Category World

Blogging about food, farm life

photo - While food blogger Molly Yeh loves vegetables, she said she feels she has “more to contribute in the world of cake”

While food blogger Molly Yeh loves vegetables, she said she feels she has “more to contribute in the world of cake.” (photo by Chantell Quernemoen) Blogger Molly Yeh, 28, is the daughter of a Jewish mother and a Chinese father.…

CHW marks 100 years

Canadian Hadassah-WIZO (CHW) has been a driving force in the Jewish community for 100 years. Known to many simply as Hadassah, CHW has rebranded in the last decade to be recognized for its full range of activities, using its acronym…

Israel joins the fruit-fly fight

photo - Biofeed’s Nimrod Israely, top centre, with mango growers in Karnataka, India

Biofeed’s Nimrod Israely, top centre, with mango growers in Karnataka, India. (photo from Biofeed via Israel21c) Shortly before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel in early July, Indian diplomats in Israel heard about a revolutionary no-spray, environmentally friendly…

A rabbi’s dream come true

photo - New York Rabbi Aaron Laine first arrived at Beth El, an Ashkenazi congregation in the Panama subdivision of Paitilla, 23 years ago

New York Rabbi Aaron Laine first arrived at Beth El, an Ashkenazi congregation in the Panama subdivision of Paitilla, 23 years ago. (photo by Lauren Kramer) Imagine being a rabbi at the helm of a community where Judaism is actively…

Hockey career recognized

photo - Jeff Buller at the induction ceremony for his father, the late Hy Buller, into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in Netanya, Israel

Jeff Buller at the induction ceremony for his father, the late Hy Buller, into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in Netanya, Israel. (photo by Diane Buller) These remarks were delivered on July 4 as part of the International…

Commemorating Yom Hazikaron

photo - Left to right, Canadian Defence Attaché Col. Tony Lovett, Canadian Ambassador to Israel Deborah Lyons and Israel Defence Forces Widows and Orphans chief executive officer Yuval Lipkin at a celebration last month marking the 150th anniversary of Canada at the Canadian embassy in Tel Aviv

Left to right, Canadian Defence Attaché Col. Tony Lovett, Canadian Ambassador to Israel Deborah Lyons and Israel Defence Forces Widows and Orphans chief executive officer Yuval Lipkin light a memorial candle. (photo from IDFWO) Canadian Ambassador to Israel Deborah Lyons,…

NCSY at Sheba centre

photo - Dr. Amit Segev gets his heart checked out by one of the participants in NCSY Canada’s Jewish Journeys summer program. Segev gave all the teens a stethoscope to commemorate their visit to Sheba Medical Centre

Dr. Amit Segev gets his heart checked out by one of the participants in NCSY Canada’s Jewish Journeys summer program. Segev gave all the teens a stethoscope to commemorate their visit to Sheba Medical Centre. (photo from SMC) More than…

Increasing inclusivity

photo - Jay Ruderman

Jay Ruderman (photo by Noam Galai) The Ruderman Family Foundation is working to reshape societal attitudes about people with disabilities. Established in 2000 in Boston, the foundation attempts to foster inclusion by way of example, with a special focus on…

The future of Jewish learning

photo - A picture from Smart Money, a study intended to help the Jewish community navigate the high-tech world

A picture from Smart Money, a study intended to help the Jewish community navigate the high-tech world. (photo by Lewis Kassel courtesy of Moishe House) By day, Liora Brosbe is the family engagement officer for the Jewish Federation of the…