The Or Shalom Cemetery: A Community Teaching on related issues of Integral Halacha
When I began my Senior Teshuva (Responsa) project, knowing that Or Shalom was in the process of acquiring the rights to a section of Mountain View Cemetery, wanting to ask a “live” question (as we are enjoined to do), the question I posed was whether it was possible to accommodate the needs, dreams, wishes, desires of those who wanted to be buried only with other Jews, those who wanted to be buried with their non-Jewish loved ones, and those who may not be in relationship wit
Israel, Canada and Me in the Age of Trump
(Prepared for Independent Jewish Voices) I think I’m the only Canadian born on this panel. Not only was I born in Canada, in North Battleford, Saskatchewan to be exact, my parents were also born in Canada. Even more than that, my maternal grandfather was also born in Canada. My families’ roots in Canada are very deep and wide. Both sides came to Canada in the late 19th century, probably fleeing pogroms in Eastern Europe. I was raised in Edmonton, Alberta. My father owned
