by Cindy Warren | Feb 16, 2017 | Blog, My Jewish Journey
Guest Blogger: Perry Shak Akiva parent and board member What is the most valuable commodity in the world? It is Time. As we will see, this is one of the many lessons that can be learned from this weeks Parasha. Yitro priest of Midian, and Moshes’ father in...
by Cindy Warren | Feb 15, 2017 | Blog, My Jewish Journey
This week’s parashah describes the Israelites standing before Mount Sinai as they accept God’s Torah. As the ten commandments are read in synagogue this Shabbat, the congregation is asked to stand as did the Israelites in that awesome, powerful moment when God...
by Cindy Warren | Feb 9, 2017 | Blog, My Jewish Journey
This week I’d like to share a D’var Torah from Rabbi Sacks. The Power of Ruach – Rabbi Sacks Wishing everyone a wonderful Tu B’Shvat and Shabbat Shalom.
by Cindy Warren | Feb 1, 2017 | Blog, My Jewish Journey
On Monday, the children had the opportunity to visit the Marc Chagall exhibit at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. On Tuesday, Grade 6 had a poetry slam for parents in which they read poems they wrote inspired by Chagall paintings. In this week’s parashah, God...
by Cindy Warren | Jan 26, 2017 | Blog, My Jewish Journey
This week, as a school and community, we joined the World Jewish Congress’s global campaign to have the largest commemoration of the Holocaust ever by contributing our photos showing #we remember. We remember the victims of the Holocaust, we remember to continue the...
by Cindy Warren | Jan 19, 2017 | Blog, My Jewish Journey
In Les Miserables, when Jean Valjean contemplates allowing an innocent man to suffer the fate meant for him, he ultimately decides to stop hiding his true identity and face the consequences of disappearing from his parole – and we understand this decision when he...