By Adam Michael Segal
 

Vancouver is in for a dose of musical comfort as Israeli artists’ Habanot Nechama – The Comfort Girls – are coming to town.
The three lady vocalists will play at the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver’s Norman Rothstein Theatre on January 17, 2010.
Singers Yael Deckelbaum, Karolina Avratz and Dana Adini are renowned [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman
‘Tis the season to be jolly, and although more people are celebrating Hanukkah in Israel right now than Christmas, a minority of Israeli Arabs who are Christian are full of holiday cheer. Watch this video on Christmas in Nazareth for the full experience.
Surprised to see no camels walking the streets? On the eve [...]

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By Lauren Kramer
Docs have been doing it for years, but now nurses may soon discover the joys of job-swap too. Mary Agnes Beduz, director of nursing education and development, and Leslie Vincent, senior VP of patient services and chief nursing executive, both at Mount Sinai Hospital, visited Tel Aviv this past April.
Their goal was to [...]

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