Yosef Nider, centre, receives the inaugural Lamplighter Award last year. (photo from Centre for Judaism) Do you, or does someone you know, qualify for the Centre for Judaism Young Lamplighter Award? Has anyone you know between the ages of 5…
Left to right, keynote speaker Irwin Elman and panelists Rachel Malek, James Copping and Jess Boon. (photo by Cynthia Ramsay) “Children are not the people of tomorrow but are people of today. They have a right to be taken seriously,…
As housing prices in Vancouver continue to rise, people will have to be creative about, and flexible in, their living arrangements. (photo by Cynthia Ramsay) Until recently, Naava Smolash was living in a collective house in East Vancouver with five…
Artist rendering of Storeys in Richmond, one of two projects with which Tikva Housing Society is involved. (illustration by Duane Siegrist of Duane Siegrist-Integra Architecture Inc.) Of the 26,000 Jews living in Greater Vancouver, 16% live below the poverty line (more than…
More than 100 people were at the Museum of Vancouver on Sept. 9 for a New Israel Fund of Canada-hosted panel discussion, The Backstory: Behind What You Know About Israel. Moderated by Temple Sholom’s Rabbi Dan Moskovitz, the evening featured…
At 100 years old, the Hebrew Free Loan Association of Vancouver (HFLA) is a fairly spry organization, keeping current with the community’s changing needs. So, as the new year begins, it is introducing three new lending programs for trial in…
Left to right are Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver CEO Ezra Shanken, campaign chair Dr. Neil Pollock, women’s philanthropy chair Lisa Pullan, board chair Stephen Gaerber and major donors co-chairs Alex Cristall and Andrew Merkur. (photo from JFGV) On Sept. 17, Jewish…
SUCCESS chief executive officer Queenie Choo, left, with federal election candidates, left to right, Jody Wilson-Raybould, Erinn Broshko, Wes Regan and Mira Oreck. (photo by Jocelyne Hallé) More than 100 people filled Choi Hall on Sunday to hear local candidates…
Left to right, shinshiniot Ophir Golumbek, Tomer Tetro and Lian Swissa are volunteering with various organizations in the Greater Vancouver Jewish community. (photo from Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver) For the first time, Vancouver is participating in the Shinshin program…
East Side Jews observes Shabbat at Trout Lake. (photo from Carey Brown) When Rabbi Carey Brown and her family moved to Vancouver in 2011, they made their home in East Vancouver. “We settled down in East Van and really loved…
