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…

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Hebrew 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…

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Updated 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…

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Supporting 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…

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Tikkun 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…

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Halifax 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,…

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Toda 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…

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Jews in Cape Breton

Whitney Pier Synagogue 1960

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…

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Michael Falk tells his story…

Michael Falk

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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