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Herzliya Science Centre students launch satellite

photo - A group of Herzliya Science Centre students working on Duchifat 1 in the clean room with Dr. Ana Heller

A group of Herzliya Science Centre students working on Duchifat 1 in the clean room with Dr. Ana Heller. (photo from Herzliya Science Centre) In Israel, high school students helped launch a satellite into space – something typically reserved for university…

“Israel is an example”: Premier Christy Clark

photo - Kibbutz Magen member Shunit Dekel speaks via Skype to those at the Vancouver gathering. Dina Wachtel, executive director, Western Region, Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University, is at the podium

Kibbutz Magen member Shunit Dekel speaks via Skype to the almost 800 people who came out to Temple Sholom to show support for Israel. Dina Wachtel, executive director, Western Region, Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University, is at the podium. (photo…

Hundreds rally in support of Israel

photo - Rally in support of Israel drew a few hundred people to the Vancouver Art Gallery on Sunday

Rally in support of Israel drew a few hundred people to the Vancouver Art Gallery on Sunday afternoon. (photo by Shahar Ben Halevi) Nearly 300 people gathered around the Vancouver Art Gallery on Sunday, July 27, at noon, to show support for the…

More Than Just Mrs. exhibit online

photo - NCJW members unload boxes of toys headed for Israel as part of the Ship a Box to Israel program launched by NCJW Tikvah branch, Vancouver Harbor, 1947

NCJW members unload boxes of toys headed for Israel as part of the Ship a Box to Israel program launched by NCJW Tikvah branch, Vancouver Harbor, 1947. (photo from JMABC L.11998) Much of the work of Jewish women in Vancouver…

Okanagan Jewish community small, close-knit

photo - The sanctuary of Kelowna’s Beth Shalom Synagogue, which was founded in 1990

The sanctuary of Kelowna’s Beth Shalom Synagogue, which was founded in 1990. (photo from OJCA) Kelowna boasts a small but tight-knit Jewish community, with its synagogue, Beth Shalom, located in the Okanagan Jewish Community Centre (OJCC). Although it’s estimated that more…

New Jewish cemetery on Vancouver Island

photo - The entrance to the newly established Jewish section of Cedar Valley Gardens Cemetery

The entrance to the newly established Jewish section of Cedar Valley Gardens Cemetery. (photo from OJKMS) On July 9, in beautiful sunshine, a little bit of history for the Jewish community in central Vancouver Island was made when the new…

Chabad honors Rebbe

photo - Rabbi Shlomo Riskin speaks to the Vancouver audience via webcast

Rabbi Shlomo Riskin speaks to the Vancouver audience via webcast. (photo by Cynthia Ramsay) Empowerment. Scholarship. Connection. Each of these words was used more than once to describe the Rebbe – Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, z”l – and his impact…

Israel faces rising jihadist threats

photo - Smoke rises in Gaza after an Israeli airstrike on the second day of Operation Protective Edge, July 9, 2014

Smoke rises in Gaza after an Israeli airstrike on the second day of Operation Protective Edge, July 9, 2014. (photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) With the launch of the Israeli army’s Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, much of the public’s attention has…