Left to right are Stephen Gaerber (Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver board chair), Mayor Ilan Orr of Yesod Hamaaleh, Mayor Rabbi Nissim Malka of Kiryat Shmona, Mayor Giora Saltz of Galil Elyon, Vancouver Deputy Mayor Andrea Reimer, Mayor Binyamin Ben-Muvchar…
JCC Showtime’s cowgirl dance was an audience favorite. (photo by Binny Goldman) The duet sung by Maurice Moses and Debbie Cossever, “Teach the World to Sing,” set the tone for the entire afternoon performance by JCC Showtime at the last…
Traveling by car between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in 1973. (photo by Edgar Asher) In the 1970s, Edgar Asher worked at BBC Television News as a photojournalist. In 1973, he went to Israel to take photos of the country, mainly for…
Goodies from Sarina Chocolate’s kids workshop. (photo by Viva Sarah Press) Israeli chocolatiers aren’t worried about the reported shortage of the sweet treat despite warnings by the world’s largest cocoa grinder, Barry Callebaut, that a potential chocolate shortage by 2020 is…
Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre at the Jan. 11, 2015, rally in Montreal in support of the victims of the Charlie Hebdo shooting. (photo by Gerry Lauzon via commons.wikimedia.org) A hate crimes department within the city’s police force might be a…
When Judy Spackman, 61, started working as a receptionist at Cando Rail Services Ltd. in Brandon 25 years ago, she felt it was a good starting place and the people were nice. Little did she know that, one day, she’d…
Hundreds of thousands came out to watch Toronto’s Pride Parade on June 28 despite the inclement weather. (photo by Najin Lin via facebook.com/pridetoronto) Years ago, at a particularly low point, Chaim Silver (not his real name) was so desperate to…
תה ‘פו-אר’ נדיר מסין מוצע למכירה בשש מאות אלף דולר. (צילום מסך: theprovince.com) תה שנראה עם עוגה ועוגה שהיא בעצם תה: תה ‘פו-אר’ נדיר מסין מוצע למכירה בשש מאות אלף דולר מיועד לעשירים בלבד: לאחרונה מוצע למכירה באזור ונקובר תה…
The former Congregation Sons of Israel in Glace Bay. In 1902, the structure was the first purpose-built synagogue in Nova Scotia. It permanently closed in July 2010. To the left of it is what was the Talmud Torah community centre,…
Jerry Maslowsky, executive director of Variety, the Children’s Charity of Manitoba. (photo from Jerry Maslowsky) Jerry Maslowsky, executive director of Variety, the Children’s Charity of Manitoba, has a long history with the organization. Maslowsky, 57, started off in performing arts…
