A group of public school teachers who are pressing for resources and supports to help educate about antisemitism and the Holocaust have been rejected by the provincial teachers’ union. The recently formed Holocaust and Antisemitism Educators Association was informed earlier…
Miriam Libicki in 2017, when she was writer-in-residence at the Vancouver Public Library. (photo by Jeff Vinnick/VPL) The Vancouver Comic Arts Festival (VanCAF) issued a public apology to Miriam Libicki on June 2, eight days after posting online that it…
Lawyer Erin Brandt founded the Antisemitism Legal Helpline to help connect people experiencing antisemitism with volunteer lawyers who could provide them with free, confidential legal advice. (photo from Erin Brandt) After Oct. 7, Erin Brandt was angry. She decided to…
The inaugural board of the Jewish Medical Association of British Columbia. (photo from JMABC) The newly incorporated Jewish Medical Association of British Columbia held a meeting at Schara Tzedeck Synagogue on May 29, with more than 70 physicians and allied healthcare…
Ben Shneiderman was the featured speaker at Jewish Senior Alliance’s Spring Forum May 26. (photo from hai.stanford.edu) On Sunday, May 26, the Jewish Seniors Alliance presented their annual Spring Forum. Featured speaker Ben Shneiderman spoke about his family’s influence on…
Richmond Jewish Day School students at the school’s annual Garden Tea Party, which took place May 22. (photo from RJDS) On May 22, Richmond Jewish Day School (RJDS) welcomed community members to its annual Garden Tea Party. The event began…
Many community events, lessons and celebrations take place in the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver’s Wosk Auditorium. (photo from JCC) A sense of family and community, somewhere to be physically active and mentally stimulated, a haven in which to…
Vancouver Jewish Community Garden coordinator Maggie Wilson took the photo that graces this year’s cover of the Jewish Independent Summer issue. According to the garden’s newsletter, “A few strawberry plants opted to try their luck in the gravel and managed…
Kineret Tamim Academy founders Dr. Elior and Leah Kinarthy. Kineret Tamim is Victoria’s first Jewish day school. (photo from Chabad) Kineret Tamim Academy, just steps from the Chabad of Vancouver Island’s Centre for Jewish Life and Learning, is now officially…
Members of ZAKA identification, extraction and rescue team search through the destruction in a Gaza Envelope community following the Oct. 7 attacks. (photo from ZAKA) The annual Yom Hazikaron ceremony, marking Israel’s day of remembrance for fallen soldiers and victims…
