The Or Shalom board of directors with Rabbi Hannah Dresner, second from the left in the front row. (photo by David Kauffman) Most Jews would agree that usually rabbis do the bulk of the talking and congregants the listening. That’s…
The Hon. Jody Wilson-Raybould, minister of justice and attorney general of Canada, centre, addressed Project Tikkun participants at Hillel BC on March 13. (photo from Hillel BC) As the academic year winds down on university campuses across the province and…
Simon Fraser University was among those targeted by a hacker spewing antisemitic hate. (photo from facebook.com/PeakSFU) Simon Fraser University was among many universities targeted by a white supremacist computer hacker purveying antisemitic hate. Andrew Auernheimer, an Arkansas native now living…
Rabbi Dan Moskovitz, left, and Dr. Harold Troper. (photo by David Berson) The current refugee crisis – and Canada’s responses to past crises – was the topic of an interfaith panel recently, which raised issues especially relevant as Passover approaches.…
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s Dr. Meidad Kissinger is doing collaborative work with colleagues in British Columbia. (photo by Zach Sagorin) Five years ago, Vancouver set the goal of becoming the greenest city in the world by 2020. According to…
Left to right: Gyda Chud (co-chair), Serge Haber, Jackie Weiler (co-chair) and Dr. Kendall Ho. (photo by Binny Goldman) Jewish Seniors Alliance of Greater Vancouver’s annual spring forum – this year with the topic An App a Day Keeps the…
Ariel Ziv (photo from Ariel Ziv) Although it seems like just yesterday that many of us were making our New Year’s resolution to hit the gym more often, the first day of spring has already come and gone and summer…
The author and her youngest son, Joel, enjoy Purim at the Louis Brier Home and Hospital. Her eldest son, Benjamin, was the photographer. (all photos by Benjamin Harrington) When the Hebrew Men’s Cultural Club met in 1945 to talk about…
David Decolongon participated in the first-ever mission organized by the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs designed exclusively for young people who originate, or whose families came from, East Asia. (photo from David Decolongon) A Vancouver student who recently returned…
Left to right: Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia Dr. Moira Stilwell (Liberal), George Heyman (NDP) and Selina Robinson (NDP). (photo from Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee) Israeli wines met Canadian cheese on March 8, when more than…
