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Members of the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, Paraguay, are among those helping provide relief services during COVID-19 and after a devastating fire. (photo from IBB) Times are tough for everyone, but that hasn’t stopped one Vancouver group from organizing an…
Rabbi Dr. Yosef Wosk speaks at a Vancouver Public Library event in 2017. (photo by Cynthia Ramsay) The Order of Canada is one of our country’s highest civilian honours. Its companions, officers and members take to heart the motto of…
On Nov. 18, the Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia held its annual general meeting and JMABC president Carol Herbert gave the following report, which has been edited for length. What a roller coaster the last months have been!…
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Gratz College in Melrose Park, Pa., and Carleton University in Ottawa, promises to enhance the academic reach of both institutions. Signed by Gratz president Paul Finkelman and Carleton president Benoit-Antoine Bacon, the MOU forges…
(photo: 2018 © Qapta.es) ממשלת קנדה מתחילה בימים אלה להפעיל את מערך המסובך והמורכב של החיסון נגד נגיף הקורונה. מדובר בחיסון של ענקית התרופות האמריקנית פייזר וחברת הטכנולוגיות הגרמנית ביונטק. קנדה הייתה אפוא המדינה השנייה בעולם שהעניקה אישור רגולטורי לשימוש…
Clockwise from the top left: Tanja Demajo, Shelley Karrel, Amanda Haymond Malul and Rabbi Yechiel Baitelman participate in a JACS Vancouver panel discussion Oct. 15. “When someone comes through the door and says, ‘I’m an addict. I’m a recovering addict,’…
Dr. Rumman Chowdhury, chief executive officer and founder of Parity, gave the keynote address at the Simces & Rabkin Family Dialogue on Human Rights. (photo from rummanchowdhury.com) Data and social scientist Dr. Rumman Chowdhury provided a wide-ranging analysis on the…
How Well Do Treatments Prevent COVID-19, Shingles, Heart Disease, Diabetes and Anything Else that Might Ail You? That was Dr. James McCormack’s topic at the Jewish Seniors Alliance fall symposium Nov. 22. And some 100 participants Zoomed in to hear…
Dr. Liran Levy, left, and Dr. Milton Saute. (photo from IMP) Sheba Medical Centre in Israel and Canada’s Toronto General Hospital are collaborating to advance the field of lung transplantation in Israel and to enhance medical education in both countries.…
Israel’s Hula Valley is a major stopping place for migrating birds. (photo by D.J. Tiomkin) Jay Shofet, the director of partnerships and development for the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI), presented an overview of the broad range…
