A couple of weeks ago Gerry Posner forwarded us a fascinating email which contained a first-hand account written by an Israeli by the name of Omry...
By MYRON LOVE For Mexican-born Uri Shefer, his first visit to Canada was akin to love at first sight. It was 2003 and the just graduated...
On February 11, 2023 at Bayview Extendicare. Beloved wife of the late Abraham Jacob Grosh. Loving mother and mother-in-law of Elaine and Michael Kipp, Carol Grosh...
With deep sadness, but much love and gratitude for her long, full and well-lived life, the family of Mavis Rabkin announces her peaceful passing on Sunday,...
It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Lorraine Halparin on February 13th at the age of 79.Lorraine was born in Selkirk, Manitoba. She...
By MARTIN ZEILIG When asked what it is about Mesopotamia that captures her imagination, Dr. Tina Greenfield has a ready response—one that is self-evident to anyone...
By MYRON LOVE When I was growing up, I first discovered many of the classics of Western literature through the pages of the Classic comic book...
By BERNIE BELLAN Given the subject matter of Beatty Cohan’s column elsewhere on this site – online dating, I thought it appropriate to write about a...
According to Statista’s Digital Market Outlook, online dating services are expected to have reached 413 million active users worldwide by the end of 2022. $3.7 billion...
Last June we had a story about Marcus Spiegel, a young writer originally from Winnipeg whose parents are Esther and Jeff Spiegel, and whose in-laws are...
(JTA) – When students at Connecticut College learned that their president had been planning to attend a fundraiser at a historically racist and antisemitic golf club,...
This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect...
(New York Jewish Week) — As they say in the mameloshn (mother tongue), “Dos Yidish lid iz umetum.” In other words, “Yiddish song is in the...
BERLIN (JTA) — A plan to get Germany’s non-Orthodox rabbinical schools back on track after nearly a year of tumult has hit a snag: the country’s...
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(JTA) — My mother always loved to cook and bake, but I was never welcome in the kitchen. Not every night before dinner, not before Shabbat...