For the first time in its history, Israel will go to the polls because the Knesset Israelis elected in April could not form a government. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu crowed after the election results came in that his Likud had…
Keynote speaker Irene Dodek and Bill Gruenthal, from the Temple Sholom 60+ group, at the latest JSA Snider Foundation Empowerment Series event, which took place May 15. (photo by Marcy Babins) Jewish Seniors Alliance of Greater Vancouver and the seniors…
Deema Abdel Hafeez placed third in the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre for Holocaust Studies’ annual speech contest. (photo from Janet Lee Elementary School) Every year, the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre for Holocaust Studies puts out a call to…
Rabbi Uri Kroizer from the Ashkenazi track with his students. (photo by Itai Nadav) Some 50 prayer leaders recently completed the first session of the inaugural Ashira program. The program’s goal is to train prayer leaders (schlichei tzibur) from across…
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and his wife, Nechama, in Jerusalem in May 2018. (photo from Ashernet) Nechama Rivlin died June 4 at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, at the age of 73. She had undergone a lung transplant operation three…
אושר הסכם הסחר החדש בין קנדה לישראל בתקווה להכפיל את היקף הסחר. בזמן שנשיא ארה”ב, דונלד טראמפ, מאיים על מדינות בעולם ונלחם בהן כדי להשיג הסכמי סחר חדשים, קנדה וישראל אישרו את הסכם הסחר החדש ביניהן. ביום שני בשבוע שעבר…
Rabbis Noam Abramchik, left, and Aaron Kamin. (photo from Pacific Torah Institute) After 16 years in Vancouver, the Pacific Torah Institute yeshivah is closing. The school, which operates out of the Lubavitch Centre at Oak and 41st Avenue, was established…
Each year, the Eric Hoffer Award presents the da Vinci Eye (named after Leonardo da Vinci) to books with superior cover artwork. Cover art is judged on both content and style and, among this year’s winners is Olga Campbell’s Whisper…
Nanopores taken from ancient pottery have allowed researchers to make beer following a 5,000-year-old recipe. (photo by Yaniv Berman IAA via Ashernet) Research led by scholars at Hebrew University, the Israel Antiquities Authority, Tel Aviv University and Bar-Ilan University has…
(facebook.com/ProICC) ישראלים המבקשים לברר פרטים על הליך קבלת תושבות קנדית, נתקלו בנציגי חברת פרו איי.סי.סי שניסו להונות אותם. כך נטען בכתבה במדור הכלכלי של עיתון הארץ – דה מארקר. עוד נטען בכתבה כי נציגי החברה טוענים שהם עוזרים בבקשות לתושבות…
