Our neighbourhoods in East Van are where we connect. East Side Jews gives us an opportunity to engage in Jewish living, locally.

East Side Jews strives to create meaningful Jewish connections. We hope to bring together neighbours of all backgrounds to experience Jewish living together. Interfaith families are warmly welcome.
Mazel Tov to Temple Sholom’s East Side Jews program!
Temple Sholom was one of eight winners from all across North America of the 2015 Union for Reform Judaism’s Belin Outreach and Membership Awards.
The selection committee felt East Side Jews was an exceptional example of how a community can welcome and engage people in new and creative ways. Temple Sholom received $1,000 to continue to support the East Side Jews program, and was formally recognized for this achievement at the 2015 URJ Biennial in Orlando, FL.
Yasher Koach to Rabbi Carey Brown and Lisa Pozin, who run the East Side Jews program, on the incredible work they are doing to reach Jewish families in Vancouver and bring them into the Jewish Tent.
Mazel Tov!

The 2015 Union for REFORM Judaism’s Belin Outreach and Membership Awards
Upcoming events

East Side Scoops: A Shavuot Ice Cream Social
Sunday, June 1 at 2:30 pm at Norquay Park, 5050 Wales St, Vancouver
Celebrate Shavuot with East Side Jews! A relaxed, family-friendly ice cream social.
We’ll be hanging out, enjoying ice cream, and marking the holiday with good company.
Norquay Park also has a great spray park, so weather-permitting, bring bathing suits and towels for the kids!
Rain or shine.
This event is free, but space is limited - REGISTER HERE


✡️ Kabbalat Shabbat Service


📖Torah Study (Hybrid - In Person and Online)


📖Torah Study (Hybrid - In Person and Online)
https://zoom.us/j/92648537814?pwd=dEdaMkYvdEN2cnIwZVJpUGtneFBpZz09 Meeting ID: 926 4853 7814; Password: Torah or dial-in +1 778 907 2071
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📖 Torah Study - Everyone welcome


📖 Torah Study - Everyone welcome
https://templesholom-ca.zoom.us/j/84333069441?pwd=R7A0VPJD532AbCLxQ0wMZqHBwloJPL.1
Meeting ID: 843 3306 9441
Passcode: Torah
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✡️ In-Person & Online Shabbat Services


✡️ In-Person & Online Shabbat Services
Details:


👪 Childminding & Tot Shabbat


👪 Childminding & Tot Shabbat
10:00 am: Free play and snacks
10:45 am: Hakafa and Tot Shabbat Service with Annette Kozicki, including songs, prayers and a fun story.
11:30 am: Free play
12:00 pm: Kiddush lunch
Reservations not needed - just show up to join!
Details:


East Side Jews Family Skate, Dinner & Havdallah


East Side Jews Family Skate, Dinner & Havdallah
5:45–6:30 pm: Optional ice skating
6:30–8:45 pm: Dinner & Havdallah activity
Ice skating: pay your own
Dinner & Havdallah Activity: $8 per person
Details:


✡️ Online Morning Minyan


✡️ Online Morning Minyan
https://templesholom-ca.zoom.us/j/99881409179?pwd=d2ZVYm9DaFZHNzZQNHpuRTcrc2puZz09
Meeting ID: 998 8140 9179
Passcode: Chickpea
Dial by your location
+1 438 809 7799 Canada
+1 587 328 1099 Canada
+1 647 374 4685 Canada
+1 647 558 0588 Canada
+1 778 907 2071 Canada
+1 204 272 7920 Canada
Meeting ID: 998 8140 9179
Find your local number: https://templesholom-ca.zoom.us/u/abN68oNyjs
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Sisterhood Rosh Chodesh Torah Study Group (Zoom)


Sisterhood Rosh Chodesh Torah Study Group (Zoom)
We always welcome new study partners!
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Craft Group Monthly Meet Up


📖 Talmud Study with Rabbi Brown (Zoom)


📖 Talmud Study with Rabbi Brown (Zoom)
https://zoom.us/j/789770161 or call 647-374-4685; PIN: 789 770 161#
Details:


Sisterhood Book & A Bite (Zoom)


Sisterhood Book & A Bite (Zoom)
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, an “inspiring” (Elle) novel about two women, centuries apart—one of whom is the real author of Shakespeare’s plays—who are both forced to hide behind another name.
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Sholom Shishim Lunch and Learn: The Birth of the Israeli Philharmonic with Gordon Cherry


Sholom Shishim Lunch and Learn: The Birth of the Israeli Philharmonic with Gordon Cherry
- Israeli Salad - Tomato, Cucumber, Bell Peppers, Lemon and Parsley
- Dried Apricot, Apple & Cheese Kugel
- Choice of:
- Bagel with Cream Cheese and Lox
- Gluten free Vegan Bahn Mi Noodle Bowl
- Dessert: fruit and pastries
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✡️ Online Morning Minyan


✡️ Online Morning Minyan
https://templesholom-ca.zoom.us/j/99881409179?pwd=d2ZVYm9DaFZHNzZQNHpuRTcrc2puZz09
Meeting ID: 998 8140 9179
Passcode: Chickpea
Dial by your location
+1 438 809 7799 Canada
+1 587 328 1099 Canada
+1 647 374 4685 Canada
+1 647 558 0588 Canada
+1 778 907 2071 Canada
+1 204 272 7920 Canada
Meeting ID: 998 8140 9179
Find your local number: https://templesholom-ca.zoom.us/u/abN68oNyjs
Details:


Sisterhood Book & A Bite


Sisterhood Book & A Bite
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, an “inspiring” (Elle) novel about two women, centuries apart—one of whom is the real author of Shakespeare’s plays—who are both forced to hide behind another name.
Details:


Tikun Olam Gogos


Tikun Olam Gogos
Details:


✡️ Kabbalat Shabbat Service


📖 Torah Study - Everyone welcome


📖 Torah Study - Everyone welcome
https://templesholom-ca.zoom.us/j/84333069441?pwd=R7A0VPJD532AbCLxQ0wMZqHBwloJPL.1
Meeting ID: 843 3306 9441
Passcode: Torah
Details:


✡️ In-Person & Online Shabbat Services


✡️ In-Person & Online Shabbat Services
Details:


👪 Childminding & Tot Shabbat


👪 Childminding & Tot Shabbat
10:00 am: Free play and snacks
10:45 am: Hakafa and Tot Shabbat Service with Annette Kozicki, including songs, prayers and a fun story.
11:30 am: Free play
12:00 pm: Kiddush lunch
Reservations not needed - just show up to join!
Details:


Office Closed (Family Day)


✡️ Online Morning Minyan


✡️ Online Morning Minyan
https://templesholom-ca.zoom.us/j/99881409179?pwd=d2ZVYm9DaFZHNzZQNHpuRTcrc2puZz09
Meeting ID: 998 8140 9179
Passcode: Chickpea
Dial by your location
+1 438 809 7799 Canada
+1 587 328 1099 Canada
+1 647 374 4685 Canada
+1 647 558 0588 Canada
+1 778 907 2071 Canada
+1 204 272 7920 Canada
Meeting ID: 998 8140 9179
Find your local number: https://templesholom-ca.zoom.us/u/abN68oNyjs
Details:


Soup Shvesters


Soup Shvesters
Come and help chop, cook and stir the ingredients as well as package and store in freezer! You can expect to be there for up to three hours.
Bring your own apron, cutting or chopping knife and a vegetable peeler. Also bring your lunch if you wish.
We are also looking for volunteers to be available to deliver the soup as needed.
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📖 Talmud Study with Rabbi Brown (Zoom)


📖 Talmud Study with Rabbi Brown (Zoom)
https://zoom.us/j/789770161 or call 647-374-4685; PIN: 789 770 161#
Details:


Mens Circle


Mens Circle
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✡️ Online Morning Minyan


✡️ Online Morning Minyan
https://templesholom-ca.zoom.us/j/99881409179?pwd=d2ZVYm9DaFZHNzZQNHpuRTcrc2puZz09
Meeting ID: 998 8140 9179
Passcode: Chickpea
Dial by your location
+1 438 809 7799 Canada
+1 587 328 1099 Canada
+1 647 374 4685 Canada
+1 647 558 0588 Canada
+1 778 907 2071 Canada
+1 204 272 7920 Canada
Meeting ID: 998 8140 9179
Find your local number: https://templesholom-ca.zoom.us/u/abN68oNyjs
Details:


Sisterhood Appys and Yappys Social Group


Jewish-Catholic Community Dinner and Program


Jewish-Catholic Community Dinner and Program
Join Senior Rabbi Dan Moskovitz, Temple Sholom and Most Reverend Richard W. Smith, Archbishop of Vancouver for a community dinner and discussion with moderator Deacon Hilmar Pabel about how faith can help heal our fractured lives and world in this challenging times.
There will be ampleamble opportunity to listen to these faith leaders and share your own thoughts and experiences around a table of interfaith friends and neighbors.
Registrants are invited for a pre-program guide tour of the the Temple Sholom sanctuary with Rabbi Moskovitz
Schedule:6:00 pm Pre-Program Tour of Temple Sholom Sanctuary7:00 pm Dinner and Program9:00 pm Conclusion and Communal Blessing
Delicious Kosher vegetarian Israeli-style dinner included
Pre-registration required
Cost: $36 per person
Details:


✡️ Kabbalat Shabbat Service


📖Torah Study (Hybrid - In Person and Online)


📖Torah Study (Hybrid - In Person and Online)
Meeting ID: 926 4853 7814; Password: Torah
or dial-in +1 778 907 2071
Details:


📖 Torah Study - Everyone welcome


📖 Torah Study - Everyone welcome
https://templesholom-ca.zoom.us/j/84333069441?pwd=R7A0VPJD532AbCLxQ0wMZqHBwloJPL.1
Meeting ID: 843 3306 9441
Passcode: Torah
Details:


✡️ In-Person & Online Shabbat Services


✡️ In-Person & Online Shabbat Services
Details:


👪 Childminding & Tot Shabbat


👪 Childminding & Tot Shabbat
10:00 am: Free play and snacks
10:45 am: Hakafa and Tot Shabbat Service with Annette Kozicki, including songs, prayers and a fun story.
11:30 am: Free play
12:00 pm: Kiddush lunch
Reservations not needed - just show up to join!
Details:


Sisterhood Rosh Chodesh Torah Study Group


Sisterhood's Speaker Panel: Tapestries of Traditions


Sisterhood's Speaker Panel: Tapestries of Traditions
A potluck Kiddush lunch will follow the morning service. Right after that we will gather for a Speaker Panel: Tapestries of Traditions – Stories from Jewish Women with Roots Around the World. Featuring four Jewish women whose stories reflect the richness and diversity of Jewish life around the world.
Panelists Esther Moses-Wood, Tami Gabay, Bella Sherman, and Ronit Rada will share personal experiences shaped by ancient Jewish communities in India, Persia, Morocco, and Ethiopia. Through food, family, ritual, and memory, these women will explore how tradition is preserved, adapted, and passed on across generations and through experiences of immigration and new beginnings—all woven together into a vibrant, living tapestry of Jewish identity.
Everyone is invited!
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The Jewish Book Festival presents: Sons of Survivors with Aron Hirt-Manheimer


The Jewish Book Festival presents: Sons of Survivors with Aron Hirt-Manheimer
The Jewish Book Festival presents Sons of Survivors: Making Peace with Inherited Trauma with Aron Hirt-ManheimerTwo lifelong friends uncover their families’ long-hidden Holocaust history, confronting silence, reclaiming memory, transforming inherited trauma into a powerful legacy of love.The authors of this dual memoir were conceived in the same Displaced Persons camp in occupied Germany, and grew up in the close-knit community of Yiddish-speaking refugees in America.
Though the Holocaust formed the backdrop of their lives, they didn’t talk much about it - until, as older adults, they embraced the imperative to bear witness, and set out to discover everything that happened to their families in Poland. Navigating through this haunted terrain, the friends realized that the love they inherited from their parents transcends the trauma.Aron Hirt-Manheimer was described by Elie Wiesel as "a writer possessed of a rare blend of integrity, persuasiveness, and good literary sense." He is the author of several history books, founder of the Davka magazine, and editor of the Reform Judaism magazine.
Books will be available for sale and signing by the author.
Free to join. Everyone is welcome!
REGISTER FOR FEBRUARY 22 HERE
Click here for more info about the JCC Jewish Book Festival
Details:


✡️ Online Morning Minyan


✡️ Online Morning Minyan
https://templesholom-ca.zoom.us/j/99881409179?pwd=d2ZVYm9DaFZHNzZQNHpuRTcrc2puZz09
Meeting ID: 998 8140 9179
Passcode: Chickpea
Dial by your location
+1 438 809 7799 Canada
+1 587 328 1099 Canada
+1 647 374 4685 Canada
+1 647 558 0588 Canada
+1 778 907 2071 Canada
+1 204 272 7920 Canada
Meeting ID: 998 8140 9179
Find your local number: https://templesholom-ca.zoom.us/u/abN68oNyjs
Details:


📖 Talmud Study with Rabbi Brown (Zoom)


📖 Talmud Study with Rabbi Brown (Zoom)
https://zoom.us/j/789770161 or call 647-374-4685; PIN: 789 770 161#
Details:


Kibbitz & Cookies with Rabbi Finestone - The Whole Megillah: The real story of Purim


Kibbitz & Cookies with Rabbi Finestone - The Whole Megillah: The real story of Purim
Free to attend, but registration is required.
REGISTER HERE
Details:


✡️ Online Morning Minyan


✡️ Online Morning Minyan
https://templesholom-ca.zoom.us/j/99881409179?pwd=d2ZVYm9DaFZHNzZQNHpuRTcrc2puZz09
Meeting ID: 998 8140 9179
Passcode: Chickpea
Dial by your location
+1 438 809 7799 Canada
+1 587 328 1099 Canada
+1 647 374 4685 Canada
+1 647 558 0588 Canada
+1 778 907 2071 Canada
+1 204 272 7920 Canada
Meeting ID: 998 8140 9179
Find your local number: https://templesholom-ca.zoom.us/u/abN68oNyjs
Details:


✡️ Kabbalat Shabbat Service


📖 Torah Study - Everyone welcome


📖 Torah Study - Everyone welcome
https://templesholom-ca.zoom.us/j/84333069441?pwd=R7A0VPJD532AbCLxQ0wMZqHBwloJPL.1
Meeting ID: 843 3306 9441
Passcode: Torah
Details:


✡️ In-Person & Online Shabbat Services


✡️ In-Person & Online Shabbat Services
Details:


👪 Childminding & Tot Shabbat


👪 Childminding & Tot Shabbat
10:00 am: Free play and snacks
10:45 am: Hakafa and Tot Shabbat Service with Annette Kozicki, including songs, prayers and a fun story.
11:30 am: Free play
12:00 pm: Kiddush lunch
Reservations not needed - just show up to join!










