Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 7:00 pm
Calgary JCC Seniors’ Lounge
In honour of Remembrance Day in Canada's sesquicentennial year, Roberta Kerr will present stories surrounding some of the individuals included in the Southern Alberta Jewish Veterans of World War I & II Database. These stories are largely based on information gleaned from veterans’ attestation papers...
Monday, October 30, 2017 7:30 pm
Calgary JCC
Everyone is welcome to our Annual General Meeting. Our program will feature historian Harry Sanders’ dynamic presentation of stories and anecdotes of Calgary’s early places and people. Katie Baker will introduce the features of the online tour and highlight some sample sites. As always, the...
Sunday July 30, 2017 10:30 am and Thursday August 3, 2017 2:00 pm
Meet in the Municipal Plaza outside of City Hall
JHSSA will unveil the prototype of its Canada 150 project -- a walking tour of some of our community’s founding businesses, families and organizations -- during Historic Calgary Week this summer. The tour is being developed as a self-guided experience, available in both paper and...
Sunday, June 25, 2017 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Calgary JCC
Join us for this Canada 150 tribute event featuring the Calgary opening of the national traveling exhibit, The Canadian Jewish Experience. The afternoon will feature the Calgary JCC Klezmer band, guest speaker Sandra Morton Weizman, and stations with stories of the Alberta Jewish immigrant experience. Admission...
June 25, 2017 7:00-9:00
Temple B'nai Tikvah: 900 47 Ave SW (West Door)
Catch the last of this year's informal Sunday Genealogy workshops, hosted by JHSSA Genealogy Chair, Ken Drabinsky. The free workshops are open to all levels of genealogist, from novice through experienced researcher, and offer an opportunity to discuss issues in one-on-one and group settings. For more...
Join us this year at Historic Calgary Week for an exciting walking tour. Harry Sanders will be our guide to the early Jewish presence in Calgary. His illustrated tour will highlight locations and stories important to the community from the 1880s to the end of...
March 29, 2017 7:00 pm
Calgary JCC
We are delighted to join with the Calgary Council of Christians and Jews to present Rabbi Mark Glickman of Temple B'nai Tikvah for a talk about his book Sacred Treasure: The Cairo Genizah. In 1896, Rabbi Solomon Schechter of Cambridge University stepped into the attic –...
February 14, 2017 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Calgary JCC Lobby
Drop by the Calgary JCC lobby, JHSSA genealogy guru, Ken Drabinsky, will be on hand to answer questions and give guidance in family history research, just in time for family day!...
February 5, 2017 2:00pm
Calgary JCC
In his illustrated presentation, Izak Paul will recount how a vacation trip to Prague and Vienna developed into an emotional journey, a “journey of discovery” about the fate of his paternal grandparents and great-grandparents who were murdered in the Holocaust. He has documented each stage...