Upcoming Events

Our monthly Secular Humanist Shabbes celebration, potluck dinner, and for May, Daniel Carkner shares his latest archival research on the rich cultural and political life of immigrant Jewish mutual aid societies in NYC, from their rise at the turn of the 20th century to their decline.

A Seattle-based duo who braid together Yiddish song, anti-fascist and labor balladry, folk-punk, and contemporary rabble-rousing in stirring vocal harmony.

Join a jam session of klezmer music and Yiddish dance (all instruments and musicians welcome)

Secular Humanist hagaddah, Holocaust memorial service, traditional Pesach meal (vegan option), Vancouver Jewish Folk Choir

Join us in preparing for our April 6th seder festivities!

Join a jam session of klezmer music and Yiddish dance (all instruments and musicians welcome)

Our monthly Secular Humanist Shabbes celebration, potluck, and, for March, guest speaker Braden Russell will explore the ways in which queer Jews are forging new ways to engage with Jewish identity, tradition, and history through their art.

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.

Our monthly Secular Humanist Shabbes celebration, potluck, and an engaging guest speaker!

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.