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Noa concert sells out

photo - Achinoam Nini performs for a full house at the Chan Centre on Yom Ha’atzmaut, May 11

Achinoam Nini performs for a full house at the Chan Centre on Yom Ha’atzmaut, May 11. (photo from cjnews.com) Despite the controversy in the months leading up to her Yom Ha’atzmaut performance at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts…

Learning about other faiths

photo - Grade 6 students from Vancouver Talmud Torah – Sophie Chelin, Ava Abramowich, Sayde Shuster, Ruth Nahmad and Rachel Seguin – do the blessing over the candles at an interfaith Shabbat dinner on May 6

Grade 6 students from Vancouver Talmud Torah – Sophie Chelin, Ava Abramowich, Sayde Shuster, Ruth Nahmad and Rachel Seguin – do the blessing over the candles at an interfaith Shabbat dinner on May 6. (photo by Jennifer Shecter-Balin) The joy…

Expert on sundowning

photo - Dr. Brian Goldman

Dr. Brian Goldman (photo from Brian Goldman) While most people have heard of dementia, many of us won’t have heard the term sundowning before. According to Dr. Brian Goldman, emergency physician at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, sundowning is generally…

Difficulties with conceiving

photo - At Limmud in Winnipeg earlier this year, Bryan Borzykowski talked about his and his wife Lainie’s difficulties in having children

At Limmud in Winnipeg earlier this year, Bryan Borzykowski talked about his and his wife Lainie’s difficulties in having children. (photo from Rebeca Kuropatwa) At this year’s Limmud in Winnipeg, on March 13, Bryan Borzykowski spoke about the miscarriages he…

Research into psychedelics

photo - Jordan Sloshower

Jordan Sloshower (photo from Jordan Sloshower) The use of psychoactive plants and mushrooms for sacramental and religious purposes has been widespread throughout the world’s cultures for centuries. More recently, in the 1950s and 1960s, academic centres investigated the potential therapeutic…

Improving celiac care

Following several months of research, discussions and consultations, the Canadian Celiac Association (CCA) is celebrating 2016 Celiac Disease Awareness Month with the unveiling of a detailed algorithm to be distributed to all family doctors across Canada. With awareness and understanding…

Couples need to talk about sex

photo - Doreen Seidler-Feller, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who has decided to focus her practice, in part, on the underserved population of Orthodox Jews

Doreen Seidler-Feller, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who has decided to focus her practice, in part, on the underserved population of Orthodox Jews. (photo from Doreen Seidler-Feller) While sex is vital to our existence, it remains a topic many people…

האם יש שכירות בחינם?

screenshot - Recently published ads for apartment rentals in Vancouver on online bulletin board Craigslist

בתקופה האחרונה מתפרסמות מודעות מסוג חדש להשכרת חדרים ודירות משותפות בוונקובר, באתר האינטרנט עם לוח המודעות המקוון קרייגליסט. (צילום: theprovince.com) האם יש שכירות בחינם? לא בדיוק – השוכרת תאלץ “לענג” את המשכיר בתקופה האחרונה מתפרסמות מודעות מסוג חדש להשכרת חדרים…

VHEC marks anniversaries

photo - Robbie Waisman, left, and Éloge Butera will be the keynote speakers on May 26

Robbie Waisman, left, and Éloge Butera will be the keynote speakers on May 26. (photo from Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre) At a first-in-a-decade gala dinner this month, the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre will mark three significant anniversaries. “It’s more than…

JFSA lunch raises $266K

photo - Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes speaks to an attendee at the Innovators Lunch on May 4

Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes speaks to an attendee at the Innovators Lunch on May 4. (photo by Sandra Steier) More than 550 people at the Jewish Family Service Agency’s Innovators Lunch on May 4 raised more than $266,000 for the important…