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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, Apr 17
    Apr 17, 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 April's after-dinner learning, guest speaker Bob Ages shares from his experience working with Wet'suwet'en land defenders and what it means to be a settler ally in the fight against ecocide
  • A Labour of Love: A Brief History of the Jewish Independent
    A Labour of Love: A Brief History of the Jewish Independent
    Mon, Apr 27
    Apr 27, 2026, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. PDT
    Online
    Cynthia Ramsay tells the history of the 96-year-old Jewish Independent, British Columbia's Jewish community newspaper and the most continuous record of local Jewish communal life
  • The Radical Jewish Tradition Book Launch: Revolutionaries, Resistance Fighters, and Firebrands
    The Radical Jewish Tradition Book Launch: Revolutionaries, Resistance Fighters, and Firebrands
    Sat, May 02
    May 02, 2026, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
    Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture, 6184 Ash St, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3G9, Canada
    Co-author Janey Stone shares her new book on the long-neglected history of Jewish resistance to oppression, in conversation with local writer and artist Jess Goldman
  • Revolutionary Yiddish Singalong
    Revolutionary Yiddish Singalong
    Sun, May 10
    May 10, 2026, 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
    Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture, 6184 Ash St, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3G9, Canada
    DJ Chaia and Dan Carkner present a sing-along introducing anti-authoritarian Jewish folk songs that are as relevant today as they were in 1905
  • KlezWest Monthly Klezmer Jam
    KlezWest Monthly Klezmer Jam
    Event Series
    Sun, May 10
    May 10, 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)

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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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