Category Life

Israel: a bucket list for kids

photo - Holon Children’s Museum

Holon Children’s Museum is a children’s museum unlike any other. (photo by Lauren Kramer) Take small kids with you to Israel and one thing is for sure: you’ll want to have more on your itinerary than holy sites and 2,000-year-old ruins.…

Different sort of pilgrimage – to the Basque

photo - Inside Bordeaux’s Grand Synagogue of the Gironde.

Inside Bordeaux’s Grand Synagogue of the Gironde. (photo by Karen Ginsberg) On a recent trip to the Basque, my husband and I learned a great deal about the strong Jewish presence that formerly existed in the region. The Basque country…

A visit to the Jewish communities in India

photo - Steven Finkleman in front of the restored Chennamangalam Synagogue.

Steven Finkleman in front of the restored Chennamangalam Synagogue. (photo by Steven Finkleman) I had bought my airline ticket to Mumbai in the fall, aiming to track down the remains of the Jewish community in India. I set out with…

Mystery photo … March 28/14

photo - Cantor Herskovits and Schara Tzedeck Choir, Vancouver, 1955.

Cantor Herskovits and Schara Tzedeck Choir, Vancouver, 1955. (JWB fonds, JMABC L.14274) If you know someone in this photo, 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. by contacting archives@jewishmuseum.ca.

Shockeling: an age-old tradition

photo - Shockeling can help you achieve kavanah, intense concentration with Hashem through the medium of prayer.

Shockeling can help you achieve kavanah, intense concentration with Hashem through the medium of prayer. (photo by Ashernet) The language of Yiddish is one of the most unique forms of expression. It is in fact untranslatable. Tomes have been written…

Legacy Senior Living is “about living life your way”

image - An architectural design rendering of the Leo Wertman Residence at 611 West 41st Ave.

An architectural design rendering of the Leo Wertman Residence at 611 West 41st Ave. (photo from Gomberoff Bell Lyon Architects Group Inc.) When Legacy Senior Living opens in the Oakridge neighborhood in July 2014, the 91-suite, independent-living seniors residence will pay…