UJA Campaign – Atlantic Jewish Council

Holocaust Education 2025:

22nd Annual Holocaust Education Week: November 2025 Holocaust Education Programs for the General Public, Students, & Educators: All programs are FREE and open to the public. Tuesday, November 4 | 6:30 PM | Holocaust Education: Memory, Meaning, and Contemporary Antisemitism | Paul O’Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library, 5440 Spring Garden Road. Join Alex Maws (Association…

Jewish 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…

International 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…

2019 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…

You’re invited to the UJA 2014 Campaign Kick Off!

We are honored to have His Excellency, the Israeli Ambassador to Canada, Rafael Barak on his first official visit to the Atlantic Region as our Keynote speaker. Event Details Place: Shaar Shalom Synagogue — 1981 Oxford St Halifax, NS B3H 4A4 Date: Tuesday, August 19th Time: 8 pm About Rafael Barak Ambassador Rafael “Rafi” Barak is an…

Celebrate UJA 2013 with the IDF Band!

Join us as we kick off UJA 2013 with the IDF Musical Band, straight from Israel! The band’s only stop in Atlantic Canada on their 5-city Canadian tour will be in Halifax, on August 26th, at 8 pm in the Beth Israel Synagogue gym. Come out and have a great time!

Free Books for Children from PJ Library

The PJ Library Program offers a FREE book or CD delivered to you every month through the mail (no commitment, no hidden charges, no small print). If you reside in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, or Newfoundland and have children ages 6 months to 5.5 years, you qualify for the PJ Library Program.

Supported Organizations

Atlantic Jewish Council: The Centre for Jewish Campus Life Hillel Canada Sarah Snider, Director of Jewish Life, Atlantic Hillel: Contact information: (902) 225.1562 or ssnider@theajc.ca. Other Programs: Holocaust Education program; Chaplaincy program; Promoting continuity through programming grants and sponsorship throughout the Atlantic Region; Connecting youth; Campus and Young Leadership; Immigration; Camp Kadimah. National Partners: UIA Federations…

Israel @ 60

An Historic Venture in Jewish History Looking back with pride over the dramatic accomplishments we have made in our 3,000-year history, the establishment of the State of Israel just 60 years ago is by far one of our greatest accomplishments. You are part of the UJA global family that has played an instrumental role in…

Social Action

Advocacy United Jewish Appeal of Atlantic Canada supports the Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy (CIJA), our national advocacy arm, which oversees the strategic alignment of our family of agencies including Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC), Canada-Israel Committee (CIC), and National Jewish Campus Life (NJCL). As the advocacy arm of the Canadian Federations, CIJA works with communities to…

Israel and International Jewry

As rockets continue to fall on the strategic and vulnerable city of Sderot, we are continuing to provide emergency assistance. Last year, your donation to UJA Campaign contributed to upgrading and repairing bomb shelters, providing emergency assistance to the elderly and infirm, moving more than 70,000 children out of harm’s way and providing trauma and…

Jewish Continuity

Today’s Jewish youth are tomorrow’s Jewish leaders. UJA is strengthening Jewish identity by helping them connect to our community in ways that are meaningful to them. We are committed to securing the future of our Jewish community by encouraging our youth to celebrate and engage in Jewish life and Jewish experiences through a love of…

Partnership2GETHER Atlantic Canada

Building a Stronger Israel Over the last 12 years, through our involvement in Partnership2GETHER (formerly, Partnership 2000-P2K) as a partner in the Coast to Coast Communities, Atlantic Canada has given much to the Galilee panhandle. Total gifts exceed $250,000. Atlantic Canadian Partnership projects range from building bomb shelters to financing English learning centres and other…