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Holocaust Education 2025:
Yom HaShoah: 2025 Holocaust Remembrance Day Programs in Atlantic Canada Halifax, NS: Wednesday, April 23 | 7:00 PM | Paul O’Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library, 5440 Spring Garden Road. Keynote Speakers: Peggy and Shimon Walt “Finding our Jewish Family in Lithuania” in conversation with Olga Milosevich. Program includes a commemorative candle-lighting ceremony, and a reception…
Read MoreJewish Community Event Cancellations
Due to the ongoing situation in the world, the following events have been postponed or cancelled: PJ Library Get Together Grants (however, PJ Library will still process reports/reimbursements for any events that took place before March 17th, 2020). All May AND June 2020 Birthright Israel Trips The 2020 International March of the Living All events planned at the Saint…
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…
Read More2019 Asper Human Rights and Holocaust Studies Program
2019 Asper Human Rights and Holocaust Studies Program We are presently making plans for the 2019 Asper Foundation Holocaust and Human Rights Studies Program. This program is for students in grades 8 and 9. All students are required to participate in 9 educational sessions (2 hours each, usually taught on Sunday mornings) and complete 10 hours of…
Read MoreNightly Screenings of “Tel Aviv on Fire” – Jan 13th-18th, 7pm, City Cinema (Charlottetown)
Tel Aviv on Fire Rated Parental Guidance (Coarse Language) ~ Runs 97 minutes Dir.: Sameh Zoabi, Luxembourg/Belgium/Israel/France, 2019 Kais Nashif, Lubna Azabal, Yaniv BitonIn Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles Venice Film Festival winner, Best Picture and Best Actor “Tel Aviv on Fire, a delightfully satiric take on the Israeli-Palestinian quagmire, revolves around a third-rate soap opera…
Read MoreChanukah Potluck (PEI) – Dec. 22nd, 3pm, Stratford
Date and Time: Sunday Dec 22 2019 3:00 – 5:00PMEvent: Chanukah PotLuck (dairy and parve) at the home of Shamara and Michael Fleischmann Location: Home of Shamara and Michael (contact AJC for location) Notes: Latkes and sufganiyot always welcome…but salads and other dishes also needed and enjoyed! 😉 Dreidels available. Please feel free to bring your own Chanukiah and candles. And children…
Read MoreDebra’s Annual Channukah Open House 2019 (PEI) – Dec. 29th, 2pm, Summerside
Sunday, December 29th, 2pm-6pm
Read MoreLearn Hebrew online with Ilana Clyde: Thursday nights from Sept 26 – Nov 21
This fall, on Thursday evenings from 7-8PM on September 26 – November 21, Ilana Clyde (of PEI) is offering free, beginner-level, conversational Hebrew lessons. She will be using Zoom, an online conference software, to give lessons that you can take from the comfort of your own home! To learn more and to reserve your spot,…
Read MorePEIJC High Holy Day Events
The PEI Jewish Community is celebrating the High Holy Days through the events listed below. Please bring a folding chair for the prayer services. 1. Rosh Hashanah (and potluck; dairy, vegetarian, or meat dishes are all okay. Please bring your own serving dishes and serving utensils) – Monday September 30 at 10:30 am promptly 2. Kol…
Read MoreKabbalat Shabbat Pot Luck – Sept 13th; Mermaid, PEI
Date: Friday September 13Time: 6:30 pm (fyi shabbat starts 7:10 pm)Location: Mermaid (contact the AJC for exact details) RSVP required to keep track of numbers please call the AJC for RSVP contact info.
Read MoreBrunch and the Film “A Jumpin’ Night in the Garden of Eden” – Aug. 25th; PEI
Film produced by Michal Goldman. – and a conversation with the filmmaker- “A Jumpin’ Night in the Garden of Eden.” – Klezmer, 75 minutes. A Jumpin’ Night in the Garden of Eden was the first film to document the klezmer revival, tracing the efforts of two founding groups, Kapelye and Boston’s Klezmer Conservatory Band, to recover the…
Read MorePEI Jewish Community Summer Picnic – 1-4pm, August 4, contact us for location
Now that summer is here (sort of) the PEI Jewish Community can get together with the summer visitors to reconnect. Event: PEI Jewish Community Summer Picnic Date: Sunday August 4, 2019 Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Place: contact nrosenfeld@theajc.ca or news@peijc.org for location details POT Luck – Create your own feast and bring your favorite dish. – Bring your…
Read MoreCharlottetown, PEI’s Holocaust Memorial Service 2019 – May 9th, 6:30pm, Confederation Centre
EVENT: Yom ha Shoah DATE AND TIME: Thursday, May 9, 2019 6:30 p.m LOCATION: STUDIO ONE Confederation Centre of the Arts 145 Richmond Street This event is free and open to everyone. Speaker: Rick Schneider Briefly: Rick Schneider is a lecturer in Environmental Studies and is an instructor of English Academic Preparation at The English Language Centre. There is…
Read MoreMasa’s Yom Hazikharon Facebook Live Broadcast, May 7th, 1:00 – 2:30 PM
Yom Hazikharon is one of those times when we are challenged with curating opportunities on this side of the ocean, to share the intensity of emotions alongside Israel. One of the most meaningful, powerful and professional ceremonies taking place in Israel every year on Yom Hazikharon is that of the Jewish Agency’s Masa Israel Journey.…
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