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End-time visions

Are we living in the “end times”? Many would agree that, some days, it feels like it. Vancouver School of Theology’s Inter-Religious Studies program will host an apocalyptically themed conference this month called Visions of the End Times. Presenters will…

Preschool at the JCC

photo - In the JCCGV’s program for 2-year-olds, there are only a few spots left for September 2017

In the JCCGV’s program for 2-year-olds, there are only a few spots left for September 2017. (photo from Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver) Hidden at the end of the hall on the garden level of the Jewish Community Centre…

Students pen survivors’ memoirs

photo - Dr. Peter Suedfeld, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of British Columbia, spoke on behalf of the survivors who participated

Dr. Peter Suedfeld, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of British Columbia, spoke on behalf of the survivors who participated. (photo by Jennifer Oehler) Emotions were high at a graduation event where survivors of the Holocaust and Langara College…

Ring to fund students

photo - Olga Ornstein, the mother of Frank Ornstein. Frank gave his friend, George Szasz, his mother’s ring, which George is hoping to sell to fund a scholarship in the Ornstein family’s name

Olga Ornstein, the mother of Frank Ornstein. Frank gave his friend, George Szasz, his mother’s ring, which George is hoping to sell to fund a scholarship in the Ornstein family’s name. (photo from Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver) Last summer,…

Who owns the past?

photo - Left to right: Mitchell Gropper, QC; Prof. Guy Pessach, Hebrew University; Prof. Catherine Dauvergne, dean of the Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia; and Randy Milner, Vancouver chapter president, Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University

Left to right: Mitchell Gropper, QC; Prof. Guy Pessach, Hebrew University; Prof. Catherine Dauvergne, dean of the Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia; and Randy Milner, Vancouver chapter president, Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University. (photo…

Green leader condemns BDS

photo - B.C. Green party leader Andrew Weaver, MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head

B.C. Green party leader Andrew Weaver, MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head. (photo from Andrew Weaver) Andrew Weaver calls the two-party system that typifies B.C. politics a “dichotomy of dysfunction.” As leader of the provincial Green party, he hopes to hold…

NDP values in kishkes

photo - Selina Robinson, current MLA and NDP candidate for Coquitlam-Maillardville

Selina Robinson, current MLA and NDP candidate for Coquitlam-Maillardville. (photo from Selina Robinson) Coquitlam is not known as a hotbed of Jewish life, yet Selina Robinson notes that the area has been represented by three Jewish members of the legislature…

Apartheid impacted views

photo - Michael Barkusky, Green candidate for Vancouver-Quilchena

Michael Barkusky, Green candidate for Vancouver-Quilchena. (photo from Michael Barkusky) Michael Barkusky was a teenager when he canvassed for Helen Suzman’s anti-apartheid Progressive Party in South Africa’s 1970 election. Now, he is the Green party candidate in Vancouver-Quilchena. An old…

Affordability a priority

photo - Gabe Garfinkel, Liberal candidate for Vancouver-Fairview

Gabe Garfinkel, Liberal candidate for Vancouver-Fairview. (photo from Gabe Garfinkel) Whether the B.C. Liberals or the NDP win the riding of Vancouver-Fairview in the May 9 provincial election – and any other result would upend every prognostication – the riding…

Gathering in solidarity

photo - Attendees spoke to one another at their tables, following a list of questions to guide discussion

Attendees spoke to one another at their tables, following a list of questions to guide discussion. (photo from Rabbi Laura Duhan Kaplan) A small group of Jews and Christians gathered at the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver on April…