Join Us for Purim

by Arliene Botnick, February 28, 2023

On the 14th of the Adar, we will be celebrating the holiday of Purim. If it were a leap year, it would be celebrated in Adar 11. This is one…

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Our Return Committee 3 years later

by John Lewsen, February 28, 2023

Three years ago on February 29, 2020, Brenda and I hosted a celebration with family and friends. Twenty-four of us crammed into our home. Over the course of the evening,…

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day

by Arliene Botnick, January 31, 2023

On January 27, we honoured International Holocaust Remembrance Day. January 27 was chosen since it was the day that Jews, those few who survived, barely survived, were liberated from the…

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The Passing of Former Mayor Hazel McCallion

by John Lewsen, January 31, 2023

In her tribute to Rabbi Englander on his retirement from Solel in May 2014, Mayor Hazel McCallion commented that she “had the privilege of knowing Rabbi Englander and his wife…

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