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KIDS’ SUMMER READING CLUB

Begins June 20

It’s easy to join!

1) Ask for a reading log and stickers from the library desk.

2) Read for at least 15 minutes per day for 50 days, or as many as you can.

3) Get a sticker each day you read and stick it to your reading log, in the circle provided.

4) Come to a weekly drop-in on Wednesdays from 3:30
onward to have a chat about what you read and enjoyed (optional).

5) Bring in your log by August 27 and receive a special reading certificate celebrating your fantastic achievement!

Programs

Internet 101

FREE INTRO COURSE – part 2

Learn the basics to become comfortable with computers and the internet.
Topics include:
• navigating the internet easily and safely
• common terms
• “how to” essentials

All are welcome, bring a friend!

Thursday, June 21
2:00–3:30pm
No charge. Please RSVP to 604-257-5181 or library@jccgv.bc.ca

Book Club

Thursdays 1:00pm

June 28 – Redhill, Michael, Bellevue Square
July 26 – Hoffman, Alice, The Dovekeepers
August 23 – Hope, Jessamyn, Safekeeping: a Novel

Shirley Stein’s News & Views

Join other active seniors to discuss current affairs and global politics. Chair: Dan Elezam
We 10:30am–12:30pm

Genealogy

Library staff, in partnership with the Jewish Genealogical Society, will assist you in using resource materials to search your family history. Call for an appointment.

Techie Help

Our library staff can assist you in filling out online forms, setting up your eReader or unraveling your internet worries. Bring your device and get hands-on training.

STORY TELLING

The Travelling Storyteller
Our librarian Helen reads short stories and leads discussion groups for seniors at the Snider Campus for Jewish Seniors several times a month. Contact the library for more information.

Yiddish Stories for Adults
Mo 2:00pm June 11
Read in English by Shanie Levin

MEET THE AUTHOR

Roberta Rich Unplugged
Roberta Rich, bestselling author of the Midwife of Venice trilogy, will be at the library for an informal chat and possible reading. Tea and cookies are included!
Date and time TBA

EBOOK & AUDIO BOOK COLLECTIONS

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E-book-review

MUSIC, ART & POETRY

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Generously sponsored by Yosef Wosk.

Genealogy

Free Genealogy Help at the library
Stephen Falk from the Jewish Genealogical Society is available to assist you in researching your family history.
PLEASE RSVP to library@jccgv.bc.ca
or 604-257-5181.

Pacific Pine Co. Ltd., Queenborough, New Westminster, B.C. Photo 20 July 1968. Photo taken from Pioneers, Pedlars, and Prayer Shawls: the Jewish Communities in British Colombia and the Yukon. Cyril Edel Leonoff, author.

NEW – Genealogy eBooks AVAILABLE TO BORROW

Ancestors in the attic: making family memorabilia into history
by Karen Foy. Published 2012

Discover your roots: 52 brilliant ideas for exploring your family and local history
by Paul Blake and Maggie Loughran. Published 2011

Family photographs and how to date them
by Jayne Shrimpton. Published 2015

Genealogy
by George G. Morgan (Series: How to Do Everything.) Published 2014

Tracing your ancestors: a guide for family historians
by Simon Fowler. Published 2012

Tracing your Jewish ancestors: a guide for family historians
by Rosemary Wenzerul. Published 2012

Writing a non-boring family history
by Hazel Edwards. Published 2012

Writing your family history: a practical guide
by Deborah Cass. Published 2012

Free Resources Online

The Jewish Genealogical Society of BC

The Isaac Waldman Library gratefully acknowledges the support and collaboration of the JGSBC in developing the library’s genealogy program. Please visit their website for an extensive list of resources and upcoming events.

Canadian Jewish Heritage Network

JewishGen Family Finder

My Heritage

Database Search Tips and Tricks:

An asterisk (*) may be used to specify any number of characters. This is great when you want to search for vriable endings of a root word.
For example: searching for Lev* would tell the database to look for all possible endings to that root. Results will include Levy, Levin, Levine, or Leviton.
A question mark (?) may be used to represent a single character, anywhere in the word. It’s most useful when there are variable spellings for a word, and you want to search for all variants at once.
For example, searching for Co?n would return both Coen and Cohen.

Books on Genealogical Research at the Waldman Library

Jackson, Buzzy. Shaking the family tree : Blue Bloods, Black Sheep, and Other Obsessions of an Accidental Genealogist. 2010.
929.1072 JAC 2010

Jewish Genealogical Institute of BC. New routes to your roots: Jewish genealogy and research in Eastern Europe. 1995.
929.1072 NEW 1995

Kurzweil, Arthur. From generation to generation : how to trace your Jewish genealogy and family history. 1994
929.1 KUR 1994

Kurzweil, Arthur. My generations : a course in Jewish family history. 1983.
929. 1072 KUR 1983

Rottenberg, Dan. Finding our fathers : a guidebook to Jewish genealogy. 1977.
929.1 ROT 1977

Zubatsky, David S. Jewish genealogy : a sourcebook of family histories and genealogies. 1984. 929.1 ZUB 1984 REF

Hours & Info

Location

2ND FLOOR – Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver
950 W.41st Avenue

Library Hours

Sun : 10:00am-3:00pm
Mon / Tue / Thu: 10:00am-6:00pm
We : 10:00am-6:00pm (Summer hours. Regular 10:00am-8:00pm resumes Sep 5)
Fri / Sat : closed

RENEWALS & INFORMATION

604-257-5181 or email: library@jccgv.bc.ca

FREE LIBRARY CARDS

JCC members and all paid program participants are entitled to a free library card. Please register in the library.

LIBRARY READING ROOM

A perfect place to take a break and read newspapers from across Canada, NewYork, and Israel. We carry the Jewish Post, Canadian Jewish News, Winnipeg Jewish Post & more. Our magazines cover Jewish topics from current events to travel in Israel. Our collection includes Forward, Jerusalem Report, Eretz, Moment, Commentary and many other interesting journals.

BOOK INSCRIPTIONS

Purchase and inscribe a book in honour of someone special. Call 257-5111 or visit the JCC Front Desk.

TRIBUTE CARDS for all occasions

Call 257-5111 or visit the JCC Front Desk.

SPECIAL GIFTS and DONATIONS

Donations may be made to the Library and a special plaque will be inscribed. For information please call the librarian at 604-257-5111 ext. 249.

VOLUNTEERS ALWAYS WANTED

Call the library.

Catalogue

Collections

Adult Fiction & Non-Fiction
Children & Youth
Hebrew Fiction and Non-Fiction
Religious Prayer Books & Texts
Newspapers & Magazines
DVDs and CDs
Databases: Genealogy, Encyclopedia Judaica

Open Catalogue

Movie in the Spotlight:

In Between (Bar Bahar)
2016
Arab-Israeli filmmaker Maysaloun Hamoud presents a trio of young Palestinian women in Tel Aviv trying to shape their own destinies despite being part of a conservative society entrenched in patriarchy. Three single women with distinctive personalities share an apartment and their intertwined lives. Laila (Mouna Hawa), a lawyer, and Salma (Sana Jammelieh), a D.J. who supports herself with restaurant work, spend their free time doing what their counterparts in Berlin, New York and other big cosmopolitan cities do – going to clubs, getting high, dinking and canoodling in a large and shifting crowd of friends. Nur (Shaden Kanboura) who is studying computer science becomes the third roommate. She is an observant Muslim. Her fiancé Wissam (Henry Andrawes) openly disapproves of Laila and Salma’s hedonistic lifestyle. He wants her to move somewhere else.

The result of Laila, Salma and Nur’s rebellion against cultural norms and patriarchal authority brings shame to loved ones and the risk of being ostracized by their community. Not only are they trying to break the shackles of their own society but they are encountering a less than accepting Jewish society. The theme of sisterhood is international and performed impeccably by the actors. In Between, Ms. Hamoud’s debut feature, is an unusually welcoming and engaging film, inviting you to become a part of the circle of friends it depicts with such energy and warmth (A.O. Scott, NYTimes, 1/4/ 2018).

In Arabic with a little Hebrew, English subtitles.
Watch trailer…

Review by Dolores Luber

Digital Collection

Sonner Family eBook Program
Anna Leith Audiobook Collection

Access Here