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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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JSA Gala: A Night in the Catskills – Jewish Humour Then and Now 6:00 pm
JSA Gala: A Night in the Catskills – Jewish Humour Then and Now
Mar 17 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
JSA Gala: A Night in the Catskills - Jewish Humour Then and Now @ Schara Tzedeck Synagogue
  Join us for A Fun(d)raising Gala in honour of JSA’s 20th Anniversary A Night in the Catskills: Jewish Humour Then and Now A showcase of great comedic talent featuring special appearances by members of Vancouver’s Jewish Community and a video presentation of comedic legends. Sunday March 17th at 6pm At Schara Tzedeck Synagogue | 3476 Oak Street Tickets: $118*[...]
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JSA – Phyliss and Irving Snider Foundation Empowerment Series: Learning About our Jewish Museum and Archives 11:00 am
JSA – Phyliss and Irving Snider Foundation Empowerment Series: Learning About our Jewish Museum and Archives
Mar 27 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
JSA - Phyliss and Irving Snider Foundation Empowerment Series: Learning About our Jewish Museum and Archives @ Zoom
  JSA – Phyliss and Irving Snider Foundation Empowerment Series: Learning About our Jewish Museum and Archives   Wednesday, March 27th at 11:00 a.m. on Zoom Join us to meet Elana Wenner, Director of Programming and Development at JMA, who will share with us the history of this amazing organization, their initiatives and ways we can support keeping our legacy[...]
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THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE: HOUSING CHOICES OF THE FUTURE
Nov 26 @ 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm

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

 

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JSA Empowerment #1 BE INSPIRED THROUGH STORY AND SONG
Nov 29 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

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.

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Empowerment Series #2 BE INSPIRED, MOVIE “Music of the Heart”
Mar 11 @ 11:00 am – 1:30 pm

 

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

 

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CANCELLED: JSA SPRING FORUM: Concert-WITH A SONG IN MY HEART
Mar 29 @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

 

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. 

 

 

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Empowerment Series Be Inspired #3 – Outwitting Adversity: The Story of an Inspiring Woman
May 20 @ 11:45 am – 2:00 pm

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!

 

 

 

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Jewish Seniors Alliance Annual General Meeting
Sep 10 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

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.

 

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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.

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JSA Snider Foundation Virtual Empowerment Series #2 2020-21: Gerontology Research Panel
Jan 15 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

JSA Snider Foundation Virtual Empowerment Series #2 2020-21: Gerontology Research Panel
Time: Jan 15, 2021 11:00 AM Vancouver

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/96614146777?pwd=M3I2bWJiWklJWkF4U3BnNlg2eE82dz09

Meeting ID: 966 1414 6777
Passcode: 405281

To listen from your phone call 778-907-2071. You will be prompted to enter the following: Meeting ID: 966 1414 6777, Passcode: 405281

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JSA Snider Foundation Virtual Empowerment Series #3: Discover the Power of Your Breath
May 4 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

JSA Snider Foundation Virtual Empowerment Series #3 2020-21: Discover the Power of Your Breath

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/95279891330?pwd=V2lEVWYrd05wTEdIVk9BK1ZDcS9rZz09

Meeting ID: 952 7989 1330
Passcode: 089608

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JSA Snider Foundation Virtual Empowerment Series: A Concert for the Soul
Jun 28 @ 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm

JSA Snider Foundation Virtual Empowerment Series 2021: A Concert for the Soul
June 28, 2021  at 1:00 PM on Zoom

Join Zoom Meeting:
https://zoom.us/j/92701375460?pwd=S0ZkQkkzVWdWN2RqRmlTalN2S3RYZz09

Meeting ID: 927 0137 5460
Passcode: 130101

To listen from your phone, call 778-907-2071. You will be prompted to enter the following: Meeting ID: 927 0137 5460, Passcode: 130101