Halifax
Dr. Saul Green Memorial Lecture: Dr. Abraham Rudnick, “Imagining Better Health Care,” Oct. 23, 7 PM
The 2019 Dr. Saul Green Memorial Lecture will be held at 7 PM on Wednesday, October 23rd in Alumni Hall of the Academic Building at the University of King’s College. Dr. Abraham Rudnick will be presenting “Imagining Better Health Care: Can Counterfactual (‘What If…’) Learning by Analogy from the Bible Help?” The lecture is presented…
Read MoreDr. Judith Cohen, Sept 16, 7 PM at 989 Young Ave and Sept 19, 12 PM at Dalhousie Arts Centre, Room 406
Dr. Judith Cohen, ethnomusicologist, singer, and storyteller, will “sing stories and tell songs” from many traditions, especially the Sephardim, or the Jewish people expelled from Spain and Portugal in 1492. Follow Judith through the mini-labyrinths of the stories of the people she learned them from, adding her own stories of traveling and singing. She often…
Read MoreA Search for Information: Joseph Levison (1929-1951)
My name is Dan Rubins and I am a composer and writer based in New York City. I was recently commissioned to write an opera about my great-uncle Joseph (Joe) Levison, who grew up in Halifax and died in 1951 in the Korean War at age 22. Joe attended Queen Elizabeth High School, St. Mary’s…
Read MoreTorah Completion and Dedication Ceremony – Halifax Chabad, September 15, 4:00 PM
On Sunday, September 15, join Chabad to celebrate the completion of the Izah Suissa Torah. The event will begin at the corner of Robie and South Street at 4 PM, with a procession along South Street to the Chabad House at 1171 Waterloo St. for Hakafot, dancing, and celebration. The celebration will include a live…
Read MoreThe AJC’s 16th Annual Holocaust Education Week
Saint John: October 6, 2019Halifax: October 30 – November 7, 2019 PUBLIC OPENING EVENT: “The Day I Met Hitler” Film Screening W/ introduction and narration by the Filmmaker Oct. 30th | 7PM | Halifax Central Library, Paul O’Regan Hall Film screening with introduction and narration by the filmmaker Ronen Israelski. “The Day I Met Hitler” features…
Read MoreHolocaust Survivor Testimony from Sol Nayman – Nov. 7th, 7pm, Pier 21
Sol Nayman, Holocaust survivor Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Rowe Hall | 1055 Marginal Road, Halifax| November 7 | 7PM Please reserve your free tickets to this event by clicking here. Sol Nayman was born in Stoczek Wegrowski, Poland on November 5, 1935. In September 1939, when the Nazis attacked the town, Sol…
Read MoreHolocaust Survivor Testimony from Pinchas Gutter – Nov. 3rd, 2 PM, Pier 21
Pinchas Gutter, Holocaust survivorSunday, November 3 | 2PM | Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Rowe Hall | 1055 Marginal Road, Halifax Please reserve your free tickets to this event by clicking here. **This event is part of the AJC’s 2019 Holocaust Education Week** As ten-year-old Pinchas is deported from the Warsaw ghetto to…
Read More“The Day I Met Hitler” Film Screening w/ introduction and narration by the Filmmaker – Oct 30th, 7 PM, Halifax Central Library
**This event is the opening of the AJC’s 2019 Holocaust Education Week** The Day I Met Hitler Halifax Central Library, Paul O’Regan Hall | 5440 Spring Garden Road Please reserve your free ticket to this event by clicking here. Film screening with introduction and narration by the filmmaker Ronen Israelski. The Day I Met…
Read MoreA Day of Fun on the South Shore – Sunday August 4th, 9am-6pm
Once again, PJ Library programming is in action! Come join the AJC and PJ Library for a fun family day along the South Shore. We will ride a coach bus together and have fun picking strawberries, swimming and playing in the sand at Rissers Beach, a bring-your-own picnic lunch, and visiting Camp Kadimah! The cost…
Read MoreHalifax Pride Shabbat Celebration 2019 – July 19th, 5:30-7:30pm, Halifax City Hall
The Atlantic Jewish Council (AJC), the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), and the Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee (CJPAC) are thrilled to host Halifax’s 3rd annual Pride Shabbat, this July 19th, as a Halifax Pride Community Registered Event, with the support of Mayor Savage’s Office. Please join us as we celebrate Pride in…
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