Passover Parodies - Among the Best we Found

With all the parody groups out there from the Maccabeats to The Ein Prat Fountainheads, (graduates and students of Midreshet Ein Prat, Israel) it's refreshing to find original ideas on what to do with all that leftover Matzah at the end of Passover.



Performed by Michelle Citrin and William Levin

Chag Kasher v’Samayach from all of us @TheCJN and The CJ Shmooze

Na'amat Canada Toronto presents Israel Day Festival

Did you know: Na'amat supports 250 day care centres in Israel? Pictured left is one of them where we provide 3 meals a day for children as well as 2 snacks.

Join us at our 16th annual FREE Israel Day Festival, June 5th, from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Mel Lastman Square.

It's a cultural event featuring both Hebrew and English entertainment, Hebrew Day School children's choirs, Middle Eastern and Canadian food, vendor's market, live auction and the best part is the money raised goes to support social services and enhance the lives of women and children in Israel.

Exploring Passover's Traditions...

The Seder so nice, we do it twice! But why??

Read Rabbi Michael Stavsky's latest holiday article:

http://bit.ly/pesachStory

Canada Votes 2011 - CJPACers Blog (Part II)

The hardworking team over at the Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee (CJPAC) continue to provide terrific insight into the minds of young, Jewish, Canadian federal party volunteers as they campaign towards the May 2 vote.

The following are four more blogs from the CJPAC members – Julien Newman, Sarah Kitai, Zach Paikin and Aaron Silver – each reveal more about their experiences with their chosen parties this election. Read on and enjoy. Oh, and don't forget to go to the polls on May 2. 

Your vote counts. 

- The Shmooze Team.

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Julien Newman – My first time:

The first time I volunteered in a large-scale political campaign was to elect Ed Broadbent in 2004. Mr Broadbent was a former leader of the NDP. He had delivered the party’s most successful electoral results and he was returning to federal politics to support of our promising new leader – Jack Layton. We had thousands of volunteers throughout the campaign and we managed to win the seat from the Liberals.

Read more at Julien's www.itsup2you.ca  blog

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Sarah Kitai – Lessons Learned:

Sometimes, it’s the unpleasant experiences in life that teach us the best lessons.

This was certainly true of my early encounters with political organizations. As a high school student, concerned about environmental issues and eager to get involved, I naively decided to volunteer with a certain left-wing environmental advocacy group which shall henceforth remain unnamed.

Read more at Sarah's www.itsup2you.ca blog

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Zach Paikin – My First Political Campaign:

This week’s topic is about our very first political campaign and what we wished we had known at that age.

My first political campaign was when I was 13 years old, and funnily enough it was working for John Tory in his race to become leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party in 2004. (I have only been a partisan since 2008, when I decided to join the Liberal Party.)

Read more at Zach's www.itsup2you.ca blog

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Aaron Silver – My First Time:

Thinking about when I was first involved in a campaign takes me back to September 2008.  I was a junior CJPAC fellow and hungry to get involved in politics.  I lived in Toronto at that time, in the riding of Eglinton-Lawrence and wanted to get involved in a Conservative campaign.  My desire to work on a campaign led me to the nomination campaign of Joe Oliver.

Read more at Aaron's www.itsup2you.ca blog