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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 MoreLiberation 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.
Read MoreThe AJC’s Hiring a PJ Library Russian-Speaking Program Coordinator!
PJ Library® Russian-Speaking Program Coordinator The Atlantic Jewish Council is hiring a part-time Russian-speaking Jewish program coordinator to plan and implement 10 PJ Library® programs for the Russian-speaking Jewish community in Atlantic Canada as part of our ABVGDeika Programming Initiative* from October 1st, 2019 until June 30th, 2020. What You’ll Do: Plan and implement 10…
Read MorePJ Get Together Grants
PJ Get Together Grants are now available in our community! These grants are available for families* (raising Jewish children) to host two or more other families (raising Jewish children) doing what they’d like to do whether it’s Jewish holidays, Shabbat, volunteering, or something else** you think of. Check out www.pjlibrary.org/gettogether for more information. *Host families…
Read MoreShaar Shalom High Holiday Choir Looking for Singers
Dear Singers, Whistlers, and Harmonizers, The Shaar Shalom Choir is getting back into gear! We will begin preparing for the Kol Nidre service soon, and we would love to have you join us. We need more singers in all vocal sections and would be happy to teach you the music. No choral experience is required…
Read MoreRosh Hashanah with the Jewish Community Havura in St. John’s, NL, Sept 29 and 30
Greetings! The Jewish Community Havura would like to invite you to celebrate Rosh HaShanah with us on Sunday evening, September 29th, and Monday morning September 30th at the Northbank Lodge in Pippy Park (directions at the end of this message). Sunday evening, September 29th Please gather at 5:30 p.m. as the service will begin at 6:00…
Read MorePEIJC High Holy Day Events
The PEI Jewish Community is celebrating the High Holy Days through the events listed below. Please bring a folding chair for the prayer services. 1. Rosh Hashanah (and potluck; dairy, vegetarian, or meat dishes are all okay. Please bring your own serving dishes and serving utensils) – Monday September 30 at 10:30 am promptly 2. Kol…
Read MorePJ Library Helps the Atlantic Jewish Council Build a Russian-Speaking Jewish Community in Atlantic Canada
Grants will strengthen social connections and engage Russian-speaking Jewish (RSJ) families in Jewish experiences and learning across the United States and Canada Halifax, NS – Russian-speaking Atlantic Canadian families raising Jewish children will now have more opportunities to participate in Jewish life, thanks to the RSJ Engagement Grant recently awarded by PJ Library®, the flagship…
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 MoreFilm: The Child Behind The Eyes – Dartmouth Players Theatre, August 29th-31st
The Child Behind the Eyes In 2016, Vivian Melde, Nava Sarracino and Christel Veraart joined forces to present The Child Behind the Eyes, by Israeli playwright Nava Semel. This monodrama was commissioned in 1986 by actress Assi Eshed, whose son was born with Down syndrome. Originally written in Hebrew, this play was translated into 10…
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