Areyvut, a New Jersey-based nonprofit organization whose mission is to infuse the lives of Jewish youth and teens with the values of chesed (kindness), tzedakah (charity) and tikkun olam (repairing the world), has released its 2016 A Kindness a Day…
(צילום: רוני רחמני) המסיבה עלתה רק מיליון ורבע דולר: משטרת ונקובר מחפשת אחרי צעירה שגרמה נזק גדול למגדל המפואר של מלון ג’ורג’יה משטרת ונקובר מחפשת מזה מספר שבועות אחרי צעירה אלמונית שגרמה נזק גדול מאוד, למגדל דירות גבוה של אחד…
On Nov. 18, Robbie Waisman spoke at the Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia. (photo by Pat Johnson) The head of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission is crediting Robbie Waisman, a Vancouver man and a child survivor of Buchenwald…
A screenshot of the CIJA video What Would We Do? The continuing terrorist attacks in Israel against Jewish Israelis are becoming more frequent and more deadly. Palestinian political leaders, religious officials and media have applauded the attackers as “martyrs,” spread anti-Jewish…
Mayor Malcolm Brodie, left, and Philip Dayson listen as Shirley Barnett addresses the 50-plus people who attended the Nov. 18 event at Richmond Public Library that honored the Dayson family. (photo from Richmond Public Library) On Nov. 18, the Richmond…
Abba Brodt, Richmond Jewish Day School head of school, with Sheikh Murtaza Bachoo, religious consultant of Az-Zahraa Islamic Centre. (photo from Abba Brodt) Grade 6 and 7 students at RJDS and Az-Zahraa Islamic Academy distributed meals to homeless members of…
Grade 6 and 7 girls of Vancouver Hebrew Academy joined Louis Brier Home and Hospital residents in making decorations for the home’s sukkah. (photos from Vancouver Hebrew Academy) Just before Sukkot, the Grade 6 and 7 girls of Vancouver Hebrew…
מחנה הפליטים הסורים זעתרי בירדן. (צילום: U.S. Department of State via commons.wikimedia.org) יהודים בקנדה עושים מעשים חיוביים: עוזרים בשיפוץ מסגד שנשרף ומסייעים להביא פליטים מסוריה בדרך כלל שוררים יחסים טובים בין קהילות היהודים והמוסלמים בקנדה בניגוד למקומות אחרים בעולם. לאור…
Yael Steinberg, left, and Zina Rakhamilova at Israel on Campus’ first event of the year at the University of British Columbia. (photo by Zach Sagorin) “Often Jewish students on university campuses struggle to express any kind of pro-Israel sentiment. They…
New Canadian MPs, clockwise from top left: Jim Carr, Michael Levitt, Karina Gould, Anthony Housefather, Julie Dabrusin and David Graham. (photos from cjnews.com) The Liberal tide that swept away the Conservative government of Stephen Harper brought in what is believed…
