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The Winnipegger who changed the course of Calgary’s history jewishpostandnews.ca/features/the-w… via @Jewish Post and News

#OTD in 1923, social welfare advocate Maude Riley addressed the #YYC Council of Jewish Women’s annual luncheon at the Hudson’s Bay Company’s Tapestry Room. The subject was provincial child welfare work. #CanadianJewishHeritageMonth

#65YearsAgoToday, the Women’s League of the Philharmonic Society honoured @CalgaryPhil conductor Henry Plukker (pictured) at a reception hosted by A.I. & Luba Shumiatcher at their Ridge Road home. #CanadianJewishHeritageMonth

#OTD in 1983, Mayor Klein & Israeli Consul Gideon Saguy joined 250 at #YYC’s JCC for the dual naming of 16 St SW as Jerusalem Rd. One speaker, Osman Tabish, said the naming was “very noble in meaning” but wished city Arabs had also been involved. #CanadianJewishHeritageMonth

#OTD in 1978: Hadassah Bazaar at the Big Four Building in Stampede Park features #YYC’s 2nd Annual Blintz-Eating Contest. #CanadianJewishHeritageMonth

#90YearsAgoToday, “Uncle Moses,” the first “all-Jewish talking picture,” had its #YYC debut the Strand Theatre (future site of @Glenbow museum). jewishfilm.org/Catalogue/film… #CanadianJewishHeritageMonth

David S. Pasternack (1903-1974), seen in his @CrescentCowboys Grade 11 class photo, pioneered extraction technology to develop the #OilSands. #OTD in 1923, the Calgary Herald reported its former newsboy had won the $100 Ross Scholarship at @queensu. #CanadianJewishHeritageMonth

May is Jewish History Month and we're shining the spotlight on the Montefiore Institute Synagogue! Originally built in 1916, the Montefiore Institute was a place of worship, a social center and a school. It also had a lending library with over a thousand books! #heritageparkyyc

Hy Estrin (1919–1999) of #YEG’s Cosmo Cleaners appears as “Mr. Suede” in this 1968 ad published #55YearsAgoToday. Estrin was born in #YYC. #CanadianJewishHeritageMonth

Doreen Kline, Lillian Groberman, & Lola Goldblum pictured #60YearsAgoToday in a Calgary Herald preview of the upcoming Hadassah Bazaar at the Big Four Building in #StampedePark. The Bazaar was a highlight of the Jewish year from 1960 to 1986. #CanadianJewishHeritageMonth

May is Canadian #JewishHeritageMonth! Officially recognized in 2018 by Parliament, this month celebrates the inspirational role that Jewish Canadians have played in forming the fabric of Canadian society in the past, as well as the contributions of Jewish Canadians today.

The 1933 “Midnight Frolic,” an annual Jewish fundraiser in #YYC, took place #90YearsAgoToday at the Palace Theatre (extant at 219–8 Av SW). Participants enjoyed “two really good pictures, a Mickey Mouse cartoon, a snappy step number,” & prizes. #CanadianJewishHeritageMonth

In 1912, George E. Robbins (né Gedalyahu Rabinovici) had a front row spot at the 1st #YYC Stampede Parade. His twin daughters recognized him in an enlargement of this photo at the 2005 Stampede. Dr. Robbins died #OTD in 1973. #JewishHeritageMonth

J.H. Ellison took the 1977 @ucalgarylibrary image; James Tworow took the 2006 one. See it on Flickr.

#100YearsAgoToday, hundreds of #YYC Jews greeted 11 newcomers from Gomel, USSR (now Belarus). They were the last of a group of 32 relatives of city Jews brought by Harry Isenstein (1891–1982). Isenstein later lived at 324–12 Av SE, a #VictoriaPark landmark known as RockCentral.

Tomorrow morning I’ll be in conversation with ⁦⁦@marshalederman⁩, author of “Kiss the Red Stairs: The Holocaust, Once Removed,” as part of ⁦@WordfestTweets⁩. Central Library, 10 am. wordfest.com/2022/event/a-m…

It is an affront to all Albertans, especially the Jewish community that @AlbertaEd has effectively erasing Keegstra’s criminal conviction for hate speech. @JHSSACalgary @Jewishcalgary @harry_historian @AuschwitzMuseum @DShepYEG @albertateachers

Hundreds of celebrities bought western wear at Western Outfitters, which Phil & Lou Pomerance reopened at 128–8 Av SE (future @CTCC_Calgary site) #50YearsAgoToday. Their Dad, Isadore started the business in 1938. Many celebs left signed photos that hung on the walls. Closed 1996.