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How safe is our community? That’s a question all of us ask from time to time, some of us on a daily basis as we come and go from our synagogue or community centre, or drop our kids off at…
There are those who envision a future without Israel in it. No one knows what the future holds, yet there are some who, in their enthusiasm for a future without a Jewish state, are reinventing the past. Last week, UNESCO,…
As every year passes, more firsthand accounts of the Holocaust are lost. Carleton University has launched a new initiative to help preserve these important accounts for future generations. Led by Mina Cohn, director of the Centre for Holocaust Education and…
Last month, the Jewish Independent received an email from a reader concerned about a new group for Messianic Jews being organized via meetup.com. While the organizer did not respond to requests for an interview, the Independent followed up on the…
Why are boys three to four times more likely to be diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than girls, when studies have repeatedly shown that girls are just as likely to have it? According to psychiatrist Dr. Doron Almagor,…
Ballet BC dancer Gilbert Small is among those who will perform Program 3. (photo by Michael Slobodian) Ballet BC finishes this season with Program 3, which features the remount of artistic director Emily Molnar’s 16+ a room and of Finnish-born…
At the Jewish National Fund, Pacific Region, Negev Dinner on April 10, left to right, are Ruth Rasnic, dinner honoree Shirley Barnett and B.C. Premier Christy Clark. (photo from JNF Pacific Region) When many people think of feminism, it’s likely…
Students Tomer Berko Gabay (student council president), Liam Greenberg (secretary) and Nathan Tourvieille (treasurer) with Heartly, aka Karen Pasqua, senior events coordinator, Howard Blank, Reesa Pawer and Julie Kendell. Student Tal Pretli (vice-president) was absent when the photo was taken.…
“Question Mark” by Sydney Freedman and Rachel Pekeles is among the works created by King David High School Grade 12 students. (photo by Nancy Current) In conjunction with their current show at Zack Gallery, Visual Midrash, artists Robin Atlas and…
Ben Harrington churns the wheat while Joel Harrington and Sara Basya Mochkin look on. (photo from Chabad of East Vancouver) On April 10, Chabad of East Vancouver hosted a packed Model Matzah Bakery at its Centre for Jewish Life on…
The Or Shalom board of directors with Rabbi Hannah Dresner, second from the left in the front row. (photo by David Kauffman) Most Jews would agree that usually rabbis do the bulk of the talking and congregants the listening. That’s…
Daniel Doheny and Kerry Sandomirsky in The Valley, which tackles the subject of depression. (photo by Emily Cooper) As The Valley opens, a young man addresses the audience with the words, “Encounters with the police No. 1.” It’s a stark…
“My principal lesson of the Holocaust is … beware of lessons.” With this warning, renowned Canadian Holocaust scholar Michael R. Marrus, professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, has written an essential but also essentially frustrating book, claiming that there…
Schara Tzedeck dedication, circa 1965. (photo from JWB fonds, JMABC L.14350) 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…
מליסה אן שפרד נעצרה שוב לאחר הפרה את תנאי השחרור שלה מהכלא והשתמשה באינטרנט (צילום: CBC) האלמנה השחורה של האינטרנט לא מרפה וחוזרת שוב לחדשות. האישה המסוכנת ביותר בתולדות קנדה, מליסה אן שפרד, בת השמונים מהליפקס נעצרה שוב על ידי…
The Hon. Jody Wilson-Raybould, minister of justice and attorney general of Canada, centre, addressed Project Tikkun participants at Hillel BC on March 13. (photo from Hillel BC) As the academic year winds down on university campuses across the province and…
Raphael Hoult, winner of the inaugural Barry Rubin Prize Essay Competition. (photo from Raphael Hoult) “A Game of Clocks: An Analysis of the Situation in the Middle East and Its Effects on Israel” by Winnipeg’s Raphael Hoult is the winner…
Artists Nancy Current, left, and Robin Atlas at Zack Gallery. (photo by Linda Lando) Visual Midrash: Plagues and Visions, which opened at Zack Gallery on April 7, features the work of Seattleites Robin Atlas and Nancy Current, the only West…
During mock weddings, participants learn about Jewish and Sikh rituals. (photo from Shaul Osadchey) While Judaism is the main focus of any synagogue, and many stop there, that is not the case with Calgary’s Beth Tzedec Congregation. They have decided…
Simon Fraser University was among those targeted by a hacker spewing antisemitic hate. (photo from facebook.com/PeakSFU) Simon Fraser University was among many universities targeted by a white supremacist computer hacker purveying antisemitic hate. Andrew Auernheimer, an Arkansas native now living…
Rabbi Dan Moskovitz, left, and Dr. Harold Troper. (photo by David Berson) The current refugee crisis – and Canada’s responses to past crises – was the topic of an interfaith panel recently, which raised issues especially relevant as Passover approaches.…
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s Dr. Meidad Kissinger is doing collaborative work with colleagues in British Columbia. (photo by Zach Sagorin) Five years ago, Vancouver set the goal of becoming the greenest city in the world by 2020. According to…
While there were signs that the New Democratic Party’s rank and file were somewhat ambivalent about Thomas Mulcair’s leadership, the magnitude of the party’s rejection of him Sunday was stunning. Fully 52% of delegates to the party’s national convention in…
When speaking to Jewish audiences about advocacy, I often refer to my own background as a Jewish convert in making the point that we sometimes have to apply a fresh perspective – and have a collective “out-of-body” experience – to…
Passover is coming next week, yet it seems to have been with us in spirit a great deal this year. Many Jewish individuals and congregations in Vancouver and elsewhere have been involved in welcoming Syrian and Iraqi refugees fleeing tyranny…
Participants in the Central Conference of American Rabbis’ annual convention, which took place in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in February. (photo from Dan Moskovitz) Among the approximately 400 Reform rabbis who gathered in Israel in the last week of February…
Left to right: Gyda Chud (co-chair), Serge Haber, Jackie Weiler (co-chair) and Dr. Kendall Ho. (photo by Binny Goldman) Jewish Seniors Alliance of Greater Vancouver’s annual spring forum – this year with the topic An App a Day Keeps the…
Spring is the time of nature’s reawakening, when we are treated to so many vibrant and beautiful colors and shades. Spring is also when Jewish communities around the world celebrate the unique and important holiday of Passover. So why don’t…
Ariel Ziv (photo from Ariel Ziv) Although it seems like just yesterday that many of us were making our New Year’s resolution to hit the gym more often, the first day of spring has already come and gone and summer…
It is a master storyteller who can make you feel like you’ve met someone you never knew, visited a city to which you’ve never been, make you long for a people, place and culture you’ve never experienced but from a…
