Kristallnacht commemoration
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
7 PM
Congregation Beth Israel
989 W 28th Ave
Introduced by Dr. Chris Friedrichs
With remarks by the Honourable Irwin Cotler, Canada’s Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism
Keynote address by Liliane Pari Umuhoza
Liliane is a human rights advocate who uses her life experience of surviving the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and non-profit work to promote peace and summon global dialogue and actions against human right abuses. She is the founder of Retreat for Women Genocide Survivors.
Presented by the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre in partnership with Beth Israel Congregation.
This program is funded through our community’s generous contributions to the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver Annual Campaign. Supported by the Robert and Marilyn Krell Endowment Fund of the VHEC.
Site: Yizkor
Chutzpah festival
Saturday, November 19, 2022
8 PM
Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre
950 West 41st Ave
In their collaboration, Site: Yizkor, Jewish Canadian multimedia artist Maya Ciarrocchi and composer Andrew Conklin explore questions like: Who honours the spaces left by the dead? How and why do people, cultures, and identities disappear? This in-process interdisciplinary project explores the physical and emotional manifestation of loss through text, video, and an evening-length musical performance with a Vancouver string quartet in an immersive projected environment.
The audience is invited following the performances to the Sidney & Gertrude Zack Gallery for a facilitated Talkback and casual reception with the artists.
Co-presented with the Sidney & Gertrude Zack Gallery and in partnership with the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre.
