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Electronic and cyber communication in relationships: futility or utility?

The 30-something businessman was just finishing lunch when a text message came to his fancy device in his suit pocket. “Dear Mark, I am sorry but I’m just not ready for a relationship right now. I hope...

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Can aliyah affect life insurance?

Since your RRSP has a long-term role in your overall planning, it is important to know how Canada and Israel will tax it after Aliyah. The same is true for life insurance policies. When leaving Canada,...

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Becoming the people we have always wanted to be

Other than the obvious lack of vitamin D we get in the winter, it certainly doesn’t help brighten our moods when every other thing in the mail is an offer from a fitness club reminding you to join (and...

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Just Saying: Honouring the memory of a genuine man of medicine

I have a birthday this month, as does, not surprisingly, my twin brother. The reason we are even around to celebrate our birthday is due in great part to a competent and caring gynaecologist who did...

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House Conversations: Embrace the change!

Every Shabbat morning I walk to shul, and it has been a process. In fact, I went through three different stages on how to approach this walk. Stage 1: At first, it was a walk by myself and I revelled...

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Woman’s new blog gives her ‘365 Days to Find Love’

It has been two years since Cheryl Besner separated from her husband and began contemplating a return to the dating scene. With divorce proceedings imminent, the attractive and vivacious 52-year-old...

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Who will guard the guards?

Michael Grossman Special to the Tribune TORONTO – Ha Yataron Ha Enoshi (The Human Advantage) is the motto of the Nachal Unit of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF). Sadly, however, no human advantage...

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The power of storytelling

Marta Fuchs Recently I had the pleasure to speak to a group of grade 4 and 5 students at a San Francisco public elementary school for their annual Writers Faire. Since my new book is about my family’s...

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Using music to bond survivors and the next generation

Evan Malach Special to the Tribune When Faigie Libman first went on March of the Living 10 years ago, she sang so often that the rabbi on the trip jokingly asked her if she had an off switch. On this...

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Jewish singles get to mingle

When Rena Elbaz recently took up the role of Jewish Engagement Specialist with the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg, an outreach task of connecting more Jews to more of Jewish life, she didn’t know about...

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A personal Yom Yerushalayim

It was May 1967, the war drums were beating at a frantic pace, Egyptian forces were gathering as Jordanians, Syrians and Iraqis readied their troops to move against Israel.  The combined military...

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A Baghdadi Jew from India looks at life in Kolkata

Navras Jaat AafreediTazpit News Agency June 19, 2013 was an historic day as it saw the release of the only work of fiction by a member of the Baghdadi Jewish community of Kolkata. The Jewish community...

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Will my kids be proud of me?

Maya Fitzpatrick As I was leaving a car shop the other day, I thought to myself about the man who just fixed my car. I got to know a little about him during my drop-off. I know he has two daughters and...

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Halifax: university town, worldly experience

Marilyn Lazar My daughter graduated from Dalhousie University this past spring. Although her choice to attend a school this distance from home limited the number of visits, when I did go, we had fun...

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Don’t get sucked in

Stephen GosewichDaddy Blogger, Pink & Blue Yes, I will admit to loving the new Target “Back To School” commercial recently aired on Canadian airwaves. Hearing a children’s version of “Under...

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Pro-Syria hackers publish information on 165,000 Israelis

(JNS.org) – A pro-Syrian hacking group breached Israeli and American websites and released the personal information of more than 165,000 Israelis. The largest breached website in the organized...

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Murder victim honoured

Bialik Hebrew Day School dedicated one of its Kindergarten rooms in memory of Rochelle Wise. Rochelle Wise and Donny Pichosky were murdered in Hallandale Beach, FL in January 2013. To date no one has...

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And the survey summary says…

Ronald Rotenberg and Sam MosesExclusive to the Tribune In the spring of last year, Rotenberg Research conducted a survey of Jewish households in the greater Toronto Area (GTA) for the Jewish Tribune....

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Human trafficking: ‘This can happen to your child’

Coming from a stable home with a loving family didn’t protect Sammy* from becoming a victim of human trafficking. She didn’t fit the profile of a vulnerable, at-risk girl, yet a violent pimp managed to...

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Nazi dad…IDF son

Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger is a physician, a veteran of the Israeli army and a respected member of Miami’s Jewish community. He’s also the son of a decorated World War II tank commander and Nazi officer....

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