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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

  • Settler (Dis)placement: Interrogating Home on Coast Salish Territories
    Settler (Dis)placement: Interrogating Home on Coast Salish Territories
    Sat, Apr 11
    Apr 11, 2026, 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
    Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture, 6184 Ash St, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3G9, Canada
    An art show featuring five local activist-artists from diverse Jewish cultures and who share a personal or ancestral history of immigration onto unceded, stolen Indigenous land
  • Kindervelt: Jewish Storytime for Kids at the Peretz Centre
    Kindervelt: Jewish Storytime for Kids at the Peretz Centre
    Event Series
    Sun, Apr 12
    Apr 12, 2026, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
    Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture, 6184 Ash St, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3G9, Canada
    Open up a world of Jewish cultural stories for children! All kids age 6 and under are invited to join us for an hour of stories, songs, and a craft
  • KlezWest Monthly Klezmer Jam & Dance
    KlezWest Monthly Klezmer Jam & Dance
    Event Series
    Sun, Apr 12
    Apr 12, 2026, 2:00 p.m. – 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 (all instruments and musicians welcome), this month with Yiddish dancing!
  • Fraytik tsu Nakht Cultural Shabbes & Potluck
    Fraytik tsu Nakht Cultural Shabbes & Potluck
    Event Series
    Fri, Apr 17
    Apr 17, 2026, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
    Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture, 6184 Ash St, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3G9, Canada
    Our monthly Secular Humanist Shabbes celebration, potluck, and for April's after-dinner learning, guest speaker Bob Ages shares from his experience working with Wet'suwet'en land defenders and what it means to be a settler ally in the fight against ecocide
  • A Labour of Love: A Brief History of the Jewish Independent
    A Labour of Love: A Brief History of the Jewish Independent
    Mon, Apr 27
    Apr 27, 2026, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. PDT
    Online
    Cynthia Ramsay tells the history of the 96-year-old Jewish Independent, British Columbia's Jewish community newspaper and the most continuous record of local Jewish communal life

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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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