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ראש ממשלת ישראל בנימין נתניהו, לא בוחל בשום דרך להאשים אחרים במה שקרה ברצועת עזה. הוא לעולם לא יקח אחריות על מחדליו הרבים. הפעם נתניהו שובר שיאים חדשים כאשר הוא מאשים ישירות את נשיא ארה”ב הקודם ג’ו ביידן, באחריות להרג…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lays a wreath at Ran Gvili’s funeral in Meitar on Jan. 28. (photo © Amos Ben Gershom / GPO) Yasam (Israel Police Special Patrol Unit) Master-Sgt. Ran Gvili z”l was buried on Jan. 28 in his…
At rallies held across Canada after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and during the Israel-Hamas war, there were protesters holding antisemitic signs and hollering antisemitic slogans. Bill C-9 would amend the Criminal Code to strengthen existing hate-related…
The federal government announced last week that they are eliminating the office of Canada’s Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism. The announcement came in conjunction with the decision to eliminate the similar office of the Special Representative…
Were you part of the pandemic sourdough bread baking craze? I’ve been baking bread for around 40 years, but I’m not a sourdough baker. Maintaining the starter was something I couldn’t manage. Although I’ve made many kinds of bread, including…
Resilience and determination were the themes at an International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration at the Bayit synagogue in Richmond Jan. 27. It was the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Marie Doduck, a child survivor who was the youngest…
Dr. Gloria Gutman thought interviewees would have refused to place themselves in situations where they might be targeted or victimized, like rallies or Jewish events, but that wasn’t the case. “People felt more comfortable and secure when they were actively…
Danny’s Farm is a leading Israeli centre for holistic healing, offering animal-assisted trauma care, among other services. (photo from Danny Stirin) After Canadian-Israeli media personality Shai DeLuca was critically wounded in 1996 during his service in the Israel Defence Forces,…
Zusman Kiselgof, member of S. An-sky’s ethnographic expedition, recording folklore in Kremenets, Russian Empire (now in Ukraine), 1912. Four events relating to the An-sky expedition take place in Vancouver Feb. 20-22. (photo from YIVO) On Feb. 21, Or Shalom hosts…
The 41st annual Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival opens Feb. 21 with award-winning novelist John Irving and closes Feb. 26 with award-winning singer-songwriter, composer and author Peter Himmelman. In between, a range of writers and topics are presented. As…
Violist Rivka Golani joins Turning Point Ensemble on Feb. 21 and 22 for Concerti Premiere, which features two works written especially for her. (photo by Peter Beal) World-renowned violist Rivka Golani joins Turning Point Ensemble on Feb. 21 and 22…
(photo from variety.bc.ca) On Feb. 22, tune into Global BC from 1 to 5:30 p.m. for this year’s Variety Show of Hearts Telethon. Celebrating six decades of impact, it will also highlight Variety’s vision for the next 60 years. The…
Since August 2025, a group of enterprising individuals from the Greater Victoria community has been gathering at various venues to discuss prospects, offer guidance and bounce ideas off one another as part of the area’s Jewish Business Club. The group…
Members of Congregation Emanu-El’s Avodah at last year’s Coldest Night of the Year event. (photo by Penny Tennenhouse) A 12-member team from Avodah, the social-action arm of Victoria’s Congregation Emanu-El, will be participating for the ninth time in the Coldest…
Theresa Kinahan’s “The Fallery Garden That I Love Like My Friends” is part of the Roots and Wings exhibit at the Zack Gallery until March 2. (photo from Zack Gallery) The eighth annual Inclusion Art Show returns to the Sidney…
Bonny Reichert will be in Vancouver on March 4 to talk about her new memoir, How to Share an Egg, as an epilogue to the JCC Jewish Book Festival, which runs Feb. 21-26. (photo by Kayla Rocca) When Bonny Reichert…
Twice Blessed 2.0: The Jewish LGBTQ2SIA+ Initiative 2026 is an ongoing partnership between JQT Vancouver and JFS Vancouver that began with conversations between the two organizations in 2020 regarding diversity education and ensuring that JFS supports the social, physical and…
Last year’s International Jerusalem Winner Marathon. (Sportphotography) The International Jerusalem Winner Marathon returns for its 15th year and will take place on March 27, with tens of thousands of runners participating from across Israel and around the world. “The marathon…
The Roadburg Campus of Tel-Hai College, which is soon to become the University of Kiryat Shmona in the Galilee. Vancouver’s Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation has donated $50 million Cdn to the institution. (photo from Tel-Hai) Tel-Hai College – soon to…
The past and future of Jewish journalism were on the agenda when Cynthia Ramsay addressed the Jewish Seniors Alliance of British Columbia, Jan. 27. In a Zoom presentation that was part of the alliance’s Empowerment Series, the publisher of the…
Beverley Kort is a therapist who brings a psychological perspective to her worldview – and to her cartoons. (illustration by Beverley Kort) At 75, Beverley Kort is just getting started with her second career as a cartoonist. A frequent contributor…
If your retirement income plan depends primarily on selling capital to meet ongoing spending needs, it may be worth asking whether your portfolio is truly designed for retirement. (photo from elevatefinancial.ie) For many Canadians approaching or living in retirement, the…
The author made RecipeTin’s Quick and Dirty Focaccia using her hands, giving her new best friend, Red, the night off. (photo by Shelley Civkin) News flash: diamonds are not a girl’s best friend. They’re certainly a welcome acquaintance, but are…
נשיא ארה”ב דונלד טראמפ, מכהן בתפקידו כבר שנה מלאה וקשה לאמוד את מידת הנזק שהוא גורם כל יום. למרות זאת ישראלים רבים ממשיכים לתמוך בו ללא עוררין וכנראה שהם עדיין לא מבינים במי מדובר. תופעה זו מזכירה את התמיכה בראש…
בחודש פברואר ימלאו עשרים ואחת שנים לחיי בוונקובר. במקביל, המרחק שלי מישראל רק הולך וגדל הזמן אץ לו רץ לו והשנים בהן אני נמצא כאן בוונקובר עברו כל כך מהר. אני זוכר את ההתחלה הקשה כאשר לא הייתה לי עבודה…
A huge demonstration filled the blocks around the Vancouver Art Gallery last weekend, part of a weekly presence of Persian and other Vancouverites calling for regime change and democracy for Iran. (photo by Richard K. Lowy) As the street protests…
“Elaborate Pride Costume, Gay Pride,” Vancouver, 1996. (© Dina Goldstein) One of the JCC Jewish Book Festival pre-festival events holds special meaning for the Jewish Independent. Photographer Dina Goldstein, whose artistry has focused on large-scale narrative tableaux the last many…
A massive 94% of Canadian Jews support the right of Israel to exist as a Jewish state. However, according to University of Toronto sociologist Robert Brym, who conducted the survey of 600 respondents, only 51% of those call themselves “Zionists.”…
The beginning of January has not been easy in Winnipeg. We’ve dealt with hate crime graffiti, including swastikas, on Shaarey Zedek Synagogue, Kelvin High School, the Abu Bakr Al-Siddique Mosque, as well as a hookah café, residential properties and street…
Itamar Erez performs with three other leading musicians on Feb. 1, 7:30 p.m., at Massey Theatre, as part of International Guitar Night. (photo from itamarerez.com) International Guitar Night takes place on Feb. 1 at Massey Theatre. Once again, Jewish community…
