Pesach Hours 2017
April 6, 2017
Our office will be closed between April 6th and April 19th, 2017 for Pesach. Chag Sameach!...
Past News & Events
Building Community: HCW Walking tour of Historic Jewish Calgary
March 23, 2017
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...
Sacred Treasure: The Cairo Genizah
March 29, 2017 7:00 pm
Calgary JCC
March 7, 2017
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 –...
Canada 150 tour test page
February 21, 2017
Welcome to the Canada 150 tour test page. Hopefully the only people reading this are involved in the Building Community Tour project. As the name implies, it is intended to test things out, before publishing our actual tour. If you have found this page in...
All in the Family: The Genealogy Edition
February 14, 2017 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Calgary JCC Lobby
Drop by the Calgary JCC lobby, JHSSA genealogy guru, Ken Drabinsky, will be on hand to answer questions and give guidance in family history research, just in time for family day!...
Journey of Discovery with Izak Paul
February 5, 2017 2:00pm
Calgary JCC
In his illustrated presentation, Izak Paul will recount how a vacation trip to Prague and Vienna developed into an emotional journey, a “journey of discovery” about the fate of his paternal grandparents and great-grandparents who were murdered in the Holocaust. He has documented each stage...
Sunday Genealogy Workshops
Sunday March 26, May 7, May 28 and June 25 7:00-9:00pm
Temple B'nai Tikvah: 900 47 Ave SW (West Door)
January 18, 2017
Following the success of the Genealogy sessions offered last year, our Chair of Genealogy, Ken Drabinsky, has decided to offer a series of free, drop-in workshops on Sundays throughout the year. These will be more informal sessions with group and one-on-one discussion in which Ken...
Veteran’s Affairs Grant Completed: December 31, 2016
December 30, 2016
Our Southern Alberta Jewish Veterans of World War I & II Database has been significantly enhanced through a project completed thanks to grant funding from Veterans Affairs Canada. At the end of 2015, JHSSA received a Veterans Affairs grant to review service files held by Library...
Upcoming Genealogy Workshops- Updated
November 21, 2016
Ken Drabinsky, our board's Genealogy chair, is once again offering winter workshops in partnership with Temple B'nai Tikvah. These will be open workshops to assist people with their family trees using Online resources. Workshops will take place on the last Sunday of the month starting in...