Artist Mia Weinberg works on “Close to Nature’s Heart” at Delbrook Community Centre, which will see its official opening June 24. (photo © Mia Weinberg) In spring 2014, an open call was circulated inviting artists to submit proposals for artworks…
When Canada belatedly opened its door to Jewish refugees – to some of the surviving remnant after the Holocaust – it did so not out of an abundance of humanitarianism but because of economic necessity, the need for skilled and…
My parents, married 52 years, have a long-standing joke. Sometimes, they would go out and everything would be a disaster. We’d be in the neighbourhood pizza joint and someone would throw up. Or, one kid would spill something sticky all…
Left to right: Ali Abu Awwad, Shaul Judelman and Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger. (photo by hiddensparksphotography.com) By bringing together Jewish settlers and Palestinian refugees, Roots is trying to help achieve peace. Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger is one of the leaders of this…
A statue of Amir Timur. (photo by Deborah Rubin Fields) The 14th century was not a great time for European Jewry, to say the least – there were various kinds of persecution, including forced conversions, expulsions and massacres, especially in…
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu with David Malka, father of Border Police officer Hadas Malka, who was stabbed to death by a Palestinian terrorist outside Jerusalem’s Old City on June 16. (photo by Kobi Gideon / Israel Government Press Office via…
מלזיה ראשונה במדד המדינות שהטיסות בהן הזולות ביותר. ישראל במקום החמישים ושישה וקנדה במקום השישים וחמישה. (צילום: Laurent Errera) אתר קיווי.קום לחיפוש טיסות זולות מפרסם זו השנה השנייה את רשימת המדינות בהן הטיסות הן הזולות ביותר. המדד לשנת 2017 כולל…
Stratford Hall Sabres and Ultimate Peace leaders-in-training in action this past April. (photo from Ultimate Peace) Ultimate Peace uses team sports – specifically Ultimate Frisbee – as a vehicle for peace education in the Middle East (and beyond). It starts…
Pierre Trudeau once compared living next to the United States to sleeping with an elephant. “No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt,” Trudeau told…
President Donald Trump has received well-deserved condemnation from, among others, leaders of many nations, many governors, mayors, environmentalists, corporate chief executive officers and Jewish and other religious organizations for withdrawing the United States from the 2015 Paris climate change pact…
Shalhevet Girls High School founding board members, left to right: Rabbi Yosef Wosk, Terrance Bloom, Vivian Claman, Tannis Boxer and Marie Doduck. (photo from Shalhevet) On March 16, Shalhevet Girls High School celebrated its 10-year anniversary with a gala at…
Shabbat Dîner en Blanc attendees, left to right: Dana Troster, Brent Davis, Eliane Nevares and Emily Holzman. (photo by Ori Nevares) On June 2, approximately 90 Jewish young adults from the Greater Vancouver area gathered for Shabbat Dîner en Blanc…
With solar panels, Innovation: Africa – founded by Sivan Ya’ari, centre – is helping bring light and water to African villages. (photo from Sivan Ya’ari) “Growing up in Israel, we were a poor family,” recalled Sivan Ya’ari, founder of Innovation:…
Paul Shore gets a little help from his daughter at a recent book signing. (photo from Paul Shore) Cultural pastimes, like pétanque, “recharge our joie de vivre, our delight in being alive; they free our minds; and they fuel our…
Chef David Polivoda (photo from David Polivoda) When people reflect on Israel’s transformation since the establishment of the state in 1948, they often focus on geographic, political, economic and social changes. Slightly less tumultuous, but no less dramatic, has been…
(photo by Staff Sgt. Jim Araos) More than 200 B.C. children were admitted to hospital last year with pedestrian, cycling or skateboard-related injuries and, of these, almost one-third had major injuries. With summer on the horizon, kids are back outside…
This photo of Sole Food Street Farms in Downtown Vancouver was almost the cover of our Summer Celebration issue, but the more colourful Gastown scene won out. (photo by Cynthia Ramsay) Co-founded by Seann Dory and Michael Ableman, Sole Food…
Capester offers a platform that allows users to report parking violations by filming and submitting legally admissible videos anonymously. (screenshot) A great idea for an app was born out of a maddening experience for Ohad Maislish, an Israeli who walked…
The 911 Turbo S Exclusive Series, Porsche Museum, Stuttgart, 2017. (photo from newsroom.porsche.com) Porsche is establishing an innovation office in Tel Aviv, investing an eight-figure sum in the Magma and Grove venture capital funds. Further investments in start-ups and funds…
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שלום חבר: אלפים באו לשמוע את ברק אובמה כדי להיזכר בימים טובים יותר של הבית הלבן. (צילום: twitter.com/@chambremontreal) ברק אובמה, נשיא ארה”ב לשעבר, בפני קהל אלפים אוהד במונטריאול בשבוע שעבר, העביר את המסרים המרכזיים שלו על כל דבר, החל משינויי…
The winners of the 2017 King Abdullah II World Interfaith Harmony Week Prize with King Abdullah, centre, at Al Husseiniya Palace in Amman, Jordan. (photo from worldinterfaithharmonyweek.com) On April 30, the leaders of the Calgary Interfaith Council were in Amman,…
Gilad Babchuk of Groundswell speaks at Shtick Tank on April 27. (photo by Lior Noyman) The Shtick Tank is a new platform for young Jewish entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas for the community and gain funding, support and mentorship to…
Oliver Castillo plays both the human, Jason, and the puppet, Tyrone. (photo by David Cooper) Supplementary education programs, or “afternoon schools,” as they’re commonly referred to, instil teens with an understanding of their Jewish heritage, including Hebrew language teaching, Judaic…
Rebecca Katzman is graduating from the School of Social Work at Ryerson University in Toronto this spring. Now that she is leaving the institution, she has decided to go public with an incident that happened when she applied for a…
Approximately 300 people celebrated Lag b’Omer at David Livingstone Park on May 14. (all images are screenshots from the video by LNP) Chabad East Van, Chabad of Richmond, Chabad Lubavitch BC, Ohel Ya’akov Community Kollel, Tzivos Hashem Vancouver (a Kollel…
Front row, left to right: Sgt. Pat Madderon, Canadian Forces Reserves; Ron Van Houten, B.C. Emergency Health Services; Brian McLeod, Richmond Fire; and Superintendent Will Ng, Richmond RCMP officer in charge. Back row left to right: Cpl. Dave Winberg; Cpl.…
The Okanagan Jewish Community Association’s Purim party featured a variety of costumes. (photo from OJCA) So far this year, the Okanagan Jewish Community Association has held several events, including Shabbat services on more than one weekend, as well as gatherings…
BirthWrong participants in Calanques de Morgiou. (photo courtesy Jewdas) Marseille, a lively port city sloping down toward the Mediterranean Sea, has a long, rich history of immigration and multiculturalism – including a Jewish presence dating back 1,000 years. Today, France’s…
