Leamore Cohen (photo by Efrat Gal-Or Nucleus Photography) The Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver’s inclusion services program is one of the recipients of the Lieutenant Governor’s Arts and Music Awards, in the category of visual arts. This one-time honour,…
ORT delegate Nata Saslofsky with students from the D. Dan and Betty Kahn STEAM Centre at the Rodman Middle School in Kiryat Yam, Israel. (photo from ORT) As a town with one of the highest percentages of new immigrants in…
חזרתי מנסיעה שנייה לישראל בסוף חודש מאי. בראשית חודש פברואר טסתי בדחיפות לישראל כיוון שאמי היתה מאושפזת במצב קריטי בבית החולים איכילוב שליד ביתה, לאחר שנחנקה מחתיכת תפוח שהיתה בסלט שאכלה. היא נפטרה לאחר מספר ימים ונקברה בדיוק באותו יום…
Pat Johnson, founder of Upstanders Canada. (photo by Paul Tillotson) There has been a widening split between many progressive movements and the Jewish community in recent decades, according to Pat Johnson, the founder of Upstanders Canada. His Vancouver-based organization aims…
A Caplansky’s Deli fan takes a selfie with the restaurant’s founder, Zane Caplansky. (photo from Zane Caplansky) As Zane Caplansky describes it, his journey in the world of deli, which ultimately led him from Toronto to Tofino, began on a…
At the Freilach 25 gala on June 19, left to right, are Yocheved Baitelman, Chanie Baitelman, Rabbi Yechiel Baitelman, Natan Sharansky and Avital Sharansky. (photo by Kasselman Creatives) Natan Sharansky, the most famous “Prisoner of Zion” and a former Israeli…
Canadian Associates of Ben-Gurion University honouree Martin Thibodeau, B.C. president of RBC Royal Bank, speaks at the June 9 gala. (photo from CABGU) Less than six decades ago, the city of Beersheva, in Israel, had more camels than people. Now,…
Joseph and Rosalie Segal (seated) and family at the 2016 Summer Garden Party fundraiser for Vancouver Hebrew Academy. (photo by Jocelyne Hallé) Joseph Segal, an entrepreneur and philanthropist who was recognized by the governments of British Columbia and Canada with…
The Jewish Food Bank operates out of Jewish Family Services’ the Kitchen, on East 3rd Avenue. (photo from JFS) Like so many other individuals and organizations since Joseph Segal’s death on May 31, Jewish Family Services Vancouver has been reflecting…
Joseph Segal plants a fruit tree with Yaffa Housing president Avie Estrin and Tracy Penner, back in 2010. Says Estrin: “Like a tree bears fruit only when properly nurtured and cared for, so too must we take responsibility and care…
