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Please note, due to COVID-19, events listed on our Events Calendar may have been temporarily suspended. Please contact the hosting organizations to check their status.

 

Event viewing instructions:

1.  You will see the events of the whole month, in small segments, in the colour of the organization, with the title of the event and the time,
2.  Put your cursor on the event and you will see a small pop-up box with the name of the event, the time and price,
3.  Now left double-click on the event itself: a full -page window will open, with all the information about the event. This window has a white background and black distinctive easy- to- see writing.
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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF OLDER PERSONS
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF OLDER PERSONS
Oct 1 all-day
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF OLDER PERSONS
The International Day of Older Persons is observed on October 1 each year. On December 14, 1990 the United Nations General Assembly voted to establish October 1 as the International Day of Older Persons as recorded in Resolution 45/106. The holiday was observed for the first time on October 1, 1991.  
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Sukkot
Sukkot
Oct 2 – Oct 9 all-day
Sukkot   Begins sunset of  Friday, October 2, 2020 Ends nightfall of  Friday, October 9, 2020   The seven days of Sukkot—celebrated by dwelling in the sukkah, taking the Four Kinds, and rejoicing—is the holiday when we expose ourselves to the elements in covered huts, commemorating G‑d’s sheltering our ancestors as they traveled from Egypt to the Promised Land. The[...]
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Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah
Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah
Oct 10 – Oct 11 all-day
Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah   Begins sunset of  Friday, October 9, 2020 Ends nightfall of  Sunday, October 11, 2020   Following the seven joyous days of Sukkot, comes the happy holiday known as Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah.
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THANKSGIVING
THANKSGIVING
Oct 12 all-day
THANKSGIVING
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Oct
1
Thu
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF OLDER PERSONS
Oct 1 all-day

The International Day of Older Persons is observed on October 1 each year. On December 14, 1990 the United Nations General Assembly voted to establish October 1 as the International Day of Older Persons as recorded in Resolution 45/106. The holiday was observed for the first time on October 1, 1991.

 

Oct
2
Fri
Sukkot
Oct 2 – Oct 9 all-day
Sukkot
 
 
The seven days of Sukkot—celebrated by dwelling in the sukkah, taking the Four Kinds, and rejoicing—is the holiday when we expose ourselves to the elements in covered huts, commemorating G‑d’s sheltering our ancestors as they traveled from Egypt to the Promised Land. The Four Kinds express our unity and our belief in G‑d’s omnipresence. Coming after the solemn High Holidays, it is a time of joy and happiness
Oct
10
Sat
Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah
Oct 10 – Oct 11 all-day
Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah
 
 
Following the seven joyous days of Sukkot, comes the happy holiday known as Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah.
Oct
12
Mon
THANKSGIVING
Oct 12 all-day

THANKSGIVING

Nov
11
Wed
REMEMBRANCE DAY
Nov 11 all-day

Remembrance Day

Nov
22
Sun
JSA Virtual Fall Symposium: How Well Do Treatments Prevent COVID-19
Nov 22 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

JSA Virtual Fall Symposium: How well do treatments prevent COVID, shingles, heart disease, diabetes and anything else that might ail you?

Date: Sunday, November 22nd at 2:00 p.m. on Zoom

Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/94417342670?pwd=ZkhJODJXNG9PMm4veVlZWFFYYk1Xdz09

To listen from your phone, call 778-907-2071. You will be prompted to enter the following: Meeting ID: 944 1734 2670, Passcode: 972344

Bio: Dr. James McCormack received his undergraduate pharmacy degree at the University of British Columbia in 1982 and received his doctorate in pharmacy (Pharm.D.) in 1986 from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina.

He has had extensive experience, both locally and internationally, talking to health professionals and consumers about the rational use of medication, and has presented over 500 seminars on drug therapy over the last 30 years.

He focuses on shared decision-making using evidence based information and rational therapeutic principles and he is also the co-host of a very popular weekly podcast called the Best Science (BS) Medicine podcast.

Dec
10
Thu
Chanukah
Dec 10 @ 5:54 am – Dec 18 @ 6:54 am
Chanukah
 
 
Chanukah commemorates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem after a group of Jewish warriors defeated the occupying mighty Greek armies.
Dec
25
Fri
CHRISTMAS DAY
Dec 25 all-day

CHRISTMAS DAY

Tenth of Tevet
Dec 25 all-day
Fast of Tevet 10
 
 
On Asarah B’Tevet, the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tevet, in the year 3336 from Creation (425 BCE), the armies of the Babylonian emperor Nebuchadnezzar laid siege to Jerusalem. Asarah B’Tevet (this year, December 25, 2020) is observed as a day of fasting, mourning and repentance.
Dec
26
Sat
BOXING DAY
Dec 26 all-day

Boxing Day (not an official Statutory holiday)