If you’ve been through the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver lately, you may have noticed a simple question appearing in the hallways and around the building: “Are you in yet?” It’s the invitation to join JWest, the re-construction of…
Anat Gogo, executive director of Tikva Housing. This year’s campaign was the most successful to date. (photo from Tikva Housing) Tikva Housing Society’s annual fundraising campaign has concluded with its most successful result to date, raising more than $75,000 to…
Henry Chodos, a Grade 6 student from Vancouver Talmud Torah, won ADI’s sixth annual Make the Change Challenge and received the $1,000 grand prize. (photo from ADI) In its sixth year, ADI’s Make the Change Challenge STEM accessible design contest…
The Douglas Park area is being covered with hateful chalk and stickers. (photo by Joshua) A residential pocket near Vancouver’s Oak Street corridor has become the site of an increasingly bitter battle over political messaging, public space and antisemitism. At…
Yazamut 360° co-founder and general manager Dana Gavish, left, and Gadi Bahat, an entrepreneur who heads Yazamut’s academic programs. (photos from bgu.ac.il) Representatives from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s entrepreneurship centre, Yazamut 360°, will be coming to Vancouver in April. …
CHW’s SHE DAY is a multi-city celebration in honour of International Women’s Day, activating communities across Canada, including in Vancouver on March 8, and elsewhere. Programming explores themes of women’s empowerment, leadership, health, mental wellness, fashion and beauty. Across the country,…
A note that was delivered to the Okanagan Chabad Centre recently. (photo from Okanagan Chabad Centre) A handwritten note showed up in our mailbox a few weeks ago. It was from neighbours of a different faith, with just a few…
Shane Foxman’s idea for In Your Own Words, “a podcast for you and your family about you and your family,” came from a very personal place. “My father passed away when my daughter was still very young. While I keep…
The author, Nicole Grubner, and Rabbi Levi Varnai reconnecting at the Yael Awards in Vienna. (photo by Nicole Grubner) I grew up in West Vancouver, in a home where Jewish life mattered. We celebrated the chagim (holidays), gathered for family…
As part of its celebration of BC Heritage Week, the Vancouver Heritage Foundation held the online event Recipes of Resistance: Rebecca Teitelbaum and the Ravensbrück Recipe Book, presented by Lise Kirchner and Ellie Lawson of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre.…
