Local Vancouver Island Connections

Jewish Federation of Victoria and Vancouver Island

• http://www.jewishvictoria.ca/index.html

Jewish Community Centre of Victoria

• http://www3.telus.net/public/jccv/

Vancouver Island Jewish Religious Connections

ALEPH Canada Alliance for Jewish Renewal
Rabbi Daniel Siegel (Hornby Island) Click here to email Rabbi Siegel
ALEPH Canada Website: http://www.alephcanada.ca

Chabad Centre for Vancouver Island
3107 Aldridge Street
Victoria, BC V8P 4L5
Phone: 250-595-7656
http://www.chabadvi.org/default.asp

Congregation Emanu-EL
1461 Blanshard Street
Victoria BC
http://www.congregation-emanu-el.org/about/index.php

Congregation Aish HaTorah (Traditional Ashkenazi Orthodox)
 962 Bank Street
Victoria, BC
Tel: 250-598-2676
http://www.aishvictoria.ca
Aish Ha Torah Mikvah:
1667 Richardson St.  
Victoria, BC (British Columbia) V8S 1R5
Canada

Kolot Mayim Reform Temple: at the Jewish Community Center of Victoria
3636 Shelbourne St., Victoria, BC V8P 4H2
Tel: 250-477-7185
Fax: 250-477-6283
http://kolotmayim.com
Email:KolotMayim@shaw.ca

Victoria Society for Humanistic Judaism (VSHJ)
Sharon Kobrinsky, Ceremonial Leader
c/o Victoria Society for Humanistic Judaism
3636 Shelbourne Street
Victoria BC
V8P 4H2
Phone: (250) 474-7173
Email: skobrinsky@shaw.ca
http://www.csjo.org/pages/affiliates/victoria.htm

In celebration of our diversity, as a community and as the unique and cherished people within that community, we have found a few sites on the internet which we humbly submit for you to explore, if you wish.

If you have others which you would like to share with our community please DO pass them on through info@cvjcc.ca.

Jewish Family and Life Cycle

• Jewish Feminist Resources: http://www.shalomctr.org/node/669

• Jewish Women International: http://www.jewishwomen.org/ -
       "Safe Homes, Healthy Relationships and Strong Women"

Some sites with resources for Interfaith families

• http://www.interfaithfamily.com/

• http://marriage.about.com/od/holidaysinterfaith/a/

Resources for persons exploring their Jewish sense of self

• http://www.half-jewish.net/index.html

For remembrance day, the site for Canadian Jewish War veterans

• http://www.cjwv.org/

A site for Arab (generally Palestinian) - Jewish Dialogue

• http://traubman.igc.org/global.htm

Educational, resource and research sites

Resources for Jewish Renewal

• http://www.shalomctr.org/node/670

• http://www.alephcanada.ca

• http://www.aleph.org/

Other web based resources

• http://shamash.org/trb/judaism.html (A gateway to Jewish resources)

• http://www.maven.co.il/  (Israeli based Jewish web directory)

• http://www.usa-people-search.com/content-the-jewish-culture-and-the-yiddish-language.aspx (Some great info on Jewish culture, the Yiddish language, and some helpful links for further resources)

• http://jewishencyclopedia.com/index.jsp (Free Jewish Encyclopedia)

• http://www.jewfaq.org/toc.htm (Judaism 101)

• http://www.jewishgen.org/ (Jewish Gen – the Home of Jewish Geneology)

• http://www.aish.com/ (Aish -web based Jewish Heritage information)

• http://www.ritualwell.org/  (Source for contemporary and innovative Jewish Ritual)

• The Walking Stick: http://www.walkingstick.org/ "Walking Stick Foundation is a non-profit, tax-exempt educational organization dedicated to the restoration and preservation of aboriginal Jewish spirituality, occasionally sharing events with teacheings indigenous to Native American and other earth-honouring traditions."

• Free Online Jewish Classes: http://www.classicsinai.com/