Susan Inhaber, president, Na’amat Canada (left), with Dalia Margalit-Faircloth, president, Na’amat Vancouver. (photo by Heather Freed) Na’amat Canada and NA’AMAT USA came together last month to celebrate a milestone: 100 years of community work. The Centennial Celebration, held in Toronto…
A drawing of the new Jewish campus at Oak Street and 41st Avenue. (image from Jewish Federation) With construction of the new Jewish campus at Oak Street and 41st Avenue set to begin in spring 2026, many in our community…
Ben Shneiderman, a retired computer scientist who lives in Vancouver, is a member of an extraordinary family. Recently, he promoted his Uncle Chim’s photography exhibition at the Zack Gallery, as well as the new English translation of his father’s book…
On June 21, at Ohel Yitzhak in Nahalat Shiva, Gil Zohar celebrated the 57th anniversary of his bar mitzvah. (photo Gil Zohar) Man plans, God laughs, goes the Yiddish aphorism. For the last half year, I have been diligently learning…
I recently participated in a conference panel on hope in a time of divisive politics. A friend in the Jewish community couldn’t do it, so she asked me to help instead. I won’t lie, I felt nervous. I worried that…
Writer Deborah Wilde is more public now about the Jewish elements in her novels, which have always had a Jewish sensibility. (photo from Deborah Wilde) East Vancouver author Deborah Wilde has been a writer since childhood, when she filled countless…
“‘You’re dead, Weiss!’ Declan shouted. He turned back to his friends. ‘This is our chance. Let’s get him!’” And so the chase after sixth-grader Matthew Weiss begins, led by bully classmate Declan Bollard, with Declan’s three followers right behind. It…
בתור אחד שגר בישראל ארבעים וחמש שנים אני מכיר מקרוב את היהירות הישראלית שרק הולכת ומתעצמת כל הזמן. הישראלים יודעים הכל, הם מבינים הכל, ישראל היא המדינה החשובה בעולם, והישראלים יכולים להסביר בקלות ללא ישראלים: מה צריך לעשות, כיצד לפעול,…
Left to right: Rabbi Philip Bregman, Archbishop Michael Miller and Rabbi Jonathan Infeld. (photo by Pat Johnson) A lesson from a Jewish professor decades ago has remained with Archbishop Michael Miller all his life. Miller retired last month as archbishop…
