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Photos from the book include Joy Karp speaking to a group of people at a Terry Fox Run in Whitehorse. (photo from Rick Karp) Creating a Lasting Impact: The Amazing Life of Joy Esther Karp was recently published. jewishindependent.ca/determined-to-… #Books #Memoir

We hope you enjoy this year's special Passover issue. Shabbat shalom, and chag sameach, For the stories that caught your attention, find them here: jewishindependent.ca #News #JewishCommunity #JewishNewspaper

This will be Ruchot Hatzafon’s first time performing outside of Israel. They’ll arrive April 28 and return home on May 2, but Shavit said they’re thinking about extending their stay a couple of days. jewishindependent.ca/ruchot-hatzafo… #Israel #Music (photo by Yannay Shifron)

Jaime Stein hopes to bring a Jewish voice to the table at Vancouver City Hall. He is vying for one of the two seats that will be filled in a by-election April 5. jewishindependent.ca/stein-running-… #Vancouver #Elections #vote (Courtesy Jaime Stein)

In the April 5 civic by-election, TEAM for a Livable Vancouver has nominated Colleen Hardwick, a former city councilor, and Theodore Abbott, a community organizer and urban researcher. jewishindependent.ca/team-shares-it… (photo from satanoid / flickr) #elections #vancouver

Last week, the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver, in conjunction with the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, released the results of a community survey on antisemitism. There were, perhaps, few surprises. The JI’s Editorial Board discuss: jewishindependent.ca/work-still-lef… #polls #antisemitism

But, while the Torah text deals with pharaoh’s relationship to the Hebrews, it does not address the relationship between the Hebrew slaves and their native Egyptian neighbours. Deborah Rubin Fields is an Israel-based features writer. jewishindependent.ca/significance-o… #Egypt #Exodus

And so, I chose embroidery as the means to express the image of Miriam, timbrel in hand, optimistic about her people’s future, the Sea of Reeds and their lives as slaves behind them. jewishindependent.ca/about-the-2025… #passover #women #Music

The new exhibit at the Zack Gallery, “Hope” is the Thing with Feathers... Gallery manager Sarah Dobbs, was instrumental in coming up with the name, as well as in bringing together the two artists whose works are on display: Ilze Bebris and Barbara Heller. jewishindependent.ca/dickinson-poem…

JQT Vancouver is hosted two supported and spiritually grounded workshops in partnership with JFS Vancouver, as part of the JQT Mental Health Support Series: Facing Emotions and Healing Relationships. jewishindependent.ca/sharing-listen… #mentalHealth #vancouver (photo from  JQT Vancouver)

Alix West Lefler plays Frida in The Fast Runner, a 15-minute short from director David Bercovici-Artieda that was shot over the course of four days in the Greater Victoria area. jewishindependent.ca/balancing-educ… (photo from thefastrunnerfilm.com) #Education #Holocaust

Lots to read in this issue! Including several film reviews from this year’s Jewish Film Festival. Hope you enjoy! For the stories that caught your attention, find them here: jewishindependent.ca #News #JewishCommunity #JewishNewspaper

The 36th annual Vancouver Jewish Film Festival runs April 24 to May 4. An enormous range of dramatic and documentary films, features and shorts, fill out the festival’s run, and the Independent reviews some of them here. jewishindependent.ca/film-fest-star… (still from Sabbath Queen film)

A small cluster of anti-Israel activists protested outside the JCC of Greater Vancouver, apparently assuming incorrectly that an Israeli diplomat was in the building. Regardless of the motivations, the protest was against the law. And police did not enforce the law. jewishindependent.ca/test-of-bill-2…