Entrepreneur Brian Scudamore’s success is due in part to lessons he learned from his grandparents about how to treat people. (photo from O2E) When Brian Scudamore addressed business owners at Small Business BC’s Inspire event, held Sept. 29 at the…
Habonim Dror Camp Miriam madrichim (counselors) partnered with Temple Sholom during the recent teacher’s strike, with the formation of a Habonim Day Camp. Lior Bar-El, a madrich at Camp Miriam and Habonim Day Camp, and a University of British Columbia…
Temple Mount Western Wall on Shabbat. (photo by David Shankbone via en.wikipedia.org) Robin and Jon Sirkin prepared to celebrate their son Eitan’s bar mitzvah in Jerusalem last weekend. There was a Dr. Who theme and an ice-cream bar planned for the…
World ORT’s Nechama Kenig, a Kadima Mada professional from Israel, was here in May with colleague Udi Gibory. (photo from ORT Vancouver) On Wednesday, Oct. 22, ORT Vancouver hosts its Annual Card Party at Richmond Country Club. All funds are…
Sandy Chernoff, left, with honoree Bonnie Belzberg. (photo from CHW Vancouver Centre) On Sept. 21, Vancouver Centre council of Canadian Hadassah-WIZO (CHW) held its opening event, a brunch with a fashion show and a program honoring volunteer Bonnie Belzberg. The…
The new LEED Gold-equivalent synagogue now faces 28th Avenue. (photo by Jan Lee) The energy was palpable last Sunday, Sept. 14, as congregants from Vancouver’s oldest Conservative synagogue gathered outside the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver. Everything was ready…
Demonstrators protest the New York Metropolitan Opera’s production of The Death of Klinghoffer on Monday. (photo by Amelia Katzen via jns.org) Several hundred protesters gathered at New York’s Lincoln Centre on Monday to protest the opening night of the New York…
Gardening is just one of the new activities keeping kids engaged on land at Camp Hatikvah. (photo from Camp Hatikvah) Fun on water and land Located on a stunning peninsula in the Okanagan and surrounded by water on three of its…
A study for the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness led by a Simon Fraser University master’s student has found that a disproportionate number of people chronically staying in Victoria’s emergency shelters are seniors. Hannah Rabinovitch conducted the longitudinal study…
Rabbi Carey Brown presents at LimmudVan ’14. (photo from Limmud Vancouver) The inaugural event of Limmud Vancouver received rave reviews for its diverse and engaging presenters. The second annual festival of culture, creativity and learning promises to be even better. Would…
