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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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Oct
28
Sun
Genealogy Sundays @ The Jewish Museum
Oct 28 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

For those researchers who feel that they need extra help with their genealogical research, representatives from the Jewish Genealogical Institute of BC are available to assist with genealogical queries. Free access to our databases-(ancestry.com, findmypast.com )  and computers at Jewish Museum & Archives of BC is available on the last Sunday of each month. Phone for appointment, 604-257-5199.

These databases are available for anyone’s use free of charge, during the operating hours of the Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia. A nominal charge will be made for document photocopies. Researchers must book an appointment with the Archivist to use the programs. Appointments will be booked in two hour blocks.

Nov
25
Sun
Genealogy Sundays @ The Jewish Museum
Nov 25 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

For those researchers who feel that they need extra help with their genealogical research, representatives from the Jewish Genealogical Institute of BC are available to assist with genealogical queries. Free access to our databases-(ancestry.com, findmypast.com )  and computers at Jewish Museum & Archives of BC is available on the last Sunday of each month. Phone for appointment, 604-257-5199.

These databases are available for anyone’s use free of charge, during the operating hours of the Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia. A nominal charge will be made for document photocopies. Researchers must book an appointment with the Archivist to use the programs. Appointments will be booked in two hour blocks.

Jan
1
Tue
NEW YEAR’S DAY
Jan 1 all-day

New Year’s Day

Feb
18
Mon
BC FAMILY DAY
Feb 18 all-day

BC Family Day

Aug
5
Mon
BRITISH COLUMBIA DAY
Aug 5 all-day

British Columbia Day (not an official stat holiday) 

Aug
11
Sun
TISH’A B’AV: THE 15th OF AV – NEW YEAR FOR TREES
Aug 11 all-day

Tish’a B’Av and the 3 Weeks: The 15th of Av is a major  fast day remembering the day when the Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed not once but twice. 

Aug
15
Thu
Tu B’Av
Aug 15 – Aug 16 all-day

Holiday of Love

Sep
2
Mon
LABOUR DAY
Sep 2 all-day
Sep
29
Sun
ROSH HASHANAH, JEWISH NEW YEAR
Sep 29 – Oct 1 all-day

Rosh Hashanah, The Jewish New Year, marks the start of the Jewish New Year.  It is both a day of judgment for mankind, as well as an exhilarating time of closeness and reconciliation with God. 

Oct
1
Tue
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.