Magician Stephen Kaplan entertains at last month’s Empowerment session. (photo from Jewish Seniors Alliance) On March 21, the Jewish Seniors Alliance, in partnership with Temple Sholom Seniors, once again brought the community a magical program of laughter. In the program,…
B’nai B’rith, 1977. (photo from JWB fonds, JMABC L.09486) 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…
A 1-year-old boy being treated with a novel gene therapy drug. “Usually, this type of injury with a hemophiliac patient would involve hours in the emergency room, with repeated doses of intravenous coagulation factors,” said Prof. Gili Kenet, director of the…
Children follow the new Independence Trail in Tel Aviv. (photo by Ricky Rachman) In honour of Israel’s 70th Independence Day, the city of Tel Aviv has introduced a new interactive walking route that takes visitors past 10 of the city’s…
The trail crosses the Galilee from Beit She’arim to Tiberias. (photo by Israel Antiquities Authority from Ashernet) This year in the Galilee, thousands of students have been excavating and organizing the first “smart trail,” in which dozens of stone relay…
רבים מתושבי קנדה משאירים את מקלות ההוקי שלהם מחוץ לביתם לאות הזדהות עם קבוצת המבולדט ברונקוס. (צילום: Andrew Scheer) תאונת הדרכים מהקשות בתולדות קנדה: שישה עשר הרוגים מרביתם שחקני הוקי צעירים וארבעה עשר נוספים נפצעו קנדה חוותה בראשית החודש (ה-6…
Michael Wilkinson, left, and Kurtis D’Aoust in Royal City Musical Theatre’s Cabaret, which plays at Massey Theatre until April 29. (photo by Emily Cooper) The musical Cabaret is a classic in the English-speaking world. Since its Broadway première in 1966,…
When A.J. Edelman was training in Whistler, he was the guest cantor for Chabad of the North Shore’s Yom Kippur services. (photo from A.J. Edelman) Chabad of the North Shore community members had a more personal reason to cheer on…
The Russia- and Iran-backed Assad regime in Syria employed chemical weapons against its own citizens again last week. It’s hard to imagine that the atrocities in Syria could be any worse. Indeed, it is chilling to imagine what Syrian forces…
Samuel Belzberg Businessman and philanthropist Samuel Belzberg died on March 30 in Vancouver, after suffering a stroke several days earlier. Belzberg, 89, was the chair and chief executive officer of Gibralt Capital Corp., which is based in Vancouver. After moving…
Ariella Kimmel, left, and Sophie Hershfield at last summer’s Winnipeg Pride Parade. Hershfield has been on CIJA’s LGBTQ+ Advisory Council since its inception. In that capacity, she is trying to break down barriers and clear up misconceptions about Israel within…
Entrepreneur, venture capitalist, author and media visionary Leonard Brody is the keynote speaker at this year’s JFS Innovators Lunch April 24. (photo from JFS Vancouver On Tuesday, April 24, Jewish Family Services (JFS) will be hosting its annual Innovators Lunch. The…
Susan Barocas is one of 40 presenters at the April 14-15 “buffet for the mind.” (photo from Susan Barocas) Among the many presenters at this weekend’s Limmud Vancouver is Susan Barocas, writer and filmmaker, Sephardi chef and expert on the…
Orit Sulitzeanu, executive director of the Association of Rape Crisis Centres in Israel. (photo from Facebook) Orit Sulitzeanu, executive director of the Association of Rape Crisis Centres in Israel, was invited to address the United Nations on March 29 about…
Itay Asaf, far left, with a group he led on a tour of Jaffa, where they visited the areas in which his dad grew up. This particular group was in Israel for eight days. (photo from Itay Asaf) Esperanso is…
Ramon International Airport in Eilat will begin service on Oct. 28. (photo by Gil Zohar) With Ramon International Airport beginning service on Oct. 28, officials hope that the state-of-the-art facility will boost tourism to the once-sleepy Red Sea resort of…
Akiva Gersh teaching a group in Israel. Gersh is the editor of, and a contributing writer to, the book Becoming Israeli: The Hysterical, Inspiring and Challenging Sides of Making Aliyah. (photo from Akiva Gersh) If you or someone you know…
Disarmed: Unconventional Lessons from the World’s Only One-Armed Special Forces Sharpshooter by Izzy Ezagui (Prometheus Books) is confusing, puerile, uneven, exaggerated, chutzpadik and strident – I loved it. I enjoyed every blessed moment involved in reading this extraordinary Proust-like jumble…
The label for an Iota rug and pouf hand-knit by Kefaya, a Bedouin woman. (photo from Iota) Some of the best projects are born out of a desire for change – at least that was the case with Iota, an…
This photograph by Ziv Koren is from My Jerusalem: The Eternal City, a collection of reflections on the city by notable Israeli and Diaspora (mainly American) Jews edited by Ilan Greenfield and published by Gefen Publishing House last year. I…
Millions more could be fed by the same resources if our diets changed. (photo from wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il) About a third of the food produced for human consumption is estimated to be lost or wasted globally. But the biggest waste, which is…
Israelis and tourists enjoy the beach in Tel Aviv on a hot summer day. (photo by Miriam Alster/FLASH90 via Israel21c) A new study says that, by 2100, climate changes will extend the summer season in the eastern Mediterranean – an…
קנדה תקלוט כאלפיים פליטים מישראל. (צילום: Wikimedia Commons) ראש ממשלת ישראל, בנימין נתניהו, הוכיח שוב כי המדיניות שלו היא לא מדיניות באמת, וכי הוא משנה את דעתו על הזמן. וזאת בהתאם לכיוון שאליו נושבת הרוח. כך גם החלטתו האחרונה לשלוח…
Shlomi Shaban will be joined by Ninet Tayeb (right) at Metro Vancouver’s celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut on April 18 at the Chan Centre. (photo from Jewish Federation) Two award-winning veteran musicians, not to mention good and longtime friends, will be…
Richard Newman and Gina Chiarelli in Bar Mitzvah Boy, at Pacific Theatre until April 14. (photo by Damon Calderwood) The number 13 means different things to different people. To a baker, it’s that extra pastry that he adds to a…
Hillel House building at the University of British Columbia. (photo from Hillel BC) The University of British Columbia Geography Students Association (GSA) recently canceled a gala that was to take place in rental space owned by UBC’s Hillel chapter, due…
Estimates of the number of people – most of them teens and young adults – who rallied in Washington, D.C., last Saturday range from 500,000 to 800,000. They called for sensible gun control legislation and mourned lives lost to gun…
Arthur Miller’s Incident at Vichy is set in a Nazi detention centre in Vichy France, where a group of prisoners are being held. (photo from Theatre in the Raw) Theatre in the Raw is bringing Arthur Miller’s Incident at Vichy…
Artist Monica Gewurz’s “Woven Tallit” was inspired by her father. Judaism’s history, traditions and clothing and my Peruvian upbringing are always latent in my inspirations,” artist Monica Gewurz told the Independent. Gewurz will be one of more than 90 exhibitors…
Alden Solovy leads two sessions at Limmud Vancouver, which takes place April 14-15. (photo from Limmud Vancouver) Alden Solovy would like you to fall in love with prayer. His own love of prayer has been fueled by his aliyah to…
