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  • Dr. Saul Green Memorial Lecture

    Alumni Hall, Academic Building, University of King's College 6350 Coburg Road, Halifax, NS, Canada

    This year's Dr. Saul Green Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Dr. Bertha Fuchsman-Small. Dr. Bertha Fuchsman-Small obtained a BA in History from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania and a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Rochester. She is currently a family physician as well as an assistant professor with McGill University’s Faculty of…

  • Introduction to Judiasm – 20th Session November 6, 2017

    The Shaar 1981 Oxford St, Halifax, NS, Canada

    The 24-session course, taught by Rabbi Weiss and occasionally by Rabbi Rank, is intended for both conversion candidates and anyone interested in deepening their Jewish knowledge. Registration for the course is now closed.

  • Simon Gaum Bereavement Centre Loss Support Group

    The Shaar 1981 Oxford St, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Are you suffering from a loss? If you are interested in a safe space for processing loss and grief within a supportive Jewish context, please join us at our session tonight, as we return to our regular time and place of 7pm in Rabbi Weiss' office. The Simon Gaum Bereavement Centre Loss Support Group is…

  • Beth Scholar in Residence (Dr. Erin Corber) Kiddush/Lunch Presentation

    Beth Israel Synagogue 1480 Oxford Street, Halifax, NS, Canada

    The Beth Israel Synagogue invites you to join them this Shabbat, November 11th, when Dr. Erin Corber will be their Scholar In Residence and will be presenting a talk during kiddush/lunch on Kristallnacht, 79 years later: History and Legacies of the November Pogroms. Erin Corber is the inaugural Simon and Riva Spatz Visiting Chair of…

  • Introduction to Judiasm – 21st Session November 13, 2017

    The Shaar 1981 Oxford St, Halifax, NS, Canada

    The 24-session course, taught by Rabbi Weiss and occasionally by Rabbi Rank, is intended for both conversion candidates and anyone interested in deepening their Jewish knowledge. Registration for the course is now closed.

  • 2nd Annual Halifax Communal Beit Midrash

    Beth Israel Synagogue 1480 Oxford Street, Halifax, NS, Canada

    An evening of Torah learning for all ages, for all Jews, for all backgrounds, for all of Halifax! Teachers include Jesse Gorman and Rabbis Yakov Kerzner, Jonah Rank, and Dr. Raysh Weiss

  • Introduction to Judiasm – 22nd Session November 20, 2017

    The Shaar 1981 Oxford St, Halifax, NS, Canada

    The 24-session course, taught by Rabbi Weiss and occasionally by Rabbi Rank, is intended for both conversion candidates and anyone interested in deepening their Jewish knowledge. Registration for the course is now closed.

  • NaKh and Nosh: Bible Beyond the Torah

    The Shaar 1981 Oxford St, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Although Jews are the people of the book, there are many parts of the Jewish bible, the TaNaKh, we never read in services. The word TaNaKh is an acronym for the Jewish bible's 3 categories of books: the Torah (the five books of Moses), Nevi'im (the Prophets), and Ketuvim (the Scriptures). Over the course of the Jewish…

  • Annual Community Hanukkah Gift Shop Sale

    The Shaar 1981 Oxford St, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Annual Community Hanukkah Gift Shop Sale, Sunday November 26th. Details to follow!