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...
The JHSSA office will be closed for Rosh Hashana on Wednesday September 20 & Thursday September 21. We will reopen as usual on Monday September 25. We will close for Sukkot on Thursday October 5, and reopen on Monday October 16. Shana Tova umetukah. May your new...
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...
The highlight of every history buff's calendar, Historic Calgary Week is fast approaching. The 11 day event is organized by Chinook Country Historical Society, and includes the participation of over 40 organizations in and around Calgary, including JHSSA. A full schedule of events can be found...
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...
We have shifted our office hours slightly, to better reflect the times our office sees the most traffic. As always, it is possible to book appointments outside of our office hours if needed. The new hours are as follows: MONDAY 9 am – 12:30...
Our office will be closed between April 6th and April 19th, 2017 for Pesach. Chag Sameach!...
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 –...