Pickleball & Pastrami Fundraiser Serves Up Community Spirit and Support for Students at RJDS On Sunday, June 23, the gymnasium of Richmond’s Belvedere Club was filled with the sounds of laughter, cheers, and paddles in motion as Richmond Jewish Day School (RJDS), in partnership with ORT Canada, hosted its first-ever Pickleball & Pastrami fundraising event.Read more
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RJDS and JFS Grow Together The JFS Moishe Farm Project garden at Richmond Jewish Day School. Richmond Jewish Day School and Jewish Family Services have embarked on a new initiative, the JFS Moishe Farm Project. At the back of the school, there is now a garden, growing a variety of fruits and vegetables, such asRead more
ORT Vancouver’s 2024 5th Annual Ride for STEM in partnership with RJDS June 2, 2024 A community event in support of STEM education On June 2, our community participated in the 5th Annual Ride for STEM. Despite the rain, our amazing community members and RJDS families still came out to show their support! Both ORTRead more
Tea unites, entertains Richmond Jewish Day School students at the school’s annual Garden Tea Party, which took place May 22. (photo from RJDS) On May 22, Richmond Jewish Day School (RJDS) welcomed community members to its annual Garden Tea Party. Sabrina Bhojani, Lynne Fader, Joanne Robinson, Reesa Pawer and Toby Rubin. (photo from RJDS) The event beganRead more
RJDS had Deborah Katz Henriquez, an award-winning author, visit RJDS. Deborah is a children’s author, illustrator, and educator who uses nature to help us understand the world we live in. She read a part of her new book, co-written with Paul Shore and illustrated by Prashant Miranda, titled “Steve and Eve Save the Planet: IRead more
Hebrew Immersion Brings Judaism to Life at Richmond Jewish Day School “I’m not sure I’m the right person for you to speak to. You see, I don’t speak Hebrew.” Thus began a delightful conversation with Sabrina Bhojani, Head of School of the Richmond Jewish Day School, who was immediately assured that she is in excellent company,Read more
VISION The five 5th-grade students who participated in the Climate Action Youth Forum chose recycling as their project. Our school currently recycles, but many students are unaware of what items they can recycle, where to recycle them, and how to recycle properly. We aim to enhance the existing recycling program to support climate sustainability inRead more
Hello! My name is Courtney Cohen, and I am a proud RJDS Alumni from the graduating class of 2001. I still remember like it was yesterday, receiving our grade 7 sweatshirts and climbing to the top of the outdoor jungle gym to take our yearbook photo as a class of 10 preteen girls excited forRead more
Last night the Richmond City Council adopted the terminology and definitions in Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy 2019-2022, which includes Discrimination, Anti-Asian Racism, Anti-Black Racism, Islamophobia and Antisemitism. Richmond Jewish Day School would like to extend our deep gratitude to those members of the Richmond City Council who voted in support of the Richmond Community Protocol, andRead more
My name is Carine Rozen, and I’m a proud member of the 3rd graduating class at RJDS in 1999 – the year we moved into the new beautiful school! Growing up in Richmond, I attended Steveston high school and then went on to graduate from York University in Toronto with an honours degree in BusinessRead more
