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...
Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 2:00 pm
JCC
To mark the end of Jewish Heritage Month JHSSA is partnering with Calgary Jewish Federation and Temple B’nai Tikvah in hosting a Book Discussion on Thursday, May 30 at 2:00pm at the JCC. It will be led by Rabbi Mark Glickman about David Fishman’s book,...
Thanks to a multi-year grant from the Government of Canada’s Documentary Heritage Communities Program, we have been able to continue our work on the Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta Archives Backlog Project. Since our last website update we have processed over 6 meters of additional...
January 16, 2018 at 1 PM
Calgary JCC
Join archivist and researcher Roberta Kerr for reflections on the development of the Jewish community of Lethbridge and area, as revealed through documents and photographs. ...
Thursday October 25, 2018
Calgary JCC
Minister of Tourism and Culture, Ricardo Miranda Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta Special AGM Program Thursday, October 25, 2018 at 7:30 pm at the Calgary JCC Our 28th AGM program will feature Alberta’s Minister of Tourism and Culture Ricardo...
Sunday November 11, 2018; time to be announced
Beth Tzedec Synagogue
Presented in partnership with the Beth Tzedec Jewish Film Festival ...
Wednesday, November 21, 2018 11 AM
Calgary Jewish Centre
JHSSA in partnership with the Calgary JCC Jewish Book Festival is pleased to host Peter Usher's talk on his new book: Joey Jacobson’s War: A Jewish Canadian Airman in the Second World War Wednesday, November 21, 2018, 11:00 am at the Calgary JCC Usher’s work is a labour...
Thursday August 23, 7 to 9 pm
Galt Museum and Archives 502 1st Street South Lethbridge
Roberta Kerr will be presenting a session at the Galt Museum and Archives highlighting the stories of Jewish life in Lethbridge....
Sunday August 5 3:30 to 4:30
Memorial Park Library
During Historic Calgary Week, JHSSA will be sponsoring a talk by Prof Don Smith " A Colourful Life: Morris "Two-Gun" Cohen and the Chinese Community" Sunday August 5, 3:30 to 4:30 at the Memorial Park Library. For more information on Morris Cohen see the CBC...