Exhibits for 2022:
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
The View from Damascus Gate: Travels to Israel, 1855-2018
- photographs of Jerusalem taken in 1860, Jewish antiquities, stories of travels to the Holy Land
Shaarei Zedek Synagogue (Conservative and Egalitarian)
Events in 2022:
Saturday, October 22 to Thursday, October 27 - The Ninth Annual Saint John Jewish Film Festival - go to our Saint John Film Festival page for 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:
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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWXV1EuEK1w&t=964s
Lecture 3 - When Religion is Negative: The Pitfalls of Belief
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vVC3hvmEQY&t=459s
Lecture 4 - The Anatomy of Cults and the Holocaust
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_491GF8S6k&t=4158s
Judaism in Context Lecture Series, Part II (2021) - presented by Dan Elman
Lecture 1 - When Religion Goes Wrong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEl3xl1wxVs
Lecture 2 - An Evolution Towards Today: The Axial Age, Mysticism, Polytheism and Monotheism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCcmZ3NJTdM
Lecture 3 - The Eternal Triangle: From Moses to Plato to Jung
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoRSTHIYzzg
Travels to Israel Lecture Series, 2021
Cassie Stanley - Rev. William Mead Jones: An American Missionary Family Living in the Holy Land, 1854-1860
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk1bw6LuaKU
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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg2x6N_Hrmc
Mark Hemmings - Capturing Modern Israel: A Photographic Journey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hijKuMtsimk
Anna Morneault - From Har Nof, Jerusalem to Rothesay, New Brunswick – a life journey from my perspective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR3C4SfMSLw
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