Vancouver Jewish community member Alicia Ohana is Miss Canada Petite 2016 (photo from misscanada.tv) This August, self-described proud Jewish community member Alicia Ohana won the title of Miss Canada Petite 2016 The mission of the national competition, which took place…
To read more about the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver’s 2020 Strategic Priorities, visit jewishvancouver.com An estimated 50% of Metro Vancouver’s Jewish community lives outside of the city of Vancouver. For young families with at least one Jewish parent, the…
The Peretz Centre is moving towards a renewed commitment to social justice, Yiddishkeit, the arts and building community. (photo from peretz-centre.org) If you walk into Vancouver’s Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture on a Sunday afternoon between September and June,…
Rabbi Meir Kaplan and his 3-year-old son Sholom Ber Kaplan check out the new Chabad Centre for Jewish Life and Learning on Glasgow Street, near Topaz Park, in Victoria on Aug. 24. (photo from Darren Stone, Times Colonist) A new…
Terry Glavin (photo from Terry Glavin) A self-described “man of the left,” journalist Terry Glavin discovered he was an “accidental Zionist” during the Israel-Hezbollah war in 2006, when he noticed how the mood of the antiwar movement on the left…
Rabbi Ilan and Rabbanit Dina Acoca and family have moved to New Jersey after 17 years with Vancouver’s Congregation Beth Hamidrash. (photo from bethhamidrash.com) An era has come to an end in Vancouver with the departure of Rabbi Ilan and…
Alison Lebovitz (photo from Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver) The original meaning of tikkun olam, as seen in the Talmud, was to “decorate, beautify or refine” the world. The modern meaning of “repairing” the world came to be emphasized much…
When Paul Steinberg first read The Big Book, the “bible” of Alcoholics Anonymous, written by founder Bill Wilson, he scribbled disagreements in the margins. His sponsor later saw them and took him to task. “Do you really think you know…
David Keselman (photo from the Louis Brier) After an extensive search, the Dr. Irving and Phyliss Snider Campus for Jewish Seniors, comprised of the Louis Brier Home and Hospital and the Weinberg Residence, have appointed David Keselman chief executive officer.…
Artwork from a participant in an exhibit by the Society for the Arts in Dementia Care. (photo by Baila Lazarus) As the population ages, there will be more adult children, caregivers, seniors homes and other centres caring for loved ones…
