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Years before I decided to become a rabbi, our congregation in Canada interviewed several people for our then-vacant rabbinical position.

One candidate, leading the Amidah prayer, began...Read more...

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About two weeks ago, I attended a lecture given by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, one of Judaism's foremost authors, philosophers and storytellers.

"Let me ask you," he said to those thousand-odd in the audience.  "Do you have friends you're not talking to?"Read more...

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It was twenty years ago that Patte and I experenced from two young children one of Judaism's most important values.

It's a lesson embodied in this week's Parashah, Chayei Sarah -- and...Read more...

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It was a rainy evening in November 2003 when I picked my wife up at Edmonton International Airport.

She got into the car and reached for her seatbelt. "I have something important to share with you," she...Read more...

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There are times when I believe that we make religion and Judaism more complicated that they need to be.

Our tradition is limned with countless interpretations and commentaries which have produced thousands of rules and regulations fully known to a chosen few, to the point that so many...Read more...