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Vancouver Talmud Torah head of school Cathy Lowenstein Lowenstein addresses those gathered for the closing of this year’s Mitzvah of Valuing Philanthropy program. (photo by Jennifer Shecter-Balin) On June 15, Grade 7 students at Vancouver Talmud Torah celebrated the close…
The government of Canada has apologized to Omar Khadr and awarded him $10.5 million in damages. Khadr is a Canadian citizen whose parents took him as a child to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Fifteen years ago, on July 27, 2002, a…
Ever had one of those days? Or weeks? When things just fall to pieces around you? Sometimes it’s just stuff – a plumbing disaster or a flat tire. Sometimes it’s an interaction with another person that is so miserable that…
Michael Schwartz, director of community engagement at the Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia, speaks to guests at a Chosen Food Supper Club gathering. (photo from JMABC) This spring, the Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia began airing…
Former chief scientist of Israel Avi Hasson, left, and MK Dr. Erel Margalit. (photo from Noa Yaar) Having the Upper Galilee be the world’s food-tech hub is the dream of Israeli Member of Knesset Erel Margalit, who recently announced he…
Shakshuka is a combination of flavours, aromas and colours that appeals to all our senses. (photo from Café FortyOne) Choosing a dish that defines us gastronomically is an impossible task because Jewish cuisine comprises a long and varied history of…
(photo by Cynthia Ramsay) It’s summer – time to enjoy the fresh local produce and some cool meals, treats and drinks. Here are several of my favourite (kosher) recipes, from soups to salads to cakes and cobblers, plus a few…
On July 10, at Givat Olga, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, centre-left, and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sample water that has just been purified to the World Health Organization standard in the Galmobile. In February 2015, Gal Water Technologies…
הכותל (צילום: Golasso) יו”ר מועצת המנהלים של הג’ואיש פדריישן: “החלטות ממשלת ישראל פוגעות במרקם היחסים המיוחד בין הקהילות בקנדה לישראל” “ההחלטות האחרונות שהתקבלו על ידי ממשלת ישראל פוגעות מאוד מרקם יחסים המיוחד שקיים בין הקהילות בקנדה לישראל”. דברים חמורים אלה…
In Bittergirl, Cailin Stadnyk, Katrina Reynolds and Lauren Bowler play women who have just been dumped by their boyfriends – maybe they can get back their men if they lose some weight? (photo by Emily Cooper) Have you ever taken…
Yonatan Avraham, student ambassador of HUstart, left, and Tamir Huberman of Yissum are two of the four speakers who will be participating in Jerusalem of Gold: Capital of Innovation & Tech on July 16. (photos from CFHU Vancouver) “I have…
Si Kahn plays at the folk festival, which runs July 13-16. (photo from sikahn.com) While Charlotte, N.C.-based folk musician Si Kahn – who’s coming to play at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival next week – may have called the United…
The good news is we’re again debating “who is a Jew.” This is good news, of course, only because it’s a topic that divides Jews mostly when external threats abate enough to allow the luxury of pilpul around denominational rights…
Jennifer Clarke with three of her children. (photo from Jennifer Clarke) By the time Cyrus and Pam Mizrahi met in the summer of 2015, Pam had already gone through menopause, yet they wanted to have kids. After getting married in December…
The Hon. Jody Wilson-Raybould, minister of justice and attorney general of Canada (MP for Vancouver Granville), at the Canada Day celebration in Douglas Park, which is in JI publisher Cynthia Ramsay’s neighbourhood. (photo from twitter.com/puglaas)
(צילום: mint.ca) קנדה זוהרת: מטבע לוני מיוחד הנופק ליום ההולדת המאה וחמישים המטבעה המלכותית הקנדית החליטה להנפיק מטבע מיוחד ליום ההולדת המאה וחמישים של קנדה, שנחגג ביום שבת האחרון (ה-1 ביולי). במטבעה הוחלט להנפיק כשלושה מיליון מטבעות של שני דולר…
LINK Dance Foundation will perform Why did the Chicken Cross the Road? at a few intersections in Vancouver during Dancing on the Edge. (photo from DOTE) As part of this year’s Dancing on the Edge festival, which takes place July…
Lior Schillat of Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research and Maya Halevy of Bloomfield Science Museum Jerusalem will speak at Jerusalem of Gold: Capital of Innovation & Tech on July 16. (photos from CFHU Vancouver) “Hebrew University is probably the only…
Bob Bossin as Davy in Davy and the Punk. (photo by Derek Kilbourn) For legendary Canadian folksinger Bob Bossin, who has called Gabriola Island home since 1991, it all started with “The King.” “It was Elvis,” he told the Independent…
On June 24, as part of gay pride festivities taking place in cities around the world, an incident occurred at a “dyke march” in Chicago that rightfully caught the attention of people everywhere. A group of Jews who were attending…
Mitch Joel is an expert in digital marketing, a sought-after speaker and an author. Twenty years ago, the president of Mirum – a marketing agency operating in more than 45 offices around the globe, with more than 2,500 employees –…
Ruth Goldbloom stands in Nation Builder Plaza in front of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax. (photo from CMI at Pier 21) The museum at Pier 21: National Historic Site opened on Canada Day, 1999. Built…
Kat Romanow is director of food programming at the Museum of Jewish Montreal. (photo from Kat Romanow) Kat Romanow has taken upon herself the challenge of teaching people more about Jewish food in one of Canada’s most Jewish cities. “I…
Isaac Greenberg grew up speaking Hebrew, and he was raised with Shambhala, as well. (photo by Alex Rose) With his lean frame folded behind a small coffee table at Just Us Café in Halifax, with his large wire-frame glasses and…
Artist Pnina Granirer signs copies of her book Light Within the Shadows: An Artist’s Memoir at its May 25 launch at Lord Byng High School. (photo by Cynthia Ramsay) *** In every community, there are folks who frequently capture the…
Left to right: Shannon Gorski, Gary Averbach, JNF Pacific Region president David Goldman, Michael Averbach and JNF shaliach Ilan Pilo. (photo by Robert Albanese) The soldout Jewish National Fund of Canada, Pacific Region, Negev Dinner on June 4 at Four…
Right to left: Peter Legge interviews Dr. Rick Hodes and Dr. Oheneba Boachie-Adjei. Three of Hodes’ adopted children joined them onstage. (photo by Cynthia Ramsay) An Evening to Bring Back Hope on June 8 raised almost $2 million for the…
Team BC Junior Olympic level 10 (16+) were bronze medalists in the 2017 Canadian Championships in Artistic Gymnastics that took place in Montreal May 25-28. Congratulations to the whole Gymnastics BC team, which included 18-year-old Rachel Rubin-Sarganis (third from the…
Beth Israel group reading, 1965. (photo from JWB fonds, JMABC L.09870) 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 Museum and Archives of…
המדד מצביע השנה באופן מפתיע על העיר לואנדה (בירת אנגולה) כעיר היקרה בעולם. (צילום: oneVillage Initiative) חברת הייעוץ הבינלאומית מרסר פרסמת כמדי שנה את מדד יוקר המחייה של הערים היקרות בעולם. המדד מצביע השנה באופן מפתיע על העיר לואנדה (בירת…
