Coming of Age - A History of the Jewish People of Manitoba
Author: Allan Levine
Publisher: Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada
Released: May 14, 2009
The JHC is pleased to have worked with noted author Allan Levine on a book chronicling the history of the Jewish people of Manitoba. This is now THE definitive book defining our local heritage.
Creating a Culture, Forging an Identity
The Jewish People of Manitoba
Now on Display - Asper Campus
This is the exhibit currently on display in the newly re-opened Marion & Ed Vickar Jewish Museum of Western Canada. View the exhibits anytime during Asper Campus hours.
Re-Dedication
The Freeman Family Foundation Holocaust Education Centre
End of August 2009
We will be rededicating our Holocaust Education Centre with a new look and a move of the Boxcar doors to the entrance. This will coincide with a dinner honouring Rabbi Peretz Weizman.
Jewish Cemetery Photography Project
Winter 2008/09
We have completed digitally photographing all the Jewish cemetery stones in Manitoba. This will update the 15,000 headstone photographs that we took and catalogued 10 years ago. We hope to make the photos available for purchase on this website once they have all been organized and indexed.
Expanding Our Archives
This is an ever-ongoing activity of the JHC, but is once again being actively acted on by our Archives and Acquisitions Committee. The JHC will preserve your family's collections and artifacts as they pertain to the Jewish history of Western Canada. Monty Hall recently pledged his collection to us. Preserve your history with us.
Our Digitization Project
Plans are underway to digitize all our material and make it available from our website.
The Garment Industry in Manitoba
A major exhibit, curated by Stan Carbone.
To be on display at a downtown Winnipeg location during the spring of 2010.
If you would like more information about any of our programs or projects, please .
Preserving the Past. A Gift to the Future
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. Call: (204) 477-7460
DVD 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
from the Conference. This first-of-its-kind documentation of local Manitoba Jewish Radicalism is part of the JHC's Jewish Life and Times series. See our Radicalism Conference page for more details and the complete Table of Contents.
Price: $15 JHC members, $20 non-members.
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?
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.
Together, we can ensure our heritage is preserved -
the greatest gift we can give to future generations.
