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The Peretz Centre building on Ash Street in Vancouver

The Peretz Centre

for Secular Jewish Culture

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

6184 Ash Street, Vancouver, BC

info@peretz-centre.org

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Upcoming Events

  • Co-Resistance in the West Bank: How Jews and Israelis are Joining the Fight for Justice
    Co-Resistance in the West Bank: How Jews and Israelis are Joining the Fight for Justice
    Thu, Sep 04
    Sep 04, 2025, 5:00 p.m. โ€“ 6:30 p.m. PDT
    Online OR at the Peretz Centre, 6184 Ash St, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3G9, Canada
    Organizers and activists Anna Lippman and Daniel Roth share updates from co-resistance work on the ground amid rapidly escalating violence and displacement in the West Bank
  • Lake Burntshore: VPL Book Talk with Aaron Kreuter
    Lake Burntshore: VPL Book Talk with Aaron Kreuter
    Sat, Sep 13
    Sep 13, 2025, 2:00 p.m. โ€“ 3:00 p.m.
    VPL Central Library (Downtown), 350 W Georgia St, Vancouver, BC V6B 6B1, Canada
    A book talk presented in partnership with the Vancouver Public Library exploring issues of colonialism and belonging
  • KlezWest Monthly Klezmer Jam
    KlezWest Monthly Klezmer Jam
    Event Series
    Sun, Sep 14
    Sep 14, 2025, 2:00 p.m. โ€“ 5:00 p.m.
    Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture, 6184 Ash St, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3G9, Canada
    Join a jam session of klezmer music and Yiddish dance (all instruments and musicians welcome)
  • Raging in Diaspora: A Writing Workshop with Aaron Kreuter
    Raging in Diaspora: A Writing Workshop with Aaron Kreuter
    Sun, Sep 14
    Sep 14, 2025, 4:00 p.m. โ€“ 6:00 p.m.
    Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture, 6184 Ash St, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3G9, Canada
    Fiction writer, poet, and academic Aaron Kreuter offers an interactive workshop on Jewish diasporic fiction
  • Peretz Papirshnit Prep Party & Workshop for the High Holidays
    Peretz Papirshnit Prep Party & Workshop for the High Holidays
    Sat, Sep 27
    Sep 27, 2025, 2:00 p.m. โ€“ 5:00 p.m.
    Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture, 6184 Ash St, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3G9, Canada
    Join us in preparing for the Peretz High Holidays on Sept. 28 with papercut art decorations and a workshop by Elijah Holstein

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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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