This year, Jewish Federation honoured, for the first time, an organization outside of the Jewish community. The inaugural recipient of the honour was the Vancouver Police Department. *** At its annual general meeting June 19, the Jewish Federation of Greater…
איתן, מטוס ללא טייס על בסיס הרון טיפי, חיל האוויר הישראל, יום העצמאות 2017. (צילום: MathKnight and Zachi Evenor) התעשייה האווירית (תע”א) של ישראל משתתפת במכרז חדש של הצבא הקנדי שיפורסם במהלך החודשים הקרובים, לאספקת מטוסים ללא טייס (מל”טים) שהיקפו…
Avie Estrin at Vancouver Yaffa Housing Society’s new laneway house. (photo by Pat Johnson) Fred Dexall used to live in a group home in Kerrisdale. “I didn’t like it there,” he recalls. “The problem is they were very unfriendly. Everybody…
Alisa Polsky, left, and Leamore Cohen attended the Jewish Federations of Canada-United Israel Appeal’s Pushing the Boundaries: Disability, Inclusion and Jewish Community conference in Toronto April 15-17. (photo by Liora Kogan) Jewish Federations of Canada-United Israel Appeal’s Pushing the Boundaries:…
The Pacific Torah Institute’s Rabbi Noam Abramchik, left, and Rabbi Aaron Kamin. (photo from PTI) As Vancouver’s only Orthodox yeshivah, Pacific Torah Institute (PTI) holds a unique place in the community. Since the talmudic era, when the rabbis of what…
King David High School head of school Russ Klein. (photo by Pat Johnson) King David High School has chosen to refund families who made a $1,000 deposit for next year but opted to send their kids to a different school.…
There were 28 tables of four playing on June 7 at the annual bridge event honouring Marjorie Groberman. (photos by Cynthia Ramsay) More than 100 people gathered to play bridge at the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver on June 7…
Left to right: Laura Feldman, Dr. Deborah Toiber, Joanne Haramia, Dr. Janet Kushner Kow and Dr. Gloria Gutman. (photo from CABGU) Alzheimer’s, Dementia and You, an event presented by Canadian Associates of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev on June 5…
Some of the terror weapons found by Israel Security Agency (ISA) personnel. (photos by ISA via Ashernet) In recent months, the ISA, Israel Defence Forces and Israel Police have uncovered a large and active terrorist infrastructure that operated in the…
פסגת הג’-7 שהתקיימה בשרלבוקס קוויבק שבקנדה. (צילום: Shealah Craighead) נשיא ארצות הברית, דונלד טראמפ, ממשיך להתנהג כבריון שכונתי, מאיים ומלכלך על המדינות הקרובות ובעיקר על השכנה ומי שנחשבה עד היום לידידה הקרובה ביותר – קנדה. כל בוקר מתעורר העולם וצופה…
