By Karin Kloosterman
Ontario universities have some of the world’s most massive libraries, located at several locations over sprawling campuses. Spending hours at Robarts Library at the University of Toronto, used to make me wonder how on earth do the librarians keep track of all those books?
Well they couldn’t exactly, at least not in a system [...]

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By Staff
Canadians love hockey, which is why Canada’s Israel has shared some great hockey stories with you.  Since so many Canadians have made Israel their home, well, many Israelis are also discovering how great this frozen sport is. 
But when the local hockey leagues created “hockey night in Israel” on Friday night, large numbers of religious Jews, who won’t shoot [...]

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 By Lauren Kramer
If you’ve not strayed past the beauty aisle in Shoppers Drug Mart recently, rest assured you can stock up on Israeli veggies without even stopping in the produce section at Safeway or Loblaws. The two-year-old Israeli beauty line Yes To Carrots has a range of 21 products, and recently launched line extensions in [...]

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By Paul Shindman
Yes indeed. Thousands of kids are losing their marbles every day. And thousands more are winning them. Crazy as it sounds, marbles have made a comeback in Israel and it’s one of the biggest fads in primary schools this year.

Back in the 60s when yours truly was a kid, marbles were long gone [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman

Showing up unannounced, I’d met Beverly Goodman in Eilat, the southernmost city in Israel where she is working as a marine researcher, doing something akin to underwater archeology. She was eager to accept me and my mom, who’d just come to Israel from Canada for a short holiday. Thinking I could merge travel [...]

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 By Adam Michael Segal

As Tel Aviv marks its milestone 100th birthday this year, Canadians are eagerly taking part in a number of festivities.
One such case in point is a centennial postcard design contest being held at Jewish schools across Toronto.
The lucky student who crafts the most appealing design in the eyes of the judges will [...]

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By Lauren Kramer
Vancouver audiences will be treated to a couple of performances by Israel’s Batsheva Dance Company February 20-21. That’s when the 20 dancers are scheduled to perform Deca Dance as part of the Vancouver Cultural Olympiad and the 9th annual Chutzpah! Festival - The Lisa Nemetz International Showcase of Jewish Performing Arts.
Deca Dance [...]

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By Paul Shindman
It’s that time again. On February 10 Israelis go to the polls to pick a new prime minister who will form a new government.
Sounds familiar, but even though Canada and Israel are members of the parliamentary democracies club, there are many differences in Israel that Canucks are probably not aware of.
First and foremost, [...]

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By Paul Shindman
You wouldn’t think that the demise of Nortel would be felt in Israel, but ouch!,  it is. Yes, the “global economy” thing really does exist and when a giant like Nortel falls, it’s felt around the world. And its going bust is hurting all around the globe - including Israel, where Nortel was [...]

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By Staff
In a recent post, Paul Shindman blogged about craziness  of the Israeli elections.  So how is this for “only in Israel politics” - the Holocaust Survivors Party has teamed up with the Green Leaf (pro-marijauna) Party. Here’s their two-issue TV commercial:

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