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…
Among other activities, Aleph in the Tri-Cities Israeli culture club is getting ready for Passover. (photo from facebook.com) Looking back at 2015, Aleph in the Tri-Cities Society reports that last year’s food bank donations amounted to approximately 2,000 kilograms (more…
Call It Democracy speakers, from left to right, Mira Oreck, Margot Young and Sharon Abraham-Weiss. (photo by Zach Sagorin) “From the Holocaust, there is a lesson we can all agree about: ‘Never again.’ There are two paths: never again to…
