Aaron Friedland will be the keynote speaker at this year’s King David High School Golden Thread Gala. (photo from goldenthreadgala.com) King David High School’s Second Annual Golden Thread Gala takes place May 12. For an event that celebrates the story…
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s School of Sustainability and Climate Change have been experimenting with alternative ways of irrigating trees, in this case, by floodwater. (photo by Dani Machlis/BGU) “It is in the Negev that the creativity and…
Torah West wants to make Metro Vancouver a destination for more Orthodox newcomers. (photo by Cynthia Ramsay) A new initiative, called Torah West, aims to grow Metro Vancouver’s Jewish population and make it more attractive to Orthodox newcomers – a…
Courtney Cohen with students from Richmond Jewish Day School holding donated items for care packages. (photo from Rose’s Angels) The ninth annual Rose’s Angels took place over the months of February and March. With the generous help of family, friends…
In announcing the results of the 2021 Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver annual campaign, campaign chair Lana Marks Pulver expressed deep gratitude for the generosity of donors. Acknowledging the ongoing impacts of the pandemic, she said, “Yet, we have also…
Bohras in prayer at the marble open-air mosque located on the grounds of Barzilai Medical Centre. (photo from Ron Lobel) The Barzilai Medical Centre in Ashkelon, Israel, is known for treating victims of border skirmishes with Gaza. It is also…
קשה להאמין אבל זו עובדה מוגמרת: נבחרת קנדה בכדורגל הצליחה להעפיל למשחקי הגביע העולמי הלא הוא המונדיאל. זאת, לא מעט בזכותו של מאמן הנבחרת הבריטי, ג’ון הרמן. יש לזכור שקנדה לא השתתפה בשום מונדיאל מאז אלף תשע מאות שמונים ושש…
Criminalizing Holocaust denial would draw a moral line in the sand, say two advocates for legal action, but a lawyer and Canadian-Israeli former member of the Knesset has reservations. Michal Cotler-Wunsh, head of the Nefesh B’Nefesh Institute for Aliyah Policy…
(image from internetmatters.org) On March 30, Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez and Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti announced a new expert advisory group on online safety as the next step in developing legislation to…
Montreal’s Congregation Shaar Hashomayim has been at its Kensington Avenue home for 100 years. (photo by Lainie Berger / unsplash.com) Montreal’s Congregation Shaar Hashomayim is 176 years old – and it has been in its current building for 100 years…
