By Adam Michael Segal
 

The story of David and Goliath is probably one of the most told tales from the bible. It also happens to provide a modern-day link between Canada and Israel.
 
How on earth is that possible? Well, enter Haskel Greenfield.
 
The University of Manitoba anthropology professor will be journeying to Israel next year to conduct an [...]

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By Paul Shindman
Isn’t Israel that bastion of, well, un-safeness? Isn’t it one horribly ferociously unsafe place for men, women and children?
Ha ha! Fooled ya again. It just ain’t so. All those front page stories about war and terrorism and strife? Well, they’re just front page stories. And getting on the bus is just another page [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman
 
Located in the Galilee, Nazareth, the city where Jesus grew up, hasn’t always been the most quiet of places. But tonight, on the eve of the birth of Jesus, Arab Christians are hoping it will be a silent night.
While Canadians are preparing Christmas pudding and wrapping the presents, you can tune in to [...]

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By Lauren Kramer

Both Israel and Canada are actively involved in partnership agreements with the United Nations Development Program.
In December 2008 Israel signed on to help the organization support developing countries including Senegal and Benin by providing knowledge and technological abilities in agriculture, water, food, health and education. In those two countries, watering technologies developed [...]

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By Staff
If you want to celebrate Chanuka in a truly Canadian way this evening and you just happen to be in Vancouver, well we have something fun for you!  Vancouver Downtown Jewish Community (VDJC) and Chabad of Downtown have hoisted a one-0f-a-kind, metre-high Ice Hockey Menorah in the city, with lit-up branches shaped like hockey [...]

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By Staff

If you are looking for a hot spot to visit in 2009, then Tel Aviv is IT!  The trendy website Concierge.com has added Tel Aviv to a list of “IT” destinations for 2009.
This modern coastal city will be celebrating its 100th birthday next year, with an event kicking off in April in Rabin Square with the [...]

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By Staff

We always knew that in Israel one can eat some of the greatest food in the world, see the places considered most holy to many religions, and walk through some of the most fascinating archaelogical sites, but now locals and tourists can also shop for some great clothing of international brands!

American retailer, Gap, plans [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman
Left, right and centre –– everywhere I look these days, the media is in a frenzy over Shai Agassi, the Israeli with the dream to electrify the car business through his Palo Alto business Better Place. America is plugging into the idea, and has declared that the states of California and Hawaii will [...]

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By Paul Shindman
Israel has sand, camels, holy sites, beaches, beer, snow, ice hockey, downhill skiing, baseball,  softball, and since last year - a national tackle football league.
And why not? Although I can’t figure out yet why the Yanks have managed to export “American”  football around the world, but Canadian football is played in, well, in [...]

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By Adam Michael Segal
Screaming children. Blasted Buildings. Desperate refugees. These are the scenes of humanitarian crises and they are both heartbreaking and all too familiar.
But as sorrowful and horrible as these situations are, there are colossal efforts to come to the aid of the suffering. And at the forefront of these noble endeavours are Canadians [...]

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