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LIFE & LEGACY® in Atlantic Canada is a two-year partnership between the Atlantic Jewish Council, Camp Kadimah, the Beth Israel Synagogue, the Shaar Shalom Synagogue, and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation (of Agawam, MA) to promote and support legacy giving to benefit the Atlantic Canadian Jewish community. Participating organizations are receiving training and coaching along with…
Read More →In the wake of the horrific hate crime in London, Ontario last weekend that led to the murder of 4 members of a single Muslim family and serious injuries to a 9-year-old boy, the AJC reached out to various Islamic organizations across Atlantic Canada to express condolences on behalf of the Atlantic Canadian Jewish community.
Read More →Howard and Karen Conter, of Halifax, NS, spoke to both CTV Atlantic and the CJN about their “Honouring Ruth” project to honour the late Ruth Goldbloom, z”l with a monument in front of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax. The AJC is proud to be partnering with the Conters on this…
Read More →We are the Atlantic Jewish Council and we represent the vast majority of Atlantic Canadian Jews. We are your fellow Atlantic Canadians, your friends, and your neighbours. We are a diverse community that comes in different shapes, sizes, professions, sexual orientations, and skin colours. We have a varied range of political views. Above all, we…
Read More →The late Ruth Goldbloom helped found the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, which has been a national historic site as the gateway to Canada for more than a million immigrants, including tens of thousands of Jews in the 20th century. When Goldbloom died in Halifax nine years ago, more than 1,500 people came…
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