Mar 26, 2019 | Ethics, Politics, Religion / Spirituality
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks wrote:”non-Jews respect Jews who respect Judaism. They are embarrassed by Jews who are embarrassed by Judaism. Never be ambivalent about who and what you are.” I have spent years trying to understand why Jews join forces with those who call...
Mar 21, 2019 | Politics, Religion / Spirituality
The Toronto Board of Rabbis has worked hard to arrange for rings of peace around Mosques this Friday, in memory of the mosque shooting in New Zealand, Mach 15, 2019. It was a terrible tragedy and the Jewish people are sharing their sympathy. But what...
Mar 11, 2019 | News, Politics, Religion / Spirituality
Ahhh socialism, it just calls to me. Why not? Everything is FREE! I love socialists. So full of vim and vigour. Pumped up. Take AOC; all initials, we don’t need her name anymore. She is the bright light of the Democratic Socialist Party. There she is telling...
Feb 26, 2019 | Ethics, Politics, Religion / Spirituality
Canadians value diversity and tolerance. Our constitution which sits on the Judeo/Christian ethic makes these values possible for it is this ethic that teaches all people are born with equal intrinsic value and all life is sacred. For that reason women...
Feb 17, 2019 | Politics, Religion / Spirituality
Antisemitism is sky rocketing from the right, and more importantly, from the left.Common ground between two extremes. Jew hatred is rising in Europe. Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry at Tel Aviv University concludes that “Europe’s...
Jan 31, 2019 | Ethics, Religion / Spirituality
“One may not go beyond a certain limit; to live is good, to want to live is human, but not at the expense of another’s death.” ~ Elie Wiesel: Messengers of God I remember when abortion was made legal. There were restrictions, but at least we could say...
