Traditionally, the Book of Jonah is read in the synagogue on the afternoon of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Why? The rabbis give a variety of […]
IJV Online Chavurah’s Book of Jonah Sessions 2023
IJV Stands with Trans and Non-Binary People at the University of Waterloo and Beyond
New Ritual Resource for High Holidays 5784!
The Jewish high holidays are a period to collectively repent for our wrongdoings over the last year, and imagine how we will enact our ethical values in the year to […]
Vengeance will not bring justice: IJV statement on death sentence for Tree of Life shooter
A U.S. jury has sentenced to death the gunman who killed eleven worshippers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in 2018. When Robert Bowers entered the synagogue, he yelled, “All […]
Apply Now! IJV is Hiring a Communications and Media Lead
Location: Remotely from anywhere in Canada. Salary: $45,000 + commensurate with skills and experience; inclusive of 10% in lieu of benefits and pension; + $300/mo office allowance. Closing Date: Tuesday, […]
IJV Stands with Trans and Non-Binary People at the University of Waterloo and Beyond
Last Wednesday, June 28, a gender studies class at the University of Waterloo was targeted in an apparent hate crime that left a professor and two students injured. This was […]