Please CLICK HERE to access our electronic fall 2021 edition of Shalom Magazine. In this mobile-friendly version of Shalom, simply swipe the pages on your phone/tablet as you would a regular e-book, and click on the title of an article to enlarge it. If you prefer to read Shalom Magazine in the traditional PDF electronic version, you can click…

**Film Line-Up Released & Tickets Sales Begin October 1st** Opening Night: Park Lane Cinemas, HalifaxSaturday Night Gala: Pier 21, HalifaxThursday–Sunday: Virtual cinema screenings in Atlantic Canada This year we invite you to play a leading role as a sponsor of the 2021 hybrid Atlantic Jewish Film Festival.As always, the 2021 festival offers different levels of sponsorship, and…

Few Canadian Jewish communities have experienced such tumultuous changes as Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. In 1902, the coal mining town on the eastern edge of Cape Breton became the site of the first synagogue constructed in the Atlantic provinces. Over the years, Jewish workers shifted into retail and business, growing to several hundred families by…

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.

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…