Category Celebrating the Holidays

Fostering nature’s care

photo - Richmond Jewish Day School held a week of activities revolving around Tu b’Shevat

Richmond Jewish Day School held a week of activities revolving around Tu b’Shevat. (photo from RJDS) Richmond Jewish Day School held a weeklong event celebrating the holiday of Tu b’Shevat, which fell this year on Jan. 17. Tu b’Shevat has…

It’s that time of year

photo - Tu b’Shevat is a popular day to go into the fields and plant saplings

Tu b’Shevat is a popular day to go into the fields and plant saplings. (photo from usa.jnf.org) ‘In Israel, just before the Hebrew month of Shevat, the landscape begins to change. It has been winter; the fruit trees bare, their…

A Methuselah update

photo - Methuselah’s roots go back to the time of Masada, and even earlier

Methuselah’s roots go back to the time of Masada, and even earlier. (photo from Arava Institute) For many years, in anticipation of Tu b’Shevat, I have written about a date palm tree in the Arava that fascinates me – Methuselah. Methuselah’s…

Festive candlelighting

photo - Left to right, Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart,  MP Taleeb Noormohamed and MLA George Heyman light the chanukiyah

Left to right, Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart,  MP Taleeb Noormohamed and MLA George Heyman light the chanukiyah. (photo by Jocelyne Hallé) The Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver (JCCGV), the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), and the Canadian…

Community lights shine

Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie speaks to those assembled at RJDS’s Celebration of Light event. (photo by Adele Lewin Photography) Richmond Jewish Day School is on No. 5 Road, which has been named the “Highway to Heaven” because it is home…

Chanukah Market at JCC

photo - Chanukah treats will be plentiful at the JCC Chanukah Market

Chanukah treats will be plentiful at the JCC Chanukah Market. (photo from JCCGV) Come celebrate the Festival of Lights on Nov. 28 at the first-ever Chanukah Market. From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. that day, the parking lot at the Jewish…

JQT’s 2021 Hanukkah Hotties

image - This year's Hanukkah Hotties

(image from JQT) JQT Vancouver has a sizzling lineup of Hanukkah Hotties this year. Tune in to daily livestreams on Facebook with each Hanukkah Hottie, as they light their chanukiyah or share another tradition, and chitchat with JQT about their…

Brisket – a Jewish  tradition!

Brisket is the boneless meat on the lower chest of beef or veal. In traditional Jewish cooking, it is most often braised as a pot roast, especially as a holiday main course. For reasons of economics and kashrut, it was historically one of the more…

Pumpkin, but not pies

photo - Pumpkin spice snickerdoodles

Pumpkin spice snickerdoodles (photo by Greg Dupree, food styling Torie Cox, prop styling Christine Keel / Food & Wine) November arrives and I think pumpkin. Here in Israel, the d’la’at is amazing. Whole, they are huge in size and weight,…

Making holiday doughnuts

photo - Syrian doughnuts can be made with a hole, or not. And they are topped with lemon or another type of glaze or syrup, rather than having a jelly filling

Syrian doughnuts can be made with a hole, or not. And they are topped with lemon or another type of glaze or syrup, rather than having a jelly filling. (photo from vegankinda.wordpress.com) One of the things I have enjoyed the…