Category Life

Delightful – and easy – dairy recipes for summer

photo - Leah Schapira’s and Victoria Dwek’s sunflower salad, from their most recent cookbook, Dairy Made Easy

Leah Schapira’s and Victoria Dwek’s sunflower salad, from their most recent cookbook, Dairy Made Easy. (photo by Daniel Lailah) There’s almost no need for me to try out the recipes from Leah Schapira and Victoria Dwek anymore. Their Made Easy…

Assortment of salads for summer

photo - For those who can’t make it to Pips Neapolitan Pizza in Jerusalem for its panzanella, pictured above, the bread salad recipe here is similar

For those who can’t make it to Pips Neapolitan Pizza in Jerusalem for its panzanella, pictured above, the bread salad recipe here is similar. (photo by Barry A. Kaplan/Jerusalem) Admittedly, I am very old-fashioned in my kitchen. I have two…

Bubble tea: artsy, tasty sugar fix

photo - Tapioca pearls cluster at the bottom of a green apple Calpis green tea

Tapioca pearls cluster at the bottom of a green apple Calpis green tea. (photo by Lauren Kramer) It’s a typical summer barbeque scene: parents clustered in groups catching up on each other’s lives and kids running amok in games of…

Mystery photo … June 27/14

photo - Group of women holding honor scroll certificates, State of Israel Bonds, Marjorie Groberman second from the left, Vancouver, B.C., 1971

Group of women holding honor scroll certificates, State of Israel Bonds, Marjorie Groberman second from the left, Vancouver, B.C., 1971. (JWB fonds, photographer Franz Lindner, JMABC L.14624) If you know someone in this photo, please help the JI fill the gaps of its…

Take a day drive to Port Moody

photo - When driving in the area, be careful, as deer sometimes meander across the roads

When driving in the area, be careful, as deer sometimes meander across the roads. (photo by Lauren Kramer) I’ve lived in Vancouver for just 14 years, so I know I’ve just barely begun to discover all the beauty in the…

Emanu-El’s Avodah helps broader Victoria community

photo - Avodah volunteer Daryl Levine makes latkes for last year's latke lunch during Chanukah

Avodah volunteer Daryl Levine makes latkes for last year’s latke lunch during Chanukah. (photo by Penny Tennenhouse) Before 2003, Rabbi Harry Brechner of Congregation Emanu-El in Victoria had focused mostly on religious services and education. But that year, an Israeli…