by Renee Adams | Jun 12, 2015 | Blog
Working in the Jewish Cemetery has been a wonderful experience. Every person that’s stopped by to say ‘hi’ has been so kind and welcoming. Rabbi Brechner invited us to the synagogue for a casual lecture about Judaism and the Victoria community that...
by Emily Hounsome | Jun 10, 2015 | Blog
Fieldwork is something that is new to me, and it has been necessary to learn many new skills to be able to accurately produce a record of this cemetery. Some skills we have learned include: how to take photographs of grave markers in ways that bring out the...
by Meaghan Efford | Jun 9, 2015 | Blog
The opportunity to work in the Jewish Cemetery started out as an accessible field course for Undergraduate students in Anthropology at UVic. I have never had the opportunity to visit a cemetery in which my own family rests, and without that personal connection, my...
