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Historic Walking Tours: Ongoing
Step into history. Explore Jewish immigration, gain insight into landmarks, architecture, and events while sharing anecdotes of Jewish daily life in the area.

All programs are led by experienced tour guides and can be adapted for schools and groups. A variety of tours including Mountain View Cemetery, Strathcona & Gastown, Victoria, and New Westminster are available throughout the year. For more information, click here.

Philosophers' Cafés: Wednesdays at 7pm, monthly
Philosophers' Café is a series of gatherings featuring high level public conversation. The cafe promotes open meaningful dialogue on a variety of discussion topics in Jewish studies, art, history and culture. For more information, click here.

Workshops: Ongoing, select Sundays throughout the year
All workshops are led by professional historians, genealogists and archivists who bring their wealth of experience to each program. Workshops cover how to create, care for, and preserve family histories through photographs, interviews, memoirs and research. To see upcoming workshops, click here.

Genealogy Sundays: last Sunday of each month, by appointment only
Trace your Jewish Ancestry. Volunteers from the Jewish Genealogical Institute of British Columbia (JGIBC) are available to assist with genealogical queries on the last Sunday of every month between 1:00pm and 4:00pm at the Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture.

 

Gain free access to genealogy databases like ancestry.com, findmypast.com, and footnote.com. Available by appointment only. Contact (604) 257-5199 to schedule an appointment.