Summer camp experiences, which encompass a range of activities campers get to try, can be costly. (photo from Camp Hatikvah) If you get sticker shock when you see the cost of Jewish summer camp, you’re not alone. Pay full fare…
The lighting of the Silber Family Agam Menorah in the Vancouver Art Gallery Plaza is an annual tradition. This year, the first candle will be lit on Dec. 14. (photo from Lubavitch BC) The lighting of the Silber Family Agam…
Last month, the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver received the generous gift of $500,000 from the Arnold and Anita Silber Family Foundation toward the postwar renovations and expansion of Beit Vancouver in Kiryat Shmona. The Silber family are long-time supporters of…
In Irwin Levin’s upcoming Jewish Humour Playshop, participants will discover and/or build upon their own creativity and sense of humour through improv games, written and spoken exercises. With a background in stand-up comedy and improvisation, Levin is a man with…
Hillel BC’s Holocaust Education Week takes place on campus at the University of British Columbia Jan. 29-Feb. 2. Every day of that week, there will be something going on to attend and learn from, including the exhibit from Yad Vashem…
Laura Rosenberg and Andy Muchin co-founded the Victoria Jewish Culture Project with Farley Cates. Here, the two participate in the group’s 2021 Passover seder (screenshot) In late 2019 and early 2020, before the pandemic struck and lockdowns took effect, a…
Theatre critic, author and actor Jerry Wasserman is the winner of this year’s Max Wyman Award in Critical Writing. The annual award celebrates critical commentary on the visual, performing and literary arts in the province of British Columbia. It is…
Left to right: Lauri Glotman, Leslie and Gordon Diamond, and Jill Diamond. The Diamond family has donated $7.2 million to the BC Cancer Foundation to expand BC Cancer’s Hereditary Cancer Program – expanding identification and screening for the BRCA gene…
At the therapeutic horse farm in Meir Shfeya Youth Village are, left to right, Yuval Perry, Moran Nir, Rachel David and Orly Sivan. Perry is a horse groomer at the farm, and David and Sivan are two of its four…
כצפוי מספר הישראלים המעוניינים לעזוב למדינה אחרת לאור המשבר הקשה הפוקד את המדינה בימים אלה הולך וגדל. זאת בעיקר לאור הרפורמה במערכת המשפטית אותה מציעה ממשלת הימין בראשות ראש הממשלה, בנימין נתניהו. קנדה משמשת באופן קבוע אחד היעדים הבולטים בעולם…
