[BCMA] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Historic Walking Tours of Jewish Strathcona & Gastown

Tue May 25 11:27:45 PDT 2010

For Immediate Release - Walking Tours

May 25,2010

Historic Walking Tours of Jewish Strathcona & Gastown

These popular tours are back for a 4th season! We've got new stories to
tell and new sites to explore. Discover the fascinating tales of life in
the heart of the early Jewish community in Vancouver. 

In the 1880s and 1890s, the town of Granville quickly became the city of
Vancouver following the arrival of the transcontinental railway. Jews
participated in the city's economic growth, political incorporation and
cultural development. Jewish businesses opened in Gastown and a wave of
Eastern European immigration from the 1890s to the 1920s made Strathcona
the new centre of British Columbia's Jewish population. In Strathcona,
the Eastern European Jewish immigrants shared the Yiddish language, a
religion, and concerns common to new immigrants in a foreign land. They
soon established a synagogue, a mikvah (ritual bath), and cheder (Hebrew
school) to meet their religious needs.

A tour guide from the Jewish Museum and Archives of BC will provide
insight into the landmarks, architecture, events and evolution of
Gastown and Strathcona districts, while sharing anecdotes of Jewish
daily life in the area. The tour lasts 2 hours and is approximately 2
kilometers in distance. 

2010 Summer Walking Tour dates: Tours begin at 1:30 pm 

Fridays:
June 11 <http://www.jewishmuseum.ca/node/1943> 
June 25 <http://www.jewishmuseum.ca/node/1944> 
July 2 <http://www.jewishmuseum.ca/node/1945> 
July 23 <http://www.jewishmuseum.ca/node/1946> 
August 13 <http://www.jewishmuseum.ca/node/1947> 
August 27 <http://www.jewishmuseum.ca/node/1966> 

Sundays:
June 6 <http://www.jewishmuseum.ca/node/1938> 
June 20 <http://www.jewishmuseum.ca/node/1939> 
July 18 <http://www.jewishmuseum.ca/node/1940> 
August 8 <http://www.jewishmuseum.ca/node/1941> 
August 22 <http://www.jewishmuseum.ca/node/1942>  

Special collaborative tours:

Sunday, June 6: <http://www.jewishmuseum.ca/node/1938>  1:30pm - 3:30pm
presented with Chabad of Downtown Vancouver
Tour ends at Chabad of Downtown Vancouver (633 Prior Street), the new
Jewish presence in Strathcona. Dessert and light refreshments will be
served at Chabad. Donations accepted.

Saturday, July 24 <http://www.jewishmuseum.ca/node/1537> : 10:00am -
12:30pm
presented with the Vancouver Heritage Foundation
To register for this tour, click here
<https://register.beanstream.com/scripts/registration.asp?form=269> 

Friday, August 27 <http://www.jewishmuseum.ca/node/1966> : 1:30pm -
3:30pm
Jewish/Japanese Strathcona: Presented with the Japanese Canadian
National Museum <http://www.jcnm.ca/> 
A tour guide from the Japanese Canadian National Museum will provide
insight into the history of Vancouver's old Japantown. The tour will
focus on Strathcona and Powell Street landmarks. 

Where:
Tours meet at 700 E. Pender St. (corner of East Pender Street and
Heatley Avenue) in Strathcona, in front of the original Schara Tzedeck
Synagogue. Click here to see a map of the area.
<http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=700+E.+Pende
r+Street&sll=49.891235,-97.15369&sspn=39.679848,79.013672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hn
ear=700+E+Pender+St,+Vancouver,+Greater+Vancouver+Regional+District,+Bri
tish+Columbia&z=16&iwloc=A>  

Parking is available on nearby residential streets. Tour site is also
accessible by Public Transit, visit www.translink.ca to plan a route.

Tickets:
$10 per person & includes a copy of the booklet, In the Footsteps of
Jewish Vancouver - 1886 to 2006.
Tickets can be paid for in advance by calling (604)257-5199 or paid at
the start of the tour (cash only). Group Rates- $75 for parties of 8 to
10 people. RSVP required.

For more information, contact the Jewish Museum & Archives of British
Columbia at (604) 257-5199 or email info at jewishmuseum.ca

Media Contact:

Molly Winston, Education Coordinator

Jewish Museum & Archives of British Columbia

mwinston at jewishmuseum.ca

(604) 638-7288

-30-

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.vvv.com/pipermail/bcma/attachments/20100525/e3a170e9/attachment-0001.htm 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 5558 bytes
Desc: image001.jpg
Url : http://lists.vvv.com/pipermail/bcma/attachments/20100525/e3a170e9/attachment-0001.jpeg 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: walking tour flyer_2010.pdf
Type: application/octet-stream
Size: 160934 bytes
Desc: walking tour flyer_2010.pdf
Url : http://lists.vvv.com/pipermail/bcma/attachments/20100525/e3a170e9/attachment-0001.obj 