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Are you Jewish and living outside of Vancouver? The Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver wants to hear from you. Its Regional Communities Task Force has begun their work with a new survey to determine how best to engage Jews living…

Following a noble pursuit

photo - JustGreet allows customers to pick a greeting card online that will be mailed with a handwritten message of their composition

JustGreet allows customers to pick a greeting card online that will be mailed with a handwritten message of their composition. (photo by Sophia Hsin) Vancouver-based JustGreet describes itself as “the cutest greeting card service on the internet.” The company’s model…

Update from the Okanagan

photo - Left to right: Evan Orloff, Melina Moore, Barb Pullan lighting the candles, Rebecca Morlang and Hilla Shlomi

Left to right: Evan Orloff, Melina Moore, Barb Pullan lighting the candles, Rebecca Morlang and Hilla Shlomi. (photo by Roger Tepper) The Okanagan Jewish Community has been busy over the last couple of months. They are also gearing up for their…

Record Negev Dinner

photo - Left to right: Gary Segal, 2014 Jewish National Fund Negev Dinner honoree, 2016 honoree Shirley Barnett and Ilan Pilo, Jerusalem emissary and executive director of JNF Pacific Region

Left to right: Gary Segal, 2014 Jewish National Fund Negev Dinner honoree, 2016 honoree Shirley Barnett and Ilan Pilo, Jerusalem emissary and executive director of JNF Pacific Region. (photo by Robert Albanese) The tally is in. On April 10, the…

Power in three percent

photo - Left to right: Esther Mogyoros, King David High School director of development; Shannon Gorski, PAC co-chair; speaker Josh Shipp; and Teaching for Tomorrow co-chairs Gaby Lutrin and Elaine Grobman

Left to right: Esther Mogyoros, King David High School director of development; Shannon Gorski, PAC co-chair; speaker Josh Shipp; and Teaching for Tomorrow co-chairs Gaby Lutrin and Elaine Grobman. (photo from KDHS) “What’s the difference between a watermelon and a…

Help for substance abusers

photo - Rebecca Denham, director of services for Jewish Addiction Community Service of Vancouver

Rebecca Denham, director of services for Jewish Addiction Community Service of Vancouver. (photo by Wendy Oberlander) The first comprehensive effort to reach Jewish individuals suffering from addictions launched this month in Vancouver when the Jewish Addiction Community Service of Vancouver…

The stories of nine orphans

photo - The Open Hearts, Closed Doors exhibit combines placards of mixed visual and textual material with beautifully done recreations of photo albums telling the stories of the survivors featured

The Open Hearts, Closed Doors exhibit combines placards of mixed visual and textual material. (photo from Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre) “One out of every 122 people alive currently is displaced. That means 60 million people,” says Phillipa Friedland, education coordinator…

Learn ballroom, Latin

photo - Dmitry Rusak with Diane MacKenzie win first place silver level at the Grand Ballroom Competition in Richmond on June 23, 2012

Dmitry Rusak with Diane MacKenzie win first place silver level at the Grand Ballroom Competition in Richmond on June 23, 2012. (photo from Dmitry Rusak) Crimea may seem an unlikely place to embark on a journey into the world of…

Making healthy connections

photo - High-tech entrepreneur Galya Westler is at TEDxStanleyPark on May 28

High-tech entrepreneur Galya Westler is at TEDxStanleyPark on May 28. (photo from Galya Westler) The social media available to help us connect with one another are ever-increasing, but they are not always effective. In fact, they often have the opposite…

Noa concert sells out

photo - Achinoam Nini performs for a full house at the Chan Centre on Yom Ha’atzmaut, May 11

Achinoam Nini performs for a full house at the Chan Centre on Yom Ha’atzmaut, May 11. (photo from cjnews.com) Despite the controversy in the months leading up to her Yom Ha’atzmaut performance at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts…