The Wallenberg-Sugihara Civil Courage Society (WSCCS) hosted its 21st annual Raoul Wallenberg Day event on April 19. Held at the Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture this year, its theme was “Confronting Hate Speech and Scapegoating.” Alan Le Fevre, the…
Itai Anghel, one of Israel’s most recognizable documentary reporters, was with his wife and toddler son in New York City, celebrating his Emmy nomination for Last Stop Before Kyiv, in which Anghel and cameraman Eddie Gerald reported from Ukraine during…
On May 26, Rabbi Dr. Laura Duhan Kaplan gave the public lecture From Conflict to Connection: Spiritual Community in Stressful Times at the annual conference of Vancouver School of Theology’s Inter-Religious Studies Program. (screenshot) The Walking Together: Sharing the Work…
The 96-year-old history of the Jewish Independent, which serves as a continuous record of Jewish communal life in British Columbia, was the topic of the second lecture in the Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture’s 2026 Doikayt Speaker Series. In…
Lana Marks Pulver receives the 2026 CJPAC Impact Award from Mark Waldman, chief executive officer and co-founder of the Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee (CJPAC). (Rhonda Dent Photography) Mayor Ken Sim declared May 11 Lana Marks Pulver Day in the…
Geoffrey Druker, left, and Glen Steinman hold the City of Vancouver proclamation of April 7, 2026, as Rudolf Vrba Day. (photo from Vrba Projects / VHEC) The Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre (VHEC) welcomes the City of Vancouver’s Proclamation designating April…
Jordan Zwicker and Debbie Litvack after Zwicker’s kidney transplant last November. Litvack donated the organ. (photo from JMABC) When Debbie Litvack found out her longtime friend Jordan Zwicker needed a kidney, her decision was instant. “Jordan needed one. I had…
The BC Regiment Band at the Vernon Winter Carnival in 2020. (photo from bcregiment.com) On Sunday, June 7, 1 p.m., at Ladner Bandfest, in Memorial Park, the band will premiere Theodore’s March by Theodore (Ted) Levitt (z’l), a Second World…
Or Shalom hosts Rabbi Tirzah Firestone for a Shabbaton in Vancouver June 12-13. (photo form tirzahfirestone.com) A community Shabbaton featuring teacher, author and psychotherapist Rabbi Tirzah Firestone will take place June 12-13, offering participants the opportunity to explore ancestral healing, resilience…
Left to right: Larry Vinegar, Stan Shaw, Lloyd Baron, Michelle Dodek, Steve Schacter and Marcy Schwartzman. (photo from Marcy Schwartzman) There are roughly 1,200 people who rely on Jewish Family Services food hubs in the Greater Vancouver area, and much…
