By Lauren Kramer

Some folks who’ve experienced celebrity look completely different in person to how they look on stage or on the covers of the albums, - but Idan Raichel is not one of them. A few days ago I had the opportunity of meeting him back stage at the UBC Chan Centre for the Performing [...]

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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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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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By Lauren Kramer
The Vancouver Jewish community welcomed Team Israel to the Olympics last week with an event that attracted some 800 people to Temple Sholom in Vancouver. Sponsored by the Vancouver Chapter of Magen David Adom, the event, titled “The Frozen Chosen,” began with a tribute to the memory of the 11 Israeli Olympic athletes [...]

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By Staff
The Winter Games have begun and Israel is proud to be in Vancouver!  Israel’s Alexandra Zaretsky carried the flag on Friday night during the opening ceremony for the Games in Vancouver, BC.  (AP Photo/Charlie Ridel) 

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By Lauren Kramer
It’s estimated there are some 45,000 Israelis in Canada, a number that piqued the interest of Brent Harris a few years ago, when he first heard the number. “Although I had grown up in the Canadian Jewish community, I had never encountered too many Israelis, and this led me to wonder how much [...]

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By Lauren Kramer

With ebony hair reaching far down her back, a petite figure and gorgeous lashes framing her dark eyes, Jerus Truneh could easily pass for a model. The 26-year-old Ethiopian Israeli law student was in Vancouver this past month gaining experience at the law firm Blake, Cassels and Graydon LLP and telling her story [...]

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By Lauren Kramer

They’re ambassadors to the Jewish community of Greater Vancouver, to the community at large and to Israeli culture. They’re 29 kids with a passion for Israeli dance and a commitment to Or Chadash, the name of their dance group. And they’re going to Israel later this month to perform in the Karmiel Festival [...]

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By Lauren Kramer

 
 
 
 
 
 This past weekend, Vancouver celebrated the annual Festival Harikud, an Israeli Dance festival wherein 18 different dance groups performed at the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver.
My son was among the participants in the show, representing Richmond Jewish Day School. The kids had a blast and the performances were well attended.
Now in its [...]

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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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