by Terri Boidman
I’ve just returned to Toronto after an intense week in Israel. For many professional and lay leadership in the Jewish community, travel to Israel is routine. But for this Jewish community profess…
Photo: Celebrating MASA Israel in Jerusalem: Left to Right: Karen James (Vancouver) , Julia Berger Reitman (Chair, JFC-UIA) , MASA Israel participant, Marilyn Blumer (Montreal), Linda Kislowicz (President & CEO, JFC-UIA), Ezra Shanken (CEO, Jewish Federation of Vancouver), Deborah Corber, …
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." - Charles Dickens
How applicable are those words today?
Paris is reeling in pain from the most violent act of terror since WWII.
Israel continues to deal with daily stabbings and violent attacks on its citizens, the most recent a fathe…
by Danielle Braitman, Calgary, AB
November 16,2015
As both a young professional and a community volunteer, the idea of going to a conference attended by 3000 other Jews who are primarily community professionals can be intimidating, to say the least. Although it promised to be an amazing an…
