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The Peretz Centre building on Ash Street in Vancouver

The Peretz Centre

for Secular Jewish Culture

We believe in a diverse, connected, and engaged Judaism that contributes to a just and compassionate world.

6184 Ash Street, Vancouver, BC

info@peretz-centre.org

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Upcoming Events

  • KlezWest Monthly Klezmer Jam
    KlezWest Monthly Klezmer Jam
    Event Series
    Sun, Jan 11
    Jan 11, 2026, 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
    Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture, 6184 Ash St, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3G9, Canada
    Join a jam session of klezmer music (all instruments and musicians welcome)
  • Fraytik tsu Nakht Cultural Shabbes & Potluck
    Fraytik tsu Nakht Cultural Shabbes & Potluck
    Event Series
    Fri, Jan 16
    Jan 16, 2026, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
    Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture, 6184 Ash St, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3G9, Canada
    Our monthly Secular Humanist Shabbes celebration, potluck dinner, and for January's after-dinner learning, David Catzel helps us rethink our relationship to the food systems that sustain us, and learn how colonization feeds off their destruction
  • Give Alms to the Jewish King Lear: Eldercare in Yiddish Literature
    Give Alms to the Jewish King Lear: Eldercare in Yiddish Literature
    Zhargon Speaker Series
    Sun, Jan 25
    Jan 25, 2026, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. PST
    Online
    Dr. Gabriella Safran asks how Jewish migrants around the turn of the 20th century used literature, plays, and songs to work through questions about caring for elderly family members they left behind
  • Peretz Centre AGM 2026
    Peretz Centre AGM 2026
    Sun, Jan 25
    Jan 25, 2026, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
    Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture, 6184 Ash St, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3G9, Canada
    The Peretz Centre's Annual General Meeting (AGM) is where we reflect on the year, share updates, and vote in new members to the Board of Directors.

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Special Statement from the Board of Directors

November 2023: As a secular, humanist Jewish organization, the Peretz Centre abhors the loss of life and the suffering of all those affected by the Israeli/Hamas conflict and supports all efforts to achieve an early and long lasting solution.

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