This week’s cover stories

Queer Jews are feeling isolated

photo - Aviva Rathbone, chair of JQT Vancouver, finds hope in the fact that “[t]here are lots of people in the community coming together right now and finding connections to heal what they can in what is a very broken world and what is a very broken situation” — Aviva Rathbone, chair of JQT Vancouver, finds hope in the fact that “[t]here are lots of people in the community coming together right now and finding connections to heal what they can in what is a very broken world and what is a very broken situation.” (photo from JQT)

Enjoy Bach with a twist

photo - Alon Sariel is Early Music Vancouver’s artist in residence for this summer’s festival — Alon Sariel is Early Music Vancouver’s artist in residence for this summer’s festival. (photo by Suzette Vorster-Van Acker)

World political theatre

Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu visited Washington this week, coincidentally in the aftermath of US President Joe Biden’s decision to not seek reelection. There is certainly no shortage of topics on their minds – and there are doubtlessly some unspoken subtexts. Given that one man is now officially in the final months of office and the other seems likewise approaching an end, the significance to each man’s country of a tête-à-tête is inevitably minimized….

The previous week’s cover stories

Teachers file rights complaint

image - A screenshot of the Anti-Oppression Educators Collective’s resources page. The AOEC is a provincial specialist association of the BC Teachers’ Federation — A screenshot of the Anti-Oppression Educators Collective’s resources page. The AOEC is a provincial specialist association of the BC Teachers’ Federation.

Bard plays with tradition

photo - Nathan Kay as Sir Andrew in Bard on the Beach’s production of Twelfth Night — Nathan Kay as Sir Andrew in Bard on the Beach’s production of Twelfth Night. (photo by Tim Matheson)

Nadeem Phillip Umar Khitab as the title character in Bard’s Hamlet. (photo by Tim Matheson)

Upheaval, good and bad

The French elections Sunday resulted in a hung parliament, with no party coming close to forming a working majority in the lower house. Given the choices French voters faced, this may be the best possible outcome….

In Between issues

המצב בישראל משפיע על מה שקורה בקנדה

החברה הלאומית של קנדה אייר קנדה תחזור לטוס לישראל רק בחודש הבא. החברה הקנדית שהחלה לטוס לישראל רק בעשרה באפריל הפסיקה את טיסותיה לתל אביב ארבעה ימים לאחר מכן, לאור סגירת נמל התעופה בן גוריון לאור המתקפה האיראנית. באייר קנדה מעדכנים כ הטיסות יחודשו בין קנדה לישראל רק החל מהשישה באוגוסט
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