(photo from Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre) Many child survivors of the Holocaust did not identify as survivors – and were not deemed so by other survivors, including their parents – until decades after the end of the Second World War.…
(photo from Victoria Shoah Project) The following remarks have been edited from a talk given at the April 15 Yom Hashoah commemoration at Victoria’s Jewish Cemetery, which was organized by the Victoria Shoah Project. I recently saw a beautifully poignant…
(photo from Ashernet) Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed a special meeting of the Israeli cabinet in Independence Hall in Tel Aviv on April 20 in honour of the 70th anniversary of the proclamation of the modern state by Israel’s…
שיתוף הפעולה הטכנולוגי בין קנדה לישראל מתרחב משמעותית. (צילום: tec_estromberg) מועצת המנהלים של קרן קנדה-ישראל תממן שמונה פרוייקטים חדשים בסכום כולל של כחמישה עשר מליון שקל (שהם כמישה מיליון ושלוש מאות אלף דולר קנדי). הפרוייקטים יבוצעו בשיתוף פעולה עם חברות…
Rabbi Mark Dratch (photo from Mark Dratch) In the first of a series of articles on sexual harassment and violence in the Jewish community, the Jewish Independent speaks with Rabbi Mark Dratch, executive vice-president of the Rabbinical Council of America…
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,…
B.C. Premier John Horgan toured the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver on March 29, speaking with community members of all ages. (photo from Office of the Premier) B.C. Premier John Horgan visited the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver…
A 1-year-old boy being treated with a novel gene therapy drug. “Usually, this type of injury with a hemophiliac patient would involve hours in the emergency room, with repeated doses of intravenous coagulation factors,” said Prof. Gili Kenet, director of the…
Children follow the new Independence Trail in Tel Aviv. (photo by Ricky Rachman) In honour of Israel’s 70th Independence Day, the city of Tel Aviv has introduced a new interactive walking route that takes visitors past 10 of the city’s…
The trail crosses the Galilee from Beit She’arim to Tiberias. (photo by Israel Antiquities Authority from Ashernet) This year in the Galilee, thousands of students have been excavating and organizing the first “smart trail,” in which dozens of stone relay…
