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Dan Moskovitz

Senior Rabbi at Temple Sholom, Vancouver BC Canada

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Jun 3, 2026, 5:53 AM

Canada, remember your vows

A Jewish marriage agreement (iStock)

Prime Minister Carney acknowledged this week that Canada's covenant with its Jewish citizens is broken. Will the country do what's needed to repair it?

May 30, 2026, 7:57 PM

Lift Up Your Heads – Naso & Jewish Pride

B.C. Solicitor General Nina Krieger and Rabbi Dan Moskovitz, marking Jewish Heritage Month for the first time at the B.C. Legislature, May 27, 2026. (Credit: Jaime Stein)

This past week, I stood in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for the first public celebration of Jewish Heritage Month ever held in our provincial capital. That sentence matters because the key word is celebration. For years, Jewish communal engagement...

May 20, 2026, 3:34 PM

Make No Mistake

This post is based on a sermon I delivered to my congregation, Temple Sholom in Vancouver BC Canada on May 15, 2026 Once an error enters, it stays More than 1,700 years ago, the rabbis of the Talmud debated an educational question...

Mar 13, 2026, 9:45 PM

Vayakhel: The Courage to Gather

The year was 70 CE. Jerusalem was burning. The Romans had destroyed the Temple, the center of Jewish life for nearly a thousand years. No one was alive to remember when the Babylonians had done the same thing 500 years before,...

Oct 14, 2025, 8:14 PM

Six-seven: The sacred rhythm of a meaningless meme

My kids torment me with their fun, but the joke's on them, as I make order of their 6 days of chaos, and observe the world-changing idea of a 7th day of rest

Oct 9, 2025, 10:28 AM

Twilight in the sukkah

We are living in a holding pattern — suspended between anguish and anticipation. As reports emerge that hostages may be released in the coming days, our hearts hold both hope and heartbreak. It is not yet certain. We have been...

Sep 13, 2025, 8:57 AM

The Blessing of Curses – Ki Tavo 5785

There is a striking scene imagined in this week's Torah portion, Parashat Ki Tavo (Deut. 27:11-26): Upon crossing the Jordan, the 12 tribes of Israel will divide into two groups. Six tribes will stand on a southern mountain facing...

Feb 22, 2025, 1:11 AM

The Bones of Joseph and Our Unfinished Redemption

Embroider the broken heart of the colors of the flag of Israel sewed with red threads. Heart surgery.

Yesterday, my wife and I celebrated a milestone—our 20th wedding anniversary. It was a moment of deep gratitude, not just for the years we’ve shared but for the simple, profound joy of having all our children home. Our oldest is...

Jan 16, 2021, 11:56 PM

Hard Hearts, Soft Words

I find it nearly impossible to read torah without looking out the window, I mean that literally and metaphorically. Very often when I study, I have to sit with a verse and look out into near nothingness to organize...

Jan 11, 2021, 12:40 AM

Temple of Democracy

My first thought on Thursday morning (January 6, 2021) as I watched rioters, white supremacists, proud boys, anarchists, anti-Semites and seditionists storm the Temple of Democracy that is the US Capitol was of Hanukah. To the ancient Jews this must...

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Rabbi Dan Moskovitz is the Senior Rabbi of Temple Sholom in Vancouver BC Canada. A URJ Affiliated congregation.

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