Volume XXIX • 2009 THE SCRIBE THE JOURNAL OF THE JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Featured in this issue: Religion and the Arts • Focus on Sports • Books in Review THE SCRIBE THE JOURNAL OF THE JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Religion and the Arts Focus on Sports Books in Review Volume XXIX • 2009 Editor: Cynthia Ramsay Publications Committee: Janine Johnston, Faith Jones, Laura Moodie, Betty Nitkin, Leslie Paris, Cheryl Rimer and Jennifer Yuhasz Layout: Western Sky Communications Ltd. Statements of fact or opinion appearing in THE SCRIBE are made on the responsibility of the authors alone and do not imply the endorsements of the editor or the Jewish Historical Society of British Columbia. Please address all submissions and communications on editorial and circulation matters to: THE SCRIBE Jewish Historical Society of British Columbia Suite 300 – 950 West 41st Avenue Vancouver, B.C., V5Z 2N7 Telephone: 604-257-5199 E-mail:
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