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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Good Prayers
http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/pastoral/pubs/blue.html For Healing Give ear, Adonai, to my prayer, heed my plea for mercy. In time of trouble I call to You, for You will answer me. When pain and fatigue are my companions, let there be room in my heart for strength. When days and nights are filled with darkness, let the light of [...]
130 Neptune Sukhah – CJN Article, October 2011
I just moved out of 130 Neptune into my new place. I write this still exhausted from the demands of schlepping boxes and scrubbing floors. I’m feeling as you all were when you moved. I’ve had a lot of time to consider what these last four years have meant to me; how this sukhah, this [...]
A Son, Eli Rubenstein, Remembers his Father, Isadore Rubenstein
Eulogy for Israel Isadore Rubenstein January 31, 2011, Clanton Park Synagogue, Toronto As I stand here in Clanton Park shul, a place where my brother and I stood and davened with my father on so many Friday nights and Shabbat mornings, and on so many chagim, my memories drift back to my childhood, when my [...]
Gays, Lesbians, Pride, Kaplan, Farber, Apple, Police, Torah = ?
York Regional Police’s rabbi under fire for anti-gay comments The following article (scroll down) was written in Xtra this past week (February 5, 2011). It describes a situation in Toronto, within the Jewish community, whereby an Orthodox rabbi spoke out on Shabbat (the Sabbath) in his Synagogue against a gay and lesbian lifestyle and support of Pride Day participation, when [...]
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 [...]
They are Jewish Children – Avrum’s CJN Article December 23, 2010
Thursday, 23 December 2010 How would you describe your appreciation of and respect for what orphanages do? What do you think when a friend fosters a child? My guess is you feel a deep respect for their initiative and are in awe of them. Somewhere, someplace you might feel compelled to do the same. What [...]
The year is almost over – My CJN Article (December 9, 2010)
Thursday, 09 December 2010 We are living in the post-Holocaust mourning era. Until a short while ago, the Holocaust and the murder of our six million beloved family members stuck in our minds like a stir stick in cement. The Toronto Jewish community built Holocaust memorials, as if there would never be enough plaster [...]
