Sources

Unless otherwise credited, the information on these pages was compiled and written by Amber Woods. Amber is a Tour Guide at Congregation Emanu-el, author of the Old Cemeteries Society’s publication about the Jewish Cemetery, and helps with the walking tours of Jewish Victoria (discoverthepast.com)

Various sources were used in collecting the information including:

• A number of articles in The Scribe,
  published by The Jewish Museum and Archives of BC
• Archives of British Columbia, The British Colonist 1858-1951 (various dates)
• Articles on the website of The Jewish Museum of the American West
• Records provided by JewishGen.org
• Stories provided by descendants:
  Elizabeth Bensted, Carolyn Hahn, Bruce Campbell, and Diana Levy Lofstrom

Special Thanks to:

• Victoria Fisch (Frankel & Fisch Family Historians)
• Sarah Tobe and the late Cyril Edel Leonoff
• Rabbi Victor Hillel Reinstein (Rabbi Victor)
• Alysa Routtenberg, Archivist at the Jewish Museum and Archives of BC
• Wor. Brother Mark Anderson, historian at Temple Lodge, No. 33 Duncan
• Rick Kool, burial committee of Congregation Emanu-el
• Joy Wilkins and Geoffrey Perkins, the caretakers at the Jewish Cemetery

Diana Levy Lofstrom and Elizabeth Bensted wrote biographies about their ancestors.

The Jewish Cemetery is managed by Congregation Emanu-el, Canada’s oldest synagogue in continuous use.

We invite contributions by family members, friends and descendants.

This website was created and is maintained by Amber Woods and Leah Freedman.