Vivian Bercovici

Vivian Bercovici served as Canada’s Ambassador to Israel from 2014-16 and in a short time established herself as a strong, articulate and forceful commentator and leader on Israeli politics, foreign policy relationships and the business environment. 

Prior to her appointment by former PM Stephen Harper as Ambassador, Vivian practiced law in Toronto for 24 years. She was actively involved in the dynamic Jewish community in Toronto, wrote a column on Israel-related issues in The Toronto Star, taught as an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, and raised two lovely daughters as a single parent.

She currently resides in Israel with your younger daughter and is engaged in private business ventures as well as public speaking on issues related to the Middle East, with a particular focus on Israel. 

 

 WHAT IF he says to you, ‘Vivian. We can only get married under a huppa.’

Why I refused to get a 'get' - Jewish rabbinical divorce - opinion

The almost empty Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, on January 18, 2021.

Does Naftali Bennett have COVID rage? - opinion

 PRIME MINISTER NAFTALI BENNETT speaks at the corona cabinet meeting on Saturday night in Tel Aviv.

Omicron: Israel's COVID-19 cabinet has misplaced priorities - opinion


Israel's driver's education needs to change, and here's why

You know what would be useful? Give us a booklet, written in proper English, when we apply to transfer our foreign license to Israeli.

 Questions on the Driver Safety Program

Ben & Jerry’s is the tip of the iceberg - a meltdown is coming

On July 19 Unilever issued an odd statement acknowledging the sensitivity and complexity of the Israel-Palestine conflict.

 "I see the West Bank ice cream issue as the crudest antisemitism."

Rise in antisemitism dispels the myth of American Jewish exceptionalism

What has transpired so many times throughout history – pogroms and officially condoned attacks on Jews – never came about overnight.

THEY LOVE to tell about George Washington’s speech at the small Touro Synagogue in Newport

Does Israel have an Anglo vote to be courted in the election?

What are the common issues that Anglos may wish to influence in the political arena, aside from more professionally translated restaurant menus?

The ‘Post’s Lahav Harkov interviews Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week as part of the International Tel Aviv Salon series geared to Anglo voters.

Israel post-COVID-19: Haredi integration or end of liberal democracy?

This is the fourth and final installment in a series of in-depth articles examining key aspects of ultra-Orthodox society and its role in and influence on the country today.

HUNDREDS OF haredi protesters gather outside the IDF recruitment office in Jerusalem’s Mekor Baruch neighborhood to protest IDF induction, in 2018.

Coronavirus and the haredim: By the numbers

Why the haredi status quo cannot be sustained

Gathering at the Rashbi gravesite, Meron, June 6, 2020

COVID-19: Haredim drift further from Israeli mainstream - opinion

This is the second in an in-depth series of articles examining key aspects of haredi society and its role in and influence on the country today.

SIMMERING ANGER: The torched bus burns in Bnei Brak in late January.

Haredi impunity and autonomy: Tantamount to insurrection?

‘We will violate the laws of the state’

A typical street scene in the bustling modern-day shtetl of Jerusalem's Mea She'arim neighborhood.

Thumbing their noses at science

It is clear that the extreme and sinister manipulation of coronavirus for political advantage is a very adaptable trend.

CANADIAN CHIEF Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam masks up at a news conference in Ottawa on November 6.

Canada loses its bearings chasing the globalist ideal chimera

Wanted: Principled foreign policy.

CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER Justin Trudeau takes a knee during a rally against the death of George Floyd, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, on June 5.