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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

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Artist and author Miriam Libicki. (Elizabeth Karpen, via JTA)
June 4, 2024, 6:08 am
Vancouver comics festival apologizes for excluding Jewish artist who served in IDF
After backlash, VanCAF says most board members involved in decision to ban Miriam Libicki have resigned; despite walkout, Seattle museum recommits to exhibit on antisemitism
By Andrew Lapin
Artist and author Miriam Libicki. (Elizabeth Karpen, via JTA)
May 31, 2024, 4:39 pm
Vancouver comics festival bans Jewish artist Miriam Libicki over past IDF service
Libicki, who explores Jewish identity in her work, says the ban is illegal and ‘bad for all artists of all political orientations and background’
By Andrew Lapin
Sweet Saba founder Maayan Zilberman creates confections for fashion house Versace and the 2018 Met Gala. (Jason Lewis)
January 11, 2019, 4:32 pm
Modern-day female Willy Wonka makes elite edible candy art in New York
With a mega-popular luxury candy business, former fashion designer Maayan Zilberman shares how her sweet dreams came true
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Seth Rogen arrives at the LA Premiere of 'Game Over, Man!' on March 21, 2018, in Los Angeles (Willy Sanjuan/ Invision/ AP)
July 27, 2018, 3:57 pm
Seth Rogen is new voice of Vancouver’s public transit system
Canadian Jewish comedian records announcements for Translink BC saying he’s always interested in joining in Canadian culture
By Josefin Dolsten
A Hanukkah menorah (Flash90)
December 12, 2017, 1:21 am
Vancouver school apologizes to students for banning Hanukkah
Sixth-grade girls Maya Sontz and Rebecca Weinberg spearhead — and win — fight for inclusivity in their Christmas-bedecked public school
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Pope Francis salutes at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
April 26, 2017, 11:34 pm
In first papal TED talk, Pope urges solidarity with the poor
Francis warns the powerful to act humbly or risk ruin, in video recording released by Vatican
By Nicole Winfield
Nathan Fielder wears one of his Summit Ice jackets on Conan O'Brien's show, October 2015. (YouTube)
March 28, 2017, 11:50 am
Comedian unwraps Holocaust denial with apparel line
Nathan Fielder pledges $150,000 to the Vancouver Holocaust Education Center at Sunday’s first brick-and-mortar pop-up of jacket company Summit Ice
By Yaakov Schwartz
Vancouver Jewish teenager Justine Balin competes on Chopped Canada Teen, January 2017. (Food Network Canada)
February 20, 2017, 3:10 am
Vancouver Jewish teen wows ‘Chopped’ judges to win Canadian TV cooking competition
Justine Balin creatively turns unfamiliar — and very unkosher — ingredients into delicious dishes to win $10K prize
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Gil and Jenna Lewinsky feed the sheep at their farm in Abbotsford, Vancouver, Canada, in this undated photo from 2016. (courtesy Mustard Seed Imaging)
June 7, 2016, 12:57 am
Making aliyah this summer from Canada: A flock of sheep
A Canadian couple wants to restore a Biblical breed of sheep to the Holy Land. All they need is a plane and a farm
By Melanie Lidman
March 15, 2016, 8:17 pm
BDS activists stick anti-Israel labels on products in Canada
Labels placed on Pampers, Nestle and MacDonald’s products as well as bottles of Efrat wine produced in the West Bank
By JTA
File: Singer Achinoam Nini performs during a memorial ceremony for the late Yossi Sarid, on January 12, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 25, 2016, 2:29 am
Israeli embassy, consulate in Canada to sponsor Noa concert after JNF pullout
Canadian JNF pulled backing due to allegations that Achinoam Nini supported BDS movement, which artist denied
By JTA
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau answers a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)
January 10, 2016, 2:12 am
Canada PM slams pepper spraying of Syrian refugees
Several hospitalized, including a two-year-old, in Vancouver incident police are treating as a hate crime
By AP
A Jacob sheep named Rachel, with what the Lewinskys call her 'happy face,' on their rental farm in Abbotsville, BC, Canada, in December 2015. (courtesy Gil Lewinsky/Mustard Seed Imaging)
December 28, 2015, 4:29 pm
Baa, baa, biblical sheep, have you an Israeli passport?
A couple’s quest to bring a breed of biblical sheep back to Israel butts heads with veterinary guidelines for importing livestock
By Melanie Lidman
Radi poses for a photo with his son and wife, whose names are omitted for security reasons, while waiting in an airport in Amman, Jordan, to board a plane to Canada where they will be resettled, December 20, 2015. (AP/Sam McNeil)
December 25, 2015, 8:00 pm
US rabbis envy Canadian counterparts’ chance to welcome refugees
While Canadian clergy help sponsor newly arriving Syrians, frustrated American rabbis focus on advocacy and education
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Holocaust survivor Robbie Waisman (left) with Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada head Justice Murray Sinclair. (Courtesy)
December 17, 2015, 3:04 am
Holocaust survivor helps Canada’s kidnapped aboriginals heal
Octogenarian Robbie Waisman active in national effort to address 150 years of murder and abuse faced by First Nations children
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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