Upcoming Events

Gliklekh in Goles is delighted to be partnering with the Peretz Centre to co-produce a Purim shpiel like you've never experienced. Satire! Solidarity! Jew-cy queer critique and so much more...

Our monthly Secular Humanist Shabbes dinner with a screening of the first film to document the American klezmer revival (and then it became part it!)

For our 80th anniversary, learn and sing together the traditional (and some new!) Peretz songs

The Peretz Centre's Annual General Meeting (AGM) is where we share updates and vote in the next Board of Directors.

Learn about what's going on at the Peretz Centre, ask questions, and get involved!

Candles, dreydls, latkes and miracles! The choir will perform songs for Hanukkah in Yiddish, Hebrew, Ladino, and English

Our monthly Secular Humanist Shabbes celebration, potluck, and, for December, a Hanukkah/Khanike Singalong in Yiddish, Hebrew, and English!

Faith Jones examines the work of Yiddish writer Shira Gorshman and explores why she was forgotten, why a revival of interest in her is now underway, and how literary history is created.

Dr. Avia Moore, artistic director of KlezKanada, critically explores the complex and layered meanings of the term Yiddishland, designating at the same time a nation, a lost homeland, and a cultural space.

Yiddish Historian and Performer Dr. Vivi Lachs tells the fascinating story of the London Yiddish stage at the turn of the twentieth century, offering a glimpse into the experiences of Jewish immigration to Britain told from a grassroots perspective.

Dr. Anna Elena Torres presents the fascinating feminist histories of anarchist thought and poetry in Yiddish.

Our monthly Secular Humanist Shabbes celebration, potluck, and, for November, a speaker on the history of Jewish anarchists in New York City

Join us for the Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture's High Holidays Observance as we mark the new Jewish year of 5785!

Our monthly Secular Humanist Shabbes celebration, pot luck, and, to kick off the new season, a guest performance from local Klezmer musicians!

Come hear the latest from the Peretz Board and Executive Directors!

New musical compositions drawn from the archives of leftist Yiddish poetry of the 20th Century. Featuring Brivele and Faith Jones.

Our monthly Secular Humanist Shabbes celebration, pot luck and guest speaker

Mir nemen zikh/We gather round. The choir's first spring concert since the Covid lockdown.