[BCMA] Historic Jewish Walking Tours coming up this spring!

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                                  March 10, 2016
HISTORIC JEWISH WALKING TOURS
The Jewish Museum and Archives of BC is pleased to announce another exciting season of our popular historic walking tours of Vancouver. Through these tours, we invite you to meet the pioneers who laid the foundations of our community and helped build our province.

Strathcona and Gastown
Like many of Vancouver's immigrant communities, the Jewish community made its first home in the working class neighbourhood of Strathcona. Many early pioneers ran businesses in the busy hub of Gastown, while others set out each morning into the farmlands of Richmond and East Vancouver as scrap collectors in the days before garbage trucks and blue bins. Before long, the community built its first synagogue, and established schools and social service organizations.
March 20, 2016
April 10, 2016
May 8, 2016
All tours begin at 11 am at 700 E Pender
2 hours

Mountain View Cemetery
Deep in the woods, past the edge of town, the city's cemetery was opened in 1887. Five years later, a small section was consecrated as a Jewish burial ground and the first coffin was laid to rest. In time, over 450 members of our community were buried at Mountain View Cemetery. Learn their stories on our Mountain View Cemetery Walking Tour.
April 17, 2016
May 8, 2016
All tours begin at 11 am at the cemetery gates, NW corner of Fraser St and 37th Avenue
90 minutes

Learn more about these tours and pre-purchase your tickets at:
http://jewishmuseum.ca/programs/historic-walking-tours/
Media Contact:
Michael Schwartz, Coordinator of Programs and Development
604.257.5199
mschwartz at jewishmuseum.ca<mailto:mschwartz at jewishmuseum.ca>



Michael Schwartz
Coordinator of Programs and Development
Jewish Museum and Archives of BC
6184 Ash Street - Vancouver BC - V5Z 3G9
604.257.5199
mschwartz at jewishmuseum.ca


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