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On March 9, community members gathered to bury sacred Jewish texts at Beth Israel Cemetery. (photo by Cynthia Ramsay) According to Jewish law, no sacred texts and objects are allowed to be thrown out. This includes anything with God’s name…
Pat Johnson, founder of Upstanders Canada. (photo from Upstanders Canada) Pat Johnson, the founder of Upstanders Canada, addressed the importance of standing up to antisemitism during a March 5 Zoom lecture organized by Kolot Mayim Reform Temple in Victoria. Upstanders…
The Louis Brier Jewish Aged Foundation announces David Zacks, KC, as chair of the 2023/24 The Brier, Their Home campaign. Born and raised in Vancouver, Zacks has been an active member of the Jewish community for more than five decades.…
Creating an endowment fund with the Jewish Community Foundation is not solely an enterprise taken on by high-net-worth individuals and families. (screenshot) Established in 1989, the Jewish Community Foundation now has more than 350 endowment funds and $85 million in…
Israeli journalist Yair Cherki (photo from Facebook) Bravo Yair Cherki, the popular, ultra-Orthodox TV news reporter. He recently came out as gay in a wonderful social media post. In part, he said: “I write these words shaking, postponing to tomorrow.…
Hüttenbach in Medan in 1880s. (photo from KITLV Album Or. 27.377) Jewish communities in Indonesia have always been tiny, though their history is long. Jewish merchants are recorded in Sumatra as early as the 10th century, and diasporic and Israeli…
למרות המשבר החמור מאוד בישראל והפגנות גדולות במדינה נגד הרפורמה המשפטית של הממשלה, שנמשכות כבר למעלה מחודשיים, בקהילה היהודית בוונקובר עומדים מהצד ולא נוקטים בצעדים מעשיים. מדי שבוע בימי ראשון נערכת הפגנת הזדהות של יהודים בוונקובר עם המאבק של מתנגדי…
Lihi Shmuely of Israel Hofsheet and Ben Murane of the New Israel Fund of Canada. (photos from the organizations) Binyamin Netanyahu is the longest-serving Israeli prime minister and should be a known quantity. The government he leads now, however, is…
B’nai Brith Canada has returned to Vancouver. This time with a local office headed by Aron Csaplaros, who was born and raised in Vancouver. B’nai Brith and its now-defunct newspaper the Jewish Tribune last made their presence felt here in…
Attendees at UBC Hillel House’s Rosh Hashanah dinner to start the 2022/23 school year. (photo from Hillel BC) Hillel BC celebrates its 75th year with a celebration March 30 at the University of British Columbia Hillel House. Hillel BC was…
