Tag: opinion

Move over Margot Robbie. We need more Natasha Lyonne

Clarrie FeinsteinClarrie Feinstein is a journalist based in Toronto where she is currently a reporter for Toronto Star. She previously was a reporter for Metroland Media where she covered education in Peel…

Forgiveness: It’s Complicated

Denise HandlarskiDenise Handlarski is a rabbi ordained by the Secular Humanistic Jewish movement. She is the creator and spiritual leader of the online community Secular Synagogue and the author of The A-Z of Intermarriage…

What Harm Reduction & Passover Have in Common: A Path to Freedom

Marla KaufmanMarla Kaufman is the executive director and founder of Jewish Addiction Awareness Network. After her own family’s decade-plus experience of navigating resources to support their son’s journey from addiction to recovery,…

The Torah of Intersectionality

Rabbi Rachel TimonerRabbi Rachel Timoner is grateful and proud to serve as Senior Rabbi of Congregation Beth Elohim in Park Slope, Brooklyn. She is honoured to stand with families at the moments…

Ukrainian Jewish Encounter: more important than ever

Natalia A. FeduschakNatalia A. Feduschak joined UJE in October 2013. With more than twenty years of international journalism experience, she has spent much of her career covering the former Soviet Union, from…

A new home for the LGBTQ+ Jewish community in Toronto

Cara GoldCara Gold is a Jewish community builder, organizer and dreamer working at the Miles Nadal JCC. Cara sits on the board of Hashomer Hazair Canada and is an alumni of the…

Don’t rest on the laurels of Jews from history

Ella Gladstone MartinCantor Ella Gladstone Martin is thrilled to serve Community Synagogue in Port Washington, Long Island. Ella was born in Jerusalem and raised in Toronto, Canada, where she received her Bachelor’s in jazz…

Repair our world

Rabbi Jeremy ParnesRabbi Jeremy Parnes received rabbinic ordination through the ALEPH Ordination Program (AOP). He has been the Spiritual Leader of Beth Jacob Synagogue in Regina since 1998. He is active in interfaith and chaplaincy…

The way we are

Clarrie FeinsteinClarrie Feinstein is a journalist based in Toronto where she is currently a reporter for Toronto Star. She previously was a reporter for Metroland Media where she covered education in Peel…

She said / She said / We Said

Joanna and Laine Halpern ZismanJoanna Halpern Zisman is a software engineer and tech lead at TWG, a Deloitte Business. She started Yente Over the Rainbow in 2017 because she recognized the lack…

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