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  • The Gilsig Series in Jewish Arts and Culture Presents The Sarajevo Haggadah: Music of the Book

    Dalhousie Arts Centre 6101 University Avenue, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Drawing upon the musical traditions of Spain, Italy, Austria, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and featuring the haunting imagery of the manuscript itself, The Sarajevo Haggadah: Music of the Book, creatively interprets the artifact as a universal symbol of exile, return, and co-existence. Admission is FREE but space is limited. Please arrive early. With an introductory lecture by Dr. Daniel Brandes,…

  • Atlantic Jewish Film Festival Opening Night – “The Women’s Balcony” with Special Guest Dr. Sheva Medjuck

    Cineplex Cinemas Park Lane 5657 Spring Garden Road, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Director: Emil Ben-Simon Producers: Osnat Handelsman-Keren, Talia Kleinhendle CAST: Orna Banai, Itzik Cohen, Einat Sarouf, Igal Naor, Evelin Hagoel, Aviv Alush, Yafit Asulin Distributor: Menemsha Films Country: Israel   Year: 2016   Running Time: 96 minutes An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gender rift in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem…

  • Atlantic Jewish Film Festival – Short Program

    Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Bring your lunch to the Short Program! Special guest, Stephen Cooke, will be in attendance at the Short Program. WOMEN IN SINK Hebrew with English subtitles Director/Producer: Iris Zaki Distributor: Go2Films Country: UK, Israel   Year: 2015  Running Time: 36 minutes The Jewish director of this film installed a camera over the hair washing basin…

  • Atlantic Jewish Film Festival – “The Wedding Plan”

    Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Hebrew with English subtitles - Nominee for Best Film at the 2016 Venice Film Festival! Director: Rama Burshtein    Producer: Assaf Amir CAST: Noa Kooler, Amos Tamam, Oz Zehavi, Irit Sheleg, Ronny Merhavi Distributor: Films We Like Country: Israel    Year: 2016    Running Time: 110 minutes At 32, Michal is finally looking forward to…

  • Shabbat Morning Service & Junior Congregation at 10:15am

    The Shaar 1981 Oxford St, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Shabbat morning services begin at 9:15 a.m. every Saturday.  This Saturday there will also be Junior Congregation in the chapel at 10:15am.Junior Congregation will be led by Zane Brown, a graduate of our Hebrew School, who is now a student at Dalhousie University. He is also on Head Staff at Camp Kadimah and has a…

  • 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…

  • Atlantic Jewish Film Festival – “Family Commitments”

    Bell Auditorium, NSCAD 5163 Duke Street, Halifax, NS, Canada

    German, Arabic with English subtitles Director: Hanno Olderdissen Producers: Knut Jäger, Sebastian Weyland CAST: Omar El-Saeidi, Max von Pufendorf, Maren Kroyman, Ramin Yazdani Distributor: Media Luna New Films UG Country: Germany   Year: 2015   Running Time: 85 minutes At the best of times getting married can be trying but it’s even more difficult when…

  • Atlantic Jewish Film Festival Family Program – “Lubin, from Chelm” followed by Razzmatazz for Kids

    Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, NS, Canada

    LUBIN, FROM CHELM   MUSIC & LIBRETTO / NARRATOR & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: David Yankele (Yang) ILLUSTRATION: Alisa Snyder   VIDEO EDITING: Paul Richardson ENGINEER & PRODUCER: Simon Fox-Gál PERFORMED BY: Auricolae: Violin: Diane Pascal, Cello: David Woods, Additional Voices: Jennifer Blaine, Neill Hartley Country: USA    Year: 2017    Running Time: 11 minutes Lubin, from…

  • Atlantic Jewish Film Festival – “Carvalho’s Journey”

    Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, NS, Canada

    English, Documentary, with special guest, Adrian Fish Director / Producer / Writer: Steve Rivo    Narrator: Michael Stuhlbarg Distributor: The National Center for Jewish Film Country: USA    Year: 2015     Running Time: 85 minutes A real-life 19th century American western adventure story about Solomon Nunes Carvalho, an observant Sephardic Jew born in 1815…

  • Atlantic Jewish Film Festival Closing Film – “Keep Quiet”

    Halifax Central Library, Paul O'Regan Hall 5440 Spring Garden Road, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Hungarian and English with English subtitles, Documentary, with special guests, Richard Marceau and Christine Hanson Directors: Sam Blair, Joseph Martin Producers: Alex Holder, Danielle Clark, Nicole Stott CAST: Csanad Szeged Distributor: Kino Lorber Country: UK, Hungary     Year: 2016     Running Time: 92 minutes As vice-president of Hungary’s far-right extremist party, Csanad Szegedi…