Category Local

BCSC fines, bans Nickford

A British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) panel has fined and permanently banned Lynne Rae Nickford (aka Lynne Rae Zlotnik) from British Columbia’s capital markets for fraud. In August 2017, the panel found that Nickford convinced 13 investors to loan money…

Growing pains at KDHS

photo - King David High School has a wait pool for its Grade 8 program

King David High School has a wait pool for its Grade 8 program. (photo from facebook.com/kdhsvancouver) King David High School has more applicants for Grade 8 this fall than they have spaces available, and some parents are upset with the…

Okanagan celebrates 25th

photo - Steven Finkleman, vice-president of the Okanagan Jewish Community, takes a moment to enjoy some Israeli dancing

Steven Finkleman, vice-president of the Okanagan Jewish Community, takes a moment to enjoy some Israeli dancing. (photo by Misty Challmie) When the founders of Kelowna’s fledgling Jewish community decided to open a building, they couldn’t call it a synagogue. The…

RJDS students help Variety

photo - The goal of the Richmond Jewish Day School student council committee this year was to help purchase a Sunshine Coach for Variety Club. From left to right are Rachel Marliss, Shai Rubin, teacher Reesa Pawer and Nate Brown

The goal of the Richmond Jewish Day School student council committee this year was to help purchase a Sunshine Coach for Variety Club. From left to right are Rachel Marliss, Shai Rubin, teacher Reesa Pawer and Nate Brown. (photo from…

Jewish take on health issues

photo - Attendees engaged with panelists, left to right, Drs. Eric Cadesky, Brian Bressler and Jennifer Melamed at a Kollel event Jan. 29

Attendees engaged with panelists, left to right, Drs. Eric Cadesky, Brian Bressler and Jennifer Melamed at a Kollel event Jan. 29. (photo from Kollel) A small but passionate group gathered at the Ohel Ya’akov Community Kollel Jan. 29 to engage…

Looking younger, naturally

photo - Father and son team, Lou and Darryl Segal, of Herbal Glo

Father and son team, Lou and Darryl Segal, of Herbal Glo. (photo from Darryl Segal) It’s difficult enough to start and build one successful business, let alone two. But Lou Segal and his family have done just that. Segal began…

Increasing awareness

photo - Eldad Goldfarb, executive director of the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, and Jewish community member Shirley Barnett show off their “Labels are for Clothes” T-shirts

Eldad Goldfarb, executive director of the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, and Jewish community member Shirley Barnett show off their “Labels are for Clothes” T-shirts. (photo by Leamore Cohen) February is Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month and the shirts…

Farming as social enterprise

photo - In the book Street Farm: Growing Food, Jobs and Hope on the Urban Frontier, Michael Ableman shares the story of how Downtown Eastside residents helped create Sole Food Street Farms

In the book Street Farm: Growing Food, Jobs and Hope on the Urban Frontier, Michael Ableman shares the story of how Downtown Eastside residents helped create Sole Food Street Farms. (photo by Michael Ableman; Street Farm [Chelsea Green, 2016]) In…

Survivor shares story

photo - Holocaust survivor David Ehrlich speaks on Jan. 25

Holocaust survivor David Ehrlich speaks on Jan. 25. (photo by Pat Johnson) David Ehrlich grew up in a small city in Hungary, sleeping in the kitchen of the family’s three-room house – “not three bedrooms, God forbid, three rooms” –…

Serving the Diaspora

photo - Ayala and Ariel Wilchfort are recent arrivals to Vancouver

Ayala and Ariel Wilchfort are recent arrivals to Vancouver. (photo from Ariel Wilchfort) Two years ago, Rabbi Gideon Osher Shmueli donated a kidney to a stranger, saving that individual’s life. These days, he works at Magen David Yeshivah in Brooklyn,…