Michael and Francine Permack (photo by Bernie Bellan) Winnipeg-born Michael Permack has lived 22 years with a brain tumor. That makes him Canada’s longest-living brain cancer survivor – by far. Now a resident of Calgary, where he and his wife…
Graduates of the Jewish Seniors Alliance peer support program, and teachers. (photo by Binny Goldman) On June 11, I walked into a room filled with givers – of themselves. It was the special occasion of the graduation ceremony of the…
The process of restoring headstones comprises many steps. (photos from J.B. Newall Memorials Ltd.) Last month, the restored Jewish section of Mountain View Cemetery was rededicated in a public ceremony that was the culmination of three years of work undertaken…
Walk participants explore the Ashkenazi synagogue, the oldest in Winnipeg, on a tour led and organized by Zach Fleisher. (photo from Zach Fleisher) Not so long ago, Winnipeg’s Jewish community hub was the city’s North End. With Yiddish spoken on…
A photo from Aleph in the Tri-Cities’ Facebook page about their Hebrew classes. Three years ago, a group of parents, all members of the Facebook group Aleph in the Tri-Cities, decided to create their own Hebrew Sunday school. It took…
U.S. radio host Dr. Joy Browne discusses the post-traumatic physical and psychological challenges of terrorism at OneFamily. (photo from OneFamily) American syndicated radio host and clinical psychologist Dr. Joy Browne had a meeting with victims of terrorism at the headquarters…
שון אקור (ted.com/talks, צולם מאי 2011 בTEDxBloomington) מוכרחים להיות שמח: סדנאות ללמד עובדים לשמוח תופסות תאוצה בקנדה והמעסיקים שמחים הטרנד להפוך את העובדים לשמחים ופוזיטיביים תופס תאוצה משמעותית בקנדה. מרבית הסדנאות ללמד עובדים וסתם מתעניינים אחרים איך להיות שמחים, מלאות…
Hillel BC’s home on the University of British Columbia campus, the Diamond Foundation Centre for Jewish Campus Life. (photo by ThosGee via panoramio.com) It’s been a tumultuous year on the University of British Columbia campus for Hillel BC, one filled…
Lung cancer cells (green) cultured together with normal lung cells (red). The triple-antibody combination EGFR, HER2 and HER3 strongly impairs the survival of tumor cells while sparing normal cells. (Modified confocal microscopy image by Maicol Mancini, lab of Prof. Yosef Yarden, via…
Left to right: Josh Cooper, Frank Sirlin, John Baird, Avi Dickstein and Ilan Pilo. (photo from Jewish National Fund, Pacific Region) On June 7, the Jewish National Fund, Pacific Region, hosted the 2015 Negev Dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel…
