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Parashat Vayeshev – Lead by example

Parashat Vayeshev – Lead by example

Dec 5, 2017

We’ve all laughed at the infamous adage: do as I say not as I do.  Whether we’re telling our children to put down their electronic devices as we answer an email and text a friend, or insist they eat dinner before dessert as we brush away the crumbs from cookies we...

Parashat VAYISHLACH – Facing our Anxieties

Parashat VAYISHLACH – Facing our Anxieties

Nov 27, 2017

For this week's Parashat, I'd like to pass along the following article... Facing Our Anxieties and Moving On VAYISHLACH, GENESIS 32:4−36:43 Shabbat Shalom, Debbie

Parashat Vayetze – Outside the comfort zone

Parashat Vayetze – Outside the comfort zone

Nov 22, 2017

My older daughters take the city bus home from high school most afternoons.  It is a 10-minute walk, one 15-20-minute bus ride through a safe neighbourhood, and then a 2-minute walk to our door.  They do not complain – except when it’s pouring or freezing – and mostly...

Faces of Akiva – Akiva grandparents Harvey and Margo Elman

Faces of Akiva – Akiva grandparents Harvey and Margo Elman

Nov 15, 2017

Every morning Akiva students, Sarah and Chloe Elman, have a very special way to start their school day.  Their grandparents, Margo and Harvey, who live down the street from Akiva School, meet their grandchildren outside the school and walk them to their classrooms -...