Victoria
Photograph and article in the Jewish Western Bulletin March 29, 1968.Back row (l-r): Ruth Cooperstock (treasurer), Nancy Halpern (vice-president, community service), Ann Greene (recording secretary).Front row (l-r): Min Hoffman (corresponding secretary), Leah Levitt (president), Carla Levinson (vice-president, program).
Written on the verso: "Charlotte Atlung Sutker. Emanuel Educational & Cultural Centre Dedication, Victoria, April 6, 2003."
Written on the verso: "Royal Victoria Theatre (1913) - Simon Leiser. Feb 22, 2008." Caption from Pioneers, Peddlers and Prayer Shawls, p. 204: "Leiser was actively identified with the Victoria Opera House Company."
Written on the verso: "Capital Iron Bldg. (1867), Morris Greene Feb 22, 2008." Caption from Pioneers, Peddlers and Prayer Shawls, p. 29: "Capital Iron & Metals Ltd., Mill, Mine & Logging Supplies, 1824-32 Store Street, Victoria, B.C.
First Community Passover Seder, Victoria, B.C., [1917]
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Black and white image of Menorah.
The Hoffman family were very active in the Temple Emanu-El's early congregation. Abraham was the first secretary when the congregation formed and Samuel Hoffman was the first Vice President.
I. Wolch, President Jewish Historical Society of Western Canada on left, Alan Klenman Vice President of the Jewish Historical Society of British Columbia on right.
Black and white image of children on the back of float decorated to celebrate the establishment of Israel. On float, L-R: Nessi Raels, Pearl Raels, Lila Israel, Stephen Bricker, Lorilee Mallek, Cyril Boas, Alan Carr. "The Jewish community of Victoria entered a float in the city's annual Victoria Day parade and won second prize. The theme was birth of the State of Israel, with children costumed to depict pioneers and newcomers to Israel" (Jewish Western Bulletin, September 7, 1950, pg. 6).
Black and white portrait of Judah Philip Davies.
