General News
High Holidays at the Shaar
* Click here for a schedule of services and other timely information for Rosh haShanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, S’hmini Atzeret/Simḥat Torah and the days between. * For the candle lighting…
Read MoreHebrew School Registration
Registration is on for our Joint Halifax Hebrew School. If you have a child born in or before 2020 who you would like to register, please email halifaxhebrewschool@gmail.com or contact…
Read MoreUpdated COVID Protocols
Even as our COVID situation changes rapidly, remember that we continue to be careful at the Shaar. We continue to mask in the building and socially-distance at all times. If…
Read MoreSupporting the Jews of Ukraine
Even as general causes appropriately and mercifully work hard to alleviate the suffering off all in Ukraine, it falls on us, as members of the worldwide Jewish family, to support…
Read MoreRegistration for Hebrew School (September 2021)
If you have a child born in or after 2017 who you would like to register for Hebrew School, please email halifaxhebrewschool@gmail.com or contact Tamara Daiman, our Hebrew School Administrator…
Read MoreTikkun Olam committee
On behalf of the Tikkun Olam committee, we’d like to thank all of you who helped make this years walk for the Coldest Night of the Year such a huge…
Read MoreHalifax Moishe House
Moishe House is an international organization empowering Jews aged 22-32 to create communities of peers focused around what it means for them to be Jewish – whether it’s culturally, spiritually,…
Read MoreToda to the Strug Family
A generous donation from the Strug family made it possible to construct a permanent, covered, and landscaped seating area (with ritual wash station) in the Shaar Shalom Cemetery. The “Esther…
Read MoreJews in Cape Breton
The impact of the Cape Breton Jewish community is chronicled in an article in the Nova Scotian insert to The Chronicle Herald on April 1, 2019. Read the article online…
Read MoreMichael Falk tells his story…
about the kindness and bravery of those who hid Michael and his mother during the Holocaust. This “must read” story was published in the September 15th edition of The Chronicle…
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