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Tackling antizionism head on

Adam Louis-Klein was deep in the Amazon on Oct. 7, 2023 – three months into fieldwork with an Indigenous community, living without any internet or phone contact. Two days later, in a local town, he reconnected with the outside world…

Thinking of leaving Canada?

Michael Sachs moves to Tulsa, helps others make a similar shift. When Michael Sachs and his family moved from Vancouver to Tulsa, Okla., he did not expect the response that followed. “After I came down, I just got lots of…

Kindness as a matter of fact

photo - A note that was delivered to the Okanagan Chabad Centre recently

A note that was delivered to the Okanagan Chabad Centre recently. (photo from Okanagan Chabad Centre) A handwritten note showed up in our mailbox a few weeks ago. It was from neighbours of a different faith, with just a few…

Connecting generations

Shane Foxman’s idea for In Your Own Words, “a podcast for you and your family about you and your family,” came from a very personal place. “My father passed away when my daughter was still very young. While I keep…

Vancouver to Vienna

photo - The author, Nicole Grubner, and Rabbi Levi Varnai reconnecting at the Yael Awards in Vienna

The author, Nicole Grubner, and Rabbi Levi Varnai reconnecting at the Yael Awards in Vienna. (photo by Nicole Grubner) I grew up in West Vancouver, in a home where Jewish life mattered. We celebrated the chagim (holidays), gathered for family…

Recipes a form of resistance

As part of its celebration of BC Heritage Week, the Vancouver Heritage Foundation held the online event Recipes of Resistance: Rebecca Teitelbaum and the Ravensbrück Recipe Book, presented by Lise Kirchner and Ellie Lawson of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre.…

Community milestones … February 2026

Rabbi Schneur and Bina Druk and their two children have recently made Whistler their home. Rabbi Druk was ordained at the central Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical seminary in Brooklyn and has served Jewish communities across North America and around the world, leading…

נתניהו לא מתבייש להאשים את ביידן באחריות להרג חיילים ברצועת עזה

ראש ממשלת ישראל בנימין נתניהו, לא בוחל בשום דרך להאשים אחרים במה שקרה ברצועת עזה. הוא לעולם לא יקח אחריות על מחדליו הרבים. הפעם נתניהו שובר שיאים חדשים כאשר הוא מאשים ישירות את נשיא ארה”ב הקודם ג’ו ביידן, באחריות להרג…

Last hostage home

photo - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lays a wreath at Ran Gvili’s funeral in Meitar on Jan. 28

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lays a wreath at Ran Gvili’s funeral in Meitar on Jan. 28. (photo © Amos Ben Gershom / GPO) Yasam (Israel Police Special Patrol Unit) Master-Sgt. Ran Gvili z”l was buried on Jan. 28 in his…

New bill targets hate crimes

photos - During the Israel-Hamas war, there were protesters holding antisemitic signs and hollering antisemitic slogans. Bill C-9 would amend the Criminal Code to strengthen existing hate-related offences

At rallies held across Canada after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and during the Israel-Hamas war, there were protesters holding antisemitic signs and hollering antisemitic slogans. Bill C-9 would amend the Criminal Code to strengthen existing hate-related…