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Hillel 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…
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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…
Read MoreAn Israel Advocate on Campus in Halifax Shares Her Story
We are so proud of Daphne Klajman, a recent graduate of St. Mary’s University, who stood up for Israel and Judaism while in Halifax
Read MoreAn Update on Recent Disturbing Reports Regarding Neo-Nazism in Cape Breton
July 24th: We are aware of reports in the German newspaper Der Spiegel, amplified in the Halifax Examiner, that allege that a network of German nationals are attempting to acquire land in Cape Breton with the purpose of establishing a colony of far right radicals and neo-Nazi ideologues. We were first made aware of these reports in…
Read MoreLISA GOLDBERG: The magic of grandparents in the time of COVID-19: Remembering Bubbe
Originally Published in the Chronicle Herald on Friday, July 17th, 2020 “Over the last month, I find myself thinking frequently of my grandparents, and the many hours I spent in their company during my childhood. I often wonder what they would think about this pandemic, particularly given their collective experiences entailed living through the Depression,…
Read MoreApplications for Canadian Birthright Trip Leaders for the 2021 Season are now OPEN
Must be 21 or older, live in Canada, and have been to Israel before Interested in leading a Birthright Israel trip in 2021? Your chance is here!Applications for the Madrichim In Training program are now being accepted! Don’t miss out on your chance to be part of our award-winning cohort of leaders!For more information about this unique…
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Read MoreProud feeling mutual for the Novacks
John DeMont, The Chronicle Herald, published June 20th, 2020
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