Archive for 2020
Life Is What Happens to You While You’re Busy Making Other Plans
John Lennon once sang: “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” This week, we start
The Modern Day Levites
Counting the Levites Separately Bamidbar, the book of Numbers, begins with the census of the Jewish people. According to Rashi,
A Special Role to Play
Numbers, Chapter 1, Verse 53, reads: “The Levites will camp around the Tent of the Congregation…and the Levites are to
Getting a True Count of Community
When it comes to synagogue communities there is an easy way to count and a hard way. The easy
In the Desert
This week we start the fourth of the five books of the Torah, Bamidbar (the first portion in each
Jewish Group Calls on Toronto Mosque to Denounce Antisemitic ‘Prayers’
The Jaffari Center, a Shia mosque in the Toronto neighborhood of Thornhill. Photo: Screenshot via Google Maps. JNS.org – Friends
In Syria’s War-Torn Idlib, Traveling Barbers Bring Children Relief
A volunteer hairdresser from the International Association for Relief and Development (ONSUR) wearing a face mask and gloves cuts the
Some 10,000 Iranian Health Workers Infected With Coronavirus: State Media
Iranians wear protective masks and face shields against possible coronavirus contagion in Tehran, May 20, 2020. Photo: WANA (West Asia
De Blasio Comes Under Scrutiny for Another Tweet Directed at Jewish Community
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio at a press conference on April 29, 2020. Photo: YouTube screenshot. JNS.org –
US Secretary of State Slams ‘Disgusting, Hateful Antisemitism’ of Iran Regime Leader
Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a Friday prayers sermon, in Tehran, Jan. 17, 2020. Photo: Official Khamenei website / Handout