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Shalom Magazine Spring 2021 is Now Out!
Please CLICK HERE to access our electronic Winter 2021 edition of Shalom Magazine. In this mobile-friendly version of Shalom, simply swipe the pages on your phone/tablet as you would a regular e-book, and click on the title of an article to enlarge it. If you prefer to read Shalom Magazine in the traditional PDF electronic version, you can…
Read MoreShalom Magazine Winter 2021 is Now Out!
Please CLICK HERE to access our electronic Winter 2021 edition of Shalom Magazine. In this mobile-friendly version of Shalom, simply swipe the pages on your phone/tablet as you would a regular e-book, and click on the title of an article to enlarge it. If you prefer to read Shalom Magazine in the traditional PDF electronic version, you…
Read MoreIrwin Simon – From Humble Beginnings in Cape Breton to Visionary Entrepreneur
Recording of the Program that took Place on Sunday, Jan. 31st, 2021 In this engaging hour-long presentation, Irwin Simon speaks openly and honestly about his family, growing up in the Jewish community in Glace Bay, attending Camp Kadimah, going to Saint Mary’s University, and how these experiences impacted his life as a serial entrepreneur. Moderated…
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 MoreIntroducing Hillel Atlantic’s Interim Director: Bill Chernin!
Bill Chernin is a native Nova Scotian. He attended Camp Kadimah for a record-setting 21 summers. Bill was a Hillel Director for ten years, working in Atlantic Canada and Western Ontario at Guelph, Waterloo, Laurier, and Brock universities. He was the Associate Director of Volunteerism at Dalhousie University, working with alumni to organize alumni chapters…
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 MoreICYMI: 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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