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Vintage paddles for auction

photo - Members of the Tikun Olam Gogos show off some of the paddles being auctioned, until Oct. 10

Members of the Tikun Olam Gogos show off some of the paddles being auctioned, until Oct. 10. (photo by Paula Simson) Last fall, Sue Hyde, dragon boat master and member of Tikun Olam Gogos (which loosely translates as Grandmothers Repairing…

Campaign’s new chair

photo - Dr. Jonathon Leipsic

Dr. Jonathon Leipsic (photo from Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver) When Jonathon Leipsic decided to take on the role of campaign chair for the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver this year, it was not because he had too much free…

Menkis awarded, Sundberg hired

photo - Prof. Richard Menkis

Prof. Richard Menkis (courtesy) The University of British Columbia’s Prof. Richard Menkis has received two honours recently: the 2018 Louis Rosenberg Canadian Jewish Studies Distinguished Service Award and the 2018 Switzer-Cooperstock Prize for the best essay in Western Canadian Jewish…

Barbecue for JSA volunteers

photo - Jewish Seniors Alliance board member Pam Ottem, who is chair of JSA’s peer support program, with Baruch Azeroual at the JSA volunteer barbecue

Jewish Seniors Alliance board member Pam Ottem, who is chair of JSA’s peer support program, with Baruch Azeroual at the JSA volunteer barbecue. (photo from JSA) On Aug. 22, Jewish Seniors Alliance held its now-annual barbecue for peer support services…

Ayalon speaks at TWU

photo - Danny Ayalon speaks at Trinity Western University on Aug. 30

Danny Ayalon speaks at Trinity Western University on Aug. 30. (photo by Chloe Heuchert) On Aug. 30, Danny Ayalon spoke at Trinity Western University. Ayalon, a former deputy foreign minister of Israel and former ambassador of Israel to the United…

Courage in a time of change

photo - Rabbi Irwin Kula speaks in Vancouver on Sept. 16 at FEDtalks, the opening event of the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver annual campaign

Rabbi Irwin Kula speaks in Vancouver on Sept. 16 at FEDtalks, the opening event of the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver annual campaign. (photo from JFGV) The world is in a time of historic shifts and the way we interpret…

Global, contextualized access

image - VHEC integrates online the components of its diverse holdings

The Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre has developed a collections management system (CMS) that integrates the components of the centre’s diverse holdings into an online platform featuring educational resources aligned with the B.C. secondary curriculum to support teaching with primary source…

Challenges improve life

photo - Israeli judo master Arik Zeevi will speak at FEDtalks Sept. 16

Israeli judo master Arik Zeevi will speak at FEDtalks Sept. 16. (photo from JFGV) When we’re faced with a challenge, most of us are naturally cautious. But, says Israeli judo master Arik Zeevi, if you have a passion for something,…

Public hearing on JCC

image - The new facility is planned to be built over two phases

On Sept. 5, Vancouver City Council will hold a public hearing to help determine the next steps of the planned redevelopment of the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver (JCC). Serving more than 40,000 community members each year, the JCC…

Coping with a legacy of loss

photo - Claire Sicherman began writing Imprint: A Memoir of Trauma in the Third Generation after her grandmother passed away

Claire Sicherman began writing Imprint: A Memoir of Trauma in the Third Generation after her grandmother passed away. (photo from VHEC) Claire Sicherman’s grandmother didn’t share much about her experiences in the Holocaust. There were three stories – one about…