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Norman Rose, formerly of Woodstock, NB, is undertaking a research project entitled New Beginnings about Jewish families who lived along the Saint John River in Carleton, Victoria and Madawaska Counties of New Brunswick from 1900 onward. Towns in these areas include Woodstock, Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Grand Falls, Edmunston, and Bath. Norman is looking both for volunteers to help…
Read More →For the last 7 years, the AJC has proudly organized a team of volunteers from the Jewish community in Halifax to prepare and serve Christmas lunch for more than 2 dozen patrons of Spencer House Seniors’ Center in Halifax. The festivities, which have grown to include entertainment and individualized gift-giving for the seniors, have become…
Read More →Halifax resident Joanna Mirsky Wexler says the first night of Hanukkah would be quiet, but poignant for her and her family of four. “Usually over five of the eight nights, there would be big celebrations,” says Mirsky Wexler. “We would have different friends over, combinations of going to people’s houses, and this isn’t a year…
Read More →“It was just me and my wife and we lit the first candles, so it was a little bit quiet,” Leo Mednick, president of the P.E.I. Jewish Community, said of the first night of Hanukkah. “Everybody celebrated with their families alone,” Mednick said, adding that typically about 25 people get together that night on P.E.I.…
Read More →On December 10th, members of 12 Wing Shearwater, Nova Scotia, took part in the lighting of a Menorah to welcome the beginning of Hanukkah.Photo: 12 Wing Shearwater Wing Commander Colonel James Hawthorne and padre Captain Arnold Noteh Glogauer light the menorah outside of the 12 Wing Shearwater Headquarters, Nova Scotia, on December 10, 2020.Photo Credit: Aviator…
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