This year’s Lamplighter Award recipients are Emily, left, and Jessie Miller. (photo by Josh Bowie Photography) The Centre for Judaism of the Lower Fraser Valley has selected Emily and Jessie Miller, Grade 10 twin sisters at Prince of Wales Secondary…
Danny Redden places a poppy at a family grave. (photo by Shula Klinger) With Remembrance Day falling on a Saturday this year, members of Royal Canadian Legion Shalom Branch #178 paid their respects on Monday, Nov. 13. They met at…
White Rock/South Surrey Jewish Community Centre Religious School kindergarten student Navi lays the WRSS JCC wreath at the cenotaph on Remembrance Day. (photo from WRSS JCC) The Royal Canadian Legion Branch #008 hosts the annual Remembrance Day Parade and Wreath…
Gordon Diamond hangs the mezuzah at the opening of the Diamond Residences on Oct. 17, as Rabbi Levi Varnai looks on. (photo by Shelley Karrel) At the ceremony, donors were thanked, residents welcomed and mezuzot put up; present were members…
Richmond Jewish Day School vice-principal Lisa Romalis addresses a delegation of United Nations ambassador on Nov. 13. (photo from RJDS) India Cultural Centre of Canada / Gurdwara Nanak Niwas in Richmond hosted 11 United Nations ambassadors on Nov. 13. These…
The Jewish Independent is among the winners of this year’s American Jewish Press Association Rockower Awards for Excellence in Jewish Journalism. The awards were presented at the AJPA annual conference, held in conjunction with the Jewish Federations of North America’s…
Teacher Lisa Altow’s Grade 5 students at Vancouver Hebrew Academy build a machine, using a variety of household treasures. (photo by Shula Klinger) Vancouver Hebrew Academy has a new principal of general studies this year. As well, the school site…
Rabbi Dr. Yosef Wosk was the keynote speaker at the Vancouver exhibit. (photo by Cynthia Ramsay) The Canadian Jewish Experience traveling exhibit opened at the central branch of Vancouver Public Library on Nov. 16. The display is presented by the…
Jewish Seniors Alliance of Greater Vancouver publishes its own magazine, Senior Line, three times a year. During the 20th century, thanks to advances in medicine, technology and quality of life, average life expectancy in the Western world increased by 30…
(photo from Anti-Racist Action UVic/Facebook) On Nov. 9, the anniversary of Kristallnacht, a swastika and “Heil Hitler” were found written on a hallway blackboard in the University of British Columbia Forest Sciences Centre. The antisemitic graffiti was first reported to…
