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Update on the Port Moody Council Meeting.
We are providing an update to our BJCA Statement in response to the recent resolutions passed by the Port Moody Council concerning the...
liobjca
Apr 10, 20242 min read
BJCA Statement on recent Port Moody Council Resolutions on Gaza.
On Tuesday, March 28, a delegation of 3 individuals from Free Palestine Tricities presented a petition to Port Moody City Council, asking...
liobjca
Mar 29, 20242 min read


Opinion by Conrad Black The NDP’s Palestine Motion Was Wrong-Headed From the Start
By Conrad Black The stormy debate in the House of Commons over the NDP’s motion to recognize a Palestinian state, ending with a profound...
burquestjewishcomm
Mar 26, 20244 min read


Behind the Story of Hamantaschen
By Zanna Linskaia What do we know about Purim? Costumes, the megillah, gift baskets, and of course, those delicious triangular cookies -...
burquestjewishcomm
Mar 11, 20242 min read
Self-destruction or how some Jews become an anti-Semites...
By Zanna Linskaia It is not a secret that for many decades the number of the prominent Western Jews became the most outrageous...
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Mar 4, 20243 min read


Lies, after lies with hatred propaganda
By Zanna Linskaia Once upon a time, some 20 years ago Coquitlam had been a beautiful countryside suburb with breathtaking mountain views,...
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Feb 21, 20242 min read


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Feb 7, 20240 min read


Seniors’ Valentine...
By Zanna Linskaia Valentine’s Day is a holiday that anyone can enjoy, whether you are married, widowed or single, regardless of your age...
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Feb 6, 20242 min read


Poet and Hamas activist
By Zanna Linskaia On many streets and conjunctions of Coquitlam town center you can see the glued posters with a photo of Gaza poet,...
burquestjewishcomm
Jan 18, 20243 min read


Epilogue to the post “After Jews, who is next?”
By Zanna Linskaia Following day, after pro-Palestinian rally in Coquitlam I went to RCMP station and City Hall with questions I wanted to...
burquestjewishcomm
Jan 8, 20242 min read


After Jews, who is next?
By Zanna Linskaia While Israel marked 3 months of fights after massacre by Hamas with militants in Gaza, Hamas supporters continue...
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Jan 8, 20242 min read


Jews and Christmas
By Zanna Linskaia Just recently, during Chanukah holidays my non - Jewish friend asked me - “Is Chanukah like a Jewish Christmas?" I was...
burquestjewishcomm
Dec 18, 20232 min read


The Miracle of Chanukah: A Timeless Story of Faith and Freedom
This is the most famous menorah in the world: just before the Nazis came to power, members of the Posner family lit it in Kiel, Germany....
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Dec 11, 20231 min read


Don’t be silent...
By Zanna Linskaia I am reading now a heart-wrenching, unforgettable novel by Heather Morris “The Tattooist of Auschwitz” - true story,...
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Nov 27, 20232 min read


Ceasefire or lull?
By Zanna Linskaia Two days ago in the interview to Mark Levin on TV Fox News Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said that ceasefire in the war...
burquestjewishcomm
Nov 21, 20232 min read


Payment for killing Jews
By Zanna Linskaia The longer Israel fights against Hamas, the stronger pressure by USA and EU countries on Israeli government and IDF...
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Nov 4, 20232 min read


Never again?!
By Zanna Linskaia How many times we, Jews, say to ourselves and to the world - Never again it will be Holocaust, pogroms, killing our...
burquestjewishcomm
Oct 9, 20232 min read


Something to think about on Yom Kippur...
By Zanna Linskaia On Yom Kippur we believe that God will forgive all our sins, but is it really true? Regarding the rabbis of the Talmud...
burquestjewishcomm
Sep 21, 20232 min read


Max Jacobson Z"L
It is with deep sadness that we inform you of the death of Max Jacobson z”l, on August 18, 2023. Max is predeceased by his brother...
burquestjewishcomm
Aug 18, 20232 min read


Apples, Honey and Shofar... for 5784 Rosh-ha-Shanah
By Zanna Linskaia Every year we celebrate the Rosh-ha-Shanah - “the head of the year”, that commemorates the creation of the world by G-d...
burquestjewishcomm
Aug 10, 20231 min read
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