Exhibits and Events
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
The Changing Role of Jewish Women in Saint John
Celebrating 150 Years of Jewish Life in Saint John, New Brunswick
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