Topic: “We Need More Canada” – Getting Canada’s Oil to Foreign Markets Speaker:  Jeff Kushner P.Eng. – Retired Project Director The discussion surrounding the pipelines linking Canadian resource producing provinces and tidewater ports is as important today as were the transcontinental railway discussions that occurred over 100 hundred years ago.  In our new ‘information’ era, … More FOOD-FOR-THOUGHT LUNCHEON on Monday, November 19th

JCCV FILM NIGHT Monday, October 29th at 7:00 pm THE SAPPHIRES (2012), 1 hr 43 mins, Australia Directed by: Wayne Blair (son of one of the original Sapphires) Starring: Chris O’Dowd This really is the ultimate audience “feel good movie” Two devastating facts serve as a prelude to this true story adaptation…until 1967 native Australians … More JCCV FILM NIGHT on Monday, October 29th at 7:00 pm

Below are a few JCCV Library suggestions for your borrowing and reading pleasure: The Dawn of Hope by Geneviève De Gaulle Anthonioz. A niece of General De Gaulle was in the French Resistance. Captured, imprisoned and later shipped to Ravensbrück, she was liberated in 1945. Some 50 years later she yielded to her family’s urging … More JCCV Library October Reads

Topic: Global Corruption: An Issue We Should No Longer Ignore Speaker:  Dr. Gerry Ferguson, Distinguished Professor, University of Victoria, Department of Law and Justice This talk identifies the extent of global corruption and the devastating impact it has on poverty,  gender inequality, economic development, and political and legal stability. This talk also identifies steps that must be taken … More Food For Thought Luncheon on Monday, October 22nd

JCCV Lively Walks, 2018-2019 Season Join the group for some lively-paced pre-planned walks that take place, rain or shine, on alternate Friday mornings from 9:30 to approx. 11:00. We set off from a wide variety of places in Greater Victoria. Suitable for reasonably fit people, these walks offer a chance to explore some well-known and … More JCCV Lively Walking Group 2018-2019 Season

The JCCV community outreach program with the JCCV Food Kiosk will be participating at the 150th annual Saanich Fair over the Labour Day long weekend, from Saturday, September 1st to Monday, September 3rd. The JCCV Food Kiosk has been participating at the Saanich Fair for more than 20 years. The JCCV Food Kiosk will be … More JCCV Food Kiosk at the 150th Saanich Fair this Labour Day Weekend

The JCCV Lox, Stock & Bagel Deli will close for the summer after lunch at 1:30 pm on Friday, June 29th and will re-open at 11:30 am on Wednesday, September 12th. Please visit the JCCV Food Kiosk at the Saanich Fair on the Labour Day weekend for your favourite pastrami sandwiches, kosher all-beef hot dogs, cheeze … More JCCV Deli Summer Closure

The Victoria International Jewish Film Festival (VIJFF) will launch its fourth season with a special pre-festival screening of the new film Ben-Gurion: Epilogue on Sunday, June 3rd, from 7:30-9:00 pm, at the Vic Theatre. The 70-minute documentary is based on recently discovered archival interviews with Israel’s founding prime minister, David Ben-Gurion. Five years after he retired from … More VIJFF to Hold Special Screening of Ben-Gurion: Epilogue on June 3rd at 7:30 pm at the Vic Theatre

The JCCV iPad/iPhone Club is taking a break for the summer and will resume in the fall. Since the start up in January, the Club has met weekly at the JCCV on Thursdays from 4 to 5 pm. Many thanks to Leah and Peter Freedman for their invaluable expertise in leading this Club.

The JCCV Lox, Stock & Bagel Deli will be closed from Tuesday, April 3rd to Friday, April 6th in honour of the Jewish holiday of Pesach (Passover). The Deli will reopen at 11:30 am on Tuesday, April 10th. Best wishes from the JCCV for a Happy Passover.