moment. Check it out!

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Matzah with butter or matzah with cream cheese? Discuss.

Gershon Baskin🟣 جرشون باسكين גרשון בסקין Time to kick Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו out

Revenge begets revenge

'לֹא יִשָּׂא גוֹי אֶל גּוֹי חֶרֶב, וְלֹא יִלְמְדוּ עוֹד מִלְחָמָה׃'
'Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.'

“War is not the answer. War has never been the answer. And it will never be the answer.”

Peace now.

We strongly condemn the attacks from Iran on Israel, and hope and pray that everyone in Israel and the entire region is safe. That the current war could escalate within the region was always a possibility and we encourage all parties involved to show restraint.

Emerging from Shabbat with prayers for safety for everyone in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, and the wider region. May we soon see an end to this bloodshed and fear.

Praying for everyone in Israel tonight, grateful to the countries involved in intercepting the Iranian attack, and praying that cooler heads will prevail to stop a broader regional war.

לבי במזרח....

Canadian Jews can care about Gazans and the sky won't fall, Israel won't disappear.

In fact, the world will be a better, less polarized, less zero-sum place with each act of tzedakah.

Please help NIF Canada get food into Gaza, together with World Central Kitchen and International Rescue Committee. nifcan.org/give-now-to-ge…