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Peer Support Services of Jewish Seniors Alliance invites you to celebrate.
Join the Summer BBQ in appreciation of the Certified Peer Support Volunteers of JSA. 
Come and hear from candidates running for the Federal Election as they discuss the topics that matter to you.
Building support for multicultural older adults in Greater Vancouver!
Come and be a part of our dynamic team as we share the unique experiences of aging among cultures. Let’s exchange stories, strategies, and successes in order to enhance each of our organizations.
Join us as we identify commonalities and outline the gaps in service to multi-ethnic seniors. Explore possible solutions to these deficits and develop an action plan that share the information gained at the forum.
To RSVP by October 17th, call 604-732-1555, email office@jsalliance.org
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.
A festival of Jewish thinking, culture and the arts, bringing people of all backgrounds together to experience the rich diversity of Jewish heritage and contemporary thinking. Learn more at Limmud Vancouver.
The Schedule for the events: https://limmudvan20.sched.com/
Erev Limmud – Saturday evening Havdallah, four sessions to choose from, shmooze and nosh.
Sunday – full day of Jewish learning. Kosher lunch – dairy or pareve. Note that there is no advance registration for individual sessions. First come, first seated.
Current ticket pricing applies until January 1, 2020. After that, general admission price rises to $65.00.
Limmud strives to be affordable to all community members. Tickets by donation enable pay-what-you-can pricing.
The actual cost of Limmud is $100 per person. We rely on the generosity of community members to make our dynamic, interactive, world-class day of learning affordable.
Tax receipts are available to donors, along with gratitude.
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.
