During mock weddings, participants learn about Jewish and Sikh rituals. (photo from Shaul Osadchey) While Judaism is the main focus of any synagogue, and many stop there, that is not the case with Calgary’s Beth Tzedec Congregation. They have decided…
Simon Fraser University was among those targeted by a hacker spewing antisemitic hate. (photo from facebook.com/PeakSFU) Simon Fraser University was among many universities targeted by a white supremacist computer hacker purveying antisemitic hate. Andrew Auernheimer, an Arkansas native now living…
Rabbi Dan Moskovitz, left, and Dr. Harold Troper. (photo by David Berson) The current refugee crisis – and Canada’s responses to past crises – was the topic of an interfaith panel recently, which raised issues especially relevant as Passover approaches.…
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s Dr. Meidad Kissinger is doing collaborative work with colleagues in British Columbia. (photo by Zach Sagorin) Five years ago, Vancouver set the goal of becoming the greenest city in the world by 2020. According to…
Participants in the Central Conference of American Rabbis’ annual convention, which took place in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in February. (photo from Dan Moskovitz) Among the approximately 400 Reform rabbis who gathered in Israel in the last week of February…
Left to right: Gyda Chud (co-chair), Serge Haber, Jackie Weiler (co-chair) and Dr. Kendall Ho. (photo by Binny Goldman) Jewish Seniors Alliance of Greater Vancouver’s annual spring forum – this year with the topic An App a Day Keeps the…
Ariel Ziv (photo from Ariel Ziv) Although it seems like just yesterday that many of us were making our New Year’s resolution to hit the gym more often, the first day of spring has already come and gone and summer…
Kids4Peace youth present religious items to friends at an interfaith session. (photo from Kids4Peace) Kids4Peace (K4P) started in 2002 as a two-week summer retreat/camp in the United States for 12 kids: four Muslim, four Christian and four Jewish. It is…
Talia Syrie (photo from Talia Syrie) In 1999, Israeli-born longtime Winnipegger Talia Syrie spent her summer working as a tree planter in British Columbia. Trained as a heavy diesel mechanic, she was tree planting to pay off her student loans.…
“The mini cube is our modern interpretation of the traditional ceremonies of ancient cultures,” say Cérémonie Tea’s Elli and Efrat Schorr. (photo from Cérémonie Tea) From the professions of law and psychology, Elli and Efrat Schorr turned to tea. And,…
