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Algazi Synagogue was built in 1724 and has been renovated several times. (photo from Izmir Jewish Community Foundation) The Izmir Jewish Community Foundation’s Izmir Jewish Heritage Project, for the preservation of Jewish heritage within the Turkish city, has started its…
הביקור בטופינו התפרש על פני לילה אחד בפעמיים האחרונות כתבתי ארוכות על הטיול הטוב שעשיתי לוויקטוריה הבירה של מחוז בריטיש קולומביה. זאת בעידן הקוביד כאשר אי אפשר לטוס יותר לאירופה שאני אוהב אלה “רק” לטייל במחוז היפה שלנו. לאחרונה הספקתי…
B.C. Premier John Horgan opened the commemorative event. (screenshot) A uniquely British Columbian virtual commemoration of Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, took place April 8, convened by the Government of British Columbia in partnership with the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre…
In 2002, when the once and future prime minister of Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu, visited Montreal, a violent riot by anti-Zionists erupted at Concordia University. That was a turning point in a now two-decades-long period of anti-Israel and, in some cases,…
(image from bastamanography) Purim 2020, which took place in early March, brought with it added significance. For some, it represented the last time they gathered in a Jewish setting in person, outside the home. For others, it was the first…
Dr. Noah Alexander was the keynote speaker at the Jewish Seniors Alliance Spring Forum on March 21. (photo from medicalmentorcommunity.com) Can I Trust That? Evaluating Health Information Online was the topic of the Jewish Seniors Alliance Spring Forum, held virtually on…
Joe Segal accepting the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade’s Rix Award for engaged community citizenship in an April 7 online celebration. (screenshot) The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade paid tribute to Joe Segal on April 7, honouring him with its…
Lana Pulver has agreed to lead the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver’s 2021 annual campaign. She comes to this role with vast volunteer experience. She has served the past two years as the campaign’s major gifts chair and served as…
Afghanistan is seeking to repatriate a 1,200-year-old siddur, which is currently housed at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. (photo from Museum of the Bible) The National Museum of Afghanistan, established in 1919 at the former Bagh-i-Bala royal palace…
במשך שנים נעשו עבודות נרחבות של שימור וטיפול בציינה טאון של וקיטוריה, וכנראה לעיריית ויקטוריה, לקהילה הסינית ולשאר התושבים זה חשוב מאוד. (רוני רחמני) כפי שציינתי ברשימה הקודמת לאחר שעברתי בדיקת קורונה שתוצאותיה היו שליליות, החלטתי לצאת סוף סוף לחופשה…
