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Lou Segal being interviewed by his daughter, Ramona Josephson, 2019. (photo from Ramona Josephson) A few years ago, the Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia contacted my dad, Lou Segal, to interview him, as part of their mission to…
Left to right: Debby Altow, NCJW Vancouver past president; Cate Stoller, NCJW Vancouver president; Shelley Rivkin, vice-president, Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver; Kasari Govender, B.C. human rights commissioner; Ezra Shanken, Jewish Federation executive director; and Etti Goldman, Centre for Israel…
Operation Protective Edge, on Aug. 3, 2014. (photo from flickr.com/photos/idfonline) Part 3 of a three-part series, in which the author shares his diaries from the homefront, providing a glimpse of daily life under missile threat during Operation Protective Edge in…
Beit Halochem Canada’s Courage in Motion saw many riders return to do the five-day annual cycle in Israel again. (photo from Beit Halochem Canada) The 12th annual Courage in Motion, an initiative of Beit Halochem Canada, Aid to Disabled Veterans…
Judith Leiber (photo from Palm Beach Beauté) Many of us gravitate towards objects that are bright and sparkly. Creating this magic in one handbag is what Judith Leiber, née Peto, accomplished. Judith Peto was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1921.…
One of the family cards, produced 100 years ago, that is currently on long-term loan in the folklore department of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, on Mt. Scopus. It is from the Chaya and Chana Gitelman Collection. Not too long…
Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith sharing a toast in a New York bar, 1935. (photo from Library of Congress; New York World-Telegram and Sun Collection) Wine is a large part of Jewish ritual and tradition. And a glass or two…
רשת פייק ניוז ישראלית ניהלה קמפיין אנטי-מוסלמי בינלאומי נגד טרודו על פי תחקיר של העיתון הגרדיאן, בשנתיים האחרונות קבוצת משתמשים ישראלית, ובראשה סוחר יהלומים מלוד, הפיצה ידיעות מזויפות על פוליטיקאים מוסלמים ואף טענה כי ראש ממשלת קנדה ייבא למדינתו את…
Irwin Keller will share some of his eclectic interests at Limmud Vancouver in March. (photo from Limmud Vancouver) Irwin Keller is the kind of person most of us would like to be: curious about everything, smart, creative, always learning, always…
Operation Ezra in Winnipeg has expanded to include farming and selling local produce. (photo from Operation Ezra) When the Operation Ezra committee in Winnipeg decided to produce a book about the efforts of Yazidi-Winnipegger Nafiya Naso and Operation Ezra, the…
