Stay With Us (still from the film) Healing. Of body and soul. Of self, community, family, friends. This year’s Vancouver Jewish Film Festival offers many poignant films – dramas sprinkled with humour that invite contemplation, and hope that we flawed…
Lisa Wolfin, executive director and founder of Art Vancouver International Art Fair, which is at the Vancouver Convention Centre East April 11-14. (photo from Art Vancouver) “Art serves as a vital anchor amidst the chaos of the world, both as…
Jewish drag queen, visual artist, speaker, illustrator and author Sasha Velour. (photo from UBC) The 2024 Phil Lind Initiative speaker series concludes on April 18 with Jewish drag queen, visual artist, speaker, illustrator and author Sasha Velour, winner of the…
Mordechai Edel beside the personalized ketubah he created for A.J. and Olena Steigman; A.J. is a chess champion and Olena is a classical pianist. (photo from Mordechai Edel) Vancouver artist Mordechai Edel is one of a handful of people in…
A still from the film Stolen Time: lawyer Melissa Miller reviews footage from a long-term-care room camera. (photo from National Film Board of Canada) “I’m only at the beginning of this fight,” says lawyer Melissa Miller in the documentary Stolen…
The current show at the Zack Gallery, Community Longing and Belonging, brings together a range of artists and styles. Pictured here is Alejandra Morales’s “A Landscape of Consumable Dreams.” (photo by Olga Livshin) The current show at the Zack Gallery,…
A Radiant Girl (still from film) As the Vancouver Jewish Film Festival approaches, the Jewish Independent reviews three more of the festival’s offerings: A Radiant Girl, All About the Levkovitches and One More Story. Linking past to present? In A…
Yoav Brill’s documentary Apples and Oranges, about a moment in the history of the kibbutz movement, is mesmerizing. (photo by Avraham Eilat) The 2024 Vancouver Jewish Film Festival takes place in person April 4-14 and online April 15-19. As usual,…
Adam is one of the potential converts interviewed in the documentary Converts: The Journey of Becoming Jewish, directed by Rebecca Shore and Oren Rosenfeld, which is part of this year’s Vancouver Jewish Film Festival. (photo from convertsmovie.com) A religion that…
Kyle Berger, left, and David Granirer headline the Jewish Seniors Alliance’s A Night in the Catskills on March 17. (photos from JSA) The Jewish Seniors Alliance of Greater Vancouver is celebrating its 20th anniversary with an event that’s all about…
