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The chanukiyah is an expression of Jews’ commitment to place the particular into the mainstream of history. (photo from pxhere.com) Jewishness is not merely determined by a biological accident. It involves commitment and dedication to the spiritual worldview contained within…
The lights of chanukiyot could be seen in the neighbourhood windows. (photo by Neil Harris) There once was a dreidel named Dreidelhead. Dreidelhead had three brothers and lived with his parents in Flushing, N.Y. His first name was Noon but…
What does the word Maccabee mean? Who were the five sons of Mattathias? What is a Chanukah lamp called? What are the letters on a dreidel outside of Israel? Inside Israel? In which book of the Bible do we read…
(photo by Josh Evnin) In traditional Jewish cooking, brisket is most often braised as a pot roast, especially as a holiday main course, usually served at Rosh Hashanah, Passover and on the Sabbath. For reasons of economics and kashrut, it…
(photo from Umbe Ber/Pixabay) Every time I do a food column, I look up its history, and I am continually fascinated by what I learn. We all know what is pasta – unleavened semolina mixed with water or eggs and…
(photo by Kimberly Vardeman) Chocolate chips were created when chocolate chip cookies were invented in 1937 – Ruth Graves Wakefield of the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Mass., added cut-up chunks of a semi-sweet Nestlé chocolate bar to a cookie…
Group of B’nai Brith delegates at a Phoenix convention, 1975. Dave Jackson is on the left and Harry Buller is fifth from the left. (photo from JWB fonds, JMABC L.10220) If you know someone in this photo, please help the…
Vancouver Peace Poppies co-founder Teresa Gagné at the White Poppy Memorial in 2018. (photo by Diane Donaldson) A local group is hoping to broaden the scope of Remembrance Day as more than an occasion to honour the brave men and women…
Dancing at a Jewish Community Centre party, 1984. (photo from JWB fonds, JMABC L.11733) If you know someone in these photos, please help the JI fill the gaps of its predecessor’s (the Jewish Western Bulletin’s) collection at the Jewish Museum…
Two women dancing, 1965. (photo from JWB fonds, JMABC L.13986) If you know someone in these photos, please help the JI fill the gaps of its predecessor’s (the Jewish Western Bulletin’s) collection at the Jewish Museum and Archives of B.C.…
