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Jewish Community Association

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We are an independent non-profit organization committed to serving the cultural, social, spiritual, religious, and educational needs of the Jewish community in the Tri-Cities and Fraser Valley areas of British Columbia, Canada. We offer a diverse range of educational, social, and recreational programs for all ages.

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liobjca
Jan 302 min read
He Will Always Be ‘A Mensch’
By Zanna Linskaia I don’t know anyone his age who remains as sharp-minded, intelligent, and full of life as Bill Gruenthal, nor do I know...
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liobjca
Jan 242 min read
Holocaust Remembrance Day
“Blessed is the Match” The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh By Zanna Linskaia While Hannah Senesh is an Israeli hero, her life and death...
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burquestjewishcomm
Nov 13, 20243 min read
New Kristallnacht in Amsterdam...
By Zanna Linskaia and Rudy Rozanski Exactly 86 years ago, in Germany on November 9-10, 1938, after “Kristallnacht” Nazis collaborating...
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burquestjewishcomm
Oct 10, 20245 min read
We remember Who by Fire...
By Zanna Linskaia On October 6, 2024 we organized event at Burquest Jewish community, marking one year of the massacre in Israel and...
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burquestjewishcomm
Aug 23, 20242 min read
Obsession via treachery
By Zanna Linskaia PM Justin Trudeau has obsessed with Israel. Not that he fallen in love with the Jewish state after October 7, 2023...
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burquestjewishcomm
Jul 30, 20243 min read
The Unbearable Lightness of Death
By Zanna Linskaia In our uncertain and turbulent time with so many tragedies and deaths, it’s hard to be shocked or surprised by...
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burquestjewishcomm
Jul 3, 20242 min read
Take Back Canada
By Zanna Linskaia On July 1 Canada has marked 157 years of Confederation. I remember my first celebration many years ago with fantastic...
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burquestjewishcomm
May 16, 20242 min read
Oh, Canada...
By Zanna Linskaia Canada shows once again its fall on international stage regarding a motion at the UN General Assembly to move forward...
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burquestjewishcomm
Apr 19, 20242 min read
Pesach near the corner...
(Open letter by Israeli professor Chaim Hames, a rector of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, that located close to the place of October...
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burquestjewishcomm
Apr 12, 20242 min read
Does anyone care about the truth?
By Zanna Linskaia The world has simply gone mad, including local BC city Councils and Mayors regarding Israel-Hamas war. Hypocrisy, lies...
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liobjca
Apr 10, 20242 min read
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...
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liobjca
Mar 29, 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...
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burquestjewishcomm
Mar 26, 20244 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...
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burquestjewishcomm
Mar 11, 20242 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 -...
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burquestjewishcomm
Mar 4, 20243 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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burquestjewishcomm
Feb 21, 20242 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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burquestjewishcomm
Feb 7, 20240 min read
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burquestjewishcomm
Feb 6, 20242 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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burquestjewishcomm
Jan 17, 20243 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,...
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burquestjewishcomm
Jan 8, 20242 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...
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