Married with kids: The ogre on my arm
These days, many of us try to show the world our brightest faces, posting family triumphs on social media, revealing our most glamorous selfies and hiding the fights, struggles and turmoil in our lives...
View ArticleMarried with Kids: Coming home a changed man
There’s a tall, well-dressed, handsome young man who keeps passing me in the passages of my home. Though I know it’s my son, my mind does a flip every time I see him. “Who is this person?” I wonder, in...
View ArticleVancouver police, Federation focus on combating hate
With incidents of hate crimes and anti-Semitism on the rise worldwide, the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver has taken steps to increase security measures at local Jewish institutions and deepen...
View ArticleMarried with kids: Aging with grace – and hair dye
As a younger woman, I looked around me at the hair dyes that older women were using to colour their greys and decided I would never do such a thing. People should accept the aging process gracefully, I...
View ArticleMarried with Kids: The miracle of a trip to the Holy Land
I’m only going to Israel this summer because my parents are forcing me to,” my daughter complained to her friends in the days before her first trip to the Holy Land last month. She wore a pout and made...
View ArticleFormer white supremacists speak at B.C. synagogue
RICHMOND, B.C. – It’s unusual to host white supremacists in a synagogue, but Beth Tikvah Congregation in Richmond, B.C., did precisely that on Sept. 8, when Tony McAleer and Brad Galloway took the...
View ArticleMarried with Kids: Life is too short to spend it alone
There was no hora dancing at my brother’s wedding last week. Nor was there glass-crushing, a rabbi or exclamations of “Mazel tov!” when the ceremony was complete. My brother married out of the faith in...
View ArticleVancouver Talmud Torah wins award for kindness
Vancouver Talmud Torah (VTT) elementary school recently received a US$6,000 ($7,950) award from Random Acts, a Los Angeles-based organization whose mission is to conquer the world with one random act...
View ArticleUBC expands Jewish studies with $1 million gift
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is poised to expand its Jewish studies offerings thanks to a $1 million donation from the Diamond Foundation, a Vancouver-based charitable organization that has...
View ArticleMarried with Kids: The stinky fish that bind us
There’s a saying that overnight visitors are like fish – both begin to smell after a few days. While it may hold water sometimes, it certainly proved untrue in the case of my most recent visitors, some...
View ArticleUncovering a family’s stolen legacy
Imagine opening your family’s storage boxes and learning that before the Holocaust, they were one of Europe’s most prominent collectors of Jewish art. This is what Vancouverite Michael Hayden...
View ArticleAm I a dinosaur who refuses to adapt with the times?
When my friend Lynn booked swimming lessons for her five kids last summer, she couldn’t ignore the adolescent girls lounging around the pool wearing skimpy bikini bottoms. Lynn homeschools, raises her...
View ArticleVancouver students engage in random acts of kindness
Students at Vancouver’s King David High School were out on the streets performing acts of kindness for complete strangers on Nov. 15, as part of a day-long project organized by the Grade 12 class. It...
View ArticleStudents read aloud to help kids in Third World countries
Aaron Friedland, 28, is a Vancouverite who’s on a mission to promote global literacy and improve the curricula and access to education for students in refugee camps and Third World countries. He’s...
View ArticleMarried with Kids: What’s in a grade?
My son is crestfallen. For weeks, he’s been studying for a university exam. He’s spent hour upon hour bent over mathematical equations that are deeply complex and far from pleasurable. Until the...
View ArticleMarried with Kids: Emancipate me from all this stuff
My husband has a special name for me: the Chucker. Leave anything lying around too long and there’s a good chance I will make it disappear into a recycling or donation bin. The reason is simple: we...
View ArticleVancouver surgeon co-author’s landmark textbook
The medical textbook Gray’s Anatomy came out in 1858 and is still a staple on medical bookshelves the world over. But it’s not that helpful when it comes to surgical anatomy, a gap Dr. Sam Wiseman...
View ArticleCity of Richmond, B.C., adopts Holocaust Remembrance Day
This week, January 27 was proclaimed Holocaust Remembrance Day in the City of Richmond, B.C. The proclamation was declared by Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie at a packed ceremony held at the Bayit, one...
View ArticleMarried with Kids: The strain of dementia on a relationship
As dementia continues to pillage my dad’s mind, it occurs to me that oft-used phrases, like “I love you” and “I’m here for you,” really don’t mean very much until they’re challenged. These words of...
View ArticleVietnam: Trying to reinvent itself
We’d never been so relieved to see falafel on a menu. My family and I traipsed into the modest Chabad restaurant in Hoi An, Vietnam, famished after five days filled with dietary challenges. We could...
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