Exhibits for 2023:
Immigration to Saint John
- there were four waves of immigration - from England, Eastern Europe, post Second World War and from Israel
Preparing for the Sabbath
- antique stove and video showing the making of bagels, ca. 1974
From the Cradle to the Grave
- explore Jewish holy days, customs and lifecycle events
Coming of Age: Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah Celebrations"
- find out why there was no Bar Mitzvah like a Saint John Bar Mitzvah - invitations, kipahs, and memorabilia galore
Shaarei Zedek Synagogue (Conservative and Egalitarian)
Events in 2023:
Saturday, October 14 to Thursday, October 19 - The Tenth Annual Saint John Jewish Film Festival - with a special tribute to event founder, Lloyd Goldsmith - check go to our Saint John Film Festival page for more information.
Virtual Exhibits:
Past to Present: Generations of Jewish Life in Saint John
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/community-stories_histoires-de-chez-nous/150-years-jewish-history-stjohn_150-ans-vie-juive-stjohn/
The Changing Role of Jewish Women in Saint John
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/sgc-cms/histoires_de_chez_nous-community_memories/pm_v2.php?lg=English&ex=00000538&fl=0&id=exhibit_home
Celebrating 150 Years of Jewish Life in Saint John, New Brunswick
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/sgc-cms/histoires_de_chez_nous-community_memories/pm_v2.php?id=exhibit_home&fl=0&lg=English&ex=00000725
Open for Business
Virtual Tour of the former Shaarei Zedek Synagogue building on Carleton Street, Saint John
http://www.synagogues360.org/synagogues.php?/ident=canada_003
Saint John Jewish Historical Museum YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@saintjohnjewishhistoricalm8938/videos :
Following Their Footsteps / Every Stone Tells A Story - Walking Tours, 2023
Coming Soon
Commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day, 2022
Featuring the family stories of Harry Rajchgot and Dora Nicinski
Travels to Israel Lecture Series, 2021
Cassie Stanley - Rev. William Mead Jones: An American Missionary Family Living in the Holy Land, 1854-1860
Leslie Isaacs Ram - Life on Kibbutz Degania Bet, 1965-1985
Teri Levine - Jewish National Fund Visit to Israel November 2000 Honouring Senator Erminie Joy Cohen and The Planting of the New Brunswick Forest in the Negev
Mark Hemmings - Capturing Modern Israel: A Photographic Journey
Anna Morneault - From Har Nof, Jerusalem to Rothesay, New Brunswick – a life journey from my perspective
Judaism in Context Lecture Series, Part II (2021) - presented by Dan Elman
Lecture 1 - When Religion Goes Wrong
Lecture 2 - An Evolution Towards Today: The Axial Age, Mysticism, Polytheism and Monotheism
Lecture 3 - The Eternal Triangle: From Moses to Plato to Jung
Judaism in Context Lecture Series, Part I (2019) - presented by Dan Elman
Lecture 1 - The Myth Dream: The History of Prophets and Messiahs
Lecture 2 - The Eternal Triad
Lecture 3 - When Religion is Negative: The Pitfalls of Belief
Lecture 4 - The Anatomy of Cults and the Holocaust
Online Presentations from the Saint John Jewish History can also be found here:
A Glimpse into the Jewish History in Saint John, New Brunswick - Houston Congregation for Reform Judaism (January 2021)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fen7Espfefk
The Archives Roadshow - Jewish Public Library, Montreal (November 2022)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE-m5peyODg&t=1991s