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רשת פייק ניוז ישראלית

photo - An Israeli fake news network waged an international anti-Muslim campaign against Trudeau

רשת פייק ניוז ישראלית ניהלה קמפיין אנטי-מוסלמי בינלאומי נגד טרודו על פי תחקיר של העיתון הגרדיאן, בשנתיים האחרונות קבוצת משתמשים ישראלית, ובראשה סוחר יהלומים מלוד, הפיצה ידיעות מזויפות על פוליטיקאים מוסלמים ואף טענה כי ראש ממשלת קנדה ייבא למדינתו את…

Doing work he believes holy

photo - Irwin Keller will share some of his eclectic interests at Limmud Vancouver in March

Irwin Keller will share some of his eclectic interests at Limmud Vancouver in March. (photo from Limmud Vancouver) Irwin Keller is the kind of person most of us would like to be: curious about everything, smart, creative, always learning, always…

A book about Operation Ezra

photo - Operation Ezra in Winnipeg has expanded to include farming and selling local produce

Operation Ezra in Winnipeg has expanded to include farming and selling local produce. (photo from Operation Ezra) When the Operation Ezra committee in Winnipeg decided to produce a book about the efforts of Yazidi-Winnipegger Nafiya Naso and Operation Ezra, the…

Time to face ourselves

Actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen delivered the keynote address last month at an Anti-Defamation League conference. His words quickly went viral because he pinpointed fears and challenges shared by millions about the power of social media. He hit many…

Similar needs across cultures

photo - On Oct. 30, members of different cultural groups gathered to discuss issues facing seniors

On Oct. 30, members of different cultural groups gathered to discuss issues facing seniors. (photo from JSA) Aging Across Cultures Dialogue Tables included an Oct. 30 gathering hosted by Jewish Seniors Alliance of Greater Vancouver at the Unitarian Centre. The…

Taali writes, sings heart out

image - Were Most of Your Stars Out? album cover featuring Taali

Taali’s EP Were Most of Your Stars Out? was released last month. “Kol ha’olam kulo gesher tzar me’od, veha’ikar lo lifached k’lal” – “The entire world is a narrow bridge, and the main thing is to not be afraid.” Taali’s…

Kosher foods are branching out

photo - From kimchi to cast iron, more than 300 new products were on display at this year’s Kosher Fest

From kimchi to cast iron, more than 300 new products were on display at this year’s Kosher Fest. (photo by Dave Gordon) At Kosherfest this year, there were such traditional Jewish staples as gefilte fish, matzot, bagels and cured meats.…

You take care now, y’hear?

I just realized that, lately, I had unconsciously changed the way I say goodbye, particularly when I am speaking with women. As a younger person, it wouldn’t have occurred to me to say “Take care!” when parting with people. What’s…

The missiles continue

photo - Weapons seized from terrorists who infiltrated Israel through an underground tunnel to carry out a massacre in an Israeli community. This photo was taken on July 19, 2014

Weapons seized from terrorists who infiltrated Israel through an underground tunnel to carry out a massacre in an Israeli community. This photo was taken on July 19, 2014. (photo from flickr.com/photos/idfonline) Part 2 of a three-part series, in which the…

טיול במזרח קנדה

photo - Lunenburg, N.S.

נובה סקוטיה (Ron Cogswell)  נובה סקוטיה היא מחוז מזרחי מבודד כמעט אי המחובר ליבשה ברצועה צרה שבו השתמר סגנון כפרי פשוט ותמים, כמו פעם. כך מפרסם יוסי רוזנבלום באתר של ווינט. מקור ההכנסה העיקרי נותר הדיג, ולפיכך ישנם אינספור כפרי…

Canada’s legacy of trauma

photo - Lillian Boraks-Nemetz and Senator Murray Sinclair

Lillian Boraks-Nemetz and Senator Murray Sinclair. (photo by Jerry Nussbaum) A succession of unjust Canadian laws piled one upon the other in the last part of the 19th century, enabling the federal government to take indigenous children from their homes…

’Tis the season for jazz

photo - Jazz artist Maya Rae

Jazz artist Maya Rae (photo © Maya Rae Music) Jazz artist Maya Rae has a busy week ahead. Tomorrow night, Nov. 30, she takes part in Temple Sholom’s Fall Fest Fun-raiser, after a benefit concert earlier in the day at…

Nazi auction called off

Under community pressure, a Richmond auction house backed down from selling a collection of Nazi memorabilia last weekend. Maynards Fine Art and Antiques was set to auction items including Nazi flags, military items and other war-era artifacts on Saturday. Two…

Troubles in leadership

A world leader decries investigations into his possible criminal corruption as an “attempted coup” based on “fabrications and a tainted and biased investigative process.” No, not that world leader. This time it is Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime-minister-by-a-thread. Finally indicted on…

Interfaith peace efforts

photo - Belle Jarniewski, president of the Manitoba Multifaith Council, left, and Christine Baronins, public affairs director for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Belle Jarniewski, president of the Manitoba Multifaith Council, left, and Christine Baronins, public affairs director for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (photo by Miriam Nucum / CJCLDS) Earlier this fall, the annual Meditation for Peace took place…

Envying South African Jews

photo - During the Goldene Medina exhibit this past summer, the documentary Leah, Teddy and the Mandolin was screened. It will be shown again on Dec. 8 at Congregation Beth Israel

During the Goldene Medina exhibit this past summer, the documentary Leah, Teddy and the Mandolin was screened. It will be shown again on Dec. 8 at Congregation Beth Israel. (photo from Steve Rom) I have a bad case of South…

Oberlander Prize established

photo - Cornelia Hahn Oberlander

Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (photo © Charles A. Birnbaum, courtesy the Cultural Landscape Foundation) The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF), a nonprofit, Washington, D.C.-based education and advocacy organization, announced last month that award-winning Vancouver landscape architect Cornelia Hahn Oberlander is the namesake…

Lichtmann interns with StandWithUs

photo - Maya Lichtmann

Maya Lichtmann (photo from Connect Model United Nations Vancouver) Maya Lichtmann was selected in May as a Canadian high school intern for StandWithUs, an international organization that educates about Israel and fights antisemitism. She was chosen for the program after…

Mystery photo … Nov. 29/19

photo - Group of B’nai Brith delegates at a Phoenix convention, 1975. Dave Jackson is on the left and Harry Buller is fifth from the left

Group of B’nai Brith delegates at a Phoenix convention, 1975. Dave Jackson is on the left and Harry Buller is fifth from the left. (photo from JWB fonds, JMABC L.10220) If you know someone in this photo, please help the…

Generations struggle together

I’ve heard some unsettling real-life stories lately. These weren’t news, but family stories, in my social media inbox. One friend is wrestling with how to best cope with family members struggling with addiction. (This is, unfortunately, a common problem.) In…

Operation Black Belt diaries

photo - A missile from Israel’s Iron Dome is fired to intercept a missile coming from the Gaza Strip, in November 2012

A missile from Israel’s Iron Dome is fired to intercept a missile coming from the Gaza Strip, in November 2012. (photo by Nehemiya Gershuni-Aylho/IDF) Interesting. Sad. Frustrating. Predictable. Some five years after Operation Protective Edge, there are the same tensions…

Protective Edge retrospective

photo - Drivers take refuge from rockets in Tel Aviv, July 9, 2014

Drivers take refuge from rockets in Tel Aviv, July 9, 2014. (photo from flickr.com/photos/idfonline) Part 1 of a three-part series, in which the author shares his diaries from the homefront, providing a glimpse of daily life under missile threat during…

Iron Dome inspection

photo - Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, right, visiting an Iron Dome missile intercept control centre Nov. 14, accompanied by Israel Defence Forces Brig.-Gen. Ran Kochav

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, right, visiting an Iron Dome missile intercept control centre Nov. 14, accompanied by Israel Defence Forces Brig.-Gen. Ran Kochav. (photo from IGPO via Ashernet) Iron Dome has a success rate of around 90%. Each Israeli missile…

Serve up a gift of food

image - Variations by Daniella Silver book cover

Daniella Silver, author of the Silver Platter cookbook series, has recently come out with Variations: Simple and Delicious Dishes. Two Ways (Artscroll Shaar Press). In The Silver Platter: Simple to Spectacular, Silver offered recipes with basic ingredients, inviting readers to…

פרידה מחבר יקר

photo - The West End neighbourhood of Vancouver

.שכונת הווסט אנד בוונקובר (Francisco Anzola) ביום רביעי בבוקר אחרי ארוחת הבוקר ישבתי למספר דקות על הספה בסלון הגדול שלי בוונקובר, כדי לתכנן בקפידות את יום העבודה שלי. צריך להכניס תיקונים בסיפור על דני וילדותו מירושלים, להמשיך בהכנות ליריד הספרים הקרב…

Jewish film festival moves

photo - Robert Albanese, executive and artistic director of the Vancouver Jewish Film Centre

Robert Albanese, executive and artistic director of the Vancouver Jewish Film Centre. (photo from Vancouver Jewish Film Centre) Community members who associate November with grey skies, falling leaves, American Thanksgiving and, in recent memory, the Vancouver Jewish Film Festival, can…

Stand! opens on Nov. 29

image - Marshall Williams as Stefan Sokolowski and Laura Slade Wiggins as Rebecca Almazoff fall in love in the movie musical Stand!

Marshall Williams as Stefan Sokolowski and Laura Slade Wiggins as Rebecca Almazoff fall in love in the movie musical Stand! (still from the movie) The film Stand! comes out in Cineplex theatres across Canada on Nov. 29. Locally, it will…

Help Macbeth escape play?

photo - Brigitte May plays many characters in The Tragic Comedy of Macbeth, which runs Dec. 5-15 at the Jericho Arts Centre

Brigitte May plays many characters in The Tragic Comedy of Macbeth, which runs Dec. 5-15 at the Jericho Arts Centre. (photo from Literary Larceny Artistic Collective) “I love the spontaneity of it all. Improv is so magical because it can…

Trojan horse for Israel?

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that the United States does not view Israeli settlements in the West Bank as a violation of international law, reversing long-standing U.S. policy. Most countries, and the United Nations General Assembly,…

Inaugural study project

photo - Chabad Richmond’s Rabbi Yechiel Baitelman, far left, was the only Canadian spiritual leader to participate in first-ever rabbinic seminar on Holocaust studies at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre, this past July

Chabad Richmond’s Rabbi Yechiel Baitelman, far left, was the only Canadian spiritual leader to participate in first-ever rabbinic seminar on Holocaust studies at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre, this past July. (photo from Chabad Richmond) For one week…