Food insecurity by province or territory, using data from Statistics Canada’s Canadian Community Health Survey, 2017-18. (image from proof.utoronto.ca/food-insecurity) Jewish Family Services Vancouver (JFS), Richmond Jewish Day School (RJDS) and Kehila Society of Richmond are piloting a new food program…
בימים אלה חזרתי לקנדה מנסיעה לישראל עייף ומותש. הוראות הקוביד במדינות השונות הפכו את הנסיעה לדבר מסובך, מורכב ובעיקר מעייף. כמובן שזה גם הרבה יותר יקר לטוס בימים אלה. יש לקוות שתקנות הקוביד יבוטלו ונחזור לשגרת חיים רגילה. לדעתי הגיע…
Danny Danon addresses a United Nations Security Council meeting in 2017, when he was Israel’s ambassador to the UN. (UN photo/Rick Bajornas via Wikimedia Commons) Many Israelis and their overseas allies may see the United Nations as an assembly of…
Dr. Henry Abramson’s lecture series Jewish History, But Skipping the Boring Parts continues on March 9. (photo from Henry Abramson) What do country music superstar Shania Twain and Orthodox academic Dr. Henry Abramson have in common? They both spent plenty…
JQT Vancouver and JFS Vancouver are partners – with support from Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver – on Twice Blessed 2.0: The Jewish LGBTQ2SIA+ Initiative. The purpose of the initiative is to understand the current needs of the Jewish LGBTQ2SIA+…
(image from flickr / Province of British Columbia) Last November, the American advocacy organization Respect Ability announced some good news. New research it had conducted in 2021 suggested that disability awareness and inclusion was improving in Jewish communities across North…
The Committee on Teaching and Learning of the American Academy of Religion has honoured Rabbi Dr. Laura Duhan Kaplan with the 2022 Katie Geneva Cannon Excellence in Teaching Award, which recognizes the importance of teaching and celebrates outstanding teaching in…
Michael Sachs, executive director of the Jewish National Fund of Canada Pacific Region. (photo from JNFPR) It is full steam ahead for Michael Sachs as he enters the home stretch of his first year as executive director of the Jewish…
Michelle Valenzuela, centre, along with her brother, Pedro de Jesus Valenzuela Mora, and mother, Diana Mora. (photo from Michelle Valenzuela) Almost 500 years after her Sephardi ancestors were forced out of Spain, Michelle Valenzuela is on a path back. The 28-year-old artist and…
On Feb. 14, Jewish Seniors Alliance presented the third of its 2021/22 Empowerment Series. The event – Care for the Caregiver – was co-sponsored with L’Chaim Adult Day Centre and the Council of Senior Citizens’ Organizations of British Columbia, and…
