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Teens enjoy N.Y. Shabbaton

photo - CTeen members with Rabbi Chalom Loeub

CTeen members with Rabbi Chalom Loeub. (photo from Chabad of Richmond) Did you know that Richmond Jewish teens have a group of their own? It’s CTeen, which stands for Chabad Teen Network. CTeen Richmond, a program sponsored and hosted by…

Jewish values in Trump era

photo - The April 9 panel discussion Israel, Canada and Me in the Age of Trump will feature, clockwise from top left, Dr. Shayna Plaut, Ofira Roll, Rabbi Susan Shamash and Eviatar Bach

The April 9 panel discussion Israel, Canada and Me in the Age of Trump will feature, clockwise from top left, Dr. Shayna Plaut (photo from Shayna Plaut), Ofira Roll (photo from Ofira Roll), Rabbi Susan Shamash (photo by Robert Albanese)…

A pre-election townhall

photo - Queenie Choo, chief executive officer of SUCCESS, and Jacob Switzer, member of CIJA’s Local Partners Council, spoke with the Independent about the upcoming townhall April 2.

Queenie Choo, chief executive officer of SUCCESS (photo from SUCCESS), and Jacob Switzer, member of CIJA’s Local Partners Council (photo from CIJA Pacific Region), spoke with the Independent about the upcoming townhall April 2. Immigration, security, inclusivity and affordability are…

A “slap on the wrist”

At a sentencing on March 13, Arthur Topham, the man convicted of deliberately promoting hatred against Jewish people on his now-defunct website radicalpress.com, was given a ban on public online activity and a six-month curfew. B.C. Supreme Court Judge Bruce…

Writing Lives journals

  Writing Lives is a two-semester project at Langara College, coordinated by instructor Dr. Rachel Mines, in which second-year students are connected with local Holocaust survivors to interview them and write memoirs of their lives before, during and after the…

Faiths come together

photo - David Coskun dances as Seemi Ghazi speaks

David Coskun dances as Seemi Ghazi speaks. (photo by Matthew Gindin) On March 9, Congregation Or Shalom, in collaboration with the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster, hosted United in Compassion, an interfaith solidarity event featuring 15 different religious leaders from…

Baking bread together

photo - Grace Haan, JSA Peer Support trainer and supervisor, and Charles Liebovitch, JSA Peer Support coordinator, at the March 8 Food and Film Empowerment session

Grace Haan, JSA Peer Support trainer and supervisor, and Charles Liebovitch, JSA Peer Support coordinator, at the March 8 Food and Film Empowerment session. (photo by Binny Goldman) The screening of Dough at the March 8 Food and Film session…

Meet scientists of tomorrow

photo - Feinberg Graduate School-Weizmann Institute student Vered Shacham-Silverberg is coming to Vancouver with two of her peers

Feinberg Graduate School-Weizmann Institute student Vered Shacham-Silverberg is coming to Vancouver with two of her peers. (photo from Weizmann Canada) Cliché as it may sound, the future is almost here. On March 29, three PhD students from the Feinberg Graduate School…

Global Jewish cuisine

photo - Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia hosts a new supper club and a podcast

Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia hosts a new supper club and a podcast. (photo from JMABC) The Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia is launching two new programs celebrating the diversity of food traditions represented within the…

Karasick gives to SFU library

photo - Adeena Karasick has donated her archive to the Collection of Contemporary Literature at Simon Fraser University’s Bennett Library

Adeena Karasick has donated her archive to the Collection of Contemporary Literature at Simon Fraser University’s Bennett Library. (photo from Adeena Karasick) Critically acclaimed poet and Vancouver native Adeena Karasick was in her hometown last month to celebrate the donation…