City Beet Farm: Veggies for Neighbours
City Beet Farm is a small-scale, multi-site urban farm based in Riley Park – Little Mountain Neighbourhood in Vancouver.
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News
Learning from Each Other: Intergenerational Dialogues
JFS’ Thriving Seniors held its first Intergenerational Dialogue program last month which brought together twelve seniors and a group of high school students.
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Building Bridges to Inclusion
We are proud of the several new initiatives introduced this past year that align with one of those values – Diversity & Inclusion.
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JFS Innovators 2023: Imagine the Future
We are excited for the 17th annual Innovators Lunch. After three years of being apart, we can’t wait for this highly-anticipated, future-forward event.
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2022: A Year in Review
Another year has come and gone – what a year of obstacles and accomplishments!
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Breathing Underwater: A support group for adults living with anxiety
Over the course of 8 sessions, trained counsellors will guide group exercises and discussions to help participants understand and process their personal experiences of anxiety. Each session will work with a theme aimed at the underlying patterns of anxiety and will offer tools for coping and thriving. Participants will have the opportunity to strengthen their
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2022 JFS Board Nominees
JFS Board Nominees DONNA CANTOR holds a Masters in Social Work from Yeshiva University and is a registered Social Worker in BC. Donna is entering her 4th year as the school counsellor at Vancouver Talmud Torah where she enjoys working with students, parents, and staff to help make their experience at school a positive one.
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Let’s talk Housing Issues, Together
On October 20, we held our JFS Housing event at the Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House. Presentations from Shelley Rivkin, VP, Local and Global Engagement Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver and Mara Shnay, housing advocate spoke on the recent housing statistics and stories of lived experiences from Jewish community members. The event was an important opportunity to have
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Thank You For Making Project Isaiah A Success!
Thanks to our incredible partnerships with local synagogues, schools, and YOU, over $50,000 and 6,500+ lbs of nutritious food donated will be used for our grocery and meal delivery programs to support over 1,000 community members throughout the rest of 2022 and into 2023. Thank you for making this the most successful Project Isaiah campaign
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JFS Annual General Meeting
Our AGM will be held Wednesday, November 23rd at 1:00PM on Zoom. See you there!
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