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As I always do in anticipation of needing an image for the Jewish Independent’s Passover issue, I started with an internet search. This Passover, I was led to creativejewishmom.com, which features creative projects parents can do with their kids. The…
I review a lot of books for the Jewish Independent. Over the years, that has included many children’s books. I do my best in these instances but, as much as I like to let my inner child run free occasionally…
In the play Birds of a Kind by Wajdi Mouawad, the character of Eitan, injured in a terrorist attack in Jerusalem, lies in a coma. As his estranged parents and his grandmother hope for his recovery, they bitterly dig ever…
Mike Wallace is Here is one of the smartest and best documentaries of 2019. (photo from Cinando) In the streaming universe, as with all entertainment, there’s the stuff that everyone watches and talks about. But that’s just the tip of…
The National Film Board of Canada (nfb.ca) offers a selection of some 4,000 short and feature-length films, whether you’re looking for animation, documentary or fiction. Explore the Cartoons for Kids section for the latest releases. The Jewish Independent has reviewed…
Deborah Grayson Riegel, left, and Sophie Riegel co-wrote the book Overcoming Overthinking. Sophie also authored Don’t Tell Me to Relax! (photo from Riegels) Many people experience one or more kinds of anxiety disorder, yet fewer than half seek professional help,…
Tori Avey’s Mediterranean Olive Chicken is one of those guest-worthy dishes – impressive, yet easy to prepare and sure to please. (photo by Shelley Civkin) It’s Thursday afternoon and I’m wondering what the maid is going to make for dinner.…
After eating all our wonderful family tradition seder dishes, I find it fun to try out meals that I haven’t before and that are not from my cultural background. Here are some you might want to try. MATZAH MEAT PIE…
Susie Fishbein’s Butterscotch Matzah Crunch Bars. (photo from kosher.com) While it is no problem to find candy and cookies that are kosher for Passover, it is also easy to make them yourself. In addition to whatever you may buy at…
Passover traditions like the seder connect family and friends, and remind us who we are. (photo from flickr.com) “I know I read an article somewhere that the greatest number of suicides happen on holidays,” Naomi said to her mother. Rebecca…
“The Crossing of the Red Sea” by Nicolas Poussin, 1634. (photo from wikimedia) We are a people with many memories, many stories, and who we are has been shaped by the stories we remember and tell. More than any other…
Maskit is located at 4 Auerbach St., in Jaffa. (photo from Maskit) When next in Israel, in addition to walking the beaches of Tel Aviv, being spiritually uplifted at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem and enjoying the food across the…
Damascus Gate today and, below it, the Aelia Capitolina arch leading to the Roman Plaza. (photo by Deborah Rubin Fields) Revenge is sweet. Apparently, while the Roman Emperor Hadrian did not spike enemy heads on palisades, after three years of…
Stockholm’s neighbourhoods are pristinely preserved. This photo was taken last summer. (photo by Ella Kaplun) Summer days in Stockholm seem never ending. The sun refuses to set until around 10 p.m., leaving a romantic glow upon the city for the…
From the page before the opening of Moishe Rozenbaumas’s incisive, heart-felt memoir, we already feel the pain that will inhere in much of his story. Even before we begin reading this autobiography, we see a photocopy of the author’s dedication,…
In an interview with the Jewish Independent in 2014, after her book The Remains of Love came out in English, Israeli writer Zeruya Shalev said that, until that novel, she had been avoiding writing directly about what she called “the…
(מוזיאון העם היהודי L.11730) כמחצית מהיהודים שחיים בוונקובר ובאזור אינם שייכים לשום קהילה דתית. הקהילה של ונקובר גדלה במהירות רבה, החיים היהודיים התוססים מנוהלים על ידי הפדרציה היהודית של ונקובר רבתי. יש מערכת חינוך יהודית ענפה הכוללת עשרה גנים, שלושה…
With COVID-19, we now must connect online. As the world continues to grapple with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Jewish organizations across Metro Vancouver are finding new ways to connect with the public. Last week, schools and most businesses and places…
At the B.C. Winter Games in Fort St. John last month, Belle David received a silver medal for her ball routine and placed fourth all around. (photo from Danica David) Local athlete Belle David started the year off with success…
Probably every action or event has unintended consequences. The more significant the initial act, the more dramatic the consequences, for better or worse. Significant historical events illustrate a few of these. Income tax, for example, was an outcome of the…
“Desert Spring” by Jessica Ruth Freedman. A harsh critique early in her career didn’t stop Victoria-based Jessica Ruth Freedman from doing what she loves – painting – and becoming a successful artist. “I was born in Montreal, and then my…
Books for Kids volunteers at NCJWC Vancouver’s 96th AGM, left to right: Jodi Seidelman, Rhea Lazar, Gail Gumprich and Tanya Hebron. (photo from NCJWC Vancouver) On International Women’s Day, March 8, National Council of Jewish Women of Canada, Vancouver section,…
Aviva Klompas recently published the book Speaking for Israel: A Speechwriter Battles Anti-Israel Opinions at the United Nations. (photo from Aviva Klompas) Aviva Klompas came close to writing a declaration of war. In early 2013, after an Israeli post was…
These “quarantini” cookies were baked by Lynne Altow and her aunt, Alexandra Altow. When Queen’s University closed earlier this month, Lynne stayed at her uncle David and aunt Alexandra’s house in Toronto on her way home to Vancouver, where her…
Spring. Every year, it returns like a miracle and Israel is carpeted with wildflowers. There are nearly 3,000 types of wild plants in this tiny land, a wonderful profusion, among the most abundant on earth. Israel boasts a variety of…
ראש הממשלה, ג’סטין טרודו הממשלה הקנדית מגבירה מאמצים כדי למנוע את התפשטות נגיף הקורונה שמשפיע קשות על החיים כאן. ראש הממשלה, ג’סטין טרודו קרא שוב לקנדים שנמצאים בחו”ל לחזור הביתה לפני שיהיה מאוחר מדי. זאת כיוון שקנדה סגרה את הגבולות…
Much of artist Seth Book’s work has been influenced by his maternal grandfather, who was a Holocaust survivor, including “A Series I Don’t Want to Continue” – “One work to symbolize each character tattooed on his arm, and each million…
Courtney Hazlett in Malta, one of the many places she has visited to record her Netflix program Restaurants on the Edge. (photo from marblemedia and OutEast Entertainment) For producer Courtney Hazlett, traveling around the world for her new Netflix series,…
Does it seem like people are behaving more kindly this week? Maybe it’s the sunshine. But maybe it’s the realization, amid all the alarming news and concerns over the spread of coronavirus, that we are all, truly, in this together.…
Yesterday, I cried in my car. You shouldn’t worry – I was parked at the time. I share this not for sympathy or even empathy. I share this because these are harrowing times, we all feel the tremendous weight of…
