Toronto Blue Jays new president and chief executive officer Mark Shapiro. (photo from Toronto Blue Jays) The Toronto Blue Jays almost made it to the World Series in 2015. With spring training having just started, we’re crossing our proverbial fingers…
Ian Penn’s exhibit Winter Paintings: The Figure in and on the Landscape opened March 10 at Zack Gallery. (photo by Olga Livshin) The theme of Ian Penn’s solo show at Zack Gallery is winter. The artist’s love for winter, for…
Sayed Kashua spoke in Winnipeg as part of the University of Winnipeg’s annual Middle East Week. (photo by Rebeca Kuropatwa) On Feb. 25, as part of the University of Winnipeg’s annual Middle East Week, about 75 people came out to…
Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union suffered dramatically in state elections in Germany last weekend. The German chancellor’s party received a brutal admonishment from voters, who concurrently gave startlingly strong support to a far-right, anti-immigrant party that is almost brand new…
A screenshot from the trailer for Avi Does the Holy Land. The vlog will appeal to some more than others. Good satire depends not only on distancing the viewer from the object of ridicule, but on making them identify with…
Purim is, by any account, a strange holiday. Jews dress up in costumes, get shickered to the point that they can’t discern a hero from a villain, and read one of the two books of the Torah where God doesn’t…
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Peter Sarsgaard in Experimenter. (photo from Magnolia Pictures) It was neither random nor coincidental that groundbreaking social psychologist Stanley Milgram was Jewish, nor that his parents emigrated from Eastern Europe before the war. “The Holocaust was a significant motivation to…
Eitz Chaim students enjoy the dressing-up festivities of Purim, 1989. (photo from JWB fonds, JMABC L.10948) 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…
ברוס סימון (צילום: Vancouver Sun-Facebook) טייס הבריח סמים כדי לעזור כביכול לישוב שלו. השופט לא קנה את הסיפור ושלח אותו לכלא איש עסקים וטייס שהבריח סמים מקנדה לארצות הברית בטענה שהוא רצה לעזור לישוב הקטן בו הוא גר, לא שכנע…
Nomi Fenson, left, and Debby Fenson help complete Congregation Beth Israel’s new sefer Torah with sofer Rabbi Moshe Druin. (Adele Lewin Photography) Hundreds of people participated in a moving mitzvah over two recent weekends at Congregation Beth Israel. The congregation,…
Prof. Victoria Kaspi, winner of the 2016 Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering. (photo from McGill University) McGill University Prof. Victoria Kaspi – the first woman to win the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and…
At FEDtalks, the campaign opening event, left to right: Ezra Shanken, Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver chief executive officer; Neil Pollock, general chair, 2015 Federation annual campaign; Lisa Pullan, chair, women’s philanthropy, 2015 campaign; Stephen Gaerber, Federation board chair; Alex…
Governor General of Canada David Johnston, left, with Chief Scientist of the State of Israel Avi Hasson. (photo by Sgt. Ronald Duchesne, Rideau Hall) On March 1, Governor General of Canada David Johnston met Chief Scientist of the State of…
Slovakia’s elections on the weekend ushered into parliament for the first time a far-right neo-Nazi party of the sort that have made inroads in various parts of Europe over recent years. About the same time this was making news, Donald…
Rose Reisman’s newest cookbook is Rush Hour Meals: Recipes for the Entire Family. (photo from Rose Reisman) Cookbook author, chef, television personality and columnist Rose Reisman helps people make better lifestyle choices. After self-publishing a cookbook in 1988, she focused on…
It’s a bat mitzvah year in our family. We’ve booked the photographer, the caterer, the DJ and the invitation company. Our daughter is studying her parashah and learning to chant the Haftorah and maftir. Now, it’s time to inject some…
Ari Shaffir was in Vancouver Feb. 18-20 as part of Just for Laughs NorthWest. (photo from Ari Shaffir) Ari Shaffir is a long, long way from his yeshivah. The 42-year-old stand-up comedian and actor who lives in New York and…
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A commercial gutter installation. (photo by Ethoseo via commons.wikimedia.org) As the season transitions from winter to spring, it’s time to attend to some household maintenance tasks. Exterior areas. Trim trees and remove vegetation from the siding and roofline. Have gutters and drains cleaned by…
Singlecue recognizes hand motions for remote control. (photo from Singlecue via Israel21c.org) Bezeq, Israel’s largest telecom, set up in late 2015 a model “smart home” at its Tel Aviv headquarters and in the IKEA store in Netanya to demonstrate its…
(waittimes.alberta.ca) אפשר למות רק מההמתנה: חולה ממתינה “רק” עשר שנים לניתוח אורטופדי הביורוקרטיה ואוזלת היד של מערכת הבריאות הקנדית שהיא דבר לא חדש גרמה לקטי ברנאפ בת החמישים ושש, להמתין כבר עשר שנים לניתוח אורטופדי. הניתוח המסובך אמור לאחות שני…
A-WA plays at the Chutzpah! Festival on March 12. (photo by Tal Givony) For a breakup song, “Habib Galbi” is pretty darn upbeat. And the three women in the video – who are singing of a lover who has left…
Rabbi Bob Alper will perform as part of Congregation Beth Israel’s Purim festivities on March 23. (photo by Sultan Khan) It’s too good not to lead with – Pope Frances’ honorary comedic advisor, Rabbi Bob Alper, will be bringing his…
Achinoam Nini (photo from Federation) The Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver has confirmed that it has invited Israeli singer Achinoam Nini (Noa) to perform at the Vancouver Jewish community’s Yom Ha’atzmaut celebrations on May 11 at the Chan Centre. After…
David Diamond, Theatre for Living, directs Reclaiming Hope. (collage graphic design by Dafne Blanco, photos by Wolfgang Rappel) Starting on March 10, Theatre for Living (formerly Headlines Theatre) will be presenting a new event. Called Reclaiming Hope, it will “engage…
Left to right, Anna Karatchun, Malka Pischanitzkaya and Jenya Friedman at the N’Shei Chabad Unity Event on Feb. 22. (photo by Esti Loeub) On Feb. 22, Chabad Lubavitch of Vancouver hosted the N’Shei Chabad Women’s Unity Event. Introduced by Henia…
Jenna and Gil Lewinsky with Israeli Ambassador to Canada Rafael Barak, who is holding one of the Lewinskys’ Jacob sheep. (photo from Friends of the Jacob Sheep) Israeli Ambassador to Canada Rafael Barak was recently hosted by Friends of the…
The House of Commons this month voted overwhelmingly to condemn BDS, the movement that aims to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel. The motion, put forward by Conservative members of Parliament Tony Clement and Michelle Rempel, reads fairly simply: “That,…
Bernie Sanders is the first Jew (and first non-Christian) ever to win a presidential primary and be seriously considered as a candidate for the American presidency. Reactions from the Jewish community have been mixed and mostly pretty quiet. Sanders is…
