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Past News & Events


JHSSA is looking for a self-motivated student with an interest in history and high attention to detail to work in our archives. The job is part of a multi-year project to organize and catalogue our archival holdings with the help of a Documentary Heritage Communities...


Thanks to a multi-year grant from the Government of Canada’s Documentary Heritage Communities Program, we have been able to continue our work on the Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta Archives Backlog Project. Since our last website update we have processed over 6 meters of additional...

January 16, 2018 at 1 PM
Calgary JCC

Join archivist and researcher Roberta Kerr for reflections on the development of the Jewish community of Lethbridge and area, as revealed through documents and photographs. ...

Thursday October 25, 2018
Calgary JCC

    Minister of Tourism and Culture, Ricardo Miranda Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta Special AGM Program                                                                                                       Thursday, October 25, 2018 at 7:30 pm at the Calgary JCC Our 28th AGM program will feature Alberta’s Minister of Tourism and Culture Ricardo...

Sunday November 11, 2018; time to be announced
Beth Tzedec Synagogue

Presented in partnership with the Beth Tzedec Jewish Film Festival                                                                      ...

Thursday August 23, 7 to 9 pm
Galt Museum and Archives 502 1st Street South Lethbridge

Roberta Kerr  will be presenting a session at the Galt Museum and Archives  highlighting the stories of Jewish life in Lethbridge....

Sunday August 5 3:30 to 4:30
Memorial Park Library

During Historic Calgary Week, JHSSA will be sponsoring a talk by Prof Don Smith " A Colourful Life: Morris "Two-Gun" Cohen and the Chinese Community"  Sunday August 5, 3:30 to 4:30 at the Memorial Park Library.  For more information on Morris Cohen see the CBC...