Dr. Gil Murciano of Mitvim, the Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies, and Uri Weltmann of Standing Together, spoke April 17 at Temple Sholom. (photo by Pat Johnson) For months, weekly rallies across Israel after Shabbat have demanded the return…
Western Canada House, a shelter for women and children escaping domestic violence, is now open in Rishon LeZion, near Tel Aviv. The project is a result of support from Jewish National Fund of Canada supporters in Vancouver and Winnipeg. (photo…
Daphna Kedem speaks at one of the weekly rallies she organizes to unite the local community and express solidarity with the Israeli hostages being held by Hamas (photo by Pat Johnson) Until recently, Daphna Kedem was a single mom with…
Ilan Pilo, left, and Rafi Yablonsky of the Canadian Shaare Zedek Hospital Foundation. (photo from CSZHF) In Jerusalem, Yad Vashem stands as the foremost memorial centre to the Holocaust, dedicated to the millions of Jews murdered during the Shoah. Across…
My new favourite dessert: Inbal Baum’s Coconut Cream Malabi. Baum is one of the contributors to June Hersh’s new digital cookbook, Cooking for a Cause. (photo by Ingrid Weisenbach) I have a new favourite dessert: malabi. At least Inbal Baum’s…
Lisa and Andrew Altow with their family on visitors day at Camp Solomon Schechter in 2013. (photo from the Altow family) On May 5, Camp Solomon Schechter will honour four long-time relationships that were built at the camp. Part of…
Rabbi Carey Brown of Temple Sholom will be part of the next cohort of Shalom Hartman Institute’s Rabbinic Leadership Initiative (RLI). The intensive three-year fellowship program immerses North American rabbis of all denominations in the highest levels of Jewish learning,…
Participants in the Human Library event at the Isaac Waldman Jewish Public Library on April 7. (photo from Waldman Library) The Human Library event at the Isaac Waldman Jewish Public Library on April 7 drew a diversity of “human books”…
גם יוצאי איראנים בוונקובר תומכים בקריאה לחמאס לשחרר את בני הערובה (רוני רחמני) המועצה של מוסלמים נגד אנטישמיות ארגנה במרכז טורונטו כנס מיוחד לאור העליה בגל האנטישמיות נגד יהודים. באירוע של הארגון הבינלאומי שמושבו בטורונטו השתתפו למעלה מארבע מאות איש.…
Shai DeLuca and Alexandra Smith flew in Sunday from Toronto to address Vancouver’s weekly vigil for Israeli hostages on the six-month anniversary of the atrocities committed on Oct. 7. (photo by Pat Johnson) Unity, defiance and determination were the overriding…
