Left to right, panelists Gabor Maté, Michael Barkusky and Yonatan Shapira. (photo by Zach Sagorin) Independent Jewish Voices-Vancouver hosted A Conversation About BDS (boycott, divestment and sanction) on Nov. 8. IJV’s Martha Roth, moderator of the event, told the Jewish…
Maria LeRose, left, speaks with Dr. Kimberly Schonert-Reichl. (photo from Janusz Korczak Association of Canada) The second lecture of the “How to Love a Child” series, co-sponsored by the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada and the University of British Columbia…
Weston Girls Estelle Sures, 17, centre, with Yvonne Harris, left, and Toni MacDonell before they set sail in 1953. (Photo from Estelle Sures) The Weston Girls were named after the man who sent them from Canada to Great Britain –…
The Hellenistic/Hasmonean excavation at Nebi Samwil. (photo by Anthony Bale) Just over 10 kilometres north of the Temple Mount, the Old City and east Jerusalem, where terrorist attacks continue, Muslims and Jews both go up to Nebi Samwil, to what…
אזרחים של ונקובר הגיעו לבניין בו ממוקמת הקונסוליה הצרפתית ברחוב פנדר בדאון טאון, עמדו דקת דומיה בכניסה, הניחו זרים ותמונות של פריז, והדליקו נרות נשמה. (צילום: Roni Rachmani) קנדיים מזדהים עם קורבנות פיגועי הטרור הקשים שתקפו את פריז אזרחים רבים…
Consul General of Japan Seiji Okada, centre, Yasuko Okada and Dr. George Bluman. (photo from Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre) There are Vancouverites who owe their lives to the wartime actions of the then-obscure Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara. The mid-level official,…
Aaron Friedland at Semei Kakungulu High School in Uganda. Friedland has written the book The Walking School Bus, both as a first reader but also as a means to generate funds for students to access education. To get it published,…
Chabad of Vancouver Island Rabbi Meir and Rebbetzin Chani Kaplan at the Aug. 23 groundbreaking. (photo from lubavitch.com) Announced in April 2014, Chabad’s plans to build a centre in Victoria proved a relevant and exciting development for locals. The day…
Filmmaker Yael Luttwak spoke at Choices Nov. 1. (photo from jewishvancouver.com) A film that brings Palestinian and Israeli women together in a weight-loss group. Who would have thought that was possible? American-Israeli Yael Luttwak did, and she made it happen.…
Shanie Levin brought Sholem Aleichem’s stories to life with Al Stein. (photo by Binny Goldman) Tell me a story, please…. Which one of us has not made this request of a mother, a father, a zayda or bubbie? On Oct.…
