Holocaust Education – Atlantic Jewish Council

21st Annual Holocaust Education Week

Opening: Sunday, October 27 | 3 p.m. | Paul O’Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library | 5440 Spring Garden Road, Halifax, NS Keynote Speaker: Eva Mroczek, Simon and Riva Spatz Chair in Jewish Studies, Associate Professor, Religious Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS. Opening Remarks: Dr. Jim Spatz, Executive Chairman Southwest Properties “Jewish Lament Poetry Across 2500 Years”…

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…

Chronicle Herald Article About Pinchas Gutter’s Holocaust Testimony

This year’s Holocaust Education Week was a wonderful success. We thank everyone who attended and helped to make the week as meaningful and educational as it was. Nicole Munroe from the Chronicle Herald reflected on Pinchas Gutter’s moving testimony. For those who were unable to attend the event, Munroe’s article provides an eloquent and informative summary…

Robbery of the Heart – Kristallnacht documentary screenings Nov 5, 7, and 10 at HRM libraries

Micah Brandt, a filmmaker from Los Angeles with Nova Scotian roots, has created a documentary about Kristallnacht titled Robbery of the Heart. The film will be screened in 38 cities around North America, including four screenings in Halifax. The following free screenings will take place at HRM public libraries. NOVEMBER 5 Musquodoboit Harbour Public Library @…

Genocide and Improvisation: Listener and Teller – School of Music, St John’s, Nov 12, 12 PM

Join Dr. Irène Oore and Dani Oore as they present present Genocide and Improvisation: Listener and Teller. The presentation will be help in the Suncor Energy Hall in the School of Music in St John’s, NL on November 12 from 12-1 PM. This event explores elements of Dr. Irène Oore’s book The Listener: In the Shadow of…

March of the Living 2020 – Registration Open

Registration is open for the 2020 March of the Living trip. The trip is tentatively scheduled for April 18–May 3, 2020, and is an incredible opportunity to visit Poland and Israel and to learn about the Holocaust during the 75th year after liberation. More information can be found at https://www.marchofthelivingcanada.org/

Liberation 75 – Toronto Holocaust Commemoration, May 31–June 2, 2020

Next summer commemorates the 75th anniversary of the end of the Holocaust. The Atlantic Jewish Council is a proud supporter of this celebration, and we encourage any who are able to attend this once-in-a-lifetime event.

The 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…

“Were The House Still Standing”: Film Presentation and Talk by Robert Katz – Oct. 6th, 2pm, Saint John Jewish Historical Museum

“Were The House Still Standing”: (WTHSS) Film presentation and talk by Robert Katz, filmmaker, artist and professor Saint John, NB: Sunday, October 6, 2PM Saint John Jewish Historical Museum Guest speaker: Dr. Robert Katz, Professor of Art, University of Maine, Augusta. Katz, co-creator of WTHSS, an exhibit commissioned as a permanent installation for the Holocaust…

Holocaust 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…

Holocaust 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…