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You don’t have to go to Israel to savour the perfect Israeli sufganiyot. (photo from IMP) Here is a favourite Israeli Chanukah recipe courtesy of Tnuva, an Israeli company that makes kosher cheese and dairy products. ISRAELI MINI SUFGANIYOT (12…
Look up bananas and you’ll learn a lot, like I did. Botanically, bananas are, believe it or not, a berry, grown as a plant. They were first domesticated in Papua, New Guinea, about 5000 BCE and were known in the…
Chanukah lights (photo from pxhere.com/en/photo/285940) Rabbi Kibbitz! Rabbi Kibbitz!” Young Doodle ran into the rabbi’s study, breathless and excited. “Rabbi Kibbitz! It’s time to light the Chanukah candles!” Doodle stopped cold. The senior rabbi of the village of Chelm sat…
South Side Hebrew Congregation. (photo by Deborah Rubin Fields) “It has seemed to me sometimes as though the L-d breathes on this poor grey ember of Creation and it turns to radiance – for a moment or a year or…
The view of Camelback Mountain from Mountain Shadows resort. (photo by Masada Siegel) On a late Thursday afternoon in August, my husband arrived home from work and excitedly said, “You have to come out front and see the double rainbow…
The foreign students dorm at Naale Elite Academy. (photo from IMP Media Ltd.) While Israel draws substantial numbers of tourists due to its rich history, diverse culture and range of naturally beautiful locations, the country also plays host to thousands…
קנדה פוסט תנפיק לראשונה בול לחנוכה. (צילום: canadapost.ca) רשות הדואר הקנדי קנדה פוסט תנפיק לראשונה בול לחג החנוכה שיחול השנה ב-12 בדצמבר. זאת במסגרת המדיניות החדשה של קנדה פוסט להנפיק בולים עבור חגים שאינם רק נוצריים. עד כה הנופקו השנה…
Artist and graphic novelist Miriam Libicki is currently Vancouver Public Library’s writer-in-residence. (photo from VPL) “I think that a lot of my stuff does end up having to do with identity, through both the books I’ve published and the one…
Pnina Granirer’s current art exhibit, which is at the Zack Gallery until Dec. 12, features work highlighted in her memoir, Light Within the Shadows. (photo by Olga Livshin) Pnina Granirer has always been an experimenter. She enjoys trying new artistic…
Jewish Voice for Peace held a discussion on antisemitism recently at the New School in New York City and the panel included Linda Sarsour, whose associations and opinions, particularly about Israel and Jews, are controversial. The school defended its choice…
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, a cause for commemoration and even celebration on the part of Jewish activists worldwide. The Balfour Declaration refers to a short letter from Lord (Arthur) Balfour, former U.K. prime minister…
The Jewish Independent is among the winners of this year’s American Jewish Press Association Rockower Awards for Excellence in Jewish Journalism. The awards were presented at the AJPA annual conference, held in conjunction with the Jewish Federations of North America’s…
I never set out to be a collector. Whenever I read about millionaires with fabulous private collections of art and sculpture, I thought, why not just keep a few pieces you really love and give the rest on loan to…
Teacher Lisa Altow’s Grade 5 students at Vancouver Hebrew Academy build a machine, using a variety of household treasures. (photo by Shula Klinger) Vancouver Hebrew Academy has a new principal of general studies this year. As well, the school site…
Rabbi Dr. Yosef Wosk was the keynote speaker at the Vancouver exhibit. (photo by Cynthia Ramsay) The Canadian Jewish Experience traveling exhibit opened at the central branch of Vancouver Public Library on Nov. 16. The display is presented by the…
Jewish Seniors Alliance of Greater Vancouver publishes its own magazine, Senior Line, three times a year. During the 20th century, thanks to advances in medicine, technology and quality of life, average life expectancy in the Western world increased by 30…
Left to right are Dávid Szigeti (cello), Erik Gow (who plays Alvin Kelby), Kevin Woo (clarinet), Wendy Bross Stuart (piano, music director) and Chris Adams (who plays Thomas Weaver), in rehearsal for The Story of My Life, which is at…
Among those at the reunion were, left to right, Helen Pinsky (Vancouver), Barbara Moser (Montreal), Chana Thau (Winnipeg), Avrum Rosner (Montreal), Cecil Rosner (Winnipeg) and Zev Cohen (Israel). (photo from the reunion) Anyone who went to a Jewish day school…
Yael Deckelbaum is using her musical talents and connections to help Israelis and Palestinians press for peace. (photo from Yael Deckelbaum) Yael Deckelbaum is using her musical talents and connections to help lead thousands of Israeli and Palestinian women to…
Group at Hillel House, University of British Columbia, 1988. (photo from JWB fonds, JMABC L.11124) If you know someone in this photo, please help the JI fill the gaps of its predecessor’s (the Jewish Western Bulletin’s) collection at the Jewish…
זה לא ברווז עיתונאי אלה סיפור אמיתי: חברות יוצאת דופן בן כלב לברוזה משגעת עיירה שלמה. (צילום: Thorsby Pet Necessities Facebook) הרומן הלוהט והמדובר ביותר בעיירה קטנה בשם ת’ורסבי שמחוז אלברטה, (במרחק כארבעים קילומטר מהעיר לדוק), שגרים בה בסך הכל…
At the Oct. 23 ceremony for the unveiling of a plaque honouring National Council of Jewish Women of Canada’s 120 years of service are, from the left, Sharon Allentuck, Gloria Roden, Debbie Wasserman, Dr. Richard Alway, Councilor James Pasternak and…
Wells Hill has its world première Nov. 24-26 at DanceHouse. (photo by David Cooper) “What does it mean to imagine a world where we are not connected all the time?” This is just one of the many questions choreographer (and…
On Remembrance Day, pro-Nazi posters were discovered at War Memorial Gym on the University of British Columbia campus. The posters depicted Nazi soldiers with the words “Lest we forget / The true heroes of WWII.” This incident followed the discovery…
This academic year marks the second session of Writing Lives, a two-semester project at Langara College, coordinated by instructor Dr. Rachel Mines. Writing Lives is a partnership between Langara, the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre and the Azrieli Foundation. This fall,…
(photo from Anti-Racist Action UVic/Facebook) On Nov. 9, the anniversary of Kristallnacht, a swastika and “Heil Hitler” were found written on a hallway blackboard in the University of British Columbia Forest Sciences Centre. The antisemitic graffiti was first reported to…
Aiden Cumming-Teicher celebrated his bar mitzvah by organizing Our Voices. (photo from Aiden Cumming-Teicher) Aiden Cumming-Teicher got his start in acting at the age of 9. In the four years since then, he has played leading roles in numerous films…
Rabbi Becky Silverstein, left, and Joanna Ware facilitated the Keshet program held in Vancouver last month. (photos from northeastern.edu and Jordyn Rozensky Photography, respectively) Last month, a group of Greater Vancouver Jewish organizations sponsored a Keshet program for members of…
Students in Kitah Aleph at the White Rock / South Surrey Jewish Community Centre with their Bereishit (Genesis) craft that they completed after studying the parashah at the centre’s religious school. (photo from WRSS JCC)
Gershon Shafir was in Vancouver Nov. 9 to discuss some of the issues he raises in his latest book, A Half Century of Occupation. (photo from pages.ucsd.edu/~gshafir) What does it mean to have a “permanently temporary occupation” in Israel? Gershon…
