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Chiune Sugihara, 1941. This year’s Raoul Wallenberg Day event includes the screening of Persona Non Grata: The Story of Chiune Sugihara. (photo from Vilnius-Green House exhibit) On Sunday, Jan. 19, the 15th annual Raoul Wallenberg Day event pays tribute to…
Musician Myrna Rabinowitz, left, and Jewish Senior Alliance’s Shanie Levin. (photo from JSA) The theme of this year’s Jewish Seniors Alliance-Snider Foundation Empowerment Series is “Be inspired!” and the first of four sessions was called Be Inspired through Story and…
Dr. Yosef Wosk, right, with Max Wyman, 2017. (photo by Fred Cawsey) The Yosef Wosk Poetry Initiative at the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, which began in 2009, marked its 10th year with a celebratory gathering of artists and…
Breanne Harmon at the 41st Annual Business / Arts Awards. (photo from Business / Arts) On Nov. 7, Vancouver-based Green Thumb Theatre, in partnership with TELUS, was awarded the Community Impact Award sponsored by KPMG at the 41st Annual Business…
Jamie Kinaschuk helps caregivers in various ways. (photo from Jamie Kinaschuk) “When somebody faces a situation of becoming a caregiver, they can embrace it and see it as a sense of purpose for the person they’re caring for, or they…
Keren Etkin (photo by Pazit Oz) Keren Etkin, a 32-year-old Israeli master’s student, has been working on what she calls the Age Tech Market Map. This small but full link library is a place for older adults to find the…
Chanukah is about, among other things, sparking light amid the darkness. It is a message of hope that we should uplift all year round, not only in December. As discussed in this space last week, social media, and media generally,…
Eli Kowaz is communications director at the Israel Policy Forum. (photo from Eli Kowaz) This article is one in an occasional series about people with British Columbian roots having positive impacts in Israel and elsewhere. For Vancouver-born Israeli Eli Kowaz,…
Left to right: Chana Rivka Bitton, Miriam Feigelstock, Baila Shapiro, Shira Oirechman and Ora Yeshayahu. The biggest event of the Tzivos Hashem year is a Shabbaton in New York, the highlight of which is an international competition called Chidon Sefer…
Prof. Ira Robinson of Concordia University’s Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies teaches a wide range of students about the Holocaust and antisemitism. (photo from Ira Robinson) Ira Robinson is the director of Concordia University’s Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies and…
