Forty-three years after it was dismantled, the Jewish section of Mountain View Cemetery has an arch once more. (photo from MVRP) A replication of the historic archway for the Jewish section at Mountain View Cemetery went up on Nov. 20,…
The Jordan River is “the only river on planet earth that on its good days is a few feet wide, and people claim that it has a bank 40 miles wide.” (photo from Beivushtang via Wikimedia Commons) Settlements or Jewish…
An aerial photograph of the Vancouver International Airport. (photo by Alejandro Erickson via en.wikipedia.org) On Oct. 21, Governor General of Canada David Johnson awarded Haim Peri, a member of the local Jewish community and a former Israeli, with the Canadian Medal…
Hartley Odwak holds a 1,000-2,000-year-old stone projective point recovered from one of the sites on which he has worked. (photo from Hartley Odwak) What is fascinating and striking is that it’s largely unknown to most Vancouverites and British Columbians that…
Lisa Pozin’s co-op features changing vendors, constant quality, available at the store and online. (image from givinggifts.ca) Owning a small retail business may seem unconnected to making our planet a better place, but each purchase made in Lisa Pozin’s gift shop makes…
Gerald Lecovin on the production line at Matzrap Army Camp this past October. (photo from Gerald Lecovin) Matzrap Army Camp, October 2014: It’s 8:15, time to work. Breakfast and flag raising are over. The Henna Hannahs are already on the…
On a private visit to Vancouver, Israeli First Lady Sarah Netanyahu took time to meet with local Magen David Adom volunteers. (photo from MDA Vancouver) Israeli First Lady Sarah Netanyahu was in Vancouver recently for a private visit. As a means…
Vancouverite Gillian Rosenberg, 31, is the first foreign woman to join YPG, the Kurds’ dominant fighting force battling the Islamic State in northern Syria. Rosenberg, who calls White Rock home, attended Maimonides Secondary School, where she was valedictorian in her…
Yoram Issachar, who owns a contracting company in Jerusalem with his father and two brothers, has carried a Baretta 765 for the past 25 years. He works in Jewish communities on land Israel acquired in the West Bank, employing 15-30…
