YOGA Classes
2024-07-15 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-07-22 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-07-29 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-08-05 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-08-12 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Edmonton) | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
YOGA Classes
We are looking forward to seeing all of you on Monday mornings at 10:00am to 11:00am.
Monday mornings @ 10:00a.m.–11:00a.m.
Old and new faces are very WELCOME in-person & via Zoom!
Please register
https://tinyurl.com/297jwcb4

Fee: $7 drop-in or card of 10 classes $60

“The Long Cold War, 1917 to the Present Day” with Prof. Alvin Finkel
2024-07-15 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-07-22 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-07-29 13:00 - 15:00 | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
This course examines the origins of the huge rift between Western countries beginning with the Russian Revolution in 1917, its temporary burial during World I, its global reach during the period from 1945 to the 1980s, and the failure to heal that rift either during the Gorbachev period when the Soviets sought rapprochement with the West, or in the post-Soviet period when Russia lost its control over the other republics of the USSR as well as satellite states. The first session explores the efforts by the West to reverse the Russian Revolution militarily after World War I and then in the 1930s through encouragement of Nazi invasion and the impact on internal developments within the USSR as well as the evolution of the USSR-Allied coalition after the Nazi invasion of the USSR.
The second session examines various explanations for the collapse of Western-Soviet cooperation after the war, the development of a polarized world, and the nuclear threats from Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 to Cuba in 1962. The third session discusses the contrasting views of the USSR and the US about what the other stood for and the impact on a variety of nations. While the US, for example claimed the Cold War was about democracy versus totalitarianism, the 50 or more cases of the US helping to overthrow elected governments raises the issue of its real aims during the Cold War just as Soviet collaborations with nationalist movements with little or no socialist component raises issues about Soviet claims that they were helping to build a world communist movement.
The final session looks at the decline and fall of the USSR and questions why both during the period of Soviet rapprochement with the West under Gorbachev and then with Russia during the post-Soviet period, the two sides failed to develop common agendas that could end the Cold War.

Use it or Lose it With Bonnie Austen
2024-07-16 10:45 - 11:45, 2024-07-23 10:45 - 11:45, 2024-07-30 10:45 - 11:45, 2024-08-06 10:45 - 11:45 | Zoom
Use it or Lose it With Bonnie Austen
Cardio & Strength training, Flexibility & Balance & Laugher
Tuesdays @10:45a.m.
https://us02web.Zoom.us/j/89274775349
Fee: $7 drop-in or card of 10 classes $60

CENTRE CLOSED
2024-07-17 | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
Closed

Muscle in Motion with Anna Kratochvil
2024-07-18 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-07-25 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-08-01 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-08-08 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Use Balls, Bands & Weights to Exercise & Laugh
Thursdays @ 11:00a.m.
https://us02web.Zoom.us/j/82287922466
Fee: $7 drop-in or card of 10 classes $60

The 50 Mile Walk
2024-07-18 12:00 - 14:00 | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
Thursday, July 18 at 12p.m.
Erika Lefevre will re-live some local history with us, as she describes how, as a sixteen-year-old high school girl, she walked fifty miles, hiking from the small village of New Sarepta to downtown Edmonton. About 50 people began the hike in New Sarepta in 1963, starting at 7:20 pm on a chilly March evening, but only four finished, including Erika and famed Edmonton Journal cartoonist, John Yardley-Jones.
They took only 16½ hours, and, deservedly, received a splendid welcome in Edmonton when they arrived at about 11:20 am. Quite an achievement! I wonder how many of us could do this now …. and don’t forget this was before cell-phones, GPS devices, divided highways, and high tech shoes and outdoor wear.
Come and learn more about the background to this epic journey, what it was like to participate, and what the aftermath has been.

Pre-Shabbat Dinner
2024-07-19 18:00 - 21:00 | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
Where beautiful traditions & new friends meet! Bert Malo will do pre-Shabbat formalities for us.Menu
No-Chicken-Chicken Soup with Matza Ball
Baked Fish with Roasted Potatoes
Brussel Sprouts
Garden Salad
Apple Strudel
Challah & Challah Buns
Please reserve your seat before July 11
Fee per guest:
Adults $45 Youth $30
Children under 6 $5
Red or white wine will be available for $6 per glass or $30 per bottle.

Truth Before Reconciliation: An indigenous deconstruction of noble and savage stereotypes, through poetry and discussion.
2024-07-23 13:00 - 15:00 | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
Tuesday, July 23 at 1p.m.
Join Daniel Poitras, who calls himself a half-breed poet from the Paul First Nation. Currently residing in Edmonton, he writes about the challenges that Indigenous and Metis people face today. He has been published in the Home and Away anthology (House of Blue Skies, 2009), The Malahat Review, Grain Magazine, The Polyglot and in the Edmonton Poetry Festival’s Poetry Moves on Transit program.
We would like to acknowledge the financial support of Heritage Canada (Government of Canada) that enabled us to deliver this event to you.

CKUA Radio Historical Building with Ken Regan
2024-07-24 12:00 - 14:00 | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
Wednesday, July 24 at 12p.m.
Join us for a special lunch at 12 p.m. and after we will all go to the CKUA Radio historical building with Ken. Ken is a journalist, music and arts evangelist, and former CEO of the CKUA Radio Network, Canada’s oldest public broadcaster and most successful community-funded broadcaster. “CKUA occupies a unique part of Alberta’s history, so it’s fitting that we make our home in one of Edmonton’s unique buildings. The Alberta Hotel was first built in 1883 as a saloon and billiard hall, becoming one of Alberta’s most modern and sought-after hotels. Prime Minister Wilfred Laurier stayed at the hotel on the eve of his declaration of Alberta as a province in 1905”. (Cited from www.ckua.com)
Fee: $15 including lunch

Whimsical Wednesdays
2024-07-24 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-07-31 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-08-07 13:00 - 15:00 | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
Join a day of Fun, Friendship & Craft!
Do you play or want to play Canasta, Cribbage, Scrabble, Mah Jongg or other card/board games?
This is a day when you can do whatever your heart desires!
What’s more?
We offer a special light lunch that day for $10 only.
Please inform the Office about your game of choice!

Self-defense for Seniors
2024-07-25 12:00 - 14:00 | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
Thursday, July 25 at 12p.m.
Join Katherine to explore the techniques for self-protection against a sudden attack in today’s challenging world.

Martha Brooks & Mboya Nicholson Jazz Duo
2024-07-31 18:00 - 21:00 | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
Martha and Mboya present a tight musical partnership and their wonderful repertoire is from the American standard songbook oeuvre, culled from the world of Tin Pan Alley and some of the past century’s greatest composers. Their performances are lyrical, thoughtful, funny and fun.Martha Brooks is a vocal artist whose sensually sculpted and wry takeson standards made her a popular presence on the Winnipeg jazz scene for twenty-five years.
Pianist Mboya Nicholson has performed for international audiences, and is a fixture on Edmonton’s jazz scene.
Three beautiful nights with light snacks
RSVP with payment ASAP!

Descendants of Expulsion: Communities Descended from Exiles from Spain and Portugal
2024-08-01 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-08-08 19:30 - 20:30 | Zoom
Thursdays at 7:30p.m.
August 1, 8 & 15 via Zoom
The Jewish communities of Siam and Portugal were decimated, expelled, and forcibly converted between 1390 and 1497. Their descendants live across the globe, some openly as Sephardim and others hidden as conversos (Secret Jews). This three-class series will examine the surprising places these Jews can be found.
Rabbi David Kunin graduated from Brandeis University with a degree in Medieval History and then attended the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, where he was ordained as a Rabbi and received an MA in Judaic Studies.
Fee: $45 per series
To register: https://shorturl.at/UFVEk

Card Making with Talmud Torah Children
2024-08-06 12:00 - 14:00 | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
Tuesday, August 6 @ 12pm
Join our mega talented children from the Talmud Torah school who will be happy to make a variety of cards with you.

Wei Woo Financial Presentation
2024-08-07 13:00 - 15:00 | The Centre, 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 1X2, Canada
Wednesday, August 7 @ 1p.m.
Retirement Income Planning and Decumulation
Many current retirees question some of the most important aspects of their ongoing retirement, such as how long will my money last, am I going to be okay with the worst Bond market in modern history? How much can I spend so I will not run out of money?
Wei will go through these questions, and share sample retirement income plans. 2024 is the time to either revisit or create a new retirement plan.
