Ayala and Ariel Wilchfort are recent arrivals to Vancouver. (photo from Ariel Wilchfort) Two years ago, Rabbi Gideon Osher Shmueli donated a kidney to a stranger, saving that individual’s life. These days, he works at Magen David Yeshivah in Brooklyn,…
Participants in last year’s Inclusion Journey at the Knesset in Jerusalem, in front of Marc Chagall’s painting “The Exodus.” (photo from JCC inclusion services) The Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver is part of the international network of Jewish communities…
(צילום: justiceforhassandiab.org) חסן דיאב שנחשד כי ביצע את הפיגוע בבית הכנסת בפריז בשנת 1980, שוחרר ממעצר בסוף השבוע. כך החליטו שני שופטים חוקרים של בית המשפט העליון בצרפת, שדחו את האשמות נגדו. דיאב חזר לקנדה והתייחד מחדש עם אשתו וילדיו.…
Entrance of the Jewish Cemetery in Dawson City, Yukon. The sign reads Bet Chaim (House of the Living). The photo was taken in 1961. (photo by Irving Snider; Dr. Irving and Phyliss Snider fonds; Jewish Museum and Archives of BC…
Left to right: Linda Thomas (Tikva), Shirley Barnett, Shelley Karrel (Tikva) and Eldad Goldfarb (Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver) at Tikva Housing’s annual general meeting on Dec. 7. (photo from Tikva Housing) The following remarks have been slightly modified…
Louis Brier Home and Hospital has accused Dr. Ellen Wiebe, who specializes in medically assisted dying, of wrongdoing, for providing a medically assisted death to 83-year-old resident Barry Hyman, without the consent or knowledge of the care facility. The home…
Liliana Segal with Green Chair Recycling’s 2017 Canada’s Volunteer Award. Green Chair Recycling, founded by Liliana Segal, was recognized in 2017 as a business leader in British Columbia and the north by Canada’s Volunteer Awards. The awards, given by the…
The date palm Methuselah “is a big boy now.” (photo from Arava Institute) When I contacted Dr. Elaine Solowey, a California-born botanist of the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies at Kibbutz Ketura, for an update on the date palm Methuselah,…
(photo from Ashernet) Earlier this month, customs officials at the Ashdod port discovered a significant amount of military equipment destined for Gaza. Thousands of items of camouflaged military clothing, including coats, combat vests and boots, were due to be moved…
ג’ושוע בויל (צילום: cbc.ca) הקנדי שהוחזק בשבי באפגניסטן ונעצר על ידי משטרת קנדה בחשד לתקיפה מינית כליאה, ואיומים ברצח יופיע בבית המשפט בסוף החודש ג’ושוע בויל הקנדי שהוחזק בשבי באפגניסטן ופקיסטן במשך כחמש שנים ביחד עם אשתו קייטלן קולמן ושלושת…
