http://www.cjnews.com/news/columnists/he-was-shepherd Kibur Asres died last month at 61 in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, and was buried in Addis Ababa. Thousands cried for him, Jewish and non-Jewish. We, in Toronto, were honoured to have known him. Kibur was born on May 12, 1950, in Dabat, Ethiopia, to Qes Asres Yayehe and Amarach Denku. He was known to [...]
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Ve’ahavta Honors the Repair People – CJN Article, November 29, 2011
http://www.cjnews.com/news/columnists/ve%E2%80%99ahavta-honours-repair-people Sometimes, we Jews have the opportunity to party. That’s a good thing, since there have been many times when we’ve not felt like it or have been prevented from doing so. And, of course, there are the parties, festive and all, where we celebrate our survival, such as Purim, with schnapps and dance, but [...]
I lost a friendship – a CJN Article (November 21, 2011)
http://www.cjnews.com/news/columnists/i-lost-friendship The Torah teaches us to celebrate differences, and not to want everyone to mimic one another – whether it comes to personalities, beliefs or religious practices. – Eli Rubenstein I lost a friendship. When we were kids, all was good. We were the tame rebels with longish hair and bad-ass mouths. We were the [...]
Taking the Summer off from the Canadian Jewish News
I have taken the summer off from writing for the Canadian Jewish News (CJN). I have because it is tiring to write a piece every single week. I don’t know know if you’ve ever written over an extended period of time. It is a challenge. While I enjoy writing, a lot, particularly for the Canadian [...]
Ha’motzi on Melba Toast – An Avrum CJN ARticle
Thursday, 17 March 2011 She tells me that when she walks out of the shower and stares at her face in the mirror, she’s in disbelief. She says that somewhere, some time, 86 crept into her and took her history. “It’s gone,” she blurted out. I asked her to explain. We sat together on [...]
Keep an Eye out for Avrum’s Article: The Toronto Police Force (CJN, February 9, 2011)
Please keep an eye out for my article to be published in the Canadian Jewish News next Wednesday (February 9, 2011). It is called: The Toronto Police: A Need for Change, having to do with the problems in the Toronto police force. Suffice it to say that the G20 opened our eyes up to some [...]
Jewish Paranoia (Avrum’s CJN Article, Thursday, 27 January 2011)
“It’s because I’m a Jew isn’t it?” How many times have you sat quietly while one of our local organizations, leaders or community members accused someone of antisemitism or anti-Israel sentiment when, in fact, the motivation of the speaker, writer or non-Jewish leader was anything but? The situation this month involving the Bay stores and [...]
Children Are From Another Time: (Avrum’s CJN Article January 20, 2011)
http://www.cjnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20635&Itemid=86 A child can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer. – Author Unknown My son, Noah, asked me, “Daddy, what happens if one day I can’t stop laughing?” It was a reasonable question. After all, my little boy knows the saying, “I laughed off my head” (sic) in reference to something [...]
The Grays: The Yes’s and the No’s (Avrum’s CJN Article January 18, 2011)
I am sitting in a Holiday Inn in Peterborough, Ontario. I’m overlooking the Trent Severn Waterway a small body of water framed by railway tracks to the North, and cottages to the south. Since I began painting in 1995 I have heard much of nature is grey, a color expressed through the trunks of trees [...]
