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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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Nov
3
Sun
FALL SYMPOSIUM: Privacy & Security in the Internet Age
Nov 3 @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

The Fall Symposium Speaker is Floyd Smith from COSCO Seniors’ Health and Wellness Institute. He will speak about 

  1. Risk vs Benefit
  2. Comparison of Different Home and Mobile Computer systems
  3. Home and Mobile Security 
  4. Password Management Software
  5. Infections and Vaccinations
  6. Internet of Things
  7. Email and Texting
  8. Social Media
  9. Online banking
  10. Online Shopping  
Nov
5
Tue
YOM HA ALIYAH (school observance)
Nov 5 all-day

Yom HaAliyah (school observance) 

Nov
11
Mon
REMEMBRANCE DAY
Nov 11 all-day

Remembrance Day

Nov
20
Wed
Temple Sholom: Program with Larry Garfinkel on Indigenous Art
Nov 20 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Sixty Plus Group Meeting: Chair Yoga, lunch and a program with Larry Garfinkel on Indigenous Art and other topics, including Reconciliation as an issue for the Jewish community. 

RSVP to 604-266-7190

Nov
23
Sat
BI: Heroic Journey from Ethiopia to Jerusalem
Nov 23 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am

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 

Nov
26
Tue
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

 

Nov
29
Fri
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.

Dec
8
Sun
BI: Leah, Teddy and the Mandolin Documentary (Jewish South Africa)
Dec 8 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

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. 

Dec
23
Mon
CHANUKAH: FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS
Dec 23 – Dec 30 all-day

Chanukah: The Jewish Festival of Rededication, also known as the Festival of Lights

Dec
25
Wed
CHRISTMAS DAY
Dec 25 all-day

CHRISTMAS DAY