Issue 1
September/October 2020
Drive-ins & Radio Broadcasts: How Toronto Synagogues Are Providing High Holiday Services During the Pandemic
Adaptation is the word to use when looking at how the services will be hosted this year.
JCCs Connecting Globally Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
Before the pandemic, it often felt challenging for some people to understand what happens at JCCs in other parts of the world, but dealing with the same virus has forged new relationships within this global network.
Seeing Past “I’m Sorry”
The absence of a formal apology may be the most powerful way to restore relationships.
(Don’t) Take Me to Church
It is high time we make Canada as great as global stereotypes make us out to be.
My Journey Rediscovering Ashkenazi Food During the Pandemic
So with quarantine’s endless weekend and a desire to try something old, cooking helped me connect to my late grandparents and great-grandparents’ experiences.
A Downtown Toronto Art Gallery Brings Jewish Expression to the Forefront
FENTSTER is keeping the Jewish community on the map
A Franco-Israeli Sculptor Finally Gets His Last Wish: Showing His Work to the Masses
Achiam spent his adolescence thinking he would become a farmer until art surged into his life.
ARTS & KVETCH: A Guide for Staying Connected to Jewish Arts and Culture During the Pandemic
These organizations may be of more interest to Toronto readers, but their content can be enjoyed from anywhere.
Forging New Judaic Designs by Repurposing the Past
By working this way, Addison sees potential in what other people might see as trash.
Jewish Magical Realism: An interview with Zvi Suchet
Of all the texts for the world’s religions, I think that the Torah presents the most complex symbolism. It is an impossibly rich, never-ending source of inspiration
Energizing Our Environments: How Shoresh (Re)introduces Eco-Awareness and Sustainability to Toronto’s Jewish Community
Like the rings of trees, Shoresh grows concentrically. For the past twelve years they have and continue to grow from, around, and through a centre rooted in awareness.
The “Gross, but Great and Powerful” Schmutz: An interview with Jess Goldman
No chapter ends resolutely, mirroring the journey we all go on as we explore our identities.
Everything
You come in a box, I come in a smile, I’m thinking about prosciutto.
THE PRESUMPT- UOUS CLAUST-ROPHOBIC
or take-out aluminum containers / their reflective beauty subsiding
Let’s Make a Challah!
Let's make a challah!
A Dance by Fradel Shtok: Stage Adaptation
Oy, I wish I was already home and warm.
This is Not The Road
laying down my head for bed my thoughts whir / And again in dreams I see the ladder
A DNA test can be routine pleasantries or ceremonial engagements
Each work is informed by the organized chaos of collections and the aesthetics of tangential narratives, restlessness and layering
Aaron Koster
It was a strict, boring, no nonsense environment, and my brothers and I were all about nonsense.
Dion Futerman
Rosh Hashanah is the day that commemorates the creation of the world and is described as the “coronation” of Hashem.
Aaron Rotenberg
I overlay many images from my personal life with words and symbols from the Hebrew language to provide jumping-off points for rediscovering inspiration in Judaism.