
Estimated Jewish student population
350
Samuel Heller
Executive Director
Hillel BC
sam@hillelbc.com
Ora Stephanic
Director
Hillel Victoria
ora@hillelbc.com
Hillel House:
4012 Dawnview Crescent
Saanich (Victoria)

DO NOT MISS
Hot Lunches on Campus, Shabbat Dinners, Jews & Brews, Movie Night


Best Bars on Campus?
- Felicitas
- The Reef
- Red Fish Blue Fish
- Maude Hunter’s Pub
- Philip’s Brewery
- Floyd’s Diner

Where do the Jews live?
Jewish students live all over the areas near campus. It is very common for first year students to live in dormitories. More established Jewish community members lives in the Oak Bay area.

STUDY ABROAD?
MASA and Ben Gurion University offer programs and scholarships.
TAU and Hebrew U have scholarships available for students hoping to study abroad.

Kosher Food
Located at 1308 Gladstone, a quiet and picturesque side street in central Fernwood, Aubergine Specialty Foods brings a wide selection of meats and cheeses, North African artisan salads, exotic oils, eatern spices, South African products, kosher items, fresh flowers and so much more to this up-andcoming area. Aubergine is dedicated to inspiring one’s culinary imagination. So take your cup of java to go, or stay awhile and listen to the tall tales of South Africa as told by Leon, Aubergine’s owner and chief “food nut.”
Aubergine – www.auberginefoods.ca

Transportation in Victoria
The Student Union fees include a bus pass for the Translink system.

Synagogues
Congregation Emanu-El
Conservative
Rabbi Brechner
www.congregationemanuel.ca
Chabad
Orthodox
Rabbi Meir Kaplan
www.chabadvi.org
Kolot Mayim
Reform
Spiritual Leader: Lynn Greenbough
www.kolotmayimreformtemple.com
Victoria Society for Humanistic Judaism
Humanist
President: Sharon Kobrinsky
www.vshj.ca
Gallery
Mental Health Resources
Jewish Addiction Community Services
www.jacsvancouver.com
Jewish Family Service Agency
www.jfsa.ca
Crisis Centre BC
www.crisiscentre.bc.ca
Vancouver Crisis Line
1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433)