Posts by Aviva Rubin-Schneider

Synagogue Skill Drill Shabbat, December 22, at 12:00-12:30pm Everyone is welcome to join us for the first workshop in a new, monthly series. Each month, following Shabbat morning services, we will focus on one particular synagogue skill. Give us 30 minutes and walk away with a new or improved skill! Our next session, facilitated by…

Young Families Hanukkah get-together Sunday, December 9th at 12:30pm-2:00pm at Ronit & Alex’s home A get-together vegetarian potluck and playtime especially for families with infants and toddlers and those who love them. Activities will include Hanukkah stories, songs, and some nosh. For the address and more information, please RSVP to Rabbirayshweiss@gmail.com by Thursday, December 6.

This Friday, December 7th: First Friday Shabbat Story Share Shabbat Story Share returns! Come learn other members’ personal Jewish stories through their sharing of personal objects of meaning. Shabbat Story Share takes places in the middle of regular Friday night services, during the sermon slot. This coming month we will hear from Yoli Wassersug.

Fifth Night Lighting at the Weiss-Rank Home Thursday, December 6th at 5:30pm-7:00pm Please join us as we celebrate Hanukkah with a festive lighting and some light nosh, including homemade latkes and maybe even sufganiyot!

Title: Math & Music: Yeah, Yeah, Yeah! Speaker: Dr. Jason I. Brown, Dalhousie University Location: Halifax Central Library, 5440 Spring Garden Rd., Halifax Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 Time: 7:00 pm  Music is all about mathematics – the science of patterns. This talk will explain why we like certain scales and rhythms, why we are…

The 2018 Simon and Riva Spatz Visiting Chair in Jewish Studies Public Lecture: “Single Mothers of color, Bureaucratic Torture, and the Divinity of the Nation-State” Tuesday, October 30th at 7pm, Dalhousie University, Room 1016, Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building, 6100 University Avenue, Halifax Come hear Prof. Smadar Lavie share her insights on this highly relevant…

Notice of ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Saint John Jewish Historical Society Inc. Sunday, November 4, 2018 2:00 pm The Annual General Meeting of the Saint John Jewish Historical Society will take place on Sunday, November 4, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Saint John Jewish Historical Museum, 91 Leinster Street, Saint John, New Brunswick. There will…