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Here is What's Happening at the JHCWC
Panel Presentation: Argentine Jews in Winnipeg
The History of Jewish Farm Settlements in Western Canada Jewish Cemetery Project
Expanding Our Archives
Let us present a glimpse into our future ...Throughout the last year the JHC has been moving towards a future very different from its past. It is "reinventing" itself, determining how to maintain, augment, and add to the multitude of services it provides, how to make its activities more widely known and its materials more widely available, how to increase its support in the community, and how to exhibit its collection in the most effective and visible ways. The JHC has availed itself of the expertise of professionals in materials digitization, archival records management, and in exhibit design. What you'll see The Marion and Ed Vickar Jewish Museum of Western Canada will be transformed into a visually dynamic environment offering viewers in-depth information about topics and ideas integral to the understanding of our community. Three large windows and one large exhibit case are proposed for installation at the front of the former Museum space, and five large windows will be
installed along the west wall of the Elaine and Percy Goldberg Family Walkway which leads from the Asper Campus lobby through to the Shenkarow Family Administration Centre, the site
of the offices of several Jewish community organizations on Campus. The east wall of the Walkway will become a photographic gallery. Themes planned for the windows are: Judaism and
Israel from both secular and religious perspectives; immigration; genealogy and family histories; the world of work; organizational life; cultural life; political life; and war. The
windows and Walkway will be well lit and wired for electronic use; viewers will, for example, be able to listen to oral history interviews and to search a computer database while
viewing a window. The materials in the exhibits will be displayed on a rotating basis. Additional exhibit cases and kiosks will be found in the Campus entry rotunda and along Main Street, displays will be developed specific to the organizations located in the Shenkarow Centre, and an exhibit on sports and another on education will be placed at the Rady Centre and the Gray Academy of Jewish Education, respectively. Digitization The material in our collection is reflective of the social history of lives and events in the Jewish community over more than a century. In order to
help us present this material, we will be digitizing the entire collection, and making it available on-line. This means that our photographs, Jewish newspapers, cemetery
information, oral histories, manuscripts, Yiddish music collections, and films will all be available to anyone-anywhere-any time by means of a computer search. In addition, the
artifacts in the collection will be digitally photographed so that they, too, can be accessed on-line.
Preserving the Past. A Gift to the FutureDVD of: Mr Justice Samuel Freedman Exhibit and Opening This DVD is available for $25 from the JHC Office. Jewish Radicalism in Winnipeg 1905-1960 Following up on our very successful Radicalism Conference, we have produced a book of papers The JHC Activity Book 2003 This combined archival document / day-timer / prize journal was a project to both fundraise, and to make interesting and useful heritage materials available to the general public. It contains snapshots documenting Jewish Education in Winnipeg and is still available for $15 or a donation of your choice. Want to know more about it? Entertainment Books Entertainment books are available at the JHCWC office. Cost $32.00 per book. Our society gets a percentage of all proceeds. Entertainment books are also available via the Internet. You may order an Entertainment Book via: http://www.entertainment.com and enter our number 91872. We will get credit for any books ordered. The book will be mailed to you. Tribute Cards Remember the Jewish Heritage Centre the next time you want to send out a commemorative card for a special occasion or in memory of a family member
or acquaintance. Our Musical Heritage Project Book "100 Years of Jewish Musicians and Music in Winnipeg" is still available from the , as well as synagogue gift shops in Winnipeg, the Gwen Secter Creative Living Centre and McNally Robinson's Grant Park Location. Available online for $19.95 plus shipping from McNally Robinson. Join Us! Paid membership is the lifeblood of our organization. It shows that you are committed in helping to preserve, promote and present the tangible and visible records of our Jewish heritage. Your membership support strengthens our position in applying for grants from funding agencies and in raising additional funds in the community. Please join us!
Without our history, we have no future.
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