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1+ hour, 52+ min ago   (796+ words) Question of the Day: How will you spend the Thanksgiving long weekend? By Lethbridge Herald on October 10, 2026. If you’re looking for gratitude, there’s one place I wouldn’t necessarily recommend starting: the Roasts and Toasts section of the Lethbridge Herald. Don’t…...

1+ hour, 18+ min ago   (1741+ words) Their names, their faces, the lives they should have lived. For one day, I wanted to leave the space to them. But they have taken enough. Enough of our attention, enough of our energy, enough of the space in which…...

2+ hour, 29+ min ago   (228+ words) There’s a common refrain in many parts of the Israel supporting community. Criticizing the Israeli government is fine. Just don’t do it in a Jew-hating way. Don’t do it in a manner than invalidates its right to exist. Sounds fair to…...

8+ hour, 30+ min ago   (271+ words) On Friday, 26 September / 9 October 2026, His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, presided over the service of the Blessing of the Waters at the Church of the Holy Trinity on Holy Zion, as a blessing for the new…...

1+ hour, 51+ min ago   (418+ words) “You said once I had my great-grandmother’s horns?” Solaris ventured tentatively. Ashvon beamed, thrilled at the break in the silence. Her great-grandmother and their resemblance seemed like a good place to start. “Beautiful, wasn’t she?” Ashvon asks Sol, full of…...

3+ hour, 6+ min ago   (1206+ words) With the High Holy Days barely behind us and a very important election on the horizon, today is the perfect time to take stock of where we stand, both individually and collectively, and where we would like to be in…...

12+ hour, 17+ min ago   (187+ words) Ukraine’s Chief Rabbi Moshe Reuven Asman responded on Facebook to claims by American journalist Tucker Carlson about preparations to rebuild the Third Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. In his view, if even fierce critics have begun speaking about this mission, then…...

4+ hour, 59+ min ago   (658+ words) “In Israel, no one talks about a peace process anymore.” Then there is Gaza, where humanitarian conditions “have not improved. On the contrary, the population is increasingly worn down and exhausted.” Exhaustion and weariness also appear to be defining features…...

7+ hour, 9+ min ago   (803+ words) Jesus says forgiveness isn’t optional. That does not cancel the need for justice, writes Jan Carrie Steven. Jesus knew more than a thing or two about forgiveness, writes Jan Carrie Steven. At our community Bible study, we read and reflect…...