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Aubrey Joy Maddock as John the Baptist, left, Andrew Cohen as Judas and Jennifer Copping as Jesus in Arts Club Theatre’s Godspell. (photo by David Cooper) Before I attended Godspell, I was not familiar with the story or with the…
When Judy Spackman, 61, started working as a receptionist at Cando Rail Services Ltd. in Brandon 25 years ago, she felt it was a good starting place and the people were nice. Little did she know that, one day, she’d…
Hundreds of thousands came out to watch Toronto’s Pride Parade on June 28 despite the inclement weather. (photo by Najin Lin via facebook.com/pridetoronto) Years ago, at a particularly low point, Chaim Silver (not his real name) was so desperate to…
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תה ‘פו-אר’ נדיר מסין מוצע למכירה בשש מאות אלף דולר. (צילום מסך: theprovince.com) תה שנראה עם עוגה ועוגה שהיא בעצם תה: תה ‘פו-אר’ נדיר מסין מוצע למכירה בשש מאות אלף דולר מיועד לעשירים בלבד: לאחרונה מוצע למכירה באזור ונקובר תה…
One would be hard-pressed to find anyone involved in human rights around the world who has not heard of David Matas. A Winnipeg-based lawyer, Matas has helped countless victims of human rights violations, and written or co-written numerous books on…
Visitors at the opening of the traveling exhibition at the Schwartz/Reisman Centre in Toronto last month. (photo by Helena Yakovlev-Golani) The exhibit A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: From Antiquity to 1914 opened last month in Toronto. It has since been…
The former Congregation Sons of Israel in Glace Bay. In 1902, the structure was the first purpose-built synagogue in Nova Scotia. It permanently closed in July 2010. To the left of it is what was the Talmud Torah community centre,…
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, with Michael Oren, then the Israeli ambassador to the United States, at Ben-Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv on April 9, 2013. (photo from U.S. State Department via jns.org) It’s safe to say…
Earlier this month, the American Jewish Press Association announced the winners of this year’s Simon Rockower Awards for Excellence in Jewish Journalism, which honor achievements in Jewish media published in 2014. In its division (newspapers with 14,999 circulation and under),…
Jerry Maslowsky, executive director of Variety, the Children’s Charity of Manitoba. (photo from Jerry Maslowsky) Jerry Maslowsky, executive director of Variety, the Children’s Charity of Manitoba, has a long history with the organization. Maslowsky, 57, started off in performing arts…
Michael and Francine Permack (photo by Bernie Bellan) Winnipeg-born Michael Permack has lived 22 years with a brain tumor. That makes him Canada’s longest-living brain cancer survivor – by far. Now a resident of Calgary, where he and his wife…
Canada has changed dramatically in the past half-century. In two years, we will mark the 150th anniversary of Confederation. When we last celebrated such a momentous landmark birthday – in 1967 – it was a time of perhaps unprecedented optimism…
One of the most powerful books I read as a preteen was Fran Arrick’s Chernowitz. A young adult novel about bullying and antisemitism, I recently revisited it as I read it aloud to my own kids. Told mostly in flashback…
The board of directors of the Vancouver Writers Fest has appointed Nicole Nozick as executive director, effective June 22. “Nicole brings to the Writers Fest extensive experience in festival management, journalism and communications, a collaborative approach to her work, and…
Graduates of the Jewish Seniors Alliance peer support program, and teachers. (photo by Binny Goldman) On June 11, I walked into a room filled with givers – of themselves. It was the special occasion of the graduation ceremony of the…
The process of restoring headstones comprises many steps. (photos from J.B. Newall Memorials Ltd.) Last month, the restored Jewish section of Mountain View Cemetery was rededicated in a public ceremony that was the culmination of three years of work undertaken…
Walk participants explore the Ashkenazi synagogue, the oldest in Winnipeg, on a tour led and organized by Zach Fleisher. (photo from Zach Fleisher) Not so long ago, Winnipeg’s Jewish community hub was the city’s North End. With Yiddish spoken on…
Emanuel Ringelblum (left), Rachel Auerbach (third from the left) and other Jewish intellectuals in Poland, 1938. (photo from whowillwriteourhistory.com) Many Vancouverites will remember the 2008 traveling exhibit hosted by the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre called Scream the Truth at the…
A photo from Aleph in the Tri-Cities’ Facebook page about their Hebrew classes. Three years ago, a group of parents, all members of the Facebook group Aleph in the Tri-Cities, decided to create their own Hebrew Sunday school. It took…
Children with bicycles, possibly at a Beth Israel parade, Vancouver, 1970. (JWB fonds; JMABC L.09774) If you know someone in the photo above or any of those below, please help the JI fill the gaps of its predecessor’s (the Jewish Western Bulletin’s) collection…
U.S. radio host Dr. Joy Browne discusses the post-traumatic physical and psychological challenges of terrorism at OneFamily. (photo from OneFamily) American syndicated radio host and clinical psychologist Dr. Joy Browne had a meeting with victims of terrorism at the headquarters…
שון אקור (ted.com/talks, צולם מאי 2011 בTEDxBloomington) מוכרחים להיות שמח: סדנאות ללמד עובדים לשמוח תופסות תאוצה בקנדה והמעסיקים שמחים הטרנד להפוך את העובדים לשמחים ופוזיטיביים תופס תאוצה משמעותית בקנדה. מרבית הסדנאות ללמד עובדים וסתם מתעניינים אחרים איך להיות שמחים, מלאות…
A screenshot from Gad Aisen’s documentary, which has its Canadian première at the Rothstein Theatre June 28. After the Holocaust and the Second World War, the British government that controlled Mandate Palestine severely limited Jewish immigration, continuing the restrictive policies…
Tara Cheyenne Performance’s how to be, part of Dancing on the Edge. (photo by Wendy D Photography) This year’s Dancing on the Edge festival, which runs July 2-11, once again features the talents of many Jewish community members. The Jewish…
Earlier this month, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released the summary of its compendious report on the history and legacy of the Indian residential schools system. As the testimony of more than 6,750 witnesses to the commission demonstrated, that dark…
Hillel BC’s home on the University of British Columbia campus, the Diamond Foundation Centre for Jewish Campus Life. (photo by ThosGee via panoramio.com) It’s been a tumultuous year on the University of British Columbia campus for Hillel BC, one filled…
This month, the Reform movement’s new High Holiday prayer book, Mishkan HaNefesh, is being published. It replaces Gates of Repentance, which has served the movement since 1978, and is a companion to the movement’s siddur, Mishkan T’filah, which was published…
Lung cancer cells (green) cultured together with normal lung cells (red). The triple-antibody combination EGFR, HER2 and HER3 strongly impairs the survival of tumor cells while sparing normal cells. (Modified confocal microscopy image by Maicol Mancini, lab of Prof. Yosef Yarden, via…
Left to right: Josh Cooper, Frank Sirlin, John Baird, Avi Dickstein and Ilan Pilo. (photo from Jewish National Fund, Pacific Region) On June 7, the Jewish National Fund, Pacific Region, hosted the 2015 Negev Dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel…
