Category World

Rabbis call on Trudeau

Five local rabbis – Rabbi Lindsey bat Joseph, Rabbi Shmuel Birnham, Rabbi Laura Duhan Kaplan, Rabbi David Mivasair and Rabbi Dan Moskovitz – are among the 33 signatories to a public statement issued July 11 calling upon the Trudeau government…

Kick scooting for a school

photo - Gil Drori and Bex Band are kick scooting down the West Coast to raise money to build a school in Tanzania

Gil Drori and Bex Band are kick scooting down the West Coast to raise money to build a school in Tanzania. (photo from Gil Drori) Gil Drori and Bex Band are en route to the Mexican border. They left from…

Mobileye’s self-driving tech

photo - A total of 12 cameras offer a 360-degree configuration for long-range surround view and parking in the Intel Mobileye autonomous car

A total of 12 cameras offer a 360-degree configuration for long-range surround view and parking in the Intel Mobileye autonomous car. (photo from Intel Corp.) Jerusalem-based Intel subsidiary Mobileye reportedly has struck a deal to supply its future EyeQ5 chips…

Voice will have control

photo - One day, your car might be able to sense your mood and, if you’re agitated, send soothing music

One day, your car might be able to sense your mood and, if you’re agitated, send soothing music. (photo from autospies.com) Back in 1995, Shlomo Peller founded Rubidium in the visionary belief that voice user interface (VUI) could be embedded…

Genocide still happening

photo - Polish-Jewish lawyer Raphael Lemkin was the first to use the term “genocide”

Polish-Jewish lawyer Raphael Lemkin was the first to use the term “genocide.” (photo by Moidov) The word “genocide” was conceived by Polish-Jewish lawyer Raphael Lemkin to describe the attempt of the Ottoman Empire to efface Armenians from Turkish society. He…

Hope, pride and belonging

photo - Twenty-three students from Metro Vancouver joined more than 10,000 other students in this year’s March of the Living. They are pictured here with Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver board chair Karen James, far left, and trip chaperones Susan Siklos, standing to James’ left, and Charlotte Katzen, standing fourth from the right

Twenty-three students from Metro Vancouver joined more than 10,000 other students in this year’s March of the Living. They are pictured here with Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver board chair Karen James, far left, and trip chaperones Susan Siklos, standing…

An asylum-seeker’s journeys

photo - Yikealo Beyene, left, and Oded Oron

Yikealo Beyene, left, and Oded Oron. (photos courtesy of the speakers) Yikealo Beyene was among the first wave of African asylum-seekers to arrive in Israel. He left his home in Eritrea in 2005, at the age of 21. The political situation…

Basic facts not known

During the week of Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) released the results of a comprehensive national survey of Holocaust awareness and knowledge among adults in the United States. The survey…

#MeToo waves reverberate

photo - Rabbi Mark Dratch

Rabbi Mark Dratch (photo from Mark Dratch) In the first of a series of articles on sexual harassment and violence in the Jewish community, the Jewish Independent speaks with Rabbi Mark Dratch, executive vice-president of the Rabbinical Council of America…

Vancouverites excel at Chidon

photo - Left to right, Rabbi Yerachmiel Benjaminson, executive director of Tzivos Hashem, philanthropist George Rohr, Grade 7 gold trophy winner Mendel Bitton and his father, Rabbi Binyomin Bitton

Left to right, Rabbi Yerachmiel Benjaminson, executive director of Tzivos Hashem, philanthropist George Rohr, Grade 7 gold trophy winner Mendel Bitton and his father, Rabbi Binyomin Bitton. (photo courtesy) Out of some 4,000 kids from 96 schools worldwide, four B.C.…