At Temple Sholom in Vancouver, Rabbi Philip Bregman would sometimes notice a woman attending Shabbat services. She was quiet and kept mostly to herself. Doris Ekdahl was a spiritual seeker. She didn’t have strong social connections at the Temple. She was there to learn and to grow. Doris came to trust Rabbi Bregman. The depth of this trust was only communicated years later—after Doris’ death. Doris’ will stated that she wanted $1.6 million Canadian dollars to be donated to Is

2016-17 was a fantastic year of sports in the Hachaluz, Education through Sport program - especially in Akko. We had six teams of different ages led by amazing coaches who all live in the educators' kibbutz in Akko. Out of the six Hachaluz teams in Akko this year, two of them were soccer teams made up of boys and girls aged eight and nine years old. Alon Mintz coached a team of twenty Jewish Israeli players while Ofer Zahavi coached a team of twenty Arab Israeli players. Duri

On July 11th, we were thrilled to welcome four guests from the East Bay Federation in the San Francisco Bay Area. Lynn Gitomer, Lynn and Robert Berg and Sarah Gopher-Stevens visited Akko to get to know the educators’ kibbutz and the work we’re doing in the city. They visited our nightclub, The Jam, where they met Yarden, a counselor at the Ogen Youth Club, and Nicky and Shiran, two student members of the club. Our visitors joined in activities and heard of challenges faced by