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Entries from February 2010

Idan Raichel heads to Vancouver

February 24th, 2010 · Comments Off

by Lauren Kramer
 

The Idan Raichel Project is a band whose music consistently tingles my skin and makes me yearn to get back to Israel. So I was thrilled to learn that Raichel and his team will be traveling to Vancouver March 4 to perform for the opening night of the Chutzpah Festival at the Jewish [...]

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Tags: Lauren Kramer · Music

Canada’s Margaret Atwood Wins Prestigious Dan David Prize from Israel

February 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

By Karin Kloosterman
When I was in university my roommate Catherine once lived in Margaret Atwood’s dorm at Victoria College, University of Toronto. Like many young Canadian women in the post-feminism era, we grew up on writers like Atwood who paved the way for us so we wouldn’t have to be feminists. It was so cool [...]

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Tags: Art · Education · Karin Kloosterman

Israeli Skaters Go for Top Ten in Vancouver

February 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off

By Staff
The small Israeli contingent at the Vancouver Winter Games has joined the competition this week, starting with the ice dance events.  Alexendra and Roman Zaretsky are in 10th place heading into the free dance tonight, and so far they are pleased with their showing.
Mykhaylo Renzhyn will have a chance to show off his skills [...]

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Tags: Sports