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This message has 932 words, and will take about four to five minutes to read. The area of Jewish education is one of vital importance to our community, and involves many stakeholders, including school and synagogue leadership, educators, parents, students and more. It encompasses a wide range of formal and informal educational settings and modalities, and, of course, it engages a community that is undergoing rapid and complex demographic and sociological changes. The task force’s process will provide significant opportunities to engage many voices throughout the community at different stages. Planned with the limited time frame of a year, we look forward to coming to the community with a road map for how our community can build and strengthen our existing educational institutions and programs, as well as address emerging needs and opportunities. Vancouver Joins 106 Communities in Walk for Israel The Global Walk for Israel begins at Temple Sholom, with people gathering to register and receive T-shirts at 10:00 a.m. The walk will proceed down Oak Street to the JCC starting at 11:00 a.m. Once at the JCC, participants can enjoy a community festival with live entertainment, food and children’s activities, as well as the youth performances that are part of the JCCGV Festival HaRikud (Israeli folk dance festival) that afternoon. National Young Leadership Retreat Archives a Jewel Tucked Away in Richmond For academics studying a wide range of topics, families doing genealogical research, and others, the archives provide a professionally managed means of accessing documentation of our past. For example, Congregation Emanu-El of Victoria, soon to celebrate its 150th anniversary, has lodged its archival material with the JMABC, and has worked collaboratively with them on various facets of their anniversary celebrations. The JMABC is working through a backlog of material as a result of several recent large donations, and relies heavily on volunteers and students, working under professional supervision. In addition to the collection, organization and preservation of materials in the Nemetz Jewish Community Archives, the JMABC also offers programs of interest to the community including historic walking tours, Philosophers’ Cafes, genealogy workshops, and traveling and virtual exhibits. If you’ve got organizational or personal material to consider passing along, or would like to volunteer or support JMABC’s work, contact Jennifer Yuhasz, archivist, at archives@jewishmuseum.ca. Parashat Emor Whichever interpretation you might subscribe to, the verse stands as a timeless reminder of the ethical imperatives of our tradition, to always be mindful of our responsibilities to those in need. Shabbat shalom! |
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