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So Many Questions! So Many Answers!
by Arliene Botnick, November 30, 2024
As we approach the end of the secular year 2024, I thought it was a good opportunity to answer some of the’ burning questions we’ve been asked in the past…
Read More »Halloween Is No Threat to Our Judaism
by Arliene Botnick, November 1, 2024
Over the years, both Hebrew school and adult education classes have been cancelled because of Halloween. Sometimes that cancellation has been applauded and sometimes it has been criticized. This year,…
Read More »Remember, Yom Kippur Comes Every Year!
by Arliene Botnick, September 30, 2024
It is our tradition, beginning on the second day of Rosh Chodesh Elul, to hear the shofar being sounded. The rabbis suggest that when Moses went up on Sinai for…
Read More »That Which is Hateful to You…
by Arliene Botnick, September 2, 2024
I spent an amazing week at Camp George with about 175 children and teens from all over Ontario, northeast US and about 36 Shinshinim (Israeli older teens working at camp…
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