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Interim leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada Don Davies, centre, with Itai Bavli and Avril Orloff of Vancouver Friends of Standing Together. (photo from Vancouver FOST) This summer, Vancouver Friends of Standing Together has been holding weekly vigils…
Dr. Robert Krell will be honoured at the Sept. 7 gala of the Canadian Shaare Zedek Hospital Foundation’s Western region. (photo from CSZHF, Western region) Ilan Pilo had recently arrived in Canada from Israel in 2013 when he attended a…
Why do international media outlets seem intent on repeating the Hamas narrative? According to British military expert Maj. (ret.) Andrew Fox, there are a few key factors – including antisemitism. “The first [factor] is a human desire not to admit…
On Aug. 5, B’nai Brith Canada hosted an online discussion on the crises affecting Druze communities in Syria and the Iranian people, with a focus on the impact on these diasporas in Canada and potential actions by the Canadian government. …
Left to right: Emily Bonnell-Marcus (Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre), Zelda Dean (Emanu-El), Johanna Herman (FSWC), April Nowell (Jewish Federation of Victoria and Vancouver Island), Frances Grunberg (JFVVI) and Jaime Stein (FSWC, Western Canada). (photo from FSWC) On Aug. 12,…
Understanding the past, including the darkest eras, can help people recognize the symptoms of a society going off the rails. A forthcoming book for young readers, titled Can Posters Kill? Antisemitic Propaganda and World War II, by Torontonians Jerry Faivish…
On Sept. 16, Stephen Schecter will retell three stories from the Hebrew Bible at the 40th anniversary celebration of L’Chaim Adult Day Centre. He promises the stories will bring laughter and tears. (photo from Stephen Schecter) “I love the Hebrew Bible,”…
Director Francis G. Matheu, right, with actors Nolan Fidyk and Dan Landry rehearsing Alan Segal’s Shade Apparel. (photo by Sarah Nicole Faucher) This year’s Victoria Fringe Festival, billed as “12 days of madcap fun this summer,” started on Aug. 20…
The Vancouver Israeli Folk Dance Society hosted their annual BeLev Echad Workshop at the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver May 23-25. The society is holding an open house on Sept. 10 for anyone interested in seeing what Israeli dance…
Arghavan Jenati as Emilia Bassano and Nathan Kay as William Shakespeare in Jessica B. Hill’s The Dark Lady, now playing at Bard on the Beach. (photo by Tim Matheson) There has always been a controversy over whether William Shakespeare was…
Simon Fraser Elementary School’s playground, which opened in 2024, was a beneficiary of financial support from the Dayhu Family Foundation. (photo from Dayhu Family Foundation) For more than 30 years, the Dayhu Family Foundation, formerly known as the Ben and…
Not surprisingly – “People of the Book,” and all – education is an always-relevant topic that has been covered in the Jewish Independent / Jewish Western Bulletin. The paper seems to have steered clear of editorially supporting any particular Jewish…
במדינות מתוקנות מנהיגים כמו ראש ממשלת ישראל בנימין נתניהו, ונשיא ארצות הברית דונלד טראמפ, היו יושבים בכלא כבר מזמן. אך כיום לצערנו ישראל וארה”ב כבר מזמן לא מדינות מתוקנות, הדמוקרטיה בהן חלשה ומחולשת מדי יום. והציבור או שאינו מבין את…
ישראלים רבים כועסים על ממשלת נתניהו והעומד בראשה כותבים את מחאתם בפייסבוק כבר חודשים אנחנו שומעים, מחטופים ששוחררו וממידע שמגיע ממשפחות, שדווקא פעולות צה”ל בעזה הן שמסכנות את חייהם של מי שנותרו בשבי. חלקם לא שרדו. בדיוק בגלל זה. המציאות…
Nina Krieger, centre, member of the BC Legislative Assembly for Victoria-Swan Lake, connects with community members. Krieger is the new public safety minister and solicitor general. (photo from Nina Krieger) After a cabinet shuffle last week, Nina Krieger, member of…
Tamim Academy of Vancouver is accepting kindergarten through Grade 5 applications for the 2025-2026 school year. (photo from TAV) Tamim Academy of Vancouver, a new Jewish day school, is accepting applications for the 2025-2026 school year. Located at Granville and…
Summer is a time when our routines are happily disrupted. Kids are out of school and many of us take time off from work to enjoy the hometown that draws tourists from around the world. Maybe we wander off the…
Hannah Marazzi is the new executive director of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre. (photo by Alina Ilyasova) The Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, which is marking three decades of educating about and commemorating the Shoah, has a new executive director: Hannah…
The grand opening of Essential Kosher on March 26. Cutting the ribbon are Rebbetzin Chani and Rabbi Meir Kaplan, centre, and Essential Kosher co-managers Zev Kantorovich, left, with wife Andrea and daughter Stephie, and David Franco, second from the right,…
Anat Gogo of Tikva Housing unveils the sign for the Ronald S. Roadburg Residences, with Tikva board co-chairs Andrew Charney and Penny Gurstein, former minister of housing and municipal affairs Ravi Kahlon, Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie and Richmond city councilors,…
(photo from omershaish.com) Omer Shaish brings My Broadway Shpiel to Vancouver Aug. 21, 7:30 p.m., at Temple Sholom. In addition to offering a night of Broadway tunes, popular Hebrew songs and his own original music, the performance will raise money…
Beatrice Zeilinger, Zander Eke, Charlie Gallant, Anthony Santiago and Melissa Oei in The Mousetrap, which runs to Aug. 24 at Arts Club Theatre’s Granville Island Stage. (photo from Moonrider Productions) You would be hard-pressed to find someone who did not know…
Family Day at Stable Harvest Farm was educational – and fun! (photo by Cynthia Ramsay) Sunday, July 6, was a beautiful sunny day. Perfect for a visit to Stable Harvest Farms, in Langley, to enjoy one of its Family Days.…
Jennifer Lines as Beatrice and Sheldon Elter as Benedick in Bard on the Beach’s production of Much Ado About Nothing. (photo by Tim Matheson) For a Vancouver summer experience, almost nothing beats an evening at Bard on the Beach. The…
Israel Connect is once again seeking English tutors. Have time to volunteer? Consider Israel Connect, a program where local adult volunteers connect one-on-one, via Zoom, with Israeli high school students to help them improve their English conversation and reading skills.…
Jacob Samuel self-produced his newest comedy special, Big Talk. (Chelsey Stuyt Photography) Jacob Samuel’s second comedy special, Big Talk, premiered on YouTube last month and already it has racked up more than 20,000 views. The Vancouver-based comedian filmed the 52-minute…
Son of a Seeker follows Kai Balin’s search for where he fits within Judaism and Jewish community. (still from Son of a Seeker) Kai Balin’s documentary Son of a Seeker, which screened to a sold-out Rothstein Theatre last month, is an…
The short film The Fast Runner, which was shot in the Greater Victoria area, won a 2025 Leo Award in cinematography for David Bercovici-Artieda. Bercovici-Artieda was also nominated for best direction, and the piece had six nominations in total. The…
Writer Adina Horwich only met Yehuda Miklaf and his wife Maurene in Jerusalem, even though both Adina and Yehuda are from Nova Scotia. (photo by Adina Horwich) So, this guy walks into my Yiddish group one fine Sunday in Jerusalem…
Through a chance conversation with a curator at the Auschwitz Memorial and Museum, conductor and composer Leo Geyer came across musical scores composed by concentration camp prisoners during the Holocaust. June 3 to 7, at London’s Bloomsbury Theatre, the music Geyer…
