The chair of Vancouver Board of Education (VBE) and even the provincial minister of education waded in after Jewish students at a Vancouver elementary school went public with concerns that they were being made to feel excluded by exclusively Christian…
Jewish Family Services CEO Richard Fruchter with Karen James, who received the 2017 Naomi Gropper Steiner Visionary Award. (photo from JFS) At Jewish Family Service Agency’s 81st annual general meeting on Nov. 29, Richard Fruchter, chief executive officer, announced that…
Rabbi Simon Jacobson gives a lecture during a recent Kollel Shabbaton. (photo from Kollel) In an effort to direct Vancouver’s Jewish consciousness from an “I” culture to a “we” culture, Ohel Ya’akov Community Kollel has launched WeLearn, expanding the Kollel’s…
Camp allows youth to learn meet new people. (photo from campmiriam.org) There is something special about camps. Transporting kids out of their customary environments into something that is at least somewhat foreign is a great stimulus to change. New people and…
Cutting the ribbon at the official opening of Storeys on Dec. 1. (photo from Shelley Karrel) “Those involved in Storeys feel like a family,” said Brenda Plant, executive director of Turning Point Housing Society, speaking at the opening gala of the…
Learn more about the treasure that is the B.C. Jewish community newspaper … in just 3 minutes, 36 seconds. Click here to enjoy The Jewish Independent: 88 Years … and Counting!, a video by Heirloom Films. Please help us keep…
Cynthia Ramsay (in 2017). (photo by Lianne Cohen) When we decided to have a celebration marking 18 years since the beginning of the latest chapter of the Jewish Independent’s nearly-nine-decade history, it made perfect sense to focus on the future…
Fall fun with some of the JI’s 18 Under 36. (photo by Lianne Cohen) *** Over the past month, each of the JI’s 18 Under 36 honourees has taken the time to do an email or phone interview with Pat…
Fall fun with some of the JI’s 18 Under 36 continued. (photo by Lianne Cohen) *** Over the past month, each of the JI’s 18 Under 36 honourees has taken the time to do an email or phone interview with…
Teens from Temple Sholom and Al-Jamia Masjid at a dialogue session. (photo from Temple Sholom) “We enjoy great conversation and great food and sharing some bad jokes,” Tariq Tayyib said in a recent phone interview. He was talking about the…
