My chat with Ed Asner
Ed Asner stars in A Man and His Prostate, which is at the Anvil Centre Theatre for two nights only: April 27-28. (photo from ACT) I did my homework. I had read and watched interviews. I had my questions ready.…
Arts & Culture
S Word changes perceptions
Craig Miller in a shot from the documentary The S Word, which screened for the first time in Western Canada on March 22 in Winnipeg. (photo from MadPix, Inc.) Jewish Child and Family Service of Winnipeg (JCFS) partnered with the…
Success in comedy biz
Mark Breslin (photo from Temple Sholom) Yuk Yuk’s co-founder Mark Breslin is excited to be entertaining Jewish Vancouverites at Temple Sholom’s annual spring fundraiser May 6. “I can’t get enough Jews in my life,” he told the Independent. “I’m married…
Music from around the world
Local group MNGWA helps open the World Music Festival on April 26. (photo from Vancouver World Music Festival) The Vancouver World Music Festival celebrates cultural diversity through music, and world-class musicians from Mexico, Brazil, Africa, Spain, the United States and…
Festival fêtes Russian music
A scene from Vancouver Opera’s production of Eugene Onegin. (photo by Trudie Lee) “I’ve sung a lot of Russian, and I love it,” Jewish community member and opera singer Leah Giselle Field told the Jewish Independent. Field will have a…
The magic of laughter
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,…
Cabaret a timely show
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,…
What is it to become Israeli?
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…
Power of human spirit
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…
Yom Ha’atzmaut love, spirit
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…
