Vancouver Talmud Torah’s expanded new campus includes many collaborative spaces. (photo from VTT) On Sept. 17, Vancouver Talmud Torah will mark its centenary, celebrating “its humble beginnings as an afterschool cheder to the VTT of today – a modern, state-of-the-art…
Rabbi Philip Gibbs is the new spiritual leader of Congregation Har El. (photo from Rabbi Philip Gibbs) Rabbi Philip Gibbs, who took up the pulpit at Congregation Har El / North Shore Jewish Community Centre in July, had an unusually…
Sol and Shirley Kort (photo from Alisa Kort) The Kort family – in an initiative led by sisters Beverley and Alisa – has established a scholarship in their parents’ names with the National Council of Jewish Women. The award will…
An architectural rendering of the proposed Jewish Legion Centennial Pavilion to be built in Windsor, N.S. (image from MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects Ltd.) David Ben-Gurion and Yitzhak Ben-Zvi will be among more than 1,000 men remembered when the 100th anniversary of…
The 2017 Select Fashion and Totto bags’ Back to School ad campaign, in collaboration with Beyachad, featured Israeli children of varying abilities. (photo by Nechama Orah Photography) In 2010, Gabrielle Markowitz set up a Facebook account in the name of…
(photo from Israel Antiquities Authority via Ashernet) A 1,500-year-old mosaic floor, with a Greek inscription, was discovered this summer following groundwork for a communications cable infrastructure near the Damascus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem. David Gellman, the director…
כשמכניסים את המושג “ישראלים בקנדה” למנוע החיפוש של גוגל מקבלים מגוון רחב ומפורט, על אודות הישראלים כאן, מעשיהם והקשר בינם ולבין ישראל, קנדה ויהדות. להלן חלק מתוצאות החיפוש בגוגל של המושג “ישראלים בקנדה” לפי הסדר שנקבע על ידי מנוע החיפוש:…
Rabbi Joseph Telushkin will be in Vancouver for FEDtalks on Sept. 13. (photo from HarperCollins) A group of elderly retired men routinely gather in a Tel Aviv coffee shop and talk about current events. Given the world situation, their chats…
For the first time in the 100-year-plus history of the organization, the Hebrew Free Loan Association of Vancouver (HFLA) has hired an executive director. In July, HFLA brought Lynne Fader on board to fill the new role. Active between 1915…
Rabbi Adam Rubin, wife Judith and their children. (photo from Rabbi Adam Rubin) When Rabbi Adam Rubin and his family visited Congregation Beth Tikvah in February of this year, they fell in love. “They seemed to like us, too, I guess,…
