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Kick scooting for a school

photo - Gil Drori and Bex Band are kick scooting down the West Coast to raise money to build a school in Tanzania

Gil Drori and Bex Band are kick scooting down the West Coast to raise money to build a school in Tanzania. (photo from Gil Drori) Gil Drori and Bex Band are en route to the Mexican border. They left from…

Ageism and advocacy

photo - Wanda Morris of the Canadian Association of Retired Persons speaks at the Jewish Seniors Alliance Spring Forum May 13

Wanda Morris of the Canadian Association of Retired Persons speaks at the Jewish Seniors Alliance Spring Forum May 13. (photo from JSA) The annual Jewish Seniors Alliance Spring Forum was held on May 13 at the Peretz Centre for Secular…

Mobileye’s self-driving tech

photo - A total of 12 cameras offer a 360-degree configuration for long-range surround view and parking in the Intel Mobileye autonomous car

A total of 12 cameras offer a 360-degree configuration for long-range surround view and parking in the Intel Mobileye autonomous car. (photo from Intel Corp.) Jerusalem-based Intel subsidiary Mobileye reportedly has struck a deal to supply its future EyeQ5 chips…

Voice will have control

photo - One day, your car might be able to sense your mood and, if you’re agitated, send soothing music

One day, your car might be able to sense your mood and, if you’re agitated, send soothing music. (photo from autospies.com) Back in 1995, Shlomo Peller founded Rubidium in the visionary belief that voice user interface (VUI) could be embedded…

טראמפ צריך ללמוד היסטוריה

image - Former US President Bill Clinton arrives in Vancouver to promote his new book, The President is Missing, which has just been published. Clinton will host James Patterson, his co-author of the book

נשיאה לשעבר של ארצות הברית, ביל קלינטון, מגיע לוונקובר לקדם את ספרו החדש ‘הנשיא נעדר’, שיצא לאור בימים אלה. עם קלינטון יתארח הסופר ג’יימס פטרסון, שהוא שותפו בכתיבת הספר. טראמפ צריך ללמוד היסטוריה: טען קנדה שרפה את הבית הלבן בזמן…

New Yad Vashem exhibit

photo - The new exhibit at Yad Vashem features artworks, artifacts, diaries, letters and testimonies that illustrate how Jews yearned for Eretz Israel during and immediately following the Shoah, from 1933-1948

The new exhibit at Yad Vashem features artworks, artifacts, diaries, letters and testimonies that illustrate how Jews yearned for Eretz Israel during and immediately following the Shoah, from 1933-1948. (photo from Ashernet) “I see a sign that we will meet…

Record-breaking Courage

photo - The 2018 Courage to Come Back Award recipients, left to right: Suzanne Venuta (mental health), Josh Dahling (addiction), Ingrid Bates (medical), Jim Ryan (physical rehabilitation) and, in front, Alisa Gil Silvestre (youth)

The 2018 Courage to Come Back Award recipients, left to right: Suzanne Venuta (mental health), Josh Dahling (addiction), Ingrid Bates (medical), Jim Ryan (physical rehabilitation) and, in front, Alisa Gil Silvestre (youth). (photo by Norman Tam) A record $3.1 million…

Digital impact on our lives

photo - Child with cellphone

(photo from publicdomainpictures.net) Dr. Simon Trepel, child analyst and psychiatrist at the Manitoba Adolescent Treatment Centre, is seeing an increasing number of children and teenagers using phones – even during sessions. “I was hearing more and more from parents about…

אירועים אנטישמיים בטורונטו

photo - Complaints were forwarded to the Toronto police regarding antisemitism and posters advocating the boycott of Aroma and products from Israel

תלונות הועברו למשטרת טורונטו בנוגע לסיטקרים האנטישמיים והפוסטרים להחרמת ‘ארומה’ והמוצרים מישראל. (צילום: booledozer) ארגון בני ברית בטורונטו מדווח על התגברות האנטישמיות בעיר, ובפעילות להחרים מוסדות ישראלים ומוצרים ישראלים. לדברי הארגון סיטקרים אנטישמיים עם צלבי קרס והסלוגן: “צעירים נאצים נמצאים…

New NFB series on basketball

photo - Ryan Sidhoo’s new docuseries, True North, looks at the youth basketball scene in Toronto

Ryan Sidhoo’s new docuseries, True North, looks at the youth basketball scene in Toronto. (photo by Yasin Osman) “Wherever I travel, I go play pickup basketball and I always make friends, and maybe end up at someone’s house for dinner…