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“The letter was written so that Rabbis would see other Rabbis agree with them,” said David Bernstein.

The Jewish News of Northern California

“The letter was written so that Rabbis would see other Rabbis agree with them,” said David Bernstein.

The province will provide a public health variance for faith communities which will allow them to exceed the current limit of 10 people indoors. Physical distancing and masks will be required.

  VANCOUVER -- Consultations are finishing between the province and faith leaders to return to in-person worship in the coming days. “This has been such anticipated and hoped for news,” said senior rabbi Dan Moskovitz with Temple Sholom in Vancouver. "Our congregation, our community and I’m sure all faith communities are just so relieved to know that there’s a path forward and we’re going to be able to start to return to in-person worship, outdoors and indoors.” A new order is ...

  VANCOUVER -- Arguing religious freedom is protected under Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Canadian and B.C. Civil Liberties associations have written to provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry asking that she exempt in-person religious services from her social gatherings ban. “What we ask is that this order be reconsidered, and we would hope that request would be taken seriously, given that the existing orders do allow other venues to be open with certain protocols,”...