Canadian Hadassah-WIZO (CHW) has been a driving force in the Jewish community for 100 years. Known to many simply as Hadassah, CHW has rebranded in the last decade to be recognized for its full range of activities, using its acronym…
On Sunday, Sept. 24, 11 a.m., at Schara Tzedeck Cemetery in New Westminster, the annual High Holidays Cemetery Service, presented by the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, Congregation Schara Tzedeck and the Jewish War Veterans, will mark the 30th anniversary of…
(צילום: Brandon Godfrey) לדין שיינדלר תושב אזור ונקובר מסתבר שיש מנהג מוזר ביותר שאינו זוכה כלל להערכה. במשך עשר השנים האחרונות הוא נוהג להופיע בעשרות טקסי אשכבה שונים (בעיקר אלה שנערכים במועדוני גולף מהודרים), ולהינות בחינם מהאוכל והשתייה שמוגשים בהם…
Left to right: Bernard Bressler, Bill Barrable, Prof. Yaakov Nahmias, the Hon. Jody Wilson-Raybould, Jonathan Miodowski, Dina Wachtel, the Hon. Bruce Ralston and Rick Glumac. (photo from Rick Hansen Institute) On Aug. 25 in Vancouver, the Rick Hansen Institute (RHI)…
Left to right: Stephen J. Adler, Dr. Asher Susser, and Rabbi Shmulik Yeshayahu. (photo © 2017 Alan Katowitz) In a wide-ranging lecture addressing Israel’s place in a rapidly changing Middle East, Prof. Asher Susser claimed that, without a continued focus…
The front doors to Ottawa’s Congregation Machzikei Hadas on Nov. 17. (photo from Machzikei Hadas via CJN) An Ottawa teen who vandalized several Jewish buildings last autumn, and who professed pro-Nazi sympathies, was sentenced in August to a year in…
(photo from Jewish Family Service Agency) Each year, Jewish Family Service Agency, in collaboration with Jewish Women International-B.C., operates Project Isaiah – a High Holy Days food drive that assists members of our community in need. A successful response to…
Most of the volunteers have been with the JFSA Seniors Lunch program for up to 15 years. (photo from Jewish Family Service Agency) The Jewish Family Service Agency Seniors Lunch program held its annual volunteer appreciation event on Aug. 8.…
Cardiologist Gil Bolotin checks patient Robert MacLachlan, the first in the world to receive the CORolla implant, at Rambam hospital. (photo by Pioter Fliter/RHCC) A 72-year-old Canadian man has become the world’s first recipient of an Israeli-developed implant to treat…
The black dial phone in the Jerusalem residence of former prime minister Levi Eshkol. (photo by Sharon Altshul) Around Rosh Hashanah, some of us do this back-and-forth dance, reflecting on things past while looking ahead. As I live in Israel,…
