Eve Jochnowitz (photo from Limmud Vancouver) Limmud Vancouver, a now-annual festival of Jewish learning, takes place Jan. 30 and 31. The “pan-denominational” event includes seminars, lectures, workshops and discussions on a diverse array of topics. This week and next, the…
Yolanda Papini Pollock, co-founder of Winnipeg Friends of Israel, which initiated Operation Ezra. (photo from Yolanda Papini Pollock) The Jewish community in Winnipeg has ramped up its efforts to help the Yazidi people, including the sponsorship of families to the…
Dan Ruimy (photo from Dan Ruimy via cjnews.com) If there’s one thing Dan Ruimy is good at, it’s getting people together and promoting dialogue. Ruimy is the new Liberal member of Parliament for the Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge riding. A 53-year-old…
In a Blue Moon tours the Lower Mainland, and beyond. (photo by Barbara Zimonick) From the première of Strange Bedfellows on Broadway in 1948 to today’s Skylight, audiences have enjoyed the plots of mismatched individuals thrown together who somehow weave…
Keynote speaker Senator Anne Cools with Janusz Korczak Association of Canada president Jerry Nussbaum. (photo from JKAC) The third session of the six-part Janusz Korczak Lecture Series “How to Love a Child” took place Nov. 25 at the Robert H.…
Adolf Hitler’s manifesto of hatred against Jews, Mein Kampf, went on sale last week in Germany for the first time since 1945. The annotated edition proved a bestseller, we hope because people intend to take a critical look at the…
Helen Mirren at the Moët British Independent Film Awards in December 2014. Mirren starred in two 2015 films with Jewish characters or themes. (photo by See Li via commons.wikimedia.org) Jewish characters and themes popped up everywhere in movies in 2015,…
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Grade 10 girls at camp. The author’s kids came back from camp inspired by the Jewish teens leading and caring for their group and wanted nothing more than to be ensconced in that same atmosphere the following year. (photo from…
Nir Kouris addresses a Tomorrow Israel gathering. (photo from israel21c.org) Nir Kouris is one of those hyper-accomplished young Israelis who cannot be described in a single phrase. Digital brand manager, tech evangelist, growth hacker, startup mentor, technology conference organizer, wearable-tech…
ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו נפגש עם ראש ממשלת קנדה ג’סטין טרודו בוועידת האקלים של האו”ם. (צילום: youtube.com) האם רוחות קרות מנשבות מקנדה: ג’סטין טרודו צפוי להנהיג מדיניות יותר מאוזנת כלפי ישראל ראש ממשלת קנדה החדש מטעם המפלגה הליברלית, ג’סטין טרודו,…
ראש הממשלה, ג’סטין טרודו, מברך פליטים סוריים לקנדה. (צילום: cic.gc.ca) טרודו לראשת השנה החדשה: יש לתמוך בנזקקים ובמעמד הביניים ראש הממשלה, ג’סטין טרודו, פירסם אגרת לקראת השנה החדשה והדגיש את הצורך לתמוך בנזקקים, מיעוטי יכולת, פליטים. וכן במעמד הביניים שכה…
פרידריך ואנד מאירהופר ובנם אריק. (צילום: corporate.bclc.com) נפתרה תעלומת החמישים מיליון דולר: פנסיונר המתין עשרים ואחד חודשים כדי לקחת את הזכייה הגדולה בלוטו נפתרה התעלומה הגדולה ביותר בתולדות הגרלות הלוטו בקנדה. לאחר עשרים ואחד חודשים תמימים נזכר אחד מאזרחי בריטיש…
Eyal Daniel (photo from Eyal Daniel) Three Vancouver-area teachers who traveled to Israel last summer for an intensive three-week symposium on teaching about the Holocaust now plan to share their knowledge with other educators throughout the region. The three were…
In August, the Jewish Independent connected with Gary Brownstone about a Winnipeg tech incubator he was working on called Eureka. In the short time since then, the entrepreneur has already moved on to his next adventure. “Most of my career…
From left to right are artists Larissa Blokhuis, Kirsten Rankel, Maria Keating, Sonya Labrie, Joanne Andrighetti, Hope Forstenzer, Mona Ungar and Scott McDougall. (photo by Denise Relke) From antiquity, glass has been used for utilitarian and ornamental purposes. The current…
Canadians have been in an uncharacteristically self-congratulatory mood lately over our national response to the Syrian refugee crisis. The federal government has come through on behalf of thousands of people fleeing the catastrophic violence in Syria, with the prime minister…
On a logging road near Smithers, B.C., the Unist’ot’en people occupy their traditional land in order to stop work on the 11 pipeline projects that would run through the area. Located beside Wedjin Kwa (Morice River), the camp is one…
The board of Congregation Emanu-El of Victoria has unanimously approved a motion to proceed with sponsorship of a Syrian refugee family. They believe that this is a moment to step forward as Jews and “welcome the stranger.” Many in Victoria’s…
One of the ways to thank God for blessings, says Rabbi Ilan Acoca, is through singing. Shabbat Shira, which takes place Jan. 23, tells of the Israelites breaking into song as a way to thank God for the parting of…
Ian Rabb with his dogs Samson and Ariel. (photo from Ian Rabb) After falling prey to the habit himself, being rescued by his family and brought back home to Winnipeg for recovery, Ian Rabb began giving back – not just…
Try your hand at ski jumping in one of ROX’s five simulators. (photo from ROX) There’s no question the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver changed the region considerably, but some of those changes are as recent as November 2015. That’s…
Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner, left, White Rock Mayor Wayne Baldwin and Simie Schtroks of the Centre for Judaism present the 2015 Young Lamplighters Award to Sarah and Amy Aginsky on Dec. 13. (photo from Lauren Kramer) Sarah and Amy Aginsky,…
The lighting of the Silber Family Agam Menorah at Vancouver Art Gallery also featured some clowning around. (photos by Glenn S. Berlow) Among the many community celebrations of Chanukah this year were, from the first to fourth night of the…
United Synagogue Youth Cycle-athon, Vancouver, 1971. (photo from JWB fonds, JMABC L.09839) 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…
Since 2006, Foundation for Jewish Camp has partnered with communities across North America on the One Happy Camper (OHC) program to grow enrolment and increase awareness. Tens of thousands of campers have experienced Jewish overnight camp as a result of…
Dan and Jen Silber met at Camp Moshava. (photo from Silber family via jns.org) Eighteen-year-old Bernie Kozlovsky spent from sundown to sunrise on a boat with 16-year-old Sonia Rosenbaum in the summer of 1972. “We talked until dawn,” Kozlovsky recalls…
אייר קנדה שחגגה בחודש יוני עשרים שנות פעילות בישראל, עומדת להפעיל את מטוס הדרימליינר החדש שלה בטיסות העמוסות של הקו בין טורונטו לתל אביב. (צילום: Raimond Spekking© via Wikimedia) אייר קנדה ממשיכה לגדול: החברה רשמה גידול בהיקף הנוסעים בנובמבר בשיעור…
As of Nov. 24, the Government of Canada was processing 4,511 applications for privately sponsored Syrian refugees (not including Quebec, which has its own procedure). The map shows communities where private sponsors have submitted an application. (image from cic.gc.ca/english/refugees/welcome) Vancouver’s…
Chabad Nanaimo Rebbetzin Blumie and Rabbi Bentzion Shemtov with their children. (photo from Chabad Lubavitch BC) All around the world, Chabad houses welcome Jews of all ages and stages to participate in a variety of activities from social Jewish identity gatherings…
