Tuesday January 26, 2021 7:30pm
Zoom meeting
Tuesday January 26, 2021 at 7:30 PM on Zoom. Save the date for this fascinating talk by guest speaker, Dr Ángeles Cohen. This lecture will present a historical overview of the Sephardi experience in Israel, from the Sephardi intellectuals of pre-State Israel to their transformation into “Mizrahim”,...
Wednesday November 18- available for 24 hours starting at 7pm
Online
We are pleased to announce that JHSSA will once again sponsor a film during the Beth Tzedec Calgary Jewish Film Festival, which is going digital this year. A short synopsis of our chosen film: This colorful documentary tells the story of how one woman created the world’s...
Tuesday November 17, 2020 7:30 pm
Zoom
Betty Sherwood presents her research on local Jewish contributions to the Home Front effort in World War II. These wonderful stories and anecdotes will be illustrated with images from our collections.Please RSVP to our office by November 10 to receive the Zoom information, or look...
As the Calgary JCC has resumed partial public operations, JHSSA will institute limited office hours for contact by phone, as of July 21, 2020. You can reach us by phone in the office on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am to 12pm. Of course, we will continue...
Many thanks to Judy Shapiro, Laura Shuler, Saundra Lipton and our wonderful readers Zena Drabinsky, Laurence Elman, Tracy Smith and Gary Silberg for making our spring program a delight, even in the unusual circumstances and venue. A recording of the program is now available on...
May is Jewish History month, and we are celebrating! Harry the Historian is making fascinating contributions to our twitter feed @JHSSACalgary, with new memories appearing regularly. While our Central Public Library program debut will have to wait, we are excited to invite you to our spring program,...
The JHSSA office has closed and will remain closed until the Calgary JCC resumes normal operations. We will have remote access to email and voicemail, so if you need to contact us, please do. If you would like to order a tribute card, you can use...
Our next program will be on May 6, which can feel like a long time away from mid January. There are a few opportunities to get a Jewish history boost in the interim that may be of interest: Harry Sanders is giving a talk on March...
The office will be closed starting Friday December 20, and will return to normal hours on January 6. We will be open on the morning of Monday December 30 only for bookkeeping and to process donations received for the 2019 tax year. We look forward to...
Our multi-year grant from the Government of Canada’s Documentary Heritage Communities Program, has allowed us to continue our work on the Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta Archives Backlog project. Since our last website update we have established several subject-specific collections, including Judaica, Local Authors, Military,...