Category National

Digital marketing expertise

Mitch Joel is an expert in digital marketing, a sought-after speaker and an author. Twenty years ago, the president of Mirum – a marketing agency operating in more than 45 offices around the globe, with more than 2,500 employees –…

Pivotal role in Pier 21

photo - Ruth Goldbloom stands in Nation Builder Plaza in front of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax

Ruth Goldbloom stands in Nation Builder Plaza in front of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax. (photo from CMI at Pier 21) The museum at Pier 21: National Historic Site opened on Canada Day, 1999. Built…

Expanding food savvy

photo - Kat Romanow is director of food programming at the Museum of Jewish Montreal

Kat Romanow is director of food programming at the Museum of Jewish Montreal. (photo from Kat Romanow) Kat Romanow has taken upon herself the challenge of teaching people more about Jewish food in one of Canada’s most Jewish cities. “I…

Jewish Buddhists in Halifax

photo - Isaac Greenberg grew up speaking Hebrew, and he was raised with Shambhala, as well

Isaac Greenberg grew up speaking Hebrew, and he was raised with Shambhala, as well. (photo by Alex Rose) With his lean frame folded behind a small coffee table at Just Us Café in Halifax, with his large wire-frame glasses and…

Making Canada home

photo - Marianne, left, with her father, Otto Echt, and sister Brigitte

Marianne, left, with her father, Otto Echt, and sister Brigitte. (photo from Canadian Museum of Immigration [CMI] at Pier 21) Marianne Ferguson’s family missed the train that was supposed to take them to Montreal from Halifax. Just 13 at the…

Halifax “owns” bagel

photo - East Coast Bakery opened in Halifax on May 14 last year

East Coast Bakery opened in Halifax on May 14 last year. (photo by Alex Rose) Gerry Lonergan wants to put Halifax on the bagel map. “Why do Montreal and New York own bagels?” he asked. “Two cities shouldn’t own bagels.…

Prairie study results in

photo - Andrea Silverstone, coordinator of Shalom Bayit at Jewish Family Service Calgary

Andrea Silverstone, coordinator of Shalom Bayit at Jewish Family Service Calgary. (photo from Andrea Silverstone) A study of domestic violence in Jewish communities in the Prairie provinces was recently completed. “The study has been a desire of mine probably since…

Commemorative $10 note

photo - commemorative $10 note

(photo from Bank of Canada) Beginning June 1, 40 million commemorative bank notes will be distributed through Canada’s financial institutions. The $10 note, celebrating the 150th anniversary of Confederation, features Sir John A. Macdonald, Sir George-Étienne Cartier, Agnes Macphail and…

Exhibit for the 150th

photo - The ribbon-cutting at the launch of the Canadian Jewish Experience exhibit. From left to right: Dr. Mark Kristmanson of the National Capital Commission; Supreme Court Justice Michael J. Moldaver; Ottawa Police Chief Charles Bordeleau; Rabbi Reuven Bulka of Machzikei Hadas Synagogue; Catherine Bélanger, widow of the late member of Parliament Mauril Bélanger; Tova Lynch of CJE; Linda Kerzner of Jewish Federation of Ottawa; and Cantor Daniel Benlolo of Congregation Kehilat Beth Israel

The ribbon-cutting at the launch of the Canadian Jewish Experience exhibit. From left to right: Dr. Mark Kristmanson of the National Capital Commission; Supreme Court Justice Michael J. Moldaver; Ottawa Police Chief Charles Bordeleau; Rabbi Reuven Bulka of Machzikei Hadas…

Young Judaea at 100

photo - Canadian Young Judaea’s National Leadership Conference in February, which had participants from Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto and Halifax

Canadian Young Judaea’s National Leadership Conference in February, which had participants from Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto and Halifax. (photo from CYJ) Many of Metro Vancouver’s residents are from other parts of Canada. It is no surprise, therefore, that many members of…