General News
The AJC’s 17th Annual Holocaust Education Week: November 1-8, 2020
Given the COVID-19 situation we have made the leap online and this year our FREE Holocaust Education Week programs will be presented online with one self-directed exhibit at the Halifax Central Library that can also be viewed virtually. Please use the link for each program to register. We look forward to “seeing” you. Virtual “Bogdan’s…
Read MoreLIFE & 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…
Read MoreThe AJC is Hiring a Part-Time Social Worker!
Job Title: Director of Jewish Family Services Reports to: Executive Director, The Atlantic Jewish Council Located at: Halifax, NS Term: May 1st-Dec. 31st, 2021 Hours of work: 20 hours/week. Flexibility required. While standard business hours can be expected as the norm, some nights and weekends may be required. The Director of Jewish Family Services provides…
Read MoreJewish 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…
Read MoreInternational 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…
Read More2019 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…
Read MoreOld 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…
Read MoreHanukkah being celebrate differently on P.E.I. due to COVID-19: CBC News Article originally published on Dec. 11th, 2020
“It was just me and my wife and we lit the first candles, so it was a little bit quiet,” Leo Mednick, president of the P.E.I. Jewish Community, said of the first night of Hanukkah. “Everybody celebrated with their families alone,” Mednick said, adding that typically about 25 people get together that night on P.E.I.…
Read MorePEI’s Martin Rutte Interviewed on CBC’s Mainstreet PEI with Matt Rainnie
Speaker and writer Martin Rutte is a member of the PEI Jewish community and shared the history and traditions around Hanukkah with Mainstreet PEI. This Segment Originally Aired on Dec. 10th, 2020
Read MorePartnering In Counsellor Career Success…During the Pandemic!
An Article By Sarah Atkins, Michael Soberman, and Michael Pink, published on EJewishPhilanthropy.com on August 21st, 2020 On May 14th we marked the 72nd anniversary of the creation of the modern State of Israel, and it was also the day in 2020 that we had to communicate the difficult decision not to open our camp’s…
Read MoreApplications for CJPAC’s Nationally Renowned University Student Political Fellowship Program are Now OPEN
Applications Due September 14th
Read MoreHillel Atlantic’s Aaron Greenspan Named a Canadian Superstar Israel Advocate by TheJ.ca
Aaron is a third-year Bachelor of Management (Marketing) student from Toronto, attending Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is a StandWithUs Canada Emerson Fellow (2020-21), and an executive board member of Hillel Atlantic Canada. He was Hillel Atlantic Canada’s Director of Communications, helping with Shabbat dinners, Birthright, and Jewish engagement. His Israeli activism began out of…
Read MoreCamp Kadimah 2021 Registration is Now OPEN!
ICYMI: The AJC Presents a Conversation with Gerry Lonergan, Founder & Owner of East Coast Bakery
Founded in the Spring of 2016, East Coast Bakery, on Quinpool Road in Halifax, has fast become one of the best bakeries in town – known for their delicious bagels and challah. In this presentation, Gerry will tell his personal story: how a non-Jewish man from Montreal ended up moving to Halifax, founding a bagel…
Read MoreShabbaccasins & Kosher L’Mi’kmaq – Ft. Justin Tobin
Justin Tobin is a folklore undergraduate student at Memorial University of Newfoundland, based out of St. John’s, Newfoundland. Originally from Bishop’s Falls (NL), he grew up largely secular and assimilated from both aspects of his identity. By the time he finished high-school and moved to St. John’s, he was able to connect with both the…
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