Postponed!: Erev Shel Shoshanim: Love Stories and Songs
Saturday, November 25, 2023 6pm
Calgary JCC
November 1, 2023
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Jay Joffe Memorial Program: Vishniac
November 5, 2023 2:45
Beth Tzedec Synagogue
November 1, 2023
The Jay Joffe Memorial Program was launched by the Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta (JHSSA) in 2009 to honour the memory of its long-serving founding president, Jay Joffe (1931-2006). This program is dedicated to promoting and featuring Jewish culture and history through activities such...
JHSSA AGM: Jewish Marda Loop
October 30, 2023 7:00pm
Calgary JCC and on Zoom
October 2, 2023
Join historian and raconteur-par-excellence, Harry Sanders, to learn more about the Jewish history of Marda Loop at our Annual General Meeting. As always, the AGM will also include a short business meeting, as well as the presentation of certificates honouring octogenarians in our community. RSVP...
Historic Calgary Week 2023
August 3 and 6, 2023
Walking tours
July 10, 2023
JHSSA is honoured to be partnering in two walking tours at Historic Calgary Week this year. Please join us on August 3 at 7 pm for Stories of Jewish Mewata, led by Norman Ravvin and Shaun Hunter. Then on August 6 at 6 pm, Harry...
Better with Schmaltz: More Stories and Songs of Romance
Tuesday May 9, 2023 11:45 am (12:00 on Zoom)
Calgary JCC auditorium
April 27, 2023
Please join us for this engaging presentation of the love stories from our community, framed with songs sung by Laura Shuler. If you can come in person, please register through the Calgary JCC by May 4 (slight extension from the poster). Tickets cost $10 and...
Canadian Jewish Heritage Month Program at The Military Museums: Hidden Heroes
May 11, 2023 7:00pm
The Military Museums: 4520 Crowchild Trail
April 26, 2023
For more information or to register, please visit the Showpass page for this program. ...
Jewish Mayors in Canada: Antisemitism and Municipal Power
Sunday April 23, 2023
Calgary JCC
February 6, 2023
with guest speaker David Koffman ...
Archives Road Show: 11 Objects, 11 Stories, 11 Jewish Archives
November 13, 27 and December 11, 2022
On Zoom
September 30, 2022
JHSSA is looking forward to participating in the Archives Roadshow on Sunday December 11, 2022. Please click on the links below to register for each date. Jewish archival collections across Canada hold objects that together comprise the collective memory of Jews who have lived here for...
AGM: The War Orphans Project – a historical overview
October 24, 2022 7:00 pm
On Zoom
September 30, 2022
In early 1948, over a dozen young Holocaust survivors came to live with adoptive Jewish parents in Calgary. These teens and young adults, who faced challenges that we can scarcely imagine, came to Canada through the War Orphans Project, a refugee resettlement scheme sponsored by...
“Witness to the Emergence of the Modern Retail Sector”: Stephen Avenue’s 100 West Block
Thursday July 28, 12:00pm
On Zoom (registration required)
July 19, 2022
This quote from the Historic Sites and Monuments Board’s plaque aptly describes the Stephen Avenue National Historic Site. New development plans for the 100 West block, where the plaque is located, affect the future of 15 heritage buildings on 7 Avenue and Stephen Avenue as...