Michelle Dodek is the new president of the Hebrew Free Loan Association. (photo by Naomi Dodek) The first free loan society in the Vancouver Jewish community was established 100 years ago, in March 1915. It is in this organization that…
Left to right: Andrea Reimer, Judith Guichon, Henry Grayman, Thomas Gradin, Ujjal Dosanjh and Ezra Shanken, chief executive officer of Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver. (photo by Wendy Fouks) Ujjal Dosanjh, former premier of British Columbia and one-time federal cabinet minister,…
Dr. Ayelet Erez (photo from weizmann.ac.il) Dr. Ayelet Erez, a visiting clinician scientist from the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, Israel, was invited to speak at B.C. Children’s Hospital earlier this month. The group was comprised of clinicians, researchers and clinical…
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor speaks in Vancouver on Feb. 3 and in Victoria on Feb. 4. (photo from Ron Prosor via Jewish National Fund Vancouver) Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations says Canada’s foreign policy is…
Ujjal Dosanjh will receive the inaugural Civil Courage Award at the 10th annual Raoul Wallenberg Day on Jan. 18. (photo by Patrick Tam) In honor of the 10th annual Vancouver Raoul Wallenberg Day, the Wallenberg-Sugihara Civil Courage Society will present its inaugural Civil Courage…
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach will speak at the Rothstein Theatre on Jan. 17. (photo from Shmuley Boteach) Rabbi Shmuley Boteach will be in Vancouver later next week to talk about his most recent book, Kosher Lust: Why Love is Not the Answer. Boteach, a rabbi,…
As the 2014 Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver annual campaign draws closer to a record $8 million mark, preparations are well underway to build on that success in 2015. Cindy Behrmann, campaign director since 2012 and one of the primary…
Young philanthropist Yosef Nider receives recognition. (photo from Naomi Nelson Photography) On Sunday, Dec. 21, the Centre for Judaism in Surrey/White Rock held its annual menorah lighting at Semiahmoo Centre, and awarded its inaugural Young Lamplighter Award to Yosef Nider,…
This year’s Gold Plate Dinner marks 40 years that Lubavitch B.C., led by Rabbi Yitzchak Wineberg, third from the right, has been in Vancouver. (photos from facebook.com/LubavitchBC) Chabad Lubavitch BC held its 39th Annual Gold Plate Dinner, paying tribute to…
Harvey Dales, 2014 Federation annual campaign general chair, speaks at a Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver donor event. (photo from Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver) As he tallied up the fundraising dollars earlier this month for this year’s Federation annual campaign,…
