The paintings of Frank Levine are on display at the Zack Gallery until Aug. 31 in a shared show, called Celebration, with Melanie Fogell. (photo by Olga Livshin) The latest show at the Zack Gallery, Celebration, showcases two artists, Melanie Fogell…
Canada’s identity has evolved dramatically since the Second World War. First, the country’s self-image changed from an Anglo orientation as a member of the British Empire-cum-Commonwealth to a concept of “two founding nations,” which included the recognition of bilingualism and…
Robbie Waisman, left, and Chief Robert Joseph, will speak at Temple Sholom’s Selichot program Sept. 1. (photos from Temple Sholom) Two men who have built bridges between Canada’s indigenous and Jewish communities will speak about reconciliation, forgiveness and resilience at…
Vancouverite Maya Gur-Arieh was among the 57 soon-to-be-enlisted Israel Defence Forces lone soldiers who landed at Ben Gurion Airport on Aug. 15. (photo by Gil Zohar) A happy crowd of approximately 2,000 people – family and friends, along with eight…
With his photos, Liron Gertsman hopes to raise awareness of environmental issues. (photo by Liron Gertsman) Recent Vancouver high school graduate and award-winning photographer Liron Gertsman is heading to the University of British Columbia to study biology. His main passion…
Kakagi is, left to right, Jacob Brodovsky, Jesse Popeski, Jonathan Corobow and Max Brodovsky. (photo by Jen Doerksen) The band Kakagi (pronounced ke-KA-gi) is coming to Vancouver next month as part of a tour that includes several B.C. stops. Officially…
Jewish Family Services has launched a new program to provide short-term financial assistance to Jewish community members living in the Tri-Cities area, including Maple Ridge and Mission. This program is funded by a grant from a private donor through Jewish…
Families sometimes just have a bad run when it comes to health in the household. From December onwards, it seems like somebody has been sick at our house … but, in between, there were brief periods when most of us…
Eva Hesse is the subject of an Aug. 31 episode of PBS’s American Masters series. (photo by Herman Landshoff) Eva Hesse’s childhood was a rollercoaster of displacement, reunion, destabilization and trauma. In the journals she kept as a teenager and…
Dr. Carmit Altman of Bar-Ilan University. (photo by Carmit Altman) “Anna,” a preschooler in the Israeli city of Bat Yam, was thought to be cognitively impaired because testing her in Hebrew showed her cognitive skills lagging behind her classmates. But,…
A Hellenistic-era golden earring, discovered in the Givati Parking Lot in the City of David National Park. (photo from IAA courtesy Ashernet) A Hellenistic-era golden earring, featuring ornamentation of a horned animal, was discovered in the Givati Parking Lot in…
(צילום: abdallahh from Montreal) כמדי שנה חברת סקייטרקס מפרסמת את מדד מאה חברות התעופה הטובות בעולם. במדד של השנה: סינגפור איירליינס הגיעה למקום הראשון ואילו אייר קנדה הגיעה למקום השלושים. להלן עשר חברות התעופה הטובות ביותר בעולם לשנת 2018: סינגפור…
פעם שנייה: סוכן כפול עיראקי-ישראלי לשעבר נלחם למנוע שוב את גירושו לתוניסיה. (צילום: Amy Keus) סוכן כפול לשעבר של שירותי הביטחון של עיראק בתקופת הרודן סאדם חוסיין, וכן של “המוסד” הישראלי, חוסיין עלי סומדייה, מנסה למנוע את גירושו לתוניסיה בפעם…
Left to right are Jennifer Lines, Quelemia Sparrow and Marci T. House, who form part of the cast of Lysistrata. (photo by David Cooper) At Bard on the Beach this summer, there is an eclectic mix of plays. There is…
Dalia Levy, left, and Ariel Martz-Oberlander (photos from Vines Art Festival) “Good art is accountable to the community, raises up voices rarely heard and is vital to repairing our world.” This is a quote from Jewish community member Ariel Martz-Oberlander’s…
Before a soccer match with Maccabi Tel Aviv last week, the Hungarian football team Ferencváros Torna Club paid tribute to István Tóth in what is being heralded as a meaningful move against a creeping antisemitism that has permeated the European…
Consul General Galit Baram was in Vancouver last month. (photo from Consulate of Israel) Galit Baram, consul general of Israel to Toronto and Western Canada, was in Vancouver last month. “The visit was very good,” she told the Independent in…
Yael Levin, executive director, Israel Bonds Vancouver. (photo from Israel Bonds) For more than two years, the local Israel Bonds office was closed, and anyone wishing to contact Bonds had to go through Toronto. But, last July, the local office…
Emmalee Watts, left, and Rebecca Wosk are Hollow Twin. (photo by Alejandra Samaniego) “We are constantly writing and working on new material. It’s a never-ending process for us and we love it,” Rebecca Wosk told the Independent about her musical…
Andrew Cownden and Paige Fraser in Theatre Under the Stars’ production of 42nd Street. (photo by Lindsay Elliott Photography) The gasp of surprise and awe came from the row behind. “The glass slippers,” whispered the gown-clad girl, maybe 7 or…
Lili Tepperman is one of five kids featured in Beauty. (photo from NFB) It’s fine to be who you are,” says Bex Mosch, who turned 9 years old last year, when Beauty was released. Since the age of 3, Bex…
The Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver has partnered with BBYO to provide expanded opportunities for teens around the Lower Mainland. The partnership will enhance the connections of Greater Vancouver Jewish teens and link the local community to BBYO hubs…
From generation to generation: A Peretz Centre reunion attendee pauses to send a text while walking through an exhibit of archival photos. (photo from Peretz Centre) On June 20, Vancouver’s Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture held its first-ever reunion…
Honourary degree recipient Robert Waisman, centre, is congratulated by University of Victoria chancellor Shelagh Rogers as UVic president Jamie Cassels, right, applauds. (photo from UVic Photo Services) The Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre extends a mazal tov to board director and…
Five local rabbis – Rabbi Lindsey bat Joseph, Rabbi Shmuel Birnham, Rabbi Laura Duhan Kaplan, Rabbi David Mivasair and Rabbi Dan Moskovitz – are among the 33 signatories to a public statement issued July 11 calling upon the Trudeau government…
If you listen to lifestyle advice, finding one’s work-life balance has never been harder. Indeed, work obsesses many of us 24 We’re always struggling to find time for family, household and leisure activities. Like every generation, we think we’ve invented…
The gruff yet endearing Jewish character actor Ed Asner is instantly recognizable to many people for his portrayal of the equally gruff yet amiable Lou Grant in the classic 1970s television sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spinoff…
Camp Miriam, 1979. (photo from JWB fonds, JMABC L.09623) If you know someone in this photo, please help the JI fill the gaps of its predecessor’s (the Jewish Western Bulletin’s) collection at the Jewish Museum and Archives of B.C. by…
עכשיו זה כבר ברור לרבים: נשיא ארה”ב, דונלד טראמפ, גורם נזק ממשי לכלכלת העולם. טראמפ שמתהלך ומתנהג כבריון שכונתי מאיים על כולם, מביא לפרוד רציני בין ארה”ב לאירופה וקנדה ושאר הידידות המסורתיות שלה, דבר שרק מעלה חיוכים אצל הרוסים והסינים.…
Left to right: The Hon. Selina Robinson, B.C. minister of municipal affairs and housing; Michelle Pollock, past president of the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver; and Eldad Goldfarb, JCCGV executive director. (photo from JCCGV) Selina Robinson, British Columbia’s minister…
