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Time to get your Hanukkiah and Candles
It’s almost that time of year again! If you need a hanukkiah and/or box of candles we’ve got you covered. Please fill out this form (https://bit.ly/2P0yWD8) and someone from the office will be in touch with you. 🕎
Read MoreMath & Music:Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Free public event.
Title: Math & Music: Yeah, Yeah, Yeah! Speaker: Dr. Jason I. Brown, Dalhousie University Location: Halifax Central Library, 5440 Spring Garden Rd., Halifax Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 Time: 7:00 pm Music is all about mathematics – the science of patterns. This talk will explain why we like certain scales and rhythms, why we are…
Read MoreThe 2018 Simon and Riva Spatz Visiting Chair in Jewish Studies Public Lecture
The 2018 Simon and Riva Spatz Visiting Chair in Jewish Studies Public Lecture: “Single Mothers of color, Bureaucratic Torture, and the Divinity of the Nation-State” Tuesday, October 30th at 7pm, Dalhousie University, Room 1016, Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building, 6100 University Avenue, Halifax Come hear Prof. Smadar Lavie share her insights on this highly relevant…
Read MoreNotice of SJJHM ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – Saint John, NB
Notice of ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Saint John Jewish Historical Society Inc. Sunday, November 4, 2018 2:00 pm The Annual General Meeting of the Saint John Jewish Historical Society will take place on Sunday, November 4, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Saint John Jewish Historical Museum, 91 Leinster Street, Saint John, New Brunswick. There will…
Read MoreThe 5th Annual Saint John Jewish Film Festival – Oct 20-25, 2018
Individual tickets can be purchased at the Saint John Jewish Historical Museum or at the Imperial Theatre Box office for only $10.00. If you wish to attend the whole series, you may purchase a “reel pass” at the Museum for only $40.00. The Saint John Jewish Historical Museum is pleased to announce that it will…
Read MoreUnited Against Genocide
RESCHEDULED AJFF Film: Tevye’s Daughters – Sun., Dec. 9th, 1:30PM, Museum of Natural History
At the beginning of the 20th century, in the Jewish shtetl of Anatovka, Jews and Christians are trying to live in peace and in accordance with their religious beliefs. Tevye, the milkman, struggles to support his wife and five daughters. He knows that their only way out of poverty is to make successful marital matches.…
Read MoreThe Movie “1945” is Coming Back to Halifax
Did you miss our January screening of “1945” – One of the Top 10 Films of the Year! If so, it will be showing in Halifax at Cineplex Park Lane Theatres, on Saturday, October 13 (4:40 pm), Sunday, October 14 (7:30 pm) and Tuesday, October 16 (1:30 pm). Tickets can be purchased here: https://www.cineplex.com/Theatre/Cineplex-Cinemas-Park-Lane 1945…
Read MoreSaint John Jewish Film Festival: Oct. 21st-25th, 2018!
Saint John Jewish Historical Museum 91 Leinster Street, Saint John, N.B. E2L 1J2 For immediate release – September 12, 2018 The Saint John Jewish Historical Museum is pleased to announce that it will be holding the Fifth Annual Saint John Jewish Film Festival from October 20 to October 25, 2018. The films to be shown…
Read MoreLucy, our Shlicha, can come speak in your child/grandchild’s school!
Lucy, our new Shlicha, will be in town until mid-October. During that time, Lucy has been invited to speak/coordinate activities in several public schools across Atlantic Canada. Would you like Lucy to come to your child/grandchild’s school? Topics that Lucy can speak about/plan an activity around include: Israel Judaism Rosh HaShanah Yom Kippur Sukkot Simchat…
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