Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver

This year your new or increased Federation Annual Campaign gift will go further than ever before. Thanks to a group of generous donors, every new gift to the campaign and every increase will be matched, with the matching amount directed to proactive, comprehensive and long term community security initiatives.

Want to feel great about community in just two minutes? Watch our new Federation Annual Campaign Video.

Featuring Talia Levanon, director of the Israel Trauma Coalition. which helps communities recover from the trauma of terror attacks and natural disasters.

Jewish Federations deeply mourn the passing of Shimon Peres, z”l, universally recognized as one of Israel’s greatest leaders and one of North American Jewry’s closest Israeli friends.

Learning of new challenges in accessibility to Jewish education in Greater Vancouver, Leon Glassman did exactly what he has always done: he stepped up.

This week, members of the Lower Mainland’s Jewish community said tearful goodbyes to two Ethiopian-Israeli university students from Israel. Completing a month-long internship in Vancouver, Ahuva Tsegaye and Mazal Menashe were as highly impacted by their experience in Vancouver’s Jewish community as the community was by their visit.

This spring, join the Axis community on the trip of a lifetime to Budapest and Israel. If you are a Jewish young adult in your 20s or 30s, this is your chance to travel with like-minded peers, hear insider briefings from top leaders, take part in hands-on volunteer projects and experience the richness of Jewish life abroad.

Within our Jewish Federation’s partnership region of the Upper Galilee Panhandle, the city of Kiryat Shemona has an extremely active and successful hub for youth activity — Beit Vancouver Youth Centre.

Sent every Friday. With his warm, personal tone, our CEO, Ezra S. Shanken, makes it easy to keep up with the most important issues and events in our community.

We want to share with you the strategic priorities that will guide the work of our Jewish Federation through the year 2020 and beyond.

The program offers free, high-quality, age-appropriate Jewish children’s books and music to families on a monthly basis - no strings attached. The PJ Library also hosts local family story time events on a regular basis.

Browse our interactive annual report for a recap of the past year at Jewish Federation, including record achievements, milestones and exciting projects.