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Past Events

Tiferes Israel Bulletin for Rosh HaShana

This year’s Tiferes Israel Synagogue bulletin is available for download as a PDF. You may download the bulletin for the High Holidays by clicking on http://www.tiferesisrael.com/Docs/bulletinTishri5780.pdf Shana tova!

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Wine from Israel for the High Holidays

Yarden brand Kosher Israeli wines are available in Metro Halifax for the Holidays. Both the Hermon Red and the Hermon White are available at eight NSLC outlets in Metro Halifax: The Port, Joseph Howe Dr, Bayers Lake, Mill Cove, Larry Uteck, Fall River, Tantallon and Portland Street. Also available at NSLC stores in Antigonish, Bridgewater,…

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The AJC’s Hiring a PJ Library Russian-Speaking Program Coordinator!

PJ Library® Russian-Speaking Program Coordinator The Atlantic Jewish Council is hiring a part-time Russian-speaking Jewish program coordinator to plan and implement 10 PJ Library® programs for the Russian-speaking Jewish community in Atlantic Canada as part of our ABVGDeika Programming Initiative* from October 1st, 2019 until June 30th, 2020.  What You’ll Do: Plan and implement 10…

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PJ Library Helps the Atlantic Jewish Council Build a Russian-Speaking Jewish Community in Atlantic Canada

Grants will strengthen social connections and engage Russian-speaking Jewish (RSJ) families in Jewish experiences and learning across the United States and Canada Halifax, NS – Russian-speaking Atlantic Canadian families raising Jewish children will now have more opportunities to participate in Jewish life, thanks to the RSJ Engagement Grant recently awarded by PJ Library®, the flagship…

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A Search for Information: Joseph Levison (1929-1951)

My name is Dan Rubins and I am a composer and writer based in New York City. I was recently commissioned to write an opera about my great-uncle Joseph (Joe) Levison, who grew up in Halifax and died in 1951 in the Korean War at age 22. Joe attended Queen Elizabeth High School, St. Mary’s…

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