A postcard showing Janusz Korczak in the courtyard of the orphanage on Krochmalna Street in Warsaw, Poland, in the early 1930s. An unprecedented interdisciplinary event will take place this summer at the University of British Columbia, focusing on the legacy…
Left to right: Pollock Clinics sex therapist Tom Foster and physicians Neil Pollock and Roozbeh Ahmadi. (photo from Pollock Clinics) While there may be any number of reasons why the frequency of a couple’s intimate sexual contact may wane, it…
Holocaust survivor Rita Akselrod and Premier John Horgan at the Yom Hashoah commemoration that took place at the British Columbia legislature May 2. (photo by Pat Johnson) The history of Jewish tragedy in the Holocaust – but also the heroism…
Emily Greenberg is Vancouver Talmud Torah’s new head of school. (photo from VTT) After 17 years of leadership under Cathy Lowenstein, Vancouver Talmud Torah will have a new head of school. Starting in September this year, Emily Greenberg will be…
Left to right are gala honouree Anita Silber, Shalhevet Girls High School head of school Meira Federgrun and Shalhevet board president Vivian Claman. (Jocelyne Hallé Photography) On April 7, Shalhevet Girls High School honoured Anita Silber with the Guardian of…
At the JNF Negev Gala April 14, left to right: comedian Elon Gold, JNF Pacific Region president Bernice Carmeli, Ambassador Ron Prosor, JNF Pacific Region executive director Ilan Pilo and JNF Canada chief executive officer Lance Davis. (photo from JNF…
A project of the Canada-Ukraine Foundation, the national educational tour about the Holodomor began in 2015 and has reached about 30,000 Canadian high school students so far. (photo by Pat Johnson) What constitutes a genocide? How many Ukrainians were murdered…
Elan Divon speaks at King David High School earlier this month. (photo from KDHS) Elan Divon has found his passion and purpose in life – helping people to find their passion and to confidently fulfil a purpose that not only…
Xianzhi (Paul) Chen, in the Lakers T-shirt, not only led programming at the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, but participated in it. (photo from JCC) Xianzhi (Paul) Chen came to Canada from China in 2011 with his family. He…
Silver trophy winner Levi Bitton, 11, and medal winner Mendel Bitton, 14, with their father, Rabbi Binyomin Bitton, director of Chabad of Downtown Vancouver, at the International Chidon Sefer Hamitzvos. (photo from Chabad of Downtown) Seven months of diligent study…
