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Former Mossad Agent, Yola Reitman, shares her leading role in “Operation Brothers” to rescue Ethiopian Jews”.
9:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service
10:30 a.m. Special Speaker Yola Reitman
The second annual Changing Landscapes forum will showcase a variety of innovative housing choices that enable everyone to remain in the community as we age and our capacities change.
This is an opportunity to explore these models and consider how these models could be available in the Jewish community.
Four panelists will speak about a variety of housing models and living arrangements that facilitate aging in place.
Following the presentations, participants will have an opportunity to meet with individual panel members to discuss the models in more detail.
Keynote Speaker: Dan Levitt, Executive Director, Tabor Village
Everyone welcome. Free of charge.
To help us plan for refreshments, please RSVP to sberger@jewishvancouver.com
Join us for our first Empowerment Series with Shanie Levin and Myrna Rabinowitz . Shanie will read stories that inspire and Myrna will sing songs in that vein. Most of the stories and songs will be translations from Yiddish.
Cosponsored by Sholom Aleichem Seniors of the Vancouver Peretz Centre and JSA Snider Foundation Empowerment Series.
Free – Drop-ins Welcome.
Using 1o years of archival footage, Leah, Teddy and the Mandolin showcases the Annual Leah Todres Yiddish Song Festival, which was held in Cape Town. The documentary features stirring renditions of classic Yiddish songs like “Romania Romania” and “Mayn Shtetele Belz,” as well as two original songs written for the festival by Hal Shaper, a renowned songwriter, which are sung with passion by talented South African Jews of all Ages.
Optimism and Hope: Erasing the Stigma of Mental Illness, Addiction & Homelessness
A panel discussion with Shelley Rivkin, Planning, Allocations and Community Affairs, Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver; Peggy Allen, Entrepreneur and Volunteer; Jordan Bowman, Youth Worker, The Last Door, New Westminster.
Come learn about: Social service needs and resources in the Jewish Community. One woman’s journey from Vigilante to Volunteer. Jordan’s Story, From Addiction to Recovery.
Music of the Heart stars Meryl Streep, Angela Bassett, and Cloris Leachman. The film is based on the true story of the founder of the Opus 118 Harlem School of Music.
Th film was nominated for 11 awards, including 2 Academy Award nominations.
It runs 2 hours, screening starts at 11 am. We will start with coffee and sweets.
Cosponsored by JCC Adults 55+. Donation of $5.00 suggested. RSVP. Drop-Ins Welcome
CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO COVID-19 CONCERNS
Music to fill the heart and soul with Wendy Bross Stuart, Lisa Osipov Milton, Kat Palmer and David Yurist. Plus a special guest. They will sing in Yiddish, Hebrew, Ladino and English.
The English songs will be from musical theatre written by Jewish composers on a Jewish theme. Solos, duets and full ensemble singing.
Program cosponsored by Temple Sholom 60+ by Donation
Lunch $10 – RSVP by May 14th – Lunch is Optional
Lynn is a distinguished scholar of the poet, mystic and political activist Thomas Merton. She is the editor of the first comprehensive selection of his poetry and is Professor Emeritus of English Literature, Trinity Western University. Additional areas of scholarship included Literature & Spirituality and Christian mysticism. In her retirement, Lynn serves as a spiritual director, a mentor to writers and a facilitator of a book club group for the National Council of Jewish Women. She also has a lot of fun hosting salons in her home and terrorizing the local population in her wheelchair!
Annual General Meeting (AGM) – Jewish Seniors Alliance of Greater Vancouver
Thursday, September 10th, 2020
5:00 pm Via Zoom – Registration Required
Please email: office@jsalliance.org by September 7th to receive the meeting invitation
Call for a Board Member Nomination due by August 26th
Please note: Only paid up members of the Society are eligible to vote at the AGM.
