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Simon Gaum Bereavement Centre Loss Support Group Tuesday, June 13th at 7pm Are you suffering from a loss?  If you are interested in a safe space for processing loss and grief within a supportive Jewish context, please join us at our next session this coming Tuesday.  The group is open to anyone in the community,…

NaKh & Nosh Shabbat, May 27th at 12:00-1:30pm Come explore the later parts of the Tanakh (Bible) with Rabbi Rank

      Barry Pakes is a Public Health specialist physician, who also works in primary care and emergency medicine. He is a Royal College Fellow in Public Health and Preventive Medicine, has an MPH from Harvard School of Public Health, a Diploma in Tropical Medicine from Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia and a PhD in…

For Immediate Release  May 16th, 2017 HALIFAX, NS – In response to the discovery of hateful vandalism on the outside of the CBC building on Chebucto Road in Halifax, Naomi Rosenfeld, Executive Director of the Atlantic Jewish Council, issued the following statement: “We are saddened to learn of the incident at the CBC building on…

Thursday, May 25, 5:30pm-7pm, 1881 Walnut St.  Join Naomi Rosenfeld, Craig Fox, and Rabbi Weiss at the Bayit for a light dinner celebrating Jerusalem through an examination of some of its cultural artifacts from the last 50 years. The night will include personal stories, poems, newspaper articles, and a multi-media celebration of Jerusalem. Please RSVP at info@theajc.ca so…

Conversation with Garry Williams Shabbat, May 13th at 12-1pm Over Kiddush, come hear the story behind playwright Garry William’s most recent production,KAMP: A Holocaust Musical?! which centers on the story of gay victims of the Nazis during WWII.

Registration for the Halifax Hebrew School – New Applicants (September 2017) If you have a child born in 2013 or after and are interested in joining Hebrew School, please email halifaxhebrewschool@gmail.com or contact your synagogue’s administrator for a Registration Form.