Vancouver is a Jewish city; it has about seven percent of the Canadian Jews living in the Vancouver metropolitan area. The number of Jews has grown significantly in the last century. In 1891 there were only 85 Jews and in 2001 that number increased to 25,000. The Jews of Vancouver were among the first to join the Zionist movement and a Zionist association was founded in Vancouver already in the early 1900's. The Vancouver Shalom Bed and Breakfast is the perfect hotel for people looking for a kosher hotel. …More

Even though Puerto Rico has one of the largest Jewish communities in the Caribbean, the Jewish community did not flourish initially because Judaism was prohibited by the Spanish inquisition. The Jewish immigration began in the 15th century with the arrival of the anusim that accompanied Christopher Columbus on his second voyage. That same year a handful of American Jews established the island's first synagogue in the former residence of a wealthy German family. Some very famous Puerto Rican Jews of Jewish descent …More

The oldest site in Prague’s Jewish Quarter as well as the oldest active Jewish house of worship in Europe, the Old New Synagogue stands as testament to the fortitude of the Jewish people. Except for four years during the Nazi occupation, Old New Synagogue has been conducting regular services without interruption since 1270. For more than 700 years it has been the preeminent Jewish house of worship in Prague providing spiritual sustenance to the community during times of joy and times of sorrow. Franz …More

The long and complex history of Spanish Jewry is reflected in the current daily life of Madrid’s small community of approximately 3,500 Jews in a city of 3.4 million people. While they are a recognized and respected community, they are a miniscule minority who by necessity remain somewhat insular with spiritual and social life focused on the few synagogues and the single Jewish Community Center. While they flourished under the Moors, after their expulsion in 1492 during the Catholic Inquisition, there …More

The contributions of Jews to the culture and life of Manhattan in New York City display themselves in obvious and subtler forms. Two centers of Jewish cultural life are the Jewish Community Center, and the 92nd Street Y on Lexington Avenue. These centers provide children’s day care, gym facilities and lots of cultural events. Check out the latest events at the huge Jewish Community Center during summer when films, lectures and concerts are hosted at the rooftop garden. Comedy routines and lectures …More