Leonard Brody talks about The Great Rewrite at the Jewish Family Services Innovators Lunch April 24. (Rhonda Dent Photography) Sitting in the JFS client base are this community’s greatest and most hopeful assets,” said Jewish Family Services Innovators Lunch keynote…
Khalaf and Gawre’s family is the 10th to come to Winnipeg thanks to Operation Ezra. (photo from Michel Aziza) What started as a small local initiative has grown to be a leader, by example, and a reminder of what can…
In the second of a series of articles on sexual harassment and violence in the Jewish community, the Jewish Independent speaks with Dr. Alan Stamp, clinical director at Vancouver’s Jewish Family Services. The #MeToo movement, founded by Tarana Burke in…
This academic year marks the second session of Writing Lives, a two-semester project at Langara College, coordinated by instructor Dr. Rachel Mines. Writing Lives is a partnership between Langara, the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, and the Azrieli Foundation. Last fall,…
During the week of Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) released the results of a comprehensive national survey of Holocaust awareness and knowledge among adults in the United States. The survey…
Belkin Forest Grove was dedicated in Baal Shem Tov Forest on March 27. (photo by Lilah Weiss) On March 27, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund held a special event in memory of JNF Canada friend and philanthropist Elliot Belkin. About 20…
עשרה הרוגים וארבעה עשר פצועים בטורונטו – מרביתם קשה מרכב שפגע בהם בכוונה תחילה. (צילום: Linda Ward/CBC) אחד האירועים הקשים ביותר בתולדות טורונטו העיר הגדולה בקנדה, שהתרחש ביום שני בצהריים לפני כעשרה ימים, גבה מחיר כבד מאוד. עשרה הרוגים וחמישה…
“Louis Brier is in a pivotal point in planning for the future through its redevelopment activities,” said David Keselman, chief executive officer of the home and hospital. (photo from Louis Brier) The Louis Brier Home and Hospital was started in…
More than 100 people came out to Burquest Community Association’s Purim carnival this year. (photo from Burquest) At the end of a short, upward-sloping driveway in Port Coquitlam, what was originally a Jehovah’s Witness centre was converted into a Jewish…
Jordan Zwicker (photo from JZE) If there’s one Jewish personality in Vancouver that almost everyone knows, it’s Jordan Zwicker. The man behind many of the city’s Jewish celebrations, Zwicker, 42, has been enlivening Vancouver parties since 2003, when he first…
