An architectural rendering of the proposed Jewish Legion Centennial Pavilion to be built in Windsor, N.S. (image from MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects Ltd.) David Ben-Gurion and Yitzhak Ben-Zvi will be among more than 1,000 men remembered when the 100th anniversary of…
Interior perspective of The Evidence Room, with models of an Auschwitz gas column and gas-tight hatch, plaster casts and a model of a gas-tight door. (photo by Fred Hunsberger, University of Waterloo School of Architecture) Visitors to the Royal Ontario…
Mitch Joel is an expert in digital marketing, a sought-after speaker and an author. Twenty years ago, the president of Mirum – a marketing agency operating in more than 45 offices around the globe, with more than 2,500 employees –…
Ruth Goldbloom stands in Nation Builder Plaza in front of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax. (photo from CMI at Pier 21) The museum at Pier 21: National Historic Site opened on Canada Day, 1999. Built…
Kat Romanow is director of food programming at the Museum of Jewish Montreal. (photo from Kat Romanow) Kat Romanow has taken upon herself the challenge of teaching people more about Jewish food in one of Canada’s most Jewish cities. “I…
Isaac Greenberg grew up speaking Hebrew, and he was raised with Shambhala, as well. (photo by Alex Rose) With his lean frame folded behind a small coffee table at Just Us Café in Halifax, with his large wire-frame glasses and…
Marianne, left, with her father, Otto Echt, and sister Brigitte. (photo from Canadian Museum of Immigration [CMI] at Pier 21) Marianne Ferguson’s family missed the train that was supposed to take them to Montreal from Halifax. Just 13 at the…
East Coast Bakery opened in Halifax on May 14 last year. (photo by Alex Rose) Gerry Lonergan wants to put Halifax on the bagel map. “Why do Montreal and New York own bagels?” he asked. “Two cities shouldn’t own bagels.…
Andrea Silverstone, coordinator of Shalom Bayit at Jewish Family Service Calgary. (photo from Andrea Silverstone) A study of domestic violence in Jewish communities in the Prairie provinces was recently completed. “The study has been a desire of mine probably since…
(photo from Bank of Canada) Beginning June 1, 40 million commemorative bank notes will be distributed through Canada’s financial institutions. The $10 note, celebrating the 150th anniversary of Confederation, features Sir John A. Macdonald, Sir George-Étienne Cartier, Agnes Macphail and…
