By Lauren Kramer
She’s been an artist for 50 years but it wasn’t until the last decade that Joy Caros began painting the portraits of the Israeli presidents and prime ministers. Last month she donated them to the Canadian Friends of Hebrew University, and those portraits, which arrived in Israel a couple of weeks ago, will [...]

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By Paul Shindman
There are a hundred ways to rank the success of a hockey tournament, but you’d have a hard time finding a more amazing set of circumstances that what we have this week in Israel.
The 4th annual Israel Recreational Hockey Tournament started today. It’s only three days long with six teams, but with two [...]

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By Paul Shindman
Paul Henderson is probably the most famous Canadian hockey personality of the 20th century.
And even more so for the Jews.
A year before the historic 1972 Canada-USSR hockey summit, I remember when the entire Jewish community of Toronto marched against the visit of the Soviet foreign minister (Kosygin, for you history buffs). We were [...]

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By Adam Michael Segal
It’s an ancient and holy tongue that’s spoken by millions in Israel and it’s becoming ever more popular in Canada.
Hebrew’s expanding use as both a spoken and written language in Canada is obviously a direct result of the growing numbers of Israelis who now call the Great White North home.
But it’s also [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman

When there’s no place like home, this Canadian-Israeli clicks her ruby red slippers and heads on over to Puah Cafe in Jaffa. Built with finds from the local flea market (Shuk ha Pish Pisheem), all the items at the cafe are also for sale. This place reminds me of any number of dives, [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman

The teams from the IDF medical corps and other units arrived in Haiti a few days ago save lives and to provide much needed medical relief and supplies. I’d spoken with people on the ground in Israel and the Israelis, along with the US and Canada, have risen to the challenge to provide [...]

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By Adam Michael Segal
 
Israel can now count itself amongst some of the top competitors in the world at Canada’s national game.
 
This new found success follows the Israeli Maccabees women’s team team skating to the top prize at the recently held Canadian Multicultural Hockey Championships.
 
The Maccabees secured their gold medal by winning 2-1 over the European [...]

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Here is a statement from the Israel Defense Force Spokesperson office on preparations for its aid delegation to Haiti:

IDF Humanitarian Aid Delegation Scheduled to Depart to Haiti Crisis Zone
14 January 2009
Later tonight or early tomorrow morning, an IDF delegation is scheduled to depart from the Ben Gurion International Airport on board two leased airplanes in [...]

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By Staff
The island nation of Haiti was devastated by a massive earthquake earlier this week.  Knowing that humanitarian aid was in desperate need, Israelis and Canadians came together and quickly stepped up to help out.
One of the first organizations to offer its support was IsraAID.
According to its website, IsraAID is a coordinating body of Israeli [...]

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By Staff
On November 24th, 1984, one of the most famous music recordings in history, “Band Aid,” took place at a studio in North London.  On April 30th, 2008, this arrangement of Oseh Shalom was recorded in the very same studio.
Featureing the Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom, Sir Jonathan Sacks, this song is the finale [...]

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