Sarah Mali

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Jan 1, 2025, 2:09 PM

On Not Knowing: Chanukah and Its Hidden Resource

The Chanukiah built by Assaf and his friends for his peers.

How uncertainty can be a hidden resource.

Oct 9, 2024, 9:23 PM

Yom Kippur and Reasonable Hope

The Jewish people are facing Yom Kippur, a day of soul searching and return. In an intertwining of past and present, we are also ending the week of the “anniversary” of October 7th that has cruelly rubbed in for...

Apr 24, 2024, 11:16 AM

Passover as our lives

Each year at Passover, we say that we are commanded to see ourselves as if we came from Egypt. We sing songs that take us back to our own (somewhat distant) childhood and tell a story of an Israelite...

Oct 13, 2023, 6:44 PM

This is Our Moment: Shabbat, October 13th 2023

It is totally bewildering to me that we are reentering Shabbat. There has been no structure to the week. You wake and have this split second where you think life is normal and then your whole stomach churns and your...

Oct 2, 2023, 2:20 PM

Sukkot: A Safe Dwelling Place, In Our Own Times

Nothing short of idyllic. The thick green grass that rolled casually over endless landscapes, the occasional cloud in the sky, the eager-eyed counsellors that awaited our arrival and the fanfare of small but noticeable Israeli flags in the form...

May 19, 2023, 3:03 PM

Sderot, the day after: No one is alone

Returning to school in Sderot. (courtesy)

The time the man who helps locals process the rocky emotional terrain of Sderot was schooled in emotional health by Sderot residents, under rocket attack

Apr 8, 2020, 1:32 PM

Advancing social integration and adaptation despite isolation

Thirty Russian-speaking Masa participants in little boxes on a computer screen. Each looking directly at the camera. They are at the center of a dialogue that is emerging on how to exercise leadership during a pandemic. Over 3,500 Masa Fellows,...

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About Me

Sarah Mali is the director general of Jewish Federations Canada-UIA. Sarah has served the Jewish community for over two decades and is a prolific writer and public speaker in Israel and globally.