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Nov 29, 2024 | 
jewishindependent.ca | Sam Margolis
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David Laugharne, who was a teacher at Maimonides Secondary School, King David High School’s predecessor, passed away in 1994. Thirty years later, his memory and his impact on the school continue to be honoured, including an award in his name given to a KDHS student each year. This year, the David Laugharne Science Award went to Hannah Karasenty Saltoun. Laugharne is credited for boosting the science department at the high school.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
thecjn.ca | Sam Margolis
Elexis (Conn) Schloss, a vibrant entrepreneur and philanthropist who supported a wide array of causes, both in and beyond Edmonton, died in Victoria on Oct. 31. She was 78.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
thecjn.ca | Sam Margolis
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
jewishindependent.ca | Sam Margolis
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Saul Rubinek in Mark Leiren-Young’s Playing Shylock, which is playing in Toronto. Leiren-Young wrote the work with Rubinek in mind. (photo by Dahlia Katz)Victoria playwright Mark Leiren-Young spent October in Toronto, where his Playing Shylock is appearing at Berkeley Street Theatre through Nov. 24. The one-man show, which stars Saul Rubinek, is based on the Jewish character in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
jewishindependent.ca | Sam Margolis
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Imre Székely, left, gives his artwork to then-prime minister Jean Chrétien. (photo from szekelygallery.com)From his hometown of Győr, Hungary, a city halfway between Vienna and Budapest along the Danube River, to his studio in Victoria’s Chinatown, Jewish community member Imre Székely has been creating art for more than five decades, primarily in the linocut/monotype style of printmaking. Linocut, also known as lino print, is a design carved in relief in linoleum.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
jewishindependent.ca | Sam Margolis
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Isobel Mackenzie, left, and Selina Robinson will be honoured at Jewish Seniors Alliance’s AGM Nov. 3. The Jewish Seniors Alliance of Greater Vancouver’s annual general meeting on Nov. 3 will serve as an opportunity to welcome the organization’s first-ever executive director, Jeff Moss, and to honour two prominent women in provincial politics who have been dedicated to seniors throughout their careers: Selina Robinson and Isobel Mackenzie.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
jewishindependent.ca | Sam Margolis
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Nina Krieger is the BC New Democratic Party candidate in the riding of Victoria-Swan Lake on Vancouver Island. (photo from ninakrieger.bcndp.ca)Nina Krieger, former executive director of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, will be the New Democratic Party candidate for Victoria-Swan Lake in the Oct. 19 provincial election.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
jewishindependent.ca | Sam Margolis
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Jeff Moss (photo from JSA)This summer, Jeff Moss became the first executive director of the Jewish Seniors Alliance of Greater Vancouver. Moss has long served the local community, following the example of his parents, who were deeply involved in building the Jewish community in Richmond.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
jewishindependent.ca | Sam Margolis
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Ohad Gavrieli (photo from Hillel BC)Ohad Gavrieli is applying his multi-disciplinary background and extensive organizational experience as the new executive director of Hillel BC. This summer, the organization bid farewell to Rob Philipp and welcomed Gavrieli as its head. “Hillel BC is based on the Vancouver campus of the University of British Columbia (UBC), but our outreach and programs span multiple campuses across the province,” Gavrieli told the Independent.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
thecjn.ca | Sam Margolis
The Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF), currently underway through Sept. 22, supports BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) and will not work with Israeli cultural institutions or show films "commissioned by an official Israeli body," according to a statement released by Out On Screen, the organization that runs the popular annual event.
