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Rower turns to apps

photo - Matthew Segal (front, facing the camera) and his teammates at the Royal Henley Regatta in England

Matthew Segal (front, facing the camera) and his teammates at the Royal Henley Regatta in England. (photo from Matthew Segal) Matthew Segal was an all-round athlete until the age of 15, when he found his one true love: rowing. He…

Dance in support of refugees

photo - Children learn the #iamchild dance routine created by Israeli-Turkish therapist and journalist Michal Bardavid

Children learn the #iamchild dance routine created by Israeli-Turkish therapist and journalist Michal Bardavid. (photo from iamchildproject.com) There’s a new dance routine on social-media sites that has five catchy poses and one enormously powerful message. The #iamchild dance-therapy routine is…

Memorial to Mumbai terror victims

photo - Israeli President Reuven Rivlin lays a wreath in memory of the victims of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack at the Chabad House. To Rivlin’s left is First Lady Nechama Rivlin

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin lays a wreath in memory of the victims of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack at the Chabad House. To Rivlin’s left is First Lady Nechama Rivlin. (photo from Israel Government Press Office via Ashernet) Israeli President…

מגדל טראמפ בטורונטו

photo - Trump Tower in New York

מגדל טראמפ בניו יורק. (צילום: Roni Rachmani) מלון הדירות טראמפ אינטרנשיונל בטורונטו כן יוצע בסופו של דבר למכירה בשל חוב המגיע ל-301 מיליון דולר. למלון הדירות בניהול חברתו של דונלד טראמפ, הנשיא הנבחר של ארצות הברית מטעם המפלגה הרפובליקנית, יצא…

Jewish view of afterlife

Rabbinic Pastor Simcha Raphael will be a scholar-in-residence at Congregation Or Shalom for a Shabbaton Nov. 25-26. (photo from Simcha Raphael) Later this month, Congregation Or Shalom is hosting a Shabbaton featuring Rabbinic Pastor Simcha Raphael, a bereavement counselor and…

Letters connected families

A trove of letters between Jewish children and their parents separated by the Second World War and the Holocaust gives insight into the way families communicate in times of crisis. Debórah Dwork, Rose Professor of Holocaust History and director of…

A forum on rethinking aging

photo - Gyda Chud of Jewish Seniors Alliance with forum speaker Dan Levitt of Tabor Village

Gyda Chud of Jewish Seniors Alliance with forum speaker Dan Levitt of Tabor Village. (photo by Binny Goldman) On Sunday, Nov. 6, 175 people gathered at the Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture for the Jewish Seniors Alliance of Greater…

Advance in treatment

photo - Dr. Mark Freedman, left, and Dr. Harold Atkins

Dr. Mark Freedman, left, and Dr. Harold Atkins. (photo from Ottawa Hospital) A Canadian research team led by Dr. Mark Freedman and Dr. Harold Atkins at Ottawa Hospital has managed to reverse severe multiple sclerosis (MS) using a patient’s own…

Cancer research breakthrough

photo - Assistant Professor Avi Schroeder of the Technion faculty of chemical engineering and the Technion Integrated Cancer Centre

Assistant Professor Avi Schroeder of the Technion faculty of chemical engineering and the Technion Integrated Cancer Centre. (photo by Ashernet) Technion researchers in Haifa have developed a new technology for determining the suitability of specific anticancer drugs to a specific…

Campaign continues

“Let’s make it easy, not just to be Jewish, but to feel part of the community. We have to make it easy and we have to find ways of connecting,” Alex Cristall told the Jewish Independent in a recent phone…