June 29 to July 7
Please note that the JHSSA office will be closed from Monday June 29 to Tuesday July 7 (reopening Wednesday July 8). We will be taking delivery of a replacement filing cabinet and shuffling office furniture and files to accomodate the much-needed new arrival. Many thanks...
Wednesday May 6, 2026 7:00pm
Calgary JCC
Celebrate Canadian Jewish Heritage Month with a screening of Bazaar! The Story that Needs to be Told, followed by a presentation of archival material and a conversation about the iconic Hadassah Bazaar. This free program will include a Q and A with the producers, Jennifer...
Sunday April 26, 2026 2:00pm
Calgary JCC
Join us as we celebrate the launch of our new book about the built history of Jewish Calgary. The book highlights pre-1950s buildings, and the people, businesses and families who inhabited them. JHSSA is grateful for support of publication grants from the Jewish Community Foundation of...
Tuesday, April 14, 2026 Doors open at 6:00pm, Lecture at 6:30
The Military Museums, 4520 Crowchild Trail SW, Calgary
Please register! Goldie Morgentaler will speak on the life and works of the great Yiddish-language novelist, her mother, Chava Rosenfarb, focusing on Rosenfarb’s short stories about Canadian Holocaust survivors, as well as letters she wrote to her best friend in Sweden. Free event, followed by a...
Thursday November 27, 2025 7pm
Calgary JCC
Panel featuring authors: Izak Paul, Sydney Sharpe, and Betty Sherwood and Moderated by Maxine Fischbein JHSSA is pleased to partner with Calgary JCC and other book festival sponsors to present this panel discussion. ...
Sunday, November 16, 2025 1:00pm
Beth Tzedec Synagogue
On Sunday, November 16, 2025, JHSSA will again be part of the Beth Tzedec Jewish Film Festival through the Jay Joffe Memorial Program, which will include two films this year. The short film BAZAAR!, is a wonderful local project chronicling the well remembered and much-loved...
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 7:00pm
Calgary JCC and Zoom
Please join us for our 2025 AGM program, launching our new online exhibit. As always, the evening will also include a business meeting, presentations to our community's octogenarians, as well as the featured program. ...
Wednesday, August 6, 2025 12pm
Meet in the Municipal Plaza immediately south of Old City Hall
Historian-extraordinaire, Harry Sanders, is leading a lunch-time tour. Please register to attend as there are limited spaces. ...
Thursday July 31, 2025 7pm
Central Public Library
Please join us at the main library downtown for a presentation by guest speaker Bruce Dawson about Polar Aerated Waterworks. Registration is through the Calgary Public Library This program is part of Historic Calgary Week. Information about all of the other HCW events can be found here. ...
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Railway Orientation Centre, Heritage Park
Please note location adjustment: The film will be screened on the Mezzanine level of Gasoline Alley. This screening is proudly presented in partnership with Heritage Park in celebration of Canadian Jewish Heritage Month. The event is free, but registration through the Heritage Park website is...