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A young man named Avraham ("Avrumel") Greenbaum lost his entire family in the Holocaust. After the war, he came to America and wanted...

By Zanna Linskaia Chanukah story of the victory by Judah Maccabee against Creek ruler Antiochus, returning Temple in Jerusalem to Jews...

By Zanna Linskaia October 1.2021 was the first sunny day of this month when nature gave us a beautiful autumn gift with nice weather,...

From Mary-Lynn Schlifer Sukkot It was a festive day on Sunday when several members of Burquest came together to build a wonderful...

by David Medzon Shalom Uvracha, Shana Tova. I hope you and your families are all keeping well and staying safe. Intro: While "repentance"...

By Zanna Linskaia After Rosh-Hashanah and Yom Kippur we celebrate the festival of Sukkot as both an agricultural and historical holiday....

By Zanna Linskaia Yom Kippur is the holiest day in Judaism, also known as the Day of Atonement; it is a day when Burquest JCA with Jewish...

by Zanna Linskaia In several weeks it will be Rosh-Hashanah – Jewish New 5782 Year- and I remember time when many years ago I came on the...

Burquest recently hosted it's first zoom book club. Firsts can be tricky, not knowing how they will turn out, but I am pleased to say...

Yes, yes, Rosh Ha Shana is super early this year, right after labour day and that means it's time to start thinking about the holiday...

by Zanna Linskaia When I decided to organize a seniors’ luncheon with parade of hats, it was thought about freedom after pandemic. To...

By Zanna Linskaia Tisha b’Av is a day of commemoration of the 1 st and 2 nd Beit Hamikdash destructions. On this day Jews were expelled...

BJCA would like to express our deep appreciation to the Federation for the Community Recovery aid for the major support from Vancouver's...

As we celebrate Israel's 73 years of independence my mind always turns to Jerusalem. While living in Israel on the coast, the infrequent...

While some things remain the same each time we gather around the passover seder, each year, talented musicians from around the world...