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Launching within hours of each other in May, the Canadian Jewish Record and TheJ.ca come at journalism from different perspectives. Like print media as a whole, Jewish newspapers worldwide have been struggling in recent years. The coronavirus, with its economic…
When COVID-19 hit, the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver quickly refocused its organizational resources on closing the annual campaign and addressing urgent community needs. Now, it is circling back to announce some terrific news, which is that the 2019 Federation…
Dr. Paige Axelrood and Ivan Sayers were among the 25 British Columbians honoured with a 2020 BC Achievement Community Award. (photos from BC Achievement Foundation) On April 27, Premier John Horgan and Anne Giardini, chair of the BC Achievement Foundation,…
Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Al-Issa receives an award, virtually, from Sacha Roytman-Dratwa, director of the Combat Antisemitism Movement. (screenshot) During a worldwide virtual event this month involving Jewish leaders and government officials from various countries, one of the leading figures in…
The Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre and the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver were among 125 partners presenting a global commemoration of the 77th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising recently. Beginning and ending with stirring renditions of the “Partisans’…
Left to right: Devorah Abramson, Yehudit Dribben and Sheva Chaya blow the shofar at Miriam’s Well on Lake Kinneret. (photo by Aviva Spiegel) In the annals of the current COVID-19 pandemic, artist Maureen Kushner has a rare happy story –…
A human jawbone found in the Misliya Cave on Mount Carmel near Haifa. (photo by Israel Hershkowitz, Tel Aviv University via Ashernet) A human jawbone and other fossils found in the Misliya Cave on Mount Carmel near Haifa indicate that…
Oxytocin, a peptide produced in the brain, may bring hearts together – or it can help induce aggression. (image from Weizmann Institute) During the pandemic lockdown, as couples have been forced to spend days and weeks in each other’s company,…
בשבועות האחרונים מפגינים רבים יוצאים לרחובות בערים שונות ברחבי קנדה כדי למחות נגד הגעזנות והאפלייה בארה”ב, קנדה ובעולם כולו. (רוני רחמני) קנדה התמודדה בשבוע שעבר עם פרשה הקשורה להפעלת כוח מופרז על-ידי שוטרים נגד בני מיעוטים. ראש הממשלה הקנדי, ג’סטין…
Left to right: MP Joyce Murray, MLA Selina Robinson and Vancouver Councilor Sarah Kirby-Yung spoke at a June 3 webinar hosted by the Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee. (photos from the internet) “Intense” was the word used by speakers from all…
