Couple cartoons about love
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…
Arts & Culture
Question that won’t die
“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…
Chasing elusive photo
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…
Zack Gallery’s new director
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…
Blending families
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…
A soap-opera comedy
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…
Pink Rabbit opens festival
Riva Krymalowski as Anna, in the film, which opens the Vancouver Jewish Film Festival Feb. 27. (photo from betacinema.com) The Vancouver Jewish Film Festival opens the night of Feb. 27 with the film When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, which offers…
Hurdles to become a doctor
Ruth Simkin with her dog, Kelly. (photo by Chris Wilson) Feminism is really true equality between women and men; nothing more, and nothing less,” Ruth Simkin writes in her new book, Dear Sophie: Life Lessons in Feminism & Medicine, a…
Sharing legends of Mossad
Ronen Bergman signs a copy of his book Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations for an attendee of his talk at Congregation Beth Tikvah Feb. 2. (photo by Pat Johnson) Ronen Bergman, perhaps the leading…
Canadian refugee law study
Shauna Labman (photo from Shauna Labman) Amid the world’s largest refugee crisis since the Second World War, Winnipeg-based legal scholar Shauna Labman has come out with the book Crossing Law’s Border: Canada’s Refugee Resettlement Program, an in-depth look at how…
