Beth Israel – Atlantic Jewish Council

Holocaust Education 2025:

Yom HaShoah: 2025 Holocaust Remembrance Day Programs in Atlantic Canada Halifax, NS: Wednesday, April 23 | 7:00 PM | Paul O’Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library, 5440 Spring Garden Road. Keynote Speakers: Peggy and Shimon Walt “Finding our Jewish Family in Lithuania” in conversation with Olga Milosevich. Program includes a commemorative candle-lighting ceremony, and a reception…

Jewish Community Event Cancellations

Due to the ongoing situation in the world, the following events have been postponed or cancelled: PJ Library Get Together Grants (however, PJ Library will still process reports/reimbursements for any events that took place before March 17th, 2020). All May AND June 2020 Birthright Israel Trips The 2020 International March of the Living All events planned at the Saint…

International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration in Halifax – Jan. 27th, 2pm, Pier 21

Date: Sunday, January 27 Time: 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Location: Bronfman Theatre, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. Who Will Write Our History – Director: Roberta Grossman, 2018, 94 minutes, USA, English, Polish, Yiddish, with English subtitles. Registration required, free. In commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day the Atlantic Jewish Council, the Canadian Museum of Immigration, and the University…

2019 Asper Human Rights and Holocaust Studies Program

2019 Asper Human Rights and Holocaust Studies Program We are presently making plans for the 2019 Asper Foundation Holocaust and Human Rights Studies Program. This program is for students in grades 8 and 9. All students are required to participate in 9 educational sessions (2 hours each, usually taught on Sunday mornings) and complete 10 hours of…

Purim at the Beth – March 9th/10th

Jason Brown hosts a 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s Singalong – Feb. 29th, 8:00pm, @The Beth

Warm up your voices and raise the roof with your favourite songs of the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s!! Raise your voice along with Jason Brown on guitar; Saturday, February 29th@ 8:00 pm in the Youth Lounge. Refreshments will be served.

Shaar and Beth Annual Joint Hanukkah Sale 2019 – Dec. 15th, 9am, @The Shaar

Sunday, December 15th9:00 am – 1:00pmShaar Shalom Synagogue1981 Oxford Street All Your Hanukkah needs! Candles, menorahs, dreidels, gift wrap, decorations! Fresh baked latkes will be on sale. Woozles and the Book Room will join us. And we will have locally made sea glass jewellery, quilted Hanukkah place mats, and doll clothes. Come early for the…

Fiddler on the Roof – Spatz Theatre, Nov 2 and 3

Show Times: Saturday, November 2 at 7:30 PM Sunday, November 3 at 7 PM Location Spatz Theatre 1855 Trollope Street Halifax, NS, B3H 0A4 https://www.spatztheatre.ca/ Ticket prices range from $20 to $30 and are available online at Ticket Halifaxhttps://spatztheatre.boldtypetickets.com/events/97860626/fiddler-on-the-roof

Beth Israel Synagogue Quarterly Meeting – Monday, Sept. 16, 6:30 PM

Due to scheduling conflicts, the Beth Israel Synagogue quarterly meeting has been moved to Monday, September 16 at 6:30 PM.

Shavuot at the Beth: A Triple Header – June 9th & 10th

Sunday, June 9th – Services begin at 9:00 am! Lysa Appleton will speak in lieu of the sermon on “Shavuot, the Neglected Holiday”. Sunday, June 9th at 3:30 pm – Dr. Greg Hirsch, Chief of Cardiac Surgery, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Rabbi Kerzner will address the topic “Organ Donation – In Medicine and Jewish…

Beth Book Club – May 28th @ 7:00, Contact Us For Location

The next Beth Book Club meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 28th @ 7:00 pm. Please contact us for a location. The book that we will be discussing is Eternal Life by Dara Horn. Synopsis: “Dara Horn ’99, Ph.D. ’06, would never choose to be immortal. In her new novel, Eternal Life, this is the…

Purim at the Beth on Wednesday March 20th &21st, 2019

The Beth will be hosting a Maariv and Megillah reading at 8PM on Wednesday March 20th, 2019. They will be serving refreshments following the readings. On the morning of Thursday March 21, there will be a Shacharit at the Beth at 8:30 AM. Followed by a Megillah reading at 9:15 AM with Breakfast / Brunch…

The Beth Book Club Discusses “The Mathematician’s Shiva” – Tues., Feb. 26th, 7pm

The Beth Israel Book club is discussing “The Mathematician’s Shiva” on Tuesday, February 26th, at 7pm. You can purchase the book at Bookmark on Spring Garden Road. The store will order the book in for you. It is also available on Amazon.ca. The get together will be held at the home of Lisa and Yakov Kerzner, 1226 Blenheim Terrace on Tuesday, February 26th @ 7:00 pm

The Beth’s Annual Hamentashen Back – Sun. Feb 24th, 9am-2pm

The Beth’s annual “Homemade” Hamentashen Bake will take place in the kitchen on Sunday, February 24th from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. They are seeking volunteers to come out and lend a hand. Please email marty (info@thebethisrael.com) if you are able to help.