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Simon Gaum Bereavement Loss Support Group
Tuesday, March 12th at 7pm; 2677 Gladstone St. Halifax 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. The Simon Gaum Bereavement Centre Loss Support Group, meeting at 2677 Gladstone St., is open to anyone in the…
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Professor William Cheng, Lecture Series: “But the Nazis Loved Music, Too”. March 14th 2019
On Thursday, March 14, 2019, there will be a lecture in the David Schroeder Music and Culture Series by Professor William Cheng, entitled “But the Nazis Loved Music, Too”. This lecture will take place at noon at the Dalhousie Arts Centre, Room 406 (MacAloney Room), free of charge. Professor Cheng is on the faculty of…
Read MoreJewish Community Havura Purim Party Saturday March 23, 2019
What: Purimspiel, costumes, food, shalakh-manes for the children (IF YOU SEND US THEIR NAMES AND AGES ALONG WITH YOUR RSVP by March 14th) Date: Saturday, March 23rd, 2019 Time: Havdalah service at 5:30. Meal at 6:00, followed by the Megile (purimspiel) and dancing Location: ST. DAVID’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 98 Elizabeth Avenue. PLEASE RSVP AS SOON AS…
Read MoreRoyal Purim March 21, 2019
Please join the Chabad of the Maritimes for a Royal Purim Celebration at the The Chabad House. When: Thursday March 21, 5:30 PM Where: The Chabad House (1171 Waterloo Street, Halifax) Royal Attire Cost: $25 Adult $15 Child (2-11 yrs old.) RSVP: Before March 7th 902-422-4222 or www.chabadmartimes.com
Read MoreFilm and Panel Discussion: Chaim Potok’s The Chosen
What: Film and Panel Discussion on The Chosen When: Sunday March 31 at 1PM Where: Dalhousie Arts Centre, MacAloney Room 406
Read MoreThe Montreal Shtetl…Making Home After the Holocaust
The Montreal Shtetl…Making Home After the Holocaust, a book about immigrants to Montreal in the mid-40s is launching. The readings will take approximately 1 hour. The authors have chosen the passages which give life to the people in the interviews they conducted. Date: February 22 7:00 PM Where: Ruth Anne Whicher’s home, Tannery Road, Lunenburg For…
Read MoreHalifax Jewish Young Professionals/Grad Students go to the Moosehead’s Game!
Come join your fellow Haligonian Jewish Young Professionals/Grad Students for a Mooseheads Game on Tuesday, Febreuary 12th, at 7pm! The Moosehead’s are playing the Saint John Sea Dogs. Tickets are $8.50/person (highly subsidized by the AJC) but you MUST PURCHASE IN ADVANCE, BY SUNDAY FEBRUARY 10TH, 2019 AT 11:55 PM. Meet at the box office…
Read MoreThe AJC and PJ Library present Kids Shabbat Dinner on Friday Jan. 25th at 5:30
Join the AJC and PJ Library for a kids Shabbat dinner! We will celebrate Shabbat together and there will be a story and craft.When? Friday, January 25Time? 5:30 pm – 7:30 pmWhere? Captain William Spry Community Centre (16 Sussex dr, Halifax)Cost? FREE but please register here (https://bit.ly/2QWOGmY)*no previous experience with Shabbat or Jewish holidays necessary
Read MoreInternational Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration in Halifax – Jan. 27th, 2pm, Pier 21
Date: Sunday, January 27 Time: 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Location: Bronfman Theatre, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. Who Will Write Our History – Director: Roberta Grossman, 2018, 94 minutes, USA, English, Polish, Yiddish, with English subtitles. Registration required, free. In commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day the Atlantic Jewish Council, the Canadian Museum of Immigration, and the University…
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