Loni the Percheron Horse comes in the entrance of the Louis Brier Home and Hospital. (photo from Louis Brier) Loni the Percheron Horse and his side kick Beau the Shitzu visited the Louis Brier Home and Hospital the afternoon of…
Tikva Housing Society is thrilled to share that the Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation has provided a grant of $255,000 to support Tikva’s mission to offer affordable housing solutions to the Jewish community. “A gift of this magnitude provides help and…
Almost 80 people attended the Switzer family reunion Aug. 21. (photo by Will Verchere-Gopaulsingh) A reunion at Beth Israel synagogue recently brought together branches of one of Canada’s largest Jewish family trees. The story of this Canadian family began in…
Mazon Canada’s Izzy Waxman, left, and Kathleen Novelia at Valley Community Learning Association in Nova Scotia. (photo from Mazon Canada) Mazon Canada, a grassroots community foundation that helps feed Canadians of all ages, abilities, beliefs and ethnicities on behalf of…
Mahla Finkleman, Canadian national manager of partnership and outreach for Masa Israel Journey (standing, fourth from the left), at Kits Beach in July with participants of the Shalom U’Lhitraot event. (photo from Masa Canada) While the skies were closed for…
This past summer, Israel’s male youth goalball team won the European ParaYouth Games. (photo by Lilach Weiss) Can you imagine a sporting event in which the audience sits in silence? Well, this is how goalball is played. Why? So that…
במדינת ישראל הבירוקרטיה חוגגת ומקשה על החיים. לאחר מותי אמי, אחי ואני נדרשנו לטפל בצוואתה ובצוואה של אבא, ולוודא שהיא בוצעה כהלכה. אחי וחמשת ילדיו ואני יורשים את דירת ההורים בתל אביב, ואילו הכסף שהיה מונח בחשבון הבנק של ההורים…
Jewish Family Services Vancouver Island will extend its hours for the Sept. 18 community resource fair that launches the Jewish Federation of Victoria and Vancouver Island’s annual campaign this year. (photo from jfsvi.ca) The Jewish Federation of Victoria and Vancouver…
JNF Pacific region executive director Michael Sachs, left, in a meeting at Aviv House for autistic adults in Israel. (photo from JNF-PR) Three Israeli projects supported by the Pacific region of the Jewish National Fund of Canada are advancing well,…
Left to right are Yoseph Hayun, Brian Libin and Shimon Kalhon, founders of Kehillat Klal Israel. (photo by Pat Johnson) Vancouver has a new Sephardi congregation – and, while unique in the city, its structure would be familiar to plenty…
