Saint John Jewish Historical Museum

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Saint John Jewish Historical Museum The museum will be open by appointment only from November 7, 2022 to May 23, 2023. Visitors will also be able to see the Shaarei Zedek Synagogue.

Winter Hours, November 5, 2025 to May 31, 2026
by appointment only - please call or email to make arrangements

Summer Hours, June 1, 2026 to November 4, 2026
Monday to Friday, 10 am to 4 pm, Sunday (July and August and cruise ship days), 1 pm to 4 pm The museum will reopen on May 23, 2023 through November 7, 2023 with regular hours from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm from Monday and Friday, additionally the doors will be open on Sunday afternoons from 1:00 to 4:00 pm during July and August. The feature exhibit for 2023 will be "Coming of Age: Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah Celebrations"" Additional exhibits are "From the Cradle to the Grave: Jewish Holy Days and Way of Life" and "Starting a New Life: Holocaust Survivors in New Brunswick". Museum admission fee of $5.00/adult or $10.00/family (2 parents and children up to age 16) . Appointments available for group tours, library research and education kits. Explore the Jewish history of Saint John through stories, photographs and artifacts.

10/16/2026

The fall weather (somewhere) is sending an extra cruise ship to Saint John on Sunday, October 18. The Museum will open on Sunday from 10 am to 230 pm to welcome passengers from the Celebrity Silhouette.

Ita Freedman was born in Montreal and was the daughter of Dr. Felix and Isobel Bernstein. She had come to Saint John fro...
10/12/2026

Ita Freedman was born in Montreal and was the daughter of Dr. Felix and Isobel Bernstein. She had come to Saint John from Montreal when she married Dr. Lewis Freedman in 1948. They raised three children – a daughter, Mary Ann, and two sons, John and Robert. She spent most of her life in Saint John and was an active member of Hadassah-WIZO. She died in Toronto, where she had moved to be closer to her children and grandchildren, on Thursday, November 6, 2008.

This week at the Saint John Jewish Historical Museum – October 12 to 18Monday, Tuesday and Friday – Open 10:00 am to 4:0...
10/12/2026

This week at the Saint John Jewish Historical Museum – October 12 to 18

Monday, Tuesday and Friday – Open 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Wednesday and Thursday – Open 9:00 to 4:00 pm
Saturday to Sunday – closed

Admission - $5/person - $10/family
Guided tours available

Visiting Cruise Ships
Monday to Tuesday – Vision of the Seas
Wednesday – Majestic Princess and Viking Mars
Thursday – Norwegian Breakaway and Sapphire Princess

Saint John Jewish Film Festival – October 24 to 29
https://saintjohnjewishhistoricalmuseum.com/events/13th-annual-saint-john-jewish-film-festival/

Hyman Rosenzweig died in Boston on October 11, 1950 at age 69. He was listed in the Saint John City Directory as a junk ...
10/05/2026

Hyman Rosenzweig died in Boston on October 11, 1950 at age 69. He was listed in the Saint John City Directory as a junk dealer in 1920. His wife may have been Ada Rosenzweig who died in 1959.

This week at the Saint John Jewish Historical Museum – October 5 to October 11Monday to Wednesday – Open 9:00 am to 4:00...
10/05/2026

This week at the Saint John Jewish Historical Museum – October 5 to October 11

Monday to Wednesday – Open 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Thursday and Friday – Open 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Saturday – closed
Sunday – Open 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

Admission - $5/person - $10/family
Guided tours available

Saint John Jewish Film Festival – October 24 to 29
https://saintjohnjewishhistoricalmuseum.com/events/13th-annual-saint-john-jewish-film-festival/

Visiting Cruise Ships
Monday – Zuiderdam
Tuesday – Carnival Sunshine
Wednesday – Independence of the Seas and Majestic Princess
Friday – Vista and Aidadiva
Sunday – Sapphire Princess

Rose Featherman died of cancer on Monday, October 14, 1963, leaving her husband, Albert and teenaged children, Sidney an...
09/28/2026

Rose Featherman died of cancer on Monday, October 14, 1963, leaving her husband, Albert and teenaged children, Sidney and Sarah. Rose was born in Sighet, Romania to Rabbi Ephraim Eliezer Wiezel and his wife Regina. There were also three brothers - David, Vilhelm, and Israel. Rose was a survivor of the Holocaust and married her husband in the DP camp near Bergen-Belsen. Their oldest child was born in the camp in 1947 ten months before they arrived in Canada with the sponsorship of her cousins Herman and Joseph Wiezel.

This week at the Saint John Jewish Historical Museum – September 28 to October 4Monday, Tuesday and Friday – Open 10:00 ...
09/28/2026

This week at the Saint John Jewish Historical Museum – September 28 to October 4

Monday, Tuesday and Friday – Open 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Wednesday and Thursday – Open 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Saturday to Sunday – closed

Admission - $5/person - $10/family
Guided tours available

Saint John Jewish Film Festival – October 24 to 29 - https://saintjohnjewishhistoricalmuseum.com/events/13th-annual-saint-john-jewish-film-festival/

Visiting Cruise Ships
Wednesday – Jewel of the Seas and Seven Seas Splendor
Thursday – Norwegian Breakaway

Harry Baig died on October 22, 1910. He was the son of David and Sarah Baig and had a sister Rose Bloch. He lived in Mon...
09/22/2026

Harry Baig died on October 22, 1910. He was the son of David and Sarah Baig and had a sister Rose Bloch. He lived in Moncton with his wife Sarah Komiensky and they had six children. He was working as a junk dealer when he died. Newspaper reports at the time of his death reported that he was suffering from a mental illness. He had been arrested in Moncton for causing a disturbance on board the train to Saint John and was later found dead by su***de in his jail cell.

This week at the Saint John Jewish Historical Museum – September 21 to 27Monday – closed for Yom Kippur (Day of Atonemen...
09/21/2026

This week at the Saint John Jewish Historical Museum – September 21 to 27

Monday – closed for Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)
Tuesday – Open 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Wednesday to Friday – Open 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Saturday to Sunday – closed

Admission - $5/person - $10/family
Guided tours available

Visiting Cruise Ships
Tuesday – Carnival Sunshine
Wednesday – Independence of the Seas and Valiant Lady
Thursday – Independence of the Seas
Friday – Sapphire Princess

Aida Jacobson Kashetsky died on September 26, 1974 at the age of 71. She married Israel Kashetsky and they lived on Spri...
09/14/2026

Aida Jacobson Kashetsky died on September 26, 1974 at the age of 71. She married Israel Kashetsky and they lived on Spring Street until moving to Montreal in the early 1960s. They raised two children – Esther and Irwin. Esther (Spector) lives in Montreal and Irwin died in 2018. She is buried in the Baron de Hirsh Cemetery in Montreal.

Address

91 Leinster Street
Saint John, NB
E2L1J2

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Sunday 1pm - 4pm

Telephone

+1 506-633-1833

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