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Pigeon bones from 1,500 years ago. (photo from University of Haifa via Ashernet) Israel’s Negev Desert has not always been a dusty, almost treeless place – 1,500 years ago, many parts of the Negev were green and produced basic foods.…
שגרירת קנדה בישראל, דברה לאיונס. (צילום: Twitter) שגרירת קנדה בישראל, דברה לאיונס, נפגשה לאחרונה עם ראשי הפדרציה היהודית של ונקובר, נציגים של ארגונים יהודים ואנשי עסקים בוונקובר. השגרירה לאיונס כתבה בעקבות הביקור מכתב לפדרציה ובו אמרה בין היתר: “קנדה מאמינה…
Maung Zarni, right, with a 67-year-old Rohingya man from Maungdaw, who had been a leader at a township level in former prime minister Ne Win’s early days, when Rohingyas were recognized as an ethnic community with full citizenship rights. (photo…
Portrait of Dave Barrett by photographer Fred Schiffer, June 9, 1975. (photo from Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia) More than four decades after he led British Columbia through one of the most tumultuous and consequential epochs in the…
Kids on the Block uses a puppet show to teach kids about juvenile arthritis. (photo from Cassie and Friends) Juvenile arthritis (JA) affects three in 1,000 kids in Canada, making it one of the most common chronic conditions affecting children…
Rabbi Benay Lappe, founder and rosh yeshivah of Svara, in Chicago, taught Talmud at Congregation Or Shalom earlier this month. (photo from Or Shalom) “For all you straight folks, let me tell you – you’re all queer. Your job is…
This year’s Limmud Vancouver takes place April 14-15 at Beth Israel. (photo from Limmud Vancouver) Limmud Vancouver will be holding its fourth conference April 14-15 at Congregation Beth Israel. The Vancouver program is one of 80 Limmud gatherings around the…
Back in university, Jeff Jacobson started working in the career he loves – being a talent agent. (photo from Jeff Jacobson) “When I was a kid, my favourite movie was Jerry Maguire. He was an agent, and I wanted to…
Dr. Mike Teschuk created this image to illustrate how a teen brain prioritizes. “First thing you’ll notice is the largest lobe is the love lobe,” said Dr. Mike Teschuk, showing an image of how a teen brain prioritizes. “For teenagers,…
Cara Rosenbloom is trying to educate people about nutrition. In 2016, she co-authored the cookbook Nourish. (photo from Cara Rosenbloom) When grocery shopping, how do you decide what to get when you are looking at items not familiar to you?…
