Khalid Aziz (photo from Khalid Aziz) Khalid Aziz got out of Afghanistan about six weeks before the government fell. Eighteen months later, he has a job here at a local café/bakery and works part-time with a local advisory group on…
Al and Lola Roadburg (photo from Tikva Housing) With the help of a $10 million donation from the Al Roadburg Foundation, a four-storey apartment building has been purchased that will allow Tikva Housing Society to offer more affordable housing in…
The harrowing history of Ukraine’s past was recounted recently in the annual lecture honouring Rudolf Vrba, the late Vancouver scientist whose 1944 escape from Auschwitz brought the most concrete proof of the Nazi “Final Solution” to the world. Dr. Nataliia…
“I like to dabble in things, I like to learn about things, and I think that’s where Peretz really shines,” says Maggie Karpilovski, executive director of the Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture. (photo from Peretz Centre) At 78, the…
Emerich Klein speaks to a student following his recent talk at King David High School. (photo from KDHS) For decades, Emerich Klein kept his story of survival during the Holocaust to himself. While raising two children in Vancouver and making…
On March 9, community members gathered to bury sacred Jewish texts at Beth Israel Cemetery. (photo by Cynthia Ramsay) According to Jewish law, no sacred texts and objects are allowed to be thrown out. This includes anything with God’s name…
Pat Johnson, founder of Upstanders Canada. (photo from Upstanders Canada) Pat Johnson, the founder of Upstanders Canada, addressed the importance of standing up to antisemitism during a March 5 Zoom lecture organized by Kolot Mayim Reform Temple in Victoria. Upstanders…
The Louis Brier Jewish Aged Foundation announces David Zacks, KC, as chair of the 2023/24 The Brier, Their Home campaign. Born and raised in Vancouver, Zacks has been an active member of the Jewish community for more than five decades.…
Creating an endowment fund with the Jewish Community Foundation is not solely an enterprise taken on by high-net-worth individuals and families. (screenshot) Established in 1989, the Jewish Community Foundation now has more than 350 endowment funds and $85 million in…
B’nai Brith Canada has returned to Vancouver. This time with a local office headed by Aron Csaplaros, who was born and raised in Vancouver. B’nai Brith and its now-defunct newspaper the Jewish Tribune last made their presence felt here in…
