Weekly news from Congregation Emanu-El, Victoria, B.C.
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Friday January 28, 6:00 PM on Zoom – Pump up your ruach (spirit) and put on your indoor dancing slippers and get ready for a super fun interactive Kabbalat Shabbat experience replete with singing, dancing, storytelling and meditative prayer.
Sunday February 6, 5pm: In Partnership with the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, join Isa Milaman and Menachem Kaiser in this exploration of their latest works, moderated by Dr. Abby Wener Herlin. … Continue reading Historical Quests
Thanks everyone who joined the learning opportunity, “Let’s talk about Diversity, Equity and Belonging in the Victoria Jewish Community!” last month. If you missed it, you can watch the Zoom recording. Read More…
Dear Ones, With a heavy heart that is also holding hope and light, I need to tell you that we will move to online services for the next few weeks. For the safety of all of us, not only those who attend services but also those who depend upon our Outreach and pastoral care, we … Read More…
Joy Ladin, poet, author, and first openly transgender professor at an Orthodox Jewish Institution, to speak on Jonah, God and Other Strangers: Reading the Torah from a Transgender perspective … Continue reading Jonah, God and Other Strangers
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