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  • Special Guest Speaker This Shabbat Morning: Joshua Wolfe of CJPAC

    The Shaar 1981 Oxford St, Halifax, NS, Canada

    This Shabbat morning, we’re pleased to welcome Joshua Wolfe of the Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee as a guest speaker. Joshua will be speaking at the beginning of kiddush on the topic of “CJPAC: The Political Engagement People and What We Do.” Josh is the Director of Outreach and Programming for Quebec and Atlantic Canada…

  • Book Club

    The Shaar 1981 Oxford St, Halifax, NS, Canada

    We will be discussing Kathrine Kressmann Taylor's Address Unknown Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86285011614?pwd=ZFBzMGJHYnE4NXJlbzBBMVJ4cHdLZz09 Meeting ID: 862 8501 1614 Passcode: 1955 SYNOPSIS A rediscovered classic and international bestseller that recounts the gripping tale of a friendship destroyed at the hands of Nazi Germany In this searing novel, Kathrine Kressmann Taylor brings vividly to life the insidious spread of Nazism…

  • Torah Over Zoom

    The Shaar 1981 Oxford St, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Tuesday, July 26, we will continue our Zoom series studying the Mishnah, one of the formative texts of the Jewish tradition. This session will conclude our study of the Tractate Berakhot, on “Blessings” and related matters. As such, we will have a virtual siyyum, a celebration of this milestone. Click here to see the text…

  • Book Club Meeting

    The Shaar 1981 Oxford St, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Our next meeting will be Sunday, August 21 at 12:30 pm in the comfort of your own home via Zoom. We will be discussing Libby Copeland's The Lost Family. To join the Zoom meeting, click here (Password: 1955) SYNOPSIS You swab your cheek or spit into a vial, then send it away to a lab somewhere.…

  • Selihot

    The Shaar 1981 Oxford St, Halifax, NS, Canada

    This Saturday night at 9:30 we will usher in the final countdown to the High Holidays with our yearly Seliḥot (“Penitential”) service, preparing ourselves spiritually and ethically for the High Holiday season. This year we will have the choice to attend in-person, or participate remotely over two different virtual platforms, StreamSpot and Zoom.   Seliḥot…

  • Book Club Meeting

    The Shaar 1981 Oxford St, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Our next meeting will be Sunday, September 18 at 12:30pm in the comfort of your own home via Zoom! We will be discussing Olga Tokarczuk's The Books of Jacob Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81355181514?pwd=QmhLdDZ6ekQ2a1FLMmRWK2tXU0F0Zz09 Meeting ID: 813 5518 1514 Passcode: 1955 SYNOPSIS The Nobel Prize–winner’s richest, most sweeping and ambitious novel yet follows the comet-like rise and fall of a…

  • Erev Rosh haShanah

    The Shaar 1981 Oxford St, Halifax, NS, Canada
  • Rosh haShanah Day 1

    The Shaar 1981 Oxford St, Halifax, NS, Canada