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Fresh produce from the VJCG ready to go to the Kitchen. Rainbow carrots, kale, green onions, bok choy.

Get ready for spring with the Vancouver Jewish Community Garden

The Spring Equinox is right around the corner and the Vancouver Jewish Community Garden is officially ready for its 2024 season! With all the City of Vancouver permits and inspections now complete, Congregation Beth Israel, Jewish Family Services, and Vancouver Talmud Torah will be able to plan programming in the garden to cultivate the overlapping […]

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Celebrating the Holidays: Tips to Lower Stress

Whether it be Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Christmas, Winter Solstice or Festivus for the rest of us, most cultures and communities have a winter celebration involving faith, bright lights, family, friends and food. Umm, lots of food. Even though I grew up in a secular family, winter holidays were one of the best times of the year

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The JFS Delivery truck filled with donated bags of food.

Thank you for nourishing our community!

A huge thank you to everyone who participated in Project Isaiah to help bring healthy and nutritious food to our friends’ and neighbors’ tables! Your generosity and commitment is especially valued in these challenging times. Thanks to our incredible partnerships with local synagogues, schools, and YOU, JFS grocery and meal programs will be able to

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JFS dietetics interns pose for the camera during a Community Kitchen event they're leading.

Reflections From our UBC Dietetics Interns

Among its many roles in our community, JFS is an educational hub that emphasizes skill-building and empowerment for our community members. JFS also supports the education and learning of professionals in care fields. Each year, our counselling program hosts 12 intern counselling students as they finish up their masters programs with an 8-month practicum. This

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The Grand Opening of the VJCG!

MindsEye Photography by Tybie; Nucleus Photography by Efrat Gal-Or On a sunny Sunday afternoon, the community came together to mark the grand opening of the long-awaited Vancouver Jewish Community Garden (VJCG). The event was filled with excitement and a strong sense of unity as community members, volunteers, and founding organizations gathered to witness the transformation of

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