Interactive holiday playrooms and immersive theatre performances are becoming fixtures at Toronto synagogues and community centres this Hanukkah season—part of a growing effort to deliver Jewish learn ...

Standing at the crossroads, the Torah reminds us that hatred of the Jew has never been cured by Jewish self-erasure. It has ...

What does it mean to love our children equally? It’s a question that many families wrestle with, especially when each parent’s and child’s personality, needs, and circumstance vary so widely.

Experiences that could refine us and mature us are processed too quickly to leave a lasting imprint. Instead of being ...

It's how we treat each other that will determine whether we survive, flourish, and remain a worthy people - or fail ...

In Vayishlach, this week’s Torah portion, the third patriarch’s name gets changed during a famous encounter. Or does it?

When Ari Shell reads his Torah portion at his bar mitzvah on Saturday, Jan. 17, he’ll be stepping into Jewish adulthood with ...

Thank you, Jacob. For what, you might ask? For reminding us never to miss a chance to do good, to say a kind word, to act with intention while we still have the gift of “now.” In one simple act, Jacob ...

The violence of brothers hating each other and even killing one another –which we are witnessing in Israel and Palestine in ...

This week’s Torah portion, Vayishlach, deposits us into the dramatic ongoing narrative of Jacob’s life, as he prepares to ...

While some younger Jewish people have supported him, many older Jews are unnerved by his election and fear it will stoke ...

“Serenity Shabbat is a special service or gathering designed to raise awareness, offer support and build community around the themes of addiction, recovery and ending stigma,” explains agency ...