Halifax Pride Parade

The AJC is participating with the LGBTQ community in the Halifax Pride Parade for our second year in a row! It will be held on July 21st from 1PM – 4PM. The parade will take place all over Downtown Halifax. For more information about the parade check out https://www.halifaxpride.com/parade/ Everyone is welcome to join and the event is FREE!…

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Pre Gibbie Day

Each summer, we run a program right after Visiting Day that is designed to give kids aged 6 to 9 who are not quite ready for camp a chance to experience Kadimah. The PGD program is designed for kids aged 6 to 9 who want to experience a taste of summer camp at Kadimah without…

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“Jews of the Titanic” Talk – Sunday June 24th, 2pm

Join the AJC at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic on Sunday June 24th, 2pm, for a talk by Eli Moskowitz, author of the book “Jews of the Titanic”. The book will launch at the Titanic Conference on June 21st. Topics of the talk will include kashrut onboard ship, the “agunot” dilemma*, Jewish burial in Halifax, and more.…

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The Shaar Shalom Library is Launching a Book Club!

The Shaar Shalom library offers a comfortable and welcoming environment, it is our hope that through the establishment of the book club, people will familiarize themselves with the library, its collection, and the services available. Over the next year, we will be meeting on a monthly basis to review, discuss and learn about selected titles.…

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Kabbalat Shabbat at the Shaar – with Musical Instruments

Come join the Shaar as we enter Shabbat together with song on June 1st at 6:00 pm! Be prepared to sing and to clap (and maybe even to dance) as we welcome Shabbat with musical instruments. Led by Rabbi Jonah Rank. All are welcome! (the instruments will be used only for before the candle-lighting)

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Shavuot at the Shaar 2018: Sunday and Monday, May 20-21

Please join us for Shavuot services, Sunday and Monday May 20 and 21, beginning at 9:15am and special learning sessions each day, to follow: Following Sunday’s services, we will have two study sessions, one after the other, each approximately 40 minutes long:         at 12:15pm, Session 1: “The Reason For the Sinai Revelation According to Maimonides;…

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We need your help to paint the Shaar!

Dear Members and Friends of Shaar Shalom, As funds permit, your Board is continuing the project of upgrading the décor of the Shaar Shalom. Our upstairs hallway and the stairwell next to the Oxford Street doors are desperately in need of a coat of paint. While brainstorming how we can do this most cost-effectively, we…

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Screening of “FOXTROT” in Wolfville, NS

FOXTROT  (highly rated Israeli film) http://fundycinema.ca/films/features/foxtrot/ .Sunday, June 3, 2018 at 7pm Acadia Cinema’s Al Whittle Theatre 450 Main Street, Wolfville, NS Directed by Samuel Maoz Screenplay by Samuel Maoz Starring Lior Ashkenazi, Sarah Adler, and Yonathan Shiray Israel / Switzerland / Germany / France · Hebrew w/ subtitles Rated 14A · 1h 48m (Tickets are $9, available…

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