Rabbi Joseph Telushkin will be in Vancouver for FEDtalks on Sept. 13. (photo from HarperCollins) A group of elderly retired men routinely gather in a Tel Aviv coffee shop and talk about current events. Given the world situation, their chats…
For the first time in the 100-year-plus history of the organization, the Hebrew Free Loan Association of Vancouver (HFLA) has hired an executive director. In July, HFLA brought Lynne Fader on board to fill the new role. Active between 1915…
Rabbi Adam Rubin, wife Judith and their children. (photo from Rabbi Adam Rubin) When Rabbi Adam Rubin and his family visited Congregation Beth Tikvah in February of this year, they fell in love. “They seemed to like us, too, I guess,…
Until recently, Israeli families with children in British Columbia were required to travel to Toronto to renew or extend their children’s Israeli passports. The Israeli Consulate in Toronto is now collaborating with three local notaries public – one each in…
The Bayit in Richmond has launched a new youth initiative, called Marc’s Mensches. Starting in September, the program aims to encourage youth in the community by rewarding them for good deeds. The basic layout of the Marc’s Mensches program is…
In Ottawa on June 14, the Hon. Jody Wilson-Raybould, minister of justice and attorney general of Canada, announced the following appointments under the new judicial application process announced on Oct. 20, 2016: Carla L. Forth, QC, partner at Guild Yule…
Ruth Wasserman Lande is one of the four speakers at FEDtalks, the kickoff event of the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver’s annual campaign, on Sept. 13. (photo from Ruth Wasserman Lande) In her “day job,” Ruth Wasserman Lande is deputy…
Kids4Peace at Camp Solomon Schechter. (photo from k4p.org) Camp Solomon Schechter (CSS), located outside of Olympia, Wash., was mired in controversy earlier this summer, after it temporarily flew a small Palestinian flag alongside the large American, Canadian and Israeli flags…
Left to right: Ilan Pilo, Jewish National Fund, Pacific Region; Col. Adam Susman, Israel Defence Forces defence attaché to Canada; and Rabbi Shmulik Yeshayahu of the Ohel Yaakov Community Kollel. (photo from Community Kollel) While acknowledging that the situation in…
Kara Mintzberg, left, and Dana Troster at the Community Hackathon. (photo from Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver) On a sunny Sunday, June 25, 40 Jewish young adults gave up a day at the beach and devoted themselves to building a…
