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A new book on an incendiary topic turns out to be not quite as expected. The Conflict over the Conflict: The Israel/Palestine Campus Debate, by Kenneth S. Stern, may be the most comprehensive assessment of the (at least) 20-year battle…
Last year, I requested two books from Simon & Schuster Canada. Both contained strong female protagonists and stories that sounded compelling. While it took the pandemic slowdown before I had time to read them, I enjoyed both and would recommend…
I was introduced to the Sephardi and Mizrahi tradition of a Rosh Hashanah seder by a dear friend, at whose home I celebrate most of the Jewish holidays. This New Year’s, given the pandemic and that we are not in…
“Resistance” by Dorothy Doherty. Part of the Beyond the Surface exhibition now on at the Zack Gallery until Sept. 8. (photo from gallery) The Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver has opened its doors again, at least partially, and the…
Wendy Bross Stuart accepted her GVPTA Career Achievement Award while playing the koto. (screenshot) On June 29, the 38th annual Jessie Awards were celebrated virtually, with several Jewish community members among those being honoured. The GVPTA [Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre…
A photo of George Pal with the class of 2016 I-witness Field School, which can be found in his recently released memoir, Prisoners of Hope. Shoah survivor George Pal introduced the printed and electronic versions of his memoir, Prisoners of…
In her recently published book, Shalom Uganda: A Jewish Community on the Equator, Vancouverite Janice Masur writes about her life in Kampala, Uganda, where she moved as a child of 5 and stayed until the age of 17 in 1961,…
Vanessa Goodman (photo by David Cooper) One could be forgiven for thinking there was a Jewish dance festival coming up, as there are so many community members participating in this year’s Dancing on the Edge, which takes place July 2-11.…
SD Holman, artistic and executive director of the Queer Arts Festival, which takes place July 16-26. (photo from QAF) “Since the very beginning, I said not doing the festival was not an option … because my belief is that they…
Lillian Boraks-Nemetz has a new poetry compilation, called Out of the Dark, which will be released by Ronsdale Press in the fall. (photo from Lillian Boraks-Nemetz) The death in late May of George Floyd, while he was pinned down on the…
