Paradise of Van Dusen garden
By Zanna Linskaia If you want to see a paradise, go to VanDusen botanical garden as we did with a group of Burquest seniors. “Spring is a...
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- Apr 11
- 3 min
Lea Goldberg - an enigmatic figure of Israeli culture
By Zanna Linskaia First I saw Lea Goldberg, not real Lea, but her portrait in the office of newspaper “Davar”in Tel-Aviv where I worked...
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burquestjewishcomm
- Apr 3
- 2 min
Happy Passover!
Dear community members, sharing with you some interesting and meaningful point of view. From Rabbi Resnick March 31, 2023 (adapted from...
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- Mar 20
- 1 min
Author's reading at Burquest
By Laura Zitron We were treated to a very special book reading my author, activist, gerontologist and grandmother, Gloria Levi, as she...
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burquestjewishcomm
- Mar 1
- 2 min
Love and life of the prominent women
By Zanna Linskaia What is a connection between Purim and an International Women’s Day? What unites all participants in the both stories?...
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- Jan 29
- 2 min
Plant your own tree...
By Zanna Linskaia Every season on the 15-th day of the month of Shevat we celebrate the birthday of the trees, so called Tu BiShvat -...
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burquestjewishcomm
- Jan 26
- 1 min
Book Club News
'Yearnings: embracing the sacred messiness of life’ by Irwin Kula and Linda Loewenthal (2006). This was the latest book we read for our...
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- Jan 16
- 1 min
Gwendolyn Feller Rosenfeld, Z''l Baruch Dayan Emet
With sorrow, we're writing to let you know that Gwen Rosenfeld, sister of community member Kathy Feller, died at the age of 56 from...
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burquestjewishcomm
- Jan 16
- 2 min
“Let’s say to each other compliments”...
By Zanna Linskaia Canadians have always been differed from other nations by their politeness, openness and kindness. But the statistics...
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burquestjewishcomm
- Jan 8
- 3 min
Life and Fate of Shlomo Carlebach
By Zanna Linskaia He was loved by admires and was hated by losers. Fans followed him on his tours, others came after his death with...
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- Jan 2
- 1 min
Edith Lank, Z"l Baruch Dayan Emet
With sorrow, I am writing to let you know that Edith Lank, mother of community member and our vice president Dov Lank, died at the age of...
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- Dec 25, 2022
- 2 min
Hope vs Belief
By Zanna Linskaia We are living in uncertain and turbulent time with the war in Ukraine, permanent terroristic attacks in Israel and all...
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burquestjewishcomm
- Dec 20, 2022
- 1 min
Important program reschedule update
Dear community members! Please be advised, that due to the weather conditions the program is moved to December, 28th at 11 am.
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- Dec 15, 2022
- 2 min
Hanukkah Message from Burquest Board chair - Maggie Karpilovski
As we prepare to celebrate the Hanukkah holiday, and count down the final days of the calendar year, I wanted to share with you some...
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- Dec 11, 2022
- 2 min
Maccabees brothers and Chanukah
By Zanna Linskaia Probably, every educated Jew knows the Chanukah story of Maccabees who were a band of Jewish freedom fighters and freed...
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- Nov 29, 2022
- 1 min
Burquest book club news
Daniel Kalla’s ‘The Far Side of the Sky: Daniel Kalla’s ‘The Far Side of the Sky: A Novel of Love and Survival in War-Torn Shanghai” “I...
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- Nov 9, 2022
- 2 min
Freedom, Peace and Poppies at the Remembrance Day
By Zanna Linskaia Every year on November 11 we observe the Memorial Day since the end of the First World War to honor soldiers, sailors...
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- Oct 17, 2022
- 1 min
About Jewish Renewal with Laura Duhan Kaplan
As the first session of the Coat of Many Colours series, Rabbi Laura Duhan-Kaplan discussed Jewish Renewal at the Burquest JCC on Sunday...
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- Sep 29, 2022
- 3 min
A Coat of Many Colors: Conversations about Jewish Practice
From Dov Lank - Head of the ritual committee Burquest Jewish Community Centre, 2860 Dewdney Trunk Road, Coquitlam BC Burquest has invited...
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- Sep 19, 2022
- 1 min
The Mystery of the Shofar...
By Zanna Linskaia Why do we blow the shofar on Rosh-HaShanah? And why the blowing of the shofar is one of the mystical commandment of the...
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