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Photograph of the Peretz Centre building taken from the street outside

The Peretz Centre

for Secular Jewish Culture

We believe in a diverse, connected, and engaged Judaism that contributes to a just and compassionate world.

Upcoming Events

  • Tantzhoyz: Yiddish in Motion Community Dance Party
    Tantzhoyz: Yiddish in Motion Community Dance Party
    Thu, Jul 24
    Jul 24, 2025, 7:00 p.m. โ€“ 9:00 p.m.
    Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture, 6184 Ash St, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3G9, Canada
    Join the Yiddish in Motion workshop for a final community dance with live klezmer music, led by Emily Glass
  • Tisha B'Av: Klezmer Instrumental Spoken-Word Workshops & Jam
    Tisha B'Av: Klezmer Instrumental Spoken-Word Workshops & Jam
    Sun, Aug 03
    Aug 03, 2025, 3:00 p.m. โ€“ 6:00 p.m.
    Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture, 6184 Ash St, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3G9, Canada
    Choose from two workshops by renowned performers and teachers, culminating in a collaborative spoken-word and klezmer jam
  • Beit ื‘ื™ืช ุจูŠุช: An Evening of Poetry & Music for Tisha B'Av
    Beit ื‘ื™ืช ุจูŠุช: An Evening of Poetry & Music for Tisha B'Av
    Sun, Aug 03
    Aug 03, 2025, 7:30 p.m. โ€“ 9:00 p.m.
    Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture, 6184 Ash St, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3G9, Canada
    A multi-lingual performance from Zoรซ Aqua, Yonatan Kunda, and Dan Kunda Thagard exploring the traditional themes of destruction and rebuilding, cruelty and compassion, despair and hope
  • Youth-led Fraytik tsu Nakht Cultural Shabbes & Potluck
    Youth-led Fraytik tsu Nakht Cultural Shabbes & Potluck
    Event Series
    Fri, Aug 08
    Aug 08, 2025, 5:00 p.m. โ€“ 8:30 p.m.
    Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture, 6184 Ash St, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3G9, Canada
    For this special summer community event, our monthly Secular Humanist Shabbes celebration and potluck dinner will be youth-led!

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Special Statement from the Board of Directors

November 2023: As a secular, humanist Jewish organization, the Peretz Centre abhors the loss of life and the suffering of all those affected by the Israeli/Hamas conflict and supports all efforts to achieve an early and long lasting solution.

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