Vancouver’s Jewish Community Centre makeover promises more room for day care, an expanded high school and affordable housing
They’re gearing up for the remake of a lifetime at the Jewish Community Centre in Vancouver. The current facility, built in 1961 in Vancouver’s bustling Oakridge community, is being replaced with a new, 230,000-square-foot complex that aims to redefine what a JCC is all about. The redevelopment project, called JWest, is due to be finished […]
Vancouver’s Jewish community responded to a fundraising appeal for flood relief by donating $248K in one week
An appeal from Vancouver’s Jewish Federation for funds to help people affected by unprecedented flooding and destruction in British Columbia has raised $248,000 in just one week, with donations continuing to arrive. The Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver launched the fund on Nov. 17, after British Columbia declared a state of emergency. Federation seeded the […]
