Left to right: Josh Cooper, Frank Sirlin, John Baird, Avi Dickstein and Ilan Pilo. (photo from Jewish National Fund, Pacific Region) On June 7, the Jewish National Fund, Pacific Region, hosted the 2015 Negev Dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel…
Among those celebrating L’Chaim’s 30th anniversary were original board members, left to right, Sylvia Gurstein, Gloria Hendin and Marion Poliakoff. (photo from L’Chaim) More than 70 people gathered recently in the L’Chaim Lounge at the Jewish Community Centre of Greater…
Ben Groberman outside of Moishe House’s new location in the 41st and Granville neighborhood. (photo from Ben Groberman) The Vancouver chapter of Moishe House has found a new home. It will be the third location since the local branch started…
In her retirement, Jocelyne Hallé plans to keep working as a photographer. (photo by Rachel Lando) Members of the Vancouver Jewish community know Jocelyne Hallé. For years, she has been the official photographer of the Jewish Community Centre of Greater…
Hebrew Free Loan Association president Michelle Dodek, second from the right, with, left to right, past association presidents Errol Lipschitz, Diane Friedman and Mannie Druker. (photo by Dan Poh) One hundred years of anything in Vancouver is fairly unusual. On…
Dr. Robert Krell with the Hon. Coralee Oakes (left), minister of community, sport and cultural development, and the Hon. Judith Guichon, OBC, lieutenant governor of British Columbia. (photo from B.C. Achievement Foundation) On April 24, 2015, Dr. Robert Krell was among…
Left to right, back row: Mark Suzuki, Ai Nakano, Marie Doduck, Eppy Rappaport, Ruth Erlichman, Elena Steele and a representative from the Nepalese community. Front row: Casey Suzuki, Dickson Tsang and Andy Sui. (photo by Belinda Co) On the evening…
Growing up going to Hebrew school at a Conservative synagogue in Vancouver’s North Shore was a good start for Leo Robinovitch. While Congregation Har El initiated his exploration into his Jewish identity and connection to Israel, it was a year…
Canada is not a referee in the game of geopolitics, said John Baird, Canada’s former foreign minister, it’s a player. Baird, who will be honored at the Jewish National Fund’s Negev Dinner in Vancouver on June 7, spoke of his…
This photo is among the images in The Face of the Ghetto: Pictures Taken by Jewish Photographers in the Litzmannstadt Ghetto, 1940-1944, produced by the Topography of Terror Foundation, Berlin. The bride on the right is Bronia Sonnenschein; beside her…
