Our multi-year grant from the Government of Canada’s Documentary Heritage Communities Program, has allowed us to continue our work on the Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta Archives Backlog project. Since our last website update we have established several subject-specific collections, including Judaica, Local Authors, Military,...
Sunday, November 17, 2019 at 7:15 pm
Beth Tzedec Jewish Film Festival
We are please to cosponsor Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles at the Beth Tzedec Jewish Film Festival this year as our annual Jay Joffe Memorial program. Jay was our founding president and a driving force in the creation of our society. Our favourite article about him can...
Wednesday November 13, 2019 1:00 pm
Calgary JCC
November is the month for Jewish Film in Calgary, so what better time to learn about the history of Jews in film in Calgary? Presented by Ken McGuire, this talk will highlight some of the people associated with Calgary's emergence in the moving picture business,...
Monday October 29, 2019 7:00pm
Calgary JCC
Stories from the JHSSA oral history project, presented by Judy Shapiro, project coordinator We invite you to come to hear some of the compelling and delightful stories gathered in JHSSA’s on-going Oral History Project. We will share a few vignettes of the lived experiences of...
Once again, we hope to acknowledge those in our community who have celebrated their 80th birthday in the past year at our AGM on October 28, 2019. Please contact us if you have any names to add to our list of honourees. (photo shows honourees at our...
Wednesday September 18, 2019 7:00pm
Calgary JCC
Harry Sanders' talk will cover an eclectic mix of Jewish businesses and individuals as their stories intersect with 17th Avenue SW. 17 Ave Poster PDF [caption id="attachment_583" align="alignnone" width="300"] Harry Sanders leading a tour of Historic Jewish Calgary for HCW. Photo by Shel Bercovich[/caption]...
Many thanks to everyone who came out to our Historic Calgary Week Program and to the Theatre Reunion and shared their memories of the Beth Israel Players and JCC theatre productions. There was a delightful mix of anecdotes, and Zelda Dean's presentation met rave reviews. ...
Thursday August 1, 2019 7:00-9:00pm
Beth Tzedec Synagogue 1325 Glenmore Trail
Calling all Jewish theatre buffs, alumni and friends to a reunion in celebration of Jewish theatre with Zelda Dean. If you have memories, stories, photos or artifacts from Beth Israel Players or from Zelda’s JCC productions, please bring them to share. All are welcome. There will be...
JHSSA is delighted to present "The Play's the Thing" with Zelda Dean at this year's Historic Calgary Week. Zelda was the co-founder of Calgary's Beth Israel Players, and is a respected director. Her presentation will span 30 years of Calgary theatre. For full details of Historic...
JHSSA is looking for a self-motivated student with an interest in history and high attention to detail to work in our archives. The job is part of a multi-year project to organize and catalogue our archival holdings with the help of a Documentary Heritage Communities...