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Community marks Oct. 7

photo - Several hundred held vigil on the Burrard Street Bridge at sundown Oct. 6. Another vigil took place at the Vancouver Art Gallery at the same time — Several hundred held vigil on the Burrard Street Bridge at sundown Oct. 6. Another vigil took place at the Vancouver Art Gallery at the same time. (photo by Pat Johnson)

At a moving ceremony at Schara Tzedeck Synagogue Monday night, more than 1,400 Jewish community members and allies came together to mark the anniversary of the worst terror attacks in Israel’s history. Another 700 watched a livestream online….

Processing the tragedy

image - “HaTikvah” by Rina Lederer-Vizer is part of the Memory and Hope exhibit at Temple Sholom that Vizer curated to commemorate the terror attacks of Oct. 7, 2023 — “HaTikvah” by Rina Lederer-Vizer is part of the Memory and Hope exhibit at Temple Sholom that Vizer curated to commemorate the terror attacks of Oct. 7, 2023. (image from Rina Vizer)

A lesson learned anew

In the late 1990s, the collective Jewish community organizations in North America acknowledged a crisis. What had been increasingly evident anecdotally was being confirmed by statistics, research, published works and commentary. Affiliation with Jewish communities and agencies was declining precipitously – to the extent that the very future of the Jewish community, by some estimates, was in doubt….

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מונטריאול למטייל הישראלי

מונטריאול היא עיר נמל וגם אי ששוכנת על נהר סנט לורנס. היא התגלתה לראשונה במאה השש עשרה על ידי מתיישבים צרפתים. במאה שלאחר מכן החלו להתיישב בה בדרך קבע, עד לשנת אלף שבע מאות שישים ושלוש, בסופה של מלחמת שבע השנים בין צרפת לבריטניה, אז כבשו הבריטים את העיר והפכו אותה לחלק מהאימפריה הבריטית. במהלך המאה התשע עשרה מונטריאול הפכה לנקודת סחר חשובה שבה ישבו דוברי אנגלית וצרפתית, והרב-תרבותיות הזאת נשמרה גם לאחר הקמתה של קנדה. במאה העשרים, ובעיקר לאחר מלחמת העולם השנייה, הגיעו אליה מהגרים ממדינות רבות, בהם גם יהודים אירופאים, שהחלו לעצב את אופייה המיוחד והססגוני של מונטריאול, שחלקו נשמר ומורגש עד היום

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Eby talks about record, plans

photo - BC Premier David Eby — BC Premier David Eby says election is “about the values of who we are as a province and how we move forward on the big issues of our time.” (photo from news.gov.bc.ca)

Rustad revives Tories

photo - BC Conservative leader John Rustad — BC Conservative leader John Rustad believes “we need to have a heavy focus on getting our economy back up and running in this province.” (photo from conservativebc.ca)

Greens seek breakthrough

photo - BC Green Party leader Sonia Furstenau — BC Green Party leader Sonia Furstenau wants to “make sure we have a province that is centred around well-being, that is centred around everybody’s basic needs being met and is centred around creating communities where everybody can thrive.” (photo from facebook.com/SoniaBCGreens)

A different new year

The experience of the Jewish calendar is ever-changing because, while the week’s parshah is the same every year, the people experiencing it have changed. This seems especially true for the year just passed….

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Renewing a commitment to hope

photo - If you were to write a personal “book of life” to express your aspirations for growth in the year ahead, what would its title be? — If you were to write a personal “book of life” to express your aspirations for growth in the year ahead, what would its title be? (photo from thisenchantedpixie.org)

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