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UBC votes no to BDS

Votes were tallied late Friday, April 7, for the referendum on the University of British Columbia campus, wherein students were asked if they supported their union in a BDS campaign – and the answer was no. The “no” vote numbered…

New seniors campus?

Community leaders are looking to the future of the Dr. Irving and Phyliss Snider Campus for Jewish Seniors – the Louis Brier Home and Hospital and the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Residence – with the realization that the aging buildings…

Tackling affordability issues

image - The main issues that were brought up at the Affordability Summit

The main issues that were brought up at the Affordability Summit. (image by annaleekornelsen.com) Vancouver is in the throes of an affordability crisis. It’s in the news, provincial politicians are talking about it as they campaign for the upcoming election,…

Value in mentorship

photo - T-Jex after-school supplementary program is a partnership between Schara Tzedeck Synagogue and Shalhevet Girls High School, where the older students mentor the younger

T-Jex after-school supplementary program is a partnership between Schara Tzedeck Synagogue and Shalhevet Girls High School, where the older students mentor the younger. (photo from Shalhevet) When friends approached Gila Ross several years ago to start a new Hebrew school…

A new Camp Shalom

photo - This August, JCC Camp Shalom will also take place at Burquest Jewish Community Centre

This August, JCC Camp Shalom will also take place at Burquest Jewish Community Centre. (photo from JCC Camp Shalom) The Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver’s JCC Camp Shalom for children and youth living in the Metro Vancouver area is…

Exhibit for the 150th

photo - The ribbon-cutting at the launch of the Canadian Jewish Experience exhibit. From left to right: Dr. Mark Kristmanson of the National Capital Commission; Supreme Court Justice Michael J. Moldaver; Ottawa Police Chief Charles Bordeleau; Rabbi Reuven Bulka of Machzikei Hadas Synagogue; Catherine Bélanger, widow of the late member of Parliament Mauril Bélanger; Tova Lynch of CJE; Linda Kerzner of Jewish Federation of Ottawa; and Cantor Daniel Benlolo of Congregation Kehilat Beth Israel

The ribbon-cutting at the launch of the Canadian Jewish Experience exhibit. From left to right: Dr. Mark Kristmanson of the National Capital Commission; Supreme Court Justice Michael J. Moldaver; Ottawa Police Chief Charles Bordeleau; Rabbi Reuven Bulka of Machzikei Hadas…

A potential malaria vaccine

photo - A malaria vaccine based on stabilized proteins could circumvent today’s problems

A malaria vaccine based on stabilized proteins could circumvent today’s problems. (photo from wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il) Despite decades of malaria research, the disease still afflicts hundreds of millions and kills around half a million people each year – most of them children…

Being a woman in the IDF

photo - From left to right, Staff Sgt. Maya, Sgt. Noam and Brigadier General (Res.) Gila Klifi-Amir at a Friends of the Israel Defence Forces program April 3 in New York City

From left to right, Staff Sgt. Maya, Sgt. Noam and Brigadier General (Res.) Gila Klifi-Amir at a Friends of the Israel Defence Forces program April 3 in New York City. (photo by Shiryn Ghermezian) Israel’s female soldiers seem to break…

Planning longest pipeline

photo - Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu meeting with Noble Energy executives in the Prime Minister’s Office on April 3

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu meeting with Noble Energy executives in the Prime Minister’s Office on April 3. (photo from IGPO via Ashernet) About 20 years ago, natural gas was found off the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Conservative estimates put the…

מחירי הנדל”ן

photo - Now Toronto's turn to sweat: real estate prices in Canada's big city do not stop rising

עכשיו תורה של טורונטו להזיע: מחירי הנדל”ן בעיר הגדולה של קנדה לא מפסיקים לעלות (צילום: Benson Kua) עד לאחרונה דיברו בקנדה על שוק הנדל”ן החים ביותר שנמצא באזור ונקובר. בחודשים האחרונים נראה שמחירי הנדל”ן בוונקובר קצת נרגעו לאור הטלת המס…