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SUMMARY:Knit and Nosh at the Shaar
DESCRIPTION:Join a casual craft circle at the Shaar Shalom’s new library space\, Sunday May 21 from 2:00 – 4:00pm. Bring a portable craft project\, or just come for the coffee and conversation! All crafters of all ages are welcome. Snacks are provided\, bring your own art supplies. \n 
URL:https://theshaar.ca/event/knit-and-nosh-at-the-shaar/
LOCATION:The Shaar\, 1981 Oxford St\, Halifax\, NS\, B3H 4A4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Shaar Shalom Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://theshaar.ca/event/shaar-shalom-board-meeting-5/
LOCATION:TBA\, Halifax\, NS
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SUMMARY:Mothers Day
DESCRIPTION:As is our practice\, the Shaar Cemetery will be open on Mothers Day\, Sunday\, May 14\, from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm.
URL:https://theshaar.ca/event/mothers-day/
LOCATION:The Shaar\, 1981 Oxford St\, Halifax\, NS\, B3H 4A4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:JNF Atlantic Presents
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 7 at 7:00 pm at the Shaar  \nSustainable Nation is an award-winning documentary film that follows three innovators who are taking valuable lessons learned from Israel’s water shortage to the rest of the world. Please join us for a screening and presentation by Jewish National Fund Education Sheliḥah (Emissary)\, Yifat Bear Miller. \nDiscussion\, Q & A\, and light refreshments to follow\, $18.00 suggested donation. For more information\, contact JNF Atlantic Coordinator\, Sue David\, at 902-444-4563 or atlantic@jnf.ca \n 
URL:https://theshaar.ca/event/jnf-atlantic-presents/
LOCATION:The Shaar\, 1981 Oxford St\, Halifax\, NS\, B3H 4A4\, Canada
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DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230429T233000
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SUMMARY:Jr. Congregation
DESCRIPTION:All Hebrew School aged kids are welcome to join on the last Saturday of the month at 10:30 am for a youth-focused Shabbat service. All our kids will have an opportunity to experience\, learn and lead different parts of Shabbat services alongside community leaders. And of course\, following the tefillah we will have our regular nationally famous kiddush for everyone. 
URL:https://theshaar.ca/event/jr-congregation/
LOCATION:The Shaar\, 1981 Oxford St\, Halifax\, NS\, B3H 4A4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Book Club Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our next meeting will be Sunday\, April 23 at 12:30pm in the comfort of your own home via Zoom! \nWe will be discussing GennaRose Nethercott’s: Thistlefoot \n  \nJoin Zoom Meeting  \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/86153404802?pwd=ekVwQXNqMHZIbGhJajMrNmlub1hPUT09 \nMeeting ID: 861 5340 4802 \nPasscode: 1955 \nSYNOPSIS \nIn the tradition of modern fairy tales like Neil Gaiman’s American Gods and Naomi Novik’s Spinning Silver comes an immersive fantasy saga\, a debut novel about estranged siblings who are reunited after receiving a mysterious inheritance. \n“A wonderfully imaginative\, wholly enchanting novel of witness\, survival\, memory\, and family that reads like a fairy tale godfathered by Neil Gaiman and Tim Burton in a wild America alive with wonders and devils alike. Thistlefoot shimmers with magic and mayhem and a thrilling emotional momentum.” —Libba Bray\, bestselling author of The Diviners \nThe Yaga siblings—Bellatine\, a young woodworker\, and Isaac\, a wayfaring street performer and con artist—have been estranged since childhood\, separated both by resentment and by wide miles of American highway. But when they learn that they are to receive an inheritance\, the siblings agree to meet—only to discover that their bequest isn’t land or money\, but something far stranger: a sentient house on chicken legs. \nThistlefoot\, as the house is called\, has arrived from the Yagas’ ancestral home outside Kyiv—but not alone. A sinister figure known only as the Longshadow Man has tracked it to American shores\, bearing with him violent secrets from the past: fiery memories that have hidden in Isaac and Bellatine’s blood for generations. As the Yaga siblings embark with Thistlefoot on a final cross-country tour of their family’s traveling theater show\, the Longshadow Man follows in relentless pursuit\, seeding destruction in his wake. Ultimately\, time\, magic\, and legacy must collide—erupting in a powerful conflagration to determine who gets to remember the past and craft a new future. \nAn enchanted adventure illuminated by Jewish myth and adorned with lyrical prose as tantalizing and sweet as briar berries\, Thistlefoot is a sweeping epic rich in Eastern European folklore: a powerful and poignant exploration of healing from multi-generational trauma told by a bold new talent.\nPRAISE \nBOOK ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR • The Wall Street Journal • Washington Independent Review of Books • BookPage • Book Riot \nONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Tor • Paste • Business Insider • BuzzFeed • Library Journal • Literary Hub • Debutiful \nJEWISH FICTION AWARD HONOREE \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \n GennaRose Nethercott is the author of a novel\, Thistlefoot\, and a poetry collection\, The Lumberjack’s Dove\, which was selected by Louise Glück as a winner of the National Poetry Series. Whether authoring novels\, poems\, ballads\, or even fold-up paper cootie catchers\, her projects are all rooted in myth—and what our stories reveal about who we are. She tours nationally and internationally performing strange tales (sometimes with puppets in tow) and composing poems-to-order for strangers on an antique typewriter with her team\, the Traveling Poetry Emporium. She lives in the woodlands of Vermont\, beside an old cemetery. \n  \n 
URL:https://theshaar.ca/event/book-club-meeting-20/
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SUMMARY:Shaar Shalom Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://theshaar.ca/event/shaar-shalom-board-meeting-4/
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SUMMARY:Shabbat + Yom Tom morning services (Yizkor)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://theshaar.ca/event/shabbat-yom-tom-morning-services-yizkor/
LOCATION:The Shaar\, 1981 Oxford St\, Halifax\, NS\, B3H 4A4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Yom Tom morning services
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URL:https://theshaar.ca/event/yom-tom-morning-services-4/
LOCATION:The Shaar\, 1981 Oxford St\, Halifax\, NS\, B3H 4A4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Yom Tom morning services
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://theshaar.ca/event/yom-tom-morning-services-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230406T091500
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SUMMARY:Festival morning services
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://theshaar.ca/event/festival-morning-services/
LOCATION:The Shaar\, 1981 Oxford St\, Halifax\, NS\, B3H 4A4\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230330T190000
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SUMMARY:The Annual Shaar Shalom Lecture at Dalhousie
DESCRIPTION:The Honorable Bob Rae & Lieutenant-General (Ret) Roméo A. Dallaire: International Human Rights and Canada’s Role in a Polarized World \nThursday March 30\, 7:00 pm\, McInnes Room\, Dalhousie Student Union Building\, 6136 University Avenue. \n  \nAs part of the Shaar Shalom Lecture Series\, please join two of Canada’s most distinguished speakers\, UN Ambassador to the United Nations\, The Honorable Bob Rae and The Honorable Lieutenant-General (ret) Roméo Dallaire\, Founder of the Dallaire Institute for Children\, Peace\, and Security. This discussion will be moderated by Dr. Shelly Whitman\, Executive Director of the Dallaire Institute for Children\, Peace and Security at Dalhousie University. \n  \nThis event will be held in person and presented via livestream on the Dalhousie YouTube channel. Please register to attend the in-person or virtual event. ASL interpretation will be provided onstage and on the livestream. It is free and open to the public\, and you can register here \n 
URL:https://theshaar.ca/event/the-annual-shaar-shalom-lecture-at-dalhousie/
LOCATION:The Shaar\, 1981 Oxford St\, Halifax\, NS\, B3H 4A4\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230326T123000
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SUMMARY:Book Club Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our next meeting will be Sunday\, March 26 at 12:30pm in the comfort of your own home via Zoom! \nWe will be discussing Sacha Lamb’s: When the Angels Left the Old Country \nJoin Zoom Meeting  \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/86427083655?pwd=cGt5c3pzK3dKWlFMU1ZLalp1bTNsdz09 \nMeeting ID: 864 2708 3655 \nPassword: 1955 \n  \nSYNOPSIS \n  \nFor fans of “Good Omens”—a queer immigrant fairytale about individual purpose\, the fluid nature of identity\, and the power of love to change and endure. \nUriel the angel and Little Ash (short for Ashmedai) are the only two supernatural creatures in their shtetl (which is so tiny\, it doesn’t have a name other than Shtetl). The angel and the demon have been studying together for centuries\, but pogroms and the search for a new life have drawn all the young people from their village to America. When one of those young emigrants goes missing\, Uriel and Little Ash set off to find her. \nAlong the way the angel and demon encounter humans in need of their help\, including Rose Cohen\, whose best friend (and the love of her life) has abandoned her to marry a man\, and Malke Shulman\, whose father died mysteriously on his way to America. But there are obstacles ahead of them as difficult as what they’ve left behind. Medical exams (and demons) at Ellis Island. Corrupt officials\, cruel mob bosses\, murderers\, poverty. The streets are far from paved with gold. \nStonewall Book Award Winner\nSydney Taylor Award Winner\nMichael L. Printz Honor Book\nNational Jewish Book Award Finalist\nAudioFile Earphones Award Winner \nBEST OF THE YEAR\nNPR · New York Public Library · Kirkus \n  \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \n Sacha Lamb is a 2018 Lambda Literary Fellow in young adult fiction\, and graduated in Library and Information Science and History from Simmons University. Sacha lives in New England with a miniature dachshund mix named Anzu Bean. Their debut novel When The Angels Left The Old Country was named a Printz Honor Book\, a Sydney Taylor Award winner and a Stonewall Book Award winner. \n 
URL:https://theshaar.ca/event/book-club-meeting-19/
LOCATION:The Shaar\, 1981 Oxford St\, Halifax\, NS\, B3H 4A4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Junior Congregation
DESCRIPTION:All Hebrew School aged kids are welcome to join on the last Saturday of the month at 10:30 am for a youth-focused Shabbat service. All our kids will have an opportunity to experience\, learn and lead different parts of Shabbat services alongside community leaders. And of course\, following the tefillah we will have a delicious kiddush for everyone.
URL:https://theshaar.ca/event/junior-congregation-3/
LOCATION:The Shaar\, 1981 Oxford St\, Halifax\, NS\, B3H 4A4\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230323T190000
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SUMMARY:Shaar Shalom Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://theshaar.ca/event/shaar-shalom-board-meeting-3/
LOCATION:TBA\, Halifax\, NS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230317T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230317T190000
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SUMMARY:Kabbalat Shabbat – Welcoming Shabbat Services
DESCRIPTION:Please join us in person for services on Friday evenings and Saturday mornings. \nAll services – Shabbat evenings and mornings – can also be accessed over StreamSpot by clicking here. \nThe StreamSpot platform allows you to log-on before Shabbat/the festival begins\, and keep the stream running untouched for the duration of Shabbat.
URL:https://theshaar.ca/event/kabbalat-shabbat-welcoming-shabbat-services-4/2023-03-17/
LOCATION:The Shaar\, 1981 Oxford St\, Halifax\, NS\, B3H 4A4\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230305T040000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230305T180000
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SUMMARY:Library Grand Reopening
DESCRIPTION:Join us on March 5\, 2023\, at 4pm to celebrate the completion of our Library Renovation Project. Enjoy some refreshments! Chat with friends! Check out our new space! You’ll also be able to pick up your library card and learn how to check out books. \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://theshaar.ca/event/library-grand-reopening/
LOCATION:The Shaar\, 1981 Oxford St\, Halifax\, NS\, B3H 4A4\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230226T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230226T140000
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SUMMARY:Book Club Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our next meeting will be Sunday\, February 26 at 12:30pm in the comfort of your own home via Zoom!\nWe will be discussing Susan Coll’s: Bookish People \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/86496045868?pwd=RFlmRytBeXZnbHZkbHkwcGFaMEgvUT09 \nMeeting ID: 864 9604 5868 \nPasscode: 1955 \nSYNOPSIS \nA perfect storm of comedic proportions erupts in a DC bookstore over the course of one soggy summer week—narrated by two very different women and punctuated by political turmoil\, a celestial event\, and a perpetually broken vacuum cleaner.  \nIndependent bookstore owner Sophie Bernstein is burned out on books. Mourning the death of her husband\, the loss of her favorite manager\, her only child’s lack of aspiration\, and the grim state of the world\, she fantasizes about going into hiding in the secret back room of her store. \nMeanwhile\, renowned poet Raymond Chaucer has published a new collection\, and rumors that he’s to blame for his wife’s suicide have led to national cancellations of his publicity tour. He intends to set the record straight—with an ultra-fine-point Sharpie—but only one shop still plans to host him: Sophie’s. \nFearful of potential repercussions from angry customers\, Sophie asks Clemi—bookstore events coordinator\, aspiring novelist\, and daughter of a famed literary agent—to cancel Raymond’s appearance. But Clemi suspects Raymond might be her biological father\, and she can’t say no to the chance of finding out for sure. \nThis big-hearted screwball comedy features an intergenerational cast of oblivious authors and over-qualified booksellers—as well as a Russian tortoise named Kurt Vonnegut Jr.—and captures the endearing quirks of some of the best kinds of people: the ones who love good books. \n  \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nSusan Coll’s most recent novel\, Bookish People\, was published by Harper Muse in August\, 2022. She is also the author of the novels The Stager\, Beach Week\, Acceptance\, Rockville Pike\, and karlmarx.com. \nHer work has appeared in the Washington Post\, the New York Times\, NPR.org\, theatlantic.com\, The Millions\, and a variety of other publications including The Asian Wall Street Journal and the International Herald Tribune. Her novel\, Acceptance\, was made into a television movie starring the hilarious Joan Cusack. \nSusan is the president of the PEN/Faulkner foundation. She is the recipient of 2022 and 2023 grants from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. She teaches an intensive year-long novel workshop at The Writer’s Center\, and worked as the Events and Programs Director at Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington\, DC\, for five years\, where she is now an Events Advisor. \n  \n—
URL:https://theshaar.ca/event/book-club-meeting-18/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230225T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230225T233000
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SUMMARY:Junior Congregation
DESCRIPTION:All Hebrew School aged kids are welcome to join on the last Saturday of the month at 10:30 am for a youth-focused Shabbat service. All our kids will have an opportunity to experience\, learn and lead different parts of Shabbat services alongside community leaders. And of course\, following the tefillah we will have a delicious kiddush for everyone.
URL:https://theshaar.ca/event/junior-congregation-2/
LOCATION:The Shaar\, 1981 Oxford St\, Halifax\, NS\, B3H 4A4\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230215T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230215T210000
DTSTAMP:20260506T132859
CREATED:20221230T013602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221230T013602Z
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SUMMARY:Shaar Shalom Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://theshaar.ca/event/shaar-shalom-board-meeting-2/
LOCATION:TBA\, Halifax\, NS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230124T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230124T210000
DTSTAMP:20260506T132859
CREATED:20230111T183243Z
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SUMMARY:Inaugural lecture by the Simon and Riva Spatz Chair in Jewish Studies\, Eva Mroczek\, PhD\, titled The Myth of the Lost Torah.
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, January 24\, 2023\, at 7pm \nMcInnes Room\, Dalhousie University Student Union Building\, 6136 University Avenue\, Halifax \nClick here to read the details and RSVP
URL:https://theshaar.ca/event/inaugural-lecture-by-the-simon-and-riva-spatz-chair-in-jewish-studies-eva-mroczek-phd-titled-the-myth-of-the-lost-torah/
LOCATION:Dalhousie University\, Weldon Law Building\, Halifax\, NS\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230122T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230122T140000
DTSTAMP:20260506T132859
CREATED:20230119T162022Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T162022Z
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SUMMARY:Book Club Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our next meeting will be Sunday\, January 22 at 12:30pm in the comfort of your own home via Zoom!\nWe will be discussing David Bezmozgis’: The Betrayers \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/87305494585?pwd=a3JNR1NDaTd3bjJRMGtaT09zU2I0UT09  \nMeeting ID: 873 0549 4585 \nPasscode: 1955 \nSYNOPSIS \nThese incandescent pages give us one momentous day in the life of Baruch Kotler\, a disgraced Israeli politician. When he refuses to back down from a contrary but principled stand regarding the West Bank settlements\, his political opponents expose his affair with a mistress decades his junior. He and the fierce young Leora flee the scandal for Yalta\, where he comes face to face with the former friend who denounced him to the KGB almost forty years earlier. In a mere 24 hours\, Kotler must face the ultimate reckoning\, both with those who have betrayed him and with those whom he has betrayed. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \n David Bezmozgis is an award-winning writer and filmmaker. He is the author of the story collections Immigrant City and Natasha and Other Stories\, and the novels The Betrayers and The Free World. His books have been nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize\, The Governor-General’s Award\, the Trillium Prize and won the Amazon.ca First Novel Award and the National Jewish Book Award. David’s first feature film\, Victoria Day\, premiered in competition at the Sundance Film Festival. His second feature\, was an adaptation of his story Natasha. David lives in Toronto and is the Creative Director of the Humber School for Writers. \n 
URL:https://theshaar.ca/event/book-club-meeting-17/
LOCATION:The Shaar\, 1981 Oxford St\, Halifax\, NS\, B3H 4A4\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230119T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230119T210000
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CREATED:20221230T013449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221230T013449Z
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SUMMARY:Shaar Shalom Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://theshaar.ca/event/shaar-shalom-board-meeting/
LOCATION:TBA\, Halifax\, NS
GEO:44.6487635;-63.5752387
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221223T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221223T200000
DTSTAMP:20260506T132859
CREATED:20221212T230402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221212T230601Z
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SUMMARY:Hanukkah Shabbat Dinner
DESCRIPTION:The dinner will begin at 6:00 pm\, following the Kabbalat Shabbat service. The cost is only $10 individual/$20 family thanks to the generosity of the Noa and Sara Heinish Fund. Contact the synagogue office for reservations\, and Joanna Wexler to volunteer\, and we look forward to celebrating with you.
URL:https://theshaar.ca/event/hannukkah-shabbat-dinner/
LOCATION:The Shaar\, 1981 Oxford St\, Halifax\, NS\, B3H 4A4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221223T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221223T180000
DTSTAMP:20260506T132859
CREATED:20221103T141954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221212T225652Z
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SUMMARY:Kabbalat Shabbat - Welcoming Shabbat Services
DESCRIPTION:Please join us in person for an early Kabbalat Shabbat service this Friday evening. \nAll services – Shabbat evenings and mornings – can also be accessed over StreamSpot by clicking here. \nThe StreamSpot platform allows you to log-on before Shabbat/the festival begins\, and keep the stream running untouched for the duration of Shabbat.
URL:https://theshaar.ca/event/kabbalat-shabbat-welcoming-shabbat-services-2022-12-23/
LOCATION:The Shaar\, 1981 Oxford St\, Halifax\, NS\, B3H 4A4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Services
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221218T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221218T180000
DTSTAMP:20260506T132859
CREATED:20221127T233717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221127T234852Z
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SUMMARY:Hanukkah's First Candle Community Party
DESCRIPTION:Come ready to play\, sing and craft! Purchase your tickets here! \nSponsored by: The Atlantic Jewish Council\, PJ Library\, Harold Grinspoon Foundation\, Genesis Philanthropy Group
URL:https://theshaar.ca/event/hanukkahs-first-candle-community-party/
LOCATION:The Shaar\, 1981 Oxford St\, Halifax\, NS\, B3H 4A4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221218T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221218T140000
DTSTAMP:20260506T132859
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SUMMARY:Book Club Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our next meeting will be Sunday\, December 18 at 12:30pm in the comfort of your own home via Zoom! \nWe will be discussing Jean Meltzer’s: The Matzah Ball \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/82865398362?pwd=M1hMcE9Nd0FHWmVkUEdkeU1qYnpDdz09 \nMeeting ID: 828 6539 8362 \nPasscode: 1955 \nSYNOPSIS \nRachel Rubenstein-Goldblatt is a nice Jewish girl with a shameful secret: she loves Christmas. For a decade she’s hidden her career as a Christmas romance novelist from her family. Her talent has made her a bestseller even as her chronic illness has always kept the kind of love she writes about out of reach. \nBut when her diversity-conscious publisher insists she write a Hanukkah romance\, her well of inspiration suddenly runs dry. Hanukkah’s not magical. It’s not merry. It’s not Christmas. Desperate not to lose her contract\, Rachel’s determined to find her muse at the Matzah Ball\, a Jewish music celebration on the last night of Hanukkah\, even if it means working with her summer camp archenemy—Jacob Greenberg. \nThough Rachel and Jacob haven’t seen each other since they were kids\, their grudge still glows brighter than a menorah. But as they spend more time together\, Rachel finds herself drawn to Hanukkah—and Jacob—in a way she never expected. Maybe this holiday of lights will be the spark she needed to set her heart ablaze. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \n Jean Meltzer studied dramatic writing at NYU Tisch and has earned numerous awards for her work in television\, including a daytime Emmy. She spent five years in rabbinical school before her chronic illness forced her to withdraw\, and her father told her she should write a book—just not a Jewish one because no one reads those. The Matzah Ball is her first novel.
URL:https://theshaar.ca/event/book-club-meeting-16/
LOCATION:The Shaar\, 1981 Oxford St\, Halifax\, NS\, B3H 4A4\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221211T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221211T160000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20221103T143012Z
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SUMMARY:Shaar Shalom Annual General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Shaar Shalom Members please mark this date in your calendar! Details to follow via email.
URL:https://theshaar.ca/event/shaar-shalom-annual-general-meeting/
LOCATION:TBA\, Halifax\, NS
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221211T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221211T130000
DTSTAMP:20260506T132859
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SUMMARY:Men's Latke Fry
DESCRIPTION:No experience required\, but experience with potatoes and oil a plus.Please bring our own apron! Please RSVP to Lysa April at Lysa@ns.sympatico.ca
URL:https://theshaar.ca/event/mens-latke-fry/
LOCATION:The Shaar\, 1981 Oxford St\, Halifax\, NS\, B3H 4A4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221204T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221204T140000
DTSTAMP:20260506T132859
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LAST-MODIFIED:20221117T183217Z
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SUMMARY:Shaar Shalom Chanukah Fair
DESCRIPTION:This year’s Chanukah Fair is being held on Sunday\, December 4\, from 10am to 2pm. Join us for shopping\, chit chat\, snacks and MORE!  New products for sale are going up on the website soon but we’d also love to see you in person\, if you are able to manage it!
URL:https://theshaar.ca/event/shaar-shalom-chanukah-fair/
LOCATION:The Shaar\, 1981 Oxford St\, Halifax\, NS\, B3H 4A4\, Canada
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