Past Events
On may 9th, 2023 the Honorable Gerry Byrne, Minister of Immigration, Population Growth and Skills, signed to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-Semitism. Minster Byrne was joined by representatives of the Jewish community. With the adoption of this definition of anti-Semitism comes a promise to keep up the conversation about the issue…
Read More →The Atlantic Jewish Council participated in the B’nai B’rith International memorial project, “Unto Every Person There is a Name”. This reading aloud of the names of Jewish victims who were murdered by the Nazi regime has become cherished ritual in our community. We in Halifax join the Jewish communities throughout the world in the public…
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Passover, or Pesach, is a major Jewish holiday commemorating the Israelites’ exodus from their enslavement in Egypt. It is also a time to celebrate with our friends and families. We must recognize that our freedoms should never be taken for granted. While we all have our differences, now is a time for us to come together and collectively…
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The Purim event was one of those events all kids look forward to. Many teenagers reminisce the times they got to dress up, be creative, and be a superhero for a day. This event brought members of the community together to do crafts, Megillah reading, shows and share some treats! It was an event held…
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An Article by Jordan Gill published on CBC News Fredericton’s Israel Unger wasn’t very old when the Nazis invaded his native Poland. While he admits his childhood memories are not very clear, he does remember one thing about growing up as a Jew in that time: an ever-pervasive fear. “We knew that the Nazis wanted to murder every…
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