Archive for: Beliefs and Concepts

Geller takes on Toronto Board of Rabbis

Beliefs and Concepts>> Canada>> News>> United States | May 14, 2013

TORONTO – Pamela Geller struck back at the Toronto Board of Rabbis (TBR) for a critical statement it issued just hours before her appearance Monday night at the...

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The Man Who Would Be King a cautionary tale

Arts & Culture>> Beliefs and Concepts>> Commentary>> Films>> Opinion | May 14, 2013

I once had a brilliant teacher in college who I admired greatly because of his intellect and his charismatic personality, marvelling at his encyclopedic knowledge...

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Seniors mark Jewish Heritage Month and Yom Yerushalayim

Arts & Culture>> Beliefs and Concepts>> Canada>> Community>> Entertainment>> Jewish History | May 14, 2013

Residents at B’nai Brith Canada’s 4300 Bathurst St. seniors’ building dance at a celebration of Yom Yerushalayim and Jewish Heritage Month. Ulpanat Orot student...

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Breaking with all black, some Chabad men push fashion boundaries

Arts & Culture>> Beliefs and Concepts>> Community>> Fashion>> Jewish Identity | May 14, 2013

Gil Shefler NEW YORK (JTA) – Yosel Tiefenbrun looked in the mirror and liked what he saw. The 23-year-old Chabad rabbi and apprentice at Maurice Sedwell, a bespoke...

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Orthodox woman charting new course at Montreal shul

Beliefs and Concepts>> Canada>> Community>> Education>> Family>> Jewish History>> Jewish Identity>> Religion | May 14, 2013

MONTREAL – As Rachel Kohl Finegold, 32, prepares to graduate from the modern orthodox seminary, Yeshiva Maharat this June, she is also getting ready to give birth...

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