Camp Kalsman has almost 300 acres, perfect for a wide range of activities. (photo from Camp Kalsman) Rabbi Ilana Mills, director of URJ Camp Kalsman, started attending camp when she was 8 years old. “I remember being uncertain what the…
Michael Gliksberg, left, and Prof. Gil Levkowitz are among the researchers who have discovered that oxytocin in a developing zebrafish brain determines later social behaviour. (photo from Weizmann Institute) Whenever we decide to throw a party, invite in-laws to dinner…
Prof. Etta Livneh (photo by Shay Shmueli/BGU) Most everyone on the planet has now heard of mRNA, thanks to the vaccines against COVID-19 from Pfizer and Moderna, which are based on messenger RNA. But, before mRNA was used to address…
הרופאה המומחה החליטה שעלי לעשות בדיקת אם. אר. איי. לאזור הצוואר שלי לאור מוגבלות מסוימת שאני חש בו. בדיקת הסי. טי. שעשיתי בבית החולים סנט פול לא הייתה מספיק טובה מבחינתה, והיא התעקשה על בדיקת אם. אר. איי. שהיא הרבה…
King David High School student and Climate Education Reform British Columbia member Sara Bauman (photo from Sara Bauman) Weather events like the recent floods across British Columbia and last summer’s record fire season are prompting questions about how to plan…
Markus Spodzieja, owner of the Bikery, the first and only certified kosher bakery on Vancouver Island. (photo from the Bikery) Victoria’s Jewish community and area foodies received welcome news for their taste buds this summer. For the past four months,…
Debbie Setton Tabenkin sees travel, genealogy and fun with grandkids in her future. (photo by Jocelyne Hallé) Debbie Setton Tabenkin, one of the most familiar faces to anyone who has frequented the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver in the…
Carmel Tanaka has many diverse community projects on the go. (photo by Heather McCain) Community engagement professional Carmel Tanaka gave a talk entitled A Day in the Life of a Queer, Neurodivergent, Jewpanese Millennial to a Zoom audience on Dec. 5.…
(photo from CABGU) Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ranks among the top 50 universities graduating successful entrepreneur company founders from its undergraduate programs, according to Pitchbook, a financial data firm that publishes annual data. BGU moved up two spots from…
הכנסות לנסיעות בימים אלה הרבה יותר מסובכות בגלל תקנות הקוביד, השונות בין מדינה למדינה. אני טסתי ברחבי העולם פעמים רבות אך הפעם הטיסה לישראל ובחזרה עם עצירת ביניים באירופה מורכבת מאוד. נדרשתי להקדיש מספר לא מבוטל של ימים ללמוד את…
