Category Local

BDS loses in SFU vote

photo - SFU’s Teaching Support Staff Union voted 186 for and 227 against including a BDS campaign in the union’s bylaws and policies

SFU’s Teaching Support Staff Union voted 186 for and 227 against including a BDS campaign in the union’s bylaws and policies. (photo from RestfulC401 (WinterforceMedia) via commons.wikimedia.org) The Vancouver Jewish community had another victory over the boycott, divestment and sanctions…

Community milestones … May 26/17

The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is very pleased to honour the decades of service of  with a special Lifetime Achievement Award. Rosenberg is a professor emeritus of computer science at the University of British Columbia and a member of the…

Celebrating Nursing Week

photo - Left to right, Nicole Encarnacion, Rebecca Fernandez and Jennifer Belen were among those fêted at Louis Brier Home and Hospital on May 9 during Nursing Week

Left to right, Nicole Encarnacion, Rebecca Fernandez and Jennifer Belen were among those fêted at Louis Brier Home and Hospital on May 9 during Nursing Week. (photo by Dolores Luber) “I think one’s feelings waste themselves in words; they ought…

B.C. election roundup

In his pre-election interview with the Jewish Independent, B.C. Green party leader Andrew Weaver acknowledged his ideal scenario might be to hold the balance of power in a minority legislature. The results of the May 9 election were in fact…

Caring for our seniors

photo - Louis Brier Home and Hospital

Louis Brier Home and Hospital. (photo from cjnews.com) “Louis Brier offers our residents variety in programming and services, as well as safe and quality care. Residents and families remain the primary decision-makers for the care received, as resident and family-centred…

Judaism’s importance

photo - Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks speaks at Congregation Schara Tzedeck on April 28

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks speaks at Congregation Schara Tzedeck on April 28. (photo by Cynthia Ramsay) “There is one thing about Judaism for which we were mocked for centuries, whose wisdom is just becoming clear in the 21st century,” Rabbi…

Yom Hashoah at KDHS

photo - The Sir Charles Tupper Secondary School Grade 11 history class for which King David High School teacher Anna-Mae Wiesenthal (middle row, second from the right), did a presentation on the Holocaust. Their teacher, Bonnie Burnell, is to Wiesenthal’s left

The Sir Charles Tupper Secondary School Grade 11 history class for which King David High School teacher Anna-Mae Wiesenthal (middle row, second from the right), did a presentation on the Holocaust. Their teacher, Bonnie Burnell, is to Wiesenthal’s left. (photo…

Docs cover range of topics

photo - The Jewish Seniors Alliance Spring Forum featured Dr. Saul Isserow, left, and Dr. Larry Goldenberg

The Jewish Seniors Alliance Spring Forum featured Dr. Saul Isserow, left, and Dr. Larry Goldenberg. (photos by Binny Goldman) “If I had known I was going to live so long, I’d have taken better care of myself” – Eubie Blake…

Soccer unites people

photo - The Tibet Women’s Soccer Team will compete at the 2017 Vancouver International Soccer Festival as special guests and as ambassadors of peace

The Tibet Women’s Soccer Team will compete at the 2017 Vancouver International Soccer Festival as special guests and as ambassadors of peace. (photo from One Team United) One Team United for Peace and Development Society recently announced that the Tibet…

Student vote result different

image - More than 170,000 elementary and high school students participated in CIVIX’s Student Vote program for the 2017 B.C. provincial election

More than 170,000 elementary and high school students participated in CIVIX’s Student Vote program for the 2017 B.C. provincial election. (image from CIVIX) More than 170,000 elementary and high school students participated in the Student Vote program for the 2017…