General News – Atlantic Jewish Council

Holocaust Education 2025:

22nd Annual Holocaust Education Week: November 2025 Holocaust Education Programs for the General Public, Students, & Educators: All programs are FREE and open to the public. Tuesday, November 4 | 6:30 PM | Holocaust Education: Memory, Meaning, and Contemporary Antisemitism | Paul O’Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library, 5440 Spring Garden Road. Join Alex Maws (Association…

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…

2024 AJFF

The 2024 Atlantic Jewish Film Festival brought powerful stories and diverse voices to the screen, showcasing the richness of Jewish culture, history, and creativity. Audiences gathered for a weekend of inspiring cinema and meaningful conversation, featuring films like No Name Restaurant, The Monkey House, The Man in the Basement, Home, Converts: The Journey of Becoming…

October 7th – 1 year memorial

On October 7th, the community gathered at Beth Israel Synagogue to mark the one-year memorial of the tragic events that deeply affected us all. We came together to honor and remember the lives lost, including those taken hostage, and to support the families forever changed by that day. Through heartfelt prayers, stories, and moments of…

AJC Community Calendar 2023-2024:

The 2023-2024 AJC Community Calendar is now available! If we have your up-to-date address, you will receive a calendar just in time for Rosh Hashanah. The calendar includes: · Sept. 2023- Sept. 2024 calendar pages, which include English and Hebrew dates · All Major Jewish and Secular holidays · Shabbat Candle Lighting Times · Yizkors…

Provincial Government to Adopt Anti-Semitism Definition

On may 9th, 2023 the Honorable Gerry Byrne, Minister of Immigration, Population Growth and Skills, signed to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-Semitism. Minster Byrne was joined by representatives of the Jewish community. With the adoption of this definition of anti-Semitism comes a promise to keep up the conversation about the issue…

AJC Community Calendar 2022-2023:

The AJC Community Calendar for September 2022-2023 is out! If we have your address you will receive a calendar in the coming weeks. The Calendar includes: · Sept. 2022-Sept.2023 calendar pages, including English and Hebrew dates · Major Jewish and secular Holidays · Shabbat candle Lighting Times · Yizkors · Showcases Artwork of local artists…

The 2025 United Jewish Appeal of Atlantic Canada Campaign – The AJC’s Annual Fundraising Campaign

Click Here to Make a Donation Online to the 2025 UJA Campaign Today! The United Jewish Appeal of Atlantic Canada Campaign is the AJC’s annual fundraising campaign. To put it simply, our UJA campaign fuels every single thing we do as an organization – everything including fighting antisemitism, supporting and advocating on behalf of Israel, PJ Library…

LIFE & LEGACY in Atlantic Canada

LIFE & LEGACY® in Atlantic Canada is a two-year partnership between the Atlantic Jewish Council, Camp Kadimah, the Beth Israel Synagogue, the Shaar Shalom Synagogue, and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation (of Agawam, MA) to promote and support legacy giving to benefit the Atlantic Canadian Jewish community. Participating organizations are receiving training and coaching along with…

In the summers without summer camps, staff get creative to stay afloat

As the COVID-19 pandemic began ramping up in the spring of 2020, summer camps were forced to call off weeks of programming, turn away children who had been coming for years and, in the worst cases, close their gates for good. It also meant that, for the first time in as long as anyone can remember,…

Old Jewish History of PEI Post – Not 100% Correct

Like many an Atlantic Maritime Jewish community, the first recorded Jewish settlers on Prince Edward Island arrived at the turn of the 20th century. A newspaper item from 1908 reports a celebration of Passover by the Jews of Charlottetown. At that time the brothers Louis, Israel and Abie Block arrived from Riga, Latvia, established three…