The arrival
A welcome you can feel at the door.
The entrance opens into a generous lobby with a sitting area beside the stairs. It is a place to arrive, pause and be personally welcomed before joining the life of the home.
Broadway & Arbutus, Vancouver
A proven welcome.
A permanent home.
For more than 25 years, the Kollel has turned strangers into community. Now that welcome is growing into a forever home on the first two floors.
PCI developer rendering. Design subject to change.
ContinueA place for outreach
Where paths already cross.
Broadway & Arbutus places the Kollel beside the Arbutus Greenway and the future Arbutus SkyTrain station, at a natural meeting point for people moving across Vancouver.
The Greenway connects neighbourhoods from False Creek toward the Fraser River. The new station will connect the Broadway corridor to the regional rapid-transit network, with onward service toward UBC. For the Kollel, access is not only convenient. It is part of how a warm Jewish home can reach more people.
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We know how to welcome people. Now we need room to welcome more.
Since 2000, the Kollel has welcomed people into Jewish life in Vancouver. People come for Torah, Shabbat, friendship, a meal or practical support. There is always another chair at the table.
At Broadway & Arbutus, that proven welcome will grow into a permanent home with room to learn, pray, celebrate, share meals and build lifelong relationships.
25+years of proven welcome
2floors devoted to Jewish life
$6Mto build the home together
180days to bring the community home
A home built by the community.
A quick look inside
From the front door to a full room.
Walk through the home
See how the home
will be used.
The heart of the home
One hall. Many ways to gather.
The main hall is designed to move with community life: learning and prayer, a full room for a speaker, Shabbat meals, celebrations and gatherings around one table.
The open table
An easy first step into Jewish life.
The café gives a newcomer somewhere natural to begin: sit down, meet someone, ask a question or join a class. No ceremony is needed to feel at home.
The gallery
A home with room for the whole day.
Official architect views show how the same home can move from a quiet welcome to a full community gathering.
Campaign concepts. Official plans govern geometry.
The whole home
What will happen here.
Morning learning. A first Shabbat invitation. A child’s milestone. A newcomer’s first friendship. A family gathering. Quiet support when it is needed most.
The first two floors are designed to hold the breadth of Jewish life and to make every person who enters feel that they have come home.
Foundational support
Help make the new home possible.
Leadership gifts create the foundation that allows the whole community to take part. Families may also explore a meaningful dedication within the home, arranged personally and with care.
Naming, recognition and dedication opportunities are discussed privately with the Kollel and the campaign team.
Hallway entrance
Café
Main hall
Dairy kitchen
Meat kitchen
Patio
Library
Exterior naming
A personal invitation
Let’s talk about what your family could make possible.
The Kollel team would be glad to walk you through the plans, answer your questions and discuss how your family might take part.
Begin a private conversation