Halifax
PJ Library’s ABVGDeika Presents: Apiary Visit & Beehive Check – Sept 29th, 10AM, North Dartmouth Community Garden
In honour of Rosh HaShannah 5780, bring the whole family and come learn about how bees live and about the honey-making process with Family SOS’ BEEA Honey with Heart Program. At 10am on Sunday, September 29th, we will meet experienced BEEA Honey with Heart beekeepers at their apiary in the North Dartmouth Community Garden (55…
Read MoreInterfaith Gathering and Climate Action Rally – Sept 20, 12 PM, Grand Parade, Halifax
Please join us for an Interfaith Gathering and Climate Action Rally at noon on Friday, Sept 20 at Grand Parade in Halifax. At this event, we’ll honour the victims of climate change with a moment of silence and hear from faith leaders and climate change activists about the state of the climate crisis and how…
Read MoreWine from Israel for the High Holidays
Yarden brand Kosher Israeli wines are available in Metro Halifax for the Holidays. Both the Hermon Red and the Hermon White are available at eight NSLC outlets in Metro Halifax: The Port, Joseph Howe Dr, Bayers Lake, Mill Cove, Larry Uteck, Fall River, Tantallon and Portland Street. Also available at NSLC stores in Antigonish, Bridgewater,…
Read MoreIrene Oore’s “The Listener” Book Launch – Halifax Central Library, Sept 16, 6:30 PM
On Monday, September 16, at 6:30 PM, Irene Oore will launch her new book, The Listener, at the Halifax Central Library in the Lindsay Room on the second floor of the library. In The Listener, Irene tells her mother’s Holocaust survival story. The book documents Irene’s wrestling with aspects of transmission and ultimately, her creative…
Read MoreJewish Films in the Atlantic Int. Film Festival – Sept 14, 6:30 PM; Sept 16, 4 PM; Sept 18, 4:10 PM
This year at the Atlantic International Film Festival (FIN), three films have Jewish topics and themes. Gala Presentation: The Song of Names On Saturday, September 14, at 6:30, The Song of Names will be playing at Park Lane Cinema. A bold journey through friendship, betrayal and reconciliation, The Song of Names is an emotional detective story spread…
Read MoreLissa Skitolsky Lecture: “Thinking the American Present with our Genocidal Past,” Sept 13, 3:30 PM, Dalhousie
This Friday, September 13, Dalhousie professor Lissa Skitolsky, Spatz Chair in Jewish Studies, will be giving a free lecture on considering the current state of American politics in the light of our genocidal history. The lecture will be at 3:30 PM in Seminar Room #1130 of the Marion McCain Arts and Social Sciences Building at…
Read MoreLearn Hebrew online with Ilana Clyde: Thursday nights from Sept 26 – Nov 21
This fall, on Thursday evenings from 7-8PM on September 26 – November 21, Ilana Clyde (of PEI) is offering free, beginner-level, conversational Hebrew lessons. She will be using Zoom, an online conference software, to give lessons that you can take from the comfort of your own home! To learn more and to reserve your spot,…
Read MoreThe Shaar Reads: Disobedience by Naomi Adler, Sept 22, 12:30 PM
The Shaar Shalom Reads book club will be discussing Disobedience by Naomi Adler on September 22 at 12:30 PM in the Shaar Library. When a young photographer living in New York learns that her estranged father, a well-respected rabbi, has died, she can no longer run away from the truth, and soon sets out for…
Read MoreFiddler 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
Read MoreBeth 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.
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