2:30pm Wednesday July 29, 2015
The Military Museums, 4500 Crowchild Trail SW.
Our 2015 Historic Calgary Week program will feature The Southern Alberta Jewish Veterans of WWI and WWII Database, launched by the JHSSA in 2013 and dedicated to Val Rimer and the Jewish War Veterans of Canada, Post 2. The project has continued to evolve since its...
The JHSSA office will be closed for Pesach from April 3 to April 12. Regular office hours will resume on Monday, April 13th. Chag Sameach! ...
Tuesday February 10 and Wednesday February 18, 2015 9 am to noon
Calgary JCC Lobby
In honour of Family Day this February, we are inviting people to share cherished family stories, family photo or family tree with our community. JHSSA staff will be in the JCC lobby from 9am to noon on both days to collect and scan material relating...
If you have memorable stories about the Palliser- whether they are about family celebrations, chance meetings or organizing community events such as the Angel's Ball- please contact us....
Thank you to everyone who worked on the Tribute to Jack Switzer. We had a wonderful turn out of guests; over 100 people attended. Sheldon Smithens, Mitch Wise, Agi Romer Segal, Lindsay Moir, Norm Yanofsky, Trudy Cowan and Ted Switzer all spoke eloquently, and thanks...
The JHSSA now has a twitter account. Board member Harry Sanders, Calgary's outgoing historian laureate, has agreed to do some tweeting for us. Check it out at: https://twitter.com/JHSSA1 A link from our home page is coming soon....
Amendment to the Fall issue of Discovery: the tribute to Jack Switzer z’’l will be held on May 13th, rather than on May 6th. Please save this date in your calendar....