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I.
SOCIAL SERVICES AND COMMUNAL ORGANIZATIONS
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Large-scale immigration and the ensuing transformation of Vancouver's
Jewish community led to the creation of a variety of organizations
to serve their needs. Newcomers received direct aid from groups
such as the Hebrew Aid and Immigrant Society
(1910), which provided basic necessities to new immigrants. Other
social services arose, including the Hebrew Free Loan Society Association
(1915), which made interest-free loans to help businesses get started.
By the 1920s, efforts were made to focus and coordinate the raising
and distributing of funds in the community. In 1924, the Vancouver
Jewish Community Chest was established.
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Old
Jewish Community Centre (JCC), 11th Avenue and Oak, Vancouver,
c. 1940 JHS
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The
following year, 1925, the Council of Jewish Women opened Neighbourhood
House, which offered a variety of services. In 1928,
the Jewish Community Centre
opened, becoming the physical and symbolic center of the community.
It was located at 11th and Oak, and is one of the earliest indications
of the centralization of the Vancouver Jewish community on Oak Street.
The Jewish Community Centre was also the home of the Jewish
Community Centre News - the first regularly published
English language Jewish paper in Vancouver. The paper evolved into
the Jewish Western Bulletin, still in existence today. In 1932,
the Vancouver Jewish Administrative Council
was created, becoming responsible for the Jewish Community Chest,
the Hebrew Aid Society and the Community Centre.
The International Order of B'nai
Brith is a fraternal organization with a mandate to aid
in philanthropy as well as fight prejudice. This organization played
an important social role in the lives of Jewish men and their families
in Victoria and Vancouver. Two Victoria lodges were established
in 1886 and 1914. In Vancouver, the Samuel Lodge was established
in 1910. By 1927, a local Anti-defamation committee was struck,
at the request of the Grand Lodge.
The Hadassah organization in
Canada was established in 1917. Organized by and for women, it was
dedicated to various social, health and educational programs for
the Jewish community in Mandate Palestine, and then in Israel. It
also strives to enrich the lives of Jews in Canada. A local chapter
was founded in 1920, by Augusta Jaffe, Louise Mahrer and others.
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Council
of Jewish Women, Neighbourhood House, 800 Jackson St., Vancouver,
1926
JHS
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Hebrew
Free Loan Association incorporation papers, 1915 JHS
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Section
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Section
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Section
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Section
4
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Where
Did We Come From?
Where Did We Go?
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Making
a Living
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Integration/Rejection
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Building
a Community
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