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'Yearnings: embracing the sacred messiness of life’ by Irwin Kula and Linda Loewenthal (2006). This was the latest book we read for our...

With sorrow, we're writing to let you know that Gwen Rosenfeld, sister of community member Kathy Feller, died at the age of 56 from...

By Zanna Linskaia Canadians have always been differed from other nations by their politeness, openness and kindness. But the statistics...

By Zanna Linskaia He was loved by admires and was hated by losers. Fans followed him on his tours, others came after his death with...

With sorrow, I am writing to let you know that Edith Lank, mother of community member and our vice president Dov Lank, died at the age of...

By Zanna Linskaia We are living in uncertain and turbulent time with the war in Ukraine, permanent terroristic attacks in Israel and all...

Dear community members! Please be advised, that due to the weather conditions the program is moved to December, 28th at 11 am.

As we prepare to celebrate the Hanukkah holiday, and count down the final days of the calendar year, I wanted to share with you some...

By Zanna Linskaia Probably, every educated Jew knows the Chanukah story of Maccabees who were a band of Jewish freedom fighters and freed...

Daniel Kalla’s ‘The Far Side of the Sky: Daniel Kalla’s ‘The Far Side of the Sky: A Novel of Love and Survival in War-Torn Shanghai” “I...

By Zanna Linskaia Every year on November 11 we observe the Memorial Day since the end of the First World War to honor soldiers, sailors...

As the first session of the Coat of Many Colours series, Rabbi Laura Duhan-Kaplan discussed Jewish Renewal at the Burquest JCC on Sunday...

From Dov Lank - Head of the ritual committee Burquest Jewish Community Centre, 2860 Dewdney Trunk Road, Coquitlam BC Burquest has invited...

By Zanna Linskaia Why do we blow the shofar on Rosh-HaShanah? And why the blowing of the shofar is one of the mystical commandment of the...

September is the beginning of many things, the start of a school year, the start of the Jewish year as well as the start of Burquest's...

By Zanna Linskaia If you eager to know the history of Coquitlam area where we live, visit Mackin Heritage museum with its’ exhibits,...

By Zanna Linskaia What does Tu B’ Av mean? It is a minor Jewish holiday, and means the 15th day of the month of Av. Modern Israel is...

From the Trio We wish to gratefully thank all those audience members who came to support our Trio performance on June 17 at the Burquest...

From Laura Zitron Our small but committed book-club recently read 'The Sisters Weiss' by Naomi Ragen. Her writing style made the book as...

by Zanna Linskaia It is well known that written and oral Torah was given to Israelites at Mount Sinai on Shavuot - 7 weeks after...