Category Archives: Israel

FEBRUARY 8 HILLEL-CFHU LECTURE POSTPONED TO MARCH 8

By Hillel | Published: February 7, 2011
The lecture by Dr. Nicole Adler scheduled for Tuesday, February 8, has been rescheduled to March 8, 6 p.m., at UBC Hillel House: The Diamond Foundation Centre for Jewish Campus Life. We regret the inconvenience.
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Diamond Foundation Centre Officially Open

By Hillel | Published: October 18, 2010
Emotional Ceremony Opens New Era in Hillel Emotions were high and so were spirits at the Grand Inaugural of the new Hillel House: The Diamond Foundation Centre for Jewish Campus Life at UBC Sunday. The inspiring event, emceed by students Talia Salzman and Matt Lockyer, was attended by countless special guests and honoured the individuals [...]
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Start Up Nation Book Club

By Hillel | Published: September 12, 2010
Author Speaks to Hillel Gala November 21 In one of this community’s widest reaching examples of shared experience, thousands of Jewish British Columbians are reading Start-Up Nation, the landmark book about Israel’s economic miracle. Start-Up Nation, by Dan Senor and Saul Singer, was already catching fire when local philanthropists Joseph and Rosalie Segal sponsored copies [...]
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Hillel, At Pride, Unveils israelissogay.com

By Hillel | Published: September 5, 2010
Dozens of Jewish students and their friends joined Vancouver’s Pride Parade August 1, celebrating equality in Canada and Israel. The Pride event, with 600,000 spectators and participants, is the province’s largest parade and one of the largest annual events in Canada. “We had a blast,” says Jonathon Lerner, the past-president of the Jewish fraternity Alpha [...]
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