With the Tangoo app, Paul Davidescu, centre, brings together restaurateurs, social influencers and diners. (photo from tangoo.ca) Food is more than nourishment, says Paul Davidescu, it builds community. The Vancouver entrepreneur is behind an app that aims to unite people…
Executive chef Steven Boudreau heads Weinberg Residence kitchen. (photo from Weinberg Residence) The Weinberg Residence recently hired executive chef Steven Boudreau, whose extensive culinary experience includes stints at Cioppino’s (under chef Pino Posterero) and Il Giardino (under Umberto Menghi). How…
Moishe New makes a point while Rabbi Yitzchak Wineberg and other attendees listen. (photo by Lior Noyman Productions) On June 21, more than 200 people came to King David High School to hear Rabbi David Aaron, founder and dean of the…
The Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia’s Feeding Community project wants your story. (photo from JMABC) What does an egg taste like when it’s been boiled for hours with onion peels and coffee? Have you ever consumed a meal…
Shinshiniot, left to right, Ophir Golombek, Tomer Tetro and Lian Swissa. (photo by Michelle Dodek) Nine months ago, Ophir Golombek, Lian Swissa and Tomer Tetro were just the names of three Israeli 18-year-olds brought to Vancouver by the Jewish Federation…
Friends of the Jacob Sheep directors Jenna and Gil Lewinsky with their flock. (photo by Mustard Seed Images) El Al has agreed to come on board as a partner and subsidize the flight of the Jacob sheep from Canada to Israel.…
Jonathan Kallner, event speaker and managing partner, KPMG, talks with Eli Joseph, senior account manager, business and personal, RBC Royal Bank, at Schara Tzedeck’s LinkYid networking event June 3. (photo by Baila Lazarus) There is a theory that you are…
A concert at Deer Lake Park gets Matty Flader thinking about social media. (photo from deerlakepark.org) King David High School’s creative writing course, taught by Aron Rosenberg, partnered with the Jewish Independent for their final unit of the school year.…
During the seven weeks of the counting of the Omer to Shavuot, Temple Sholom’s religious school students bring donations of cereal for the Jewish Food Bank. (photo from Sara Ciacci) For a number of years, during the seven weeks of…
Linda Frimer was honored earlier this month by the University of the Fraser Valley for her artistic, humanitarian and philanthropic contributions and accomplishments. (photo from UFV) For Linda Frimer, art is a form of reconciliation, and creativity a means of…
