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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

  • Fraytik tsu Nakht Cultural Shabbes & Potluck
    Fraytik tsu Nakht Cultural Shabbes & Potluck
    Event Series
    Fri, Feb 20
    Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture
    Feb 20, 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, and for this February's after-dinner learning, Jess Goldman brings us profound questions about culture, history, and the way we understand it with a discussion of "An-ski, Ethnographic Performance, and History's Phantom Limbs"
  • Christina & The Zamlers: The Lost Klezmer Music of the An-ski Expeditions
    Christina & The Zamlers: The Lost Klezmer Music of the An-ski Expeditions
    Sat, Feb 21
    Or Shalom (at Cityview Church)
    Feb 21, 2026, 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
    Or Shalom (at Cityview Church), 4370 Sophia St, Vancouver, BC V5V 3V7, Canada
    Or Shalom's Light in Winter Concert Series presents, in partnership with the Peretz Centre and KlezWest, a unique exploration of lost musical manuscripts with Christina Crowder, Maia Brown, Jimmy Austin, and Mae Kessler
  • Klezmer & Yiddish Dance Workshops with Christina Crowder and Maia Brown
    Klezmer & Yiddish Dance Workshops with Christina Crowder and Maia Brown
    Sun, Feb 22
    Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture
    Feb 22, 2026, 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
    Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture, 6184 Ash St, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3G9, Canada
    Deepen your connection to Yiddish culture through movement and music with two workshops, offered by celebrated klezmorim and teachers Maia Brown and Christina Crowder
  • KlezWest Monthly Klezmer Jam
    KlezWest Monthly Klezmer Jam
    Event Series
    Sun, Mar 15
    Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture
    Mar 15, 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)
  • Peretz Community Passover Seder 2026
    Peretz Community Passover Seder 2026
    Sun, Mar 29
    Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture
    Mar 29, 2026, 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
    Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture, 6184 Ash St, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3G9, Canada
    Join the Peretz community's annual Peysakh Seyder with our Secular Humanist haggadah, Holocaust memorial service, traditional Pesach meal (vegan option), and performances by the Vancouver Jewish Folk Choir

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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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