Category Arts & Culture

Libby Yu plays music for soul

screenshot - Libby Yu performed A Concert for the Soul on June 28, hosted by Jewish Seniors Alliance and the Kehila Society of Richmond.

Libby Yu performed A Concert for the Soul on June 28, hosted by Jewish Seniors Alliance and the Kehila Society of Richmond. (screenshot) On June 28, Jewish Seniors Alliance and the Kehila Society of Richmond presented classical pianist Libby Yu…

The need to support caregivers

image - still from Rick Tash is the primary caregiver of his wife, Bambi Fass, who is dying of cancer

Rick Tash is the primary caregiver of his wife, Bambi Fass, who is dying of cancer. (still) A new short film by Dr. Jessica Zitter and Kevin Gordon gives an intimate look at the toll involved in caring for a…

Addicted to streaming

photo - Michael Douglas stars as Sandy Kominsky in The Kominsky Method on Netflix

Michael Douglas stars as Sandy Kominsky in The Kominsky Method on Netflix. (photo by Anne Marie Fox / Netflix) I admit to watching movies and television series on Netflix, kanopy.com, Amazon Prime, TIFF, VJFF and any other website that offers…

Honouring women’s courage

photo - Anne Petrie

Anne Petrie (photo from Maurice Yacowar) The University of Calgary has organized a virtual exhibition to honour the efforts of Jewish women in the Canadian Armed Forces during the Second World War. Called She Also Served, it comprises a series…

Six Jewish musical journeys

photo - Amber Woods and Gary Cohen are the musical duo Kouskous. They were among the speakers in the six-part Journeys in Jewish Music series

Amber Woods and Gary Cohen are the musical duo Kouskous. They were among the speakers in the six-part Journeys in Jewish Music series. (photo from Kouskous) In ordinary times, the Victoria Jewish Community Choir meets in person at the synagogue…

Artwork flies, returns home

photo - Suzy Birstein in her studio, with works featured in her solo exhibit Tsipora, now at the Zack Gallery

Suzy Birstein in her studio, with works featured in her solo exhibit Tsipora, now at the Zack Gallery. (photo from Suzy Birstein) Suzy Birstein’s Hebrew name – Tsipora – means bird. The artist’s new show, Tsipora: A Place to Land, which…

Superstein plays at jazz fest

photo - Andrea Superstein performs July 4 from Pyatt Hall during this year’s TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival, which starts June 25

Andrea Superstein performs July 4 from Pyatt Hall during this year’s TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival, which starts June 25. (photo from Wendy D Photography) Vancouver vocalist, composer and arranger Andrea Superstein has a new song out. It’s cheerful, upbeat. And…

Dancing online and onstage

photo - For this year’s Dancing on the Edge, Alexis Fletcher and Ted Littlemore perform together in a work created and directed by Vanessa Goodman

For this year’s Dancing on the Edge, Alexis Fletcher and Ted Littlemore perform together in a work created and directed by Vanessa Goodman. (photo by Sylvain Senez) This year’s Dancing on the Edge contemporary dance festival features a lineup of online and onstage…

Pride trumps bigotry

photo - Writer Ben M. Freeman

Writer Ben M. Freeman (PR photo) Antisemitism is not a Jewish problem, writes Ben M. Freeman in his new book Jewish Pride. “It is a non-Jewish problem that has an impact upon Jews.” Freeman is a young Scottish Jew whose book…

Crackin’ Out online exhibit

image - A still from the documentary Crackin’ Out: The Ronnie Tessler Rodeo Collection, showing photographer Ronnie Tessler. The documentary was directed by Sarah Genge and produced by the Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia

A still from the documentary Crackin’ Out: The Ronnie Tessler Rodeo Collection, showing photographer Ronnie Tessler. The documentary was directed by Sarah Genge and produced by the Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia. The Jewish Museum and Archives of British…