Co-creators Eugene Levy, left, and son Daniel Levy were among the Schitt’s Creek panelists at the 92nd Street Y in New York City on Jan. 17. (photos by Rod Morata/Michael Priest Photography) Fans of Canada’s mega-hit TV show Schitt’s Creek…
Last week in this space, we addressed some of the challenges facing the Jewish people globally, which were put into stark relief by the latest edition of an Anti-Defamation League report titled Global 100. The most recent annual review of…
Moe Berg as a catcher during his time in Major League Baseball. (photo from Irwin Berg) Near the end of John Ford’s essential 1962 western, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, a newspaper editor coins the credo, “When the legend…
Monument Valley in Utah. (photo from CBC Radio) Having always lived in and around rainforest, CBC Vancouver’s Matthew Lazin-Ryder said the desert is a place he still struggles to fully understand. “The desert has always seemed to be an imaginary…
Author Cheri Tannenbaum gives a talk about her book, A Woman of Few Words. (photo from Gefen Publishing House) “Happiness is a choice,” writes Cheri Tannenbaum in her book Woman of Few Words: My Creative Journey with Dystonia (Gefen Publishing…
Dr. Gita Arian Baack, author of The Inheritors: Moving Forward from Generational Trauma. (photo from Gita Arian Baack) Dr. Gita Arian Baack, author of The Inheritors: Moving Forward from Generational Trauma, was in town earlier this month to speak at…
Courtney Cohen holds a photo of her grandmothers, Rose Lewin, left, and Babs Cohen. (photo by Lianne Cohen Photography) The seventh annual Rose’s Angels took place at Richmond Jewish Day School on Feb. 16. Held under the umbrella of the…
Part of Dina Goldstein’s 11-photograph series Snapshots from the Garden of Eden is “Princess in the Tower” (2017). (image © Dina Goldstein) On Feb. 20, Vancouver-based artist Dina Goldstein’s Snapshots from the Garden of Eden opened at the Museum of…
Life is such an adventure, but its appeal for us depends so much on our attitude. One of the amazing things about this fact – that our attitude makes all the difference – is that this appears to be a…
Two unidentified people on the left with Gail and Michael James on the right holding a certificate at a Jewish National Fund event. (photo from JWB fonds, JMABC L.12042) If you know someone in these photos, please help the JI…
One high-tech solution for patients possibly infected with the coronavirus is a robot that can enter the patient’s room and be controlled by medical staff from the outside. (photo from IMP) Before the coronavirus arrived in Israel – there were…
Dr. Allan Becker has devoted much of his life’s work to the study of asthma and how it affects children who have it. (photo from Allan Becker) As Jewish community member Dr. Allan Becker was starting his career as a…
A moment of levity during the taking of Justine and Stewart Silver’s wedding photos. (photo from Justin Silver) The late Stewart Silver was born and raised in Montreal. He had worked as a standup comedian, and moved to Toronto in…
With Hoot Reading, kids and teachers can see and hear each other via video chat. (screenshot) Hoot Reading allows kids to get in their desired screen time, while also improving their reading skills. Jewish community member Carly Shuler, co-founder and…
An illustrated ketubah from Mala, India, 1938. (image from Deborah Rubin Fields) Mazal tov! So, you or someone you know is getting married. Today, Jewish weddings may be big or small, formal or informal, traditional or not. No matter the…
Yehuda and Maya Devir and their self-drawn webcomic characters in One of Those Days. (image from Devirs) Fans always do a double take when they see Yehuda and Maya Devir at a comics convention or in a New York City…
A new computer algorithm can predict in the early stages of pregnancy, or even before pregnancy has occurred, which women are at a high risk of gestational diabetes. (photo from Weizmann Institute) A new computer algorithm can predict in the…
רוב המהגרים דוברי היידיש התיישב באזור הפועלים סטראטקונה, והמשיכו באורח חייהם המסורתי. (מוזיאוןהעםהיהודי L.22046) ונקובר, עיר בקולומביה הבריטית, העיר השלישית בגודל אוכלוסייתה בקנדה, ומקום משכנה של הקהילה היהודית השלישית בגודלה. כשבעה אחוזים מיהודי קנדה חיים בוונקובר ובסביבתה. משנות החמישים של…
Dr. Larry Barzelai and Maayan Kreitzman will talk about environmental activism at Limmud on March 1. (photos from the interviewees) Environmental activism is among Canada’s top news stories in recent days and the issue will be confronted from both a…
At LimmudVan’20, Anna-Mae Wiesenthal will present on The “Othering” of Germany’s Jews and Canada’s First Nations. (photo from Anna-Mae Wiesenthal) The latest local incarnation of the global Jewish learning festival Limmud takes place Feb. 29 and March 1. LimmudVan’20, which…
The recently released 2019 version of an ongoing Anti-Defamation League survey on global antisemitism, titled Global 100, contains predictable but still depressing confirmation of anecdotal evidence that antisemitism is growing, not receding, almost everywhere on the planet. At a time…
“How does a housewife decide between generals?” asks Golda Meir (played by Tovah Feldshuh) in Golda’s Balcony. In this instance, she must decide between the counsel of David (Dado) Elazar, her chief of staff, left, and Moshe Dayan, her minister…
Picture of His Life follows Amos Nachoum to the Canadian Arctic, where he hopes to fulfil his dream of photographing polar bears underwater. (photo from Hey Jude Productions) The ocean, in its vastness, suits Amos Nachoum perfectly. It’s big enough…
Former Zack Gallery director Linda Lando, left, with new director Hope Forstenzer. (photo by Daniel Wajsman) The Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery at the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver has a new director, Hope Forstenzer – one of the…
Libby Znaimer was the keynote speaker of the inaugural BRCAinBC event One in 40: From Awareness to Empowerment. (photo from zoomerradio.ca) An estimated 200 people gathered at Congregation Beth Israel last month for One in 40: From Awareness to Empowerment,…
Aileen Friesen has researched how Mennonites living the area of current-day Ukraine reacted to the Nazis. (photo from Aileen Friesen) An event titled Jews, Mennonites and the Holocaust took place in Winnipeg at the Rady Jewish Community Centre a few…
Rebecca Eckler’s latest book is one of her most candid. (photo from Rebecca Eckler) Rebecca Eckler knows firsthand the challenges of forming a mixed, blended or bonus family. Based on her experiences, the author, blogger and former National Post columnist has…
טורונטו עשירית – רשימת מאה הערים המשפיעות ביותר מבחינה כלכלית לשנת אלפיים ועשרים כוללת שלוש ערים מקנדה (Arild Vagen) רשימת מאה הערים המשפיעות ביותר מבחינה כלכלית לשנת אלפיים ועשרים כוללת שלוש ערים מקנדה. טורונטו שנכנסה לעשירייה הראשונה והיוקרתית וממוקמת במקום…
Dr. Ilona Shulman Spaar moderates a panel with Holocaust survivors, left to right, Janos Benisz, Amalia Boe-Fishman, Dr. Peter Suedfeld and Alex Buckman. (photo by Pat Johnson) One survivor of the Holocaust who spoke at a panel recently believes that,…
Yaniv Biton as Assi, left, and Kais Nashif as Salam in Tel Aviv on Fire, which screens Feb. 28 as part of the Vancouver Jewish Film Festival. (photo from Cohen Media Group) Palestinian writer-director Sameh Zoabi achieves something altogether remarkable…
