Sara Raposo-Blouw, left, and Erin Goldberg taste the chocolate mocha and vanilla blueberry flavours of Thrive. (photo by Ian Blouw) Erin Goldberg, 30, was only 5 years old when it was discovered that she had rhabdomyosarcoma in her abdomen, attached…
Elliot Kimelman’s C-Spray is available online at amazon.ca. (photo from Elliot Kimelman) Going for a swim is something many people enjoy. But, many times, even if you shower right after, you can still smell the chlorine. If only there was…
Mordecai Richler’s typewriter is among the many items on display in the exhibit Shalom Montreal, which is at Montreal’s McCord Museum until Nov. 11. (photo by Arthur Wolak) Shalom Montreal: Stories and Contributions of the Jewish Community is at Montreal’s…
Jordan Billinkoff, left, and Josh Glow started the company Gryd, winner of the Canadian Federation of Apartment Associations’ New Product or Service of the Year Award. (photo from Gryd) The Toronto-based start-up Gryd is reinventing the look and feel of…
Dr. Ross Feldman is leading various teams as the principal investigator for women’s health at the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences at the city’s St. Boniface Hospital. (photo from Dr. Ross Feldman) Many of us are under the impression that heart…
Alisa Polsky, left, and Leamore Cohen attended the Jewish Federations of Canada-United Israel Appeal’s Pushing the Boundaries: Disability, Inclusion and Jewish Community conference in Toronto April 15-17. (photo by Liora Kogan) Jewish Federations of Canada-United Israel Appeal’s Pushing the Boundaries:…
(photo from publicdomainpictures.net) Dr. Simon Trepel, child analyst and psychiatrist at the Manitoba Adolescent Treatment Centre, is seeing an increasing number of children and teenagers using phones – even during sessions. “I was hearing more and more from parents about…
Ryan Sidhoo’s new docuseries, True North, looks at the youth basketball scene in Toronto. (photo by Yasin Osman) “Wherever I travel, I go play pickup basketball and I always make friends, and maybe end up at someone’s house for dinner…
In the third of a series of articles on sexual harassment and violence in the Jewish community, the Jewish Independent speaks with lawyer Megan Ellis, Q.C. Megan Ellis is one of the first lawyers in Canada to have devoted a…
York Centre Liberal MP Michael Levitt and Sen. Linda Frum hold copies of Bill S-232, the Canadian Jewish Heritage Month Act. (photo from CJN) From now on, May will be Canadian Jewish Heritage Month across the country. The bill proclaiming…
