(image by Zoonar) יום הבוחר: תושבי בריטיש קולומביה במערב קנדה הימרו כי דונלד טראמפ ינצח בבחירות לנשיאות ארה”ב היום, וימשיך בתפקיד לארבע שנים נוספות. אירוע הבחירות יהיה הפופולארי ביותר בהיסטוריה בקרב המהמרים הבחירות לנשיאות ארצות הברית שיערכו היום יום שלישי,…
Featured speakers at this year’s Choices are Hannah Amar, left, and Michelle Hirsch. (photo from Jewish Federation) Hannah Amar wants people to keep in mind two words when they listen to her story: resilience and connection. Toronto-born Amar was 10…
Dr. Anna Wolak is one of the doctors who started Masks4BC. (photo from King Edward Medical Centre) Mandatory use of masks, in addition to physical distancing and hand hygiene, will help save lives and the economy in the wake of…
Dr. Chris Friedrichs will deliver the lecture “How to Steal from Jews: A Story from Nazi Germany and What It Teaches Us,” which will be available from Nov. 9, 7 p.m., from the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre. The Victoria Shoah…
Over the last several years, there has been an alarming increase in antisemitic incidents across the globe, with many originating online. As social media posts do not stop at international borders, members of the national legislatures of Australia, Canada, Israel,…
Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver women’s philanthropy co-chairs Sue Hector, left, and Shawna Merkur. (photos from Jewish Federation) There’s good news and bad news for the annual Choices gala, which celebrates Jewish women’s philanthropy in Metro Vancouver. The good news…
“People tend to read biblical stories like they do mythology,” said Chabad Richmond’s Rabbi Yechiel Baitelman, one of the local Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) instructors. “Our course invites participants to look deeper and discover the underlying themes and relevant…
Panel speaker Dr. Arthur Dodek in 1963, planting a Jewish National Fund tree as part of the second World Jewish Youth Convention. Dodek was in Israel representing the Student Zionist Organization of North America. (photo from Arthur Dodek) The Zoom…
Dr. Patricia Daly (photo from vch.ca) Dr. Patricia Daly, the chief medical officer for Vancouver Coastal Health, provided an illuminating but discouraging perspective on the status of women in leadership positions in medicine during a National Council of Jewish Women…
George Heyman, ninth from the right, with family members in Poland last year. (photo from George Heyman) Like scores of other British Columbians, George Heyman owes his life to Chiune Sugihara. Heyman, who was reelected Saturday as MLA for Vancouver-Fairview,…
