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Shabbat morning services begin at 9:15 a.m. every Saturday. Shabbat liturgy, nusach and Divrei Torah delivered by our Rabbi make each Shabbat inspiring for those attending. There are also many occasions throughout the year when the congregation will hold special Shabbat services, from a scholar-in-residence Shabbat to a university student Shabbat and more. This Shabbat we… |
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The stories in the book of Genesis such as, creation, humanity’s fall, the flood, Abraham and Isaac etc., have intrigued and inspired Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike for millennia. In the 1990s Bill Moyers facilitated a 10-part series on Genesis to stimulate interfaith dialogue in a democratic spirit. In the original PBS series, writers, artists,… |
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Please join us Friday evening for our next Shabbat Story Share. This month, we will hear from our dear members Michael and Lili Falk. |
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Shabbat morning services begin at 9:15 a.m. every Saturday. Shabbat liturgy, nusach and Divrei Torah delivered by our Rabbi make each Shabbat inspiring for those attending. There are also many occasions throughout the year when the congregation will hold special Shabbat services, from a scholar-in-residence Shabbat to a university student Shabbat and more. This Shabbat we… |
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On Thursday, April 12th between noon and 2:00 pm in the front plaza of the Halifax Central Library on Spring Garden Road, we in Halifax will join with Jewish communities throughout the world in the public recitation of names of Jewish victims of the Holocaust. This reading aloud of the names of Jewish victims who… 
The AJC’s 2018 Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Ceremony in Halifax will take place this year on Thursday, April 12, at 7 PM, at Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. The event will feature a candle-lighting ceremony, a presentation from the teenage participants of the 2017 Asper Foundation Human Rights and Holocaust Studies Program,… |
1 event,The weekend of April 13-15, we are excited to welcome youth programmer specialist Jessie Greenspan of USCJ, who will be coordinating a weekend full of fun, engaging programming for our youth. RSVP now for special weekend programs, including: · Camp-style Friday night communal dinner (April 13). Space is limited; RSVP to Rabbi Weiss (Rabbirayshweiss@gmail.com )… |
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The AJC will be hosting a joint Yom HaZikaron/Yom Ha’atzmaut Ceremony this year on Wednesday, April 18th, 7pm at the Shaar Shalom synagogue. The ceremony will feature a number of musical acts and readings by members of the Halifax Jewish community, starting by recognizing the sombre tone of Yom HaZikaron and transitioning into the joyous… |
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The Shaar is proud to host our first-ever Teen Service, open to folks who have reached the age of bat/bar mitzvah until they hit 19. The services are led by and with other teens from our community, with a "hot topic" discussion (plus some wisdom Judaism provides today) facilitated by Zane Brown and Peter Svidler.…
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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… |
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Shabbat Story Share returns! Come learn other members’ personal Jewish stories through their sharing of personal objects of meaning. Shabbat Story Share takes places in the middle of regular Friday night services, during the sermon slot. This month we will hear from our member Howard Heyman. |
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Join us as we share our experiences, reflections and inspirations from our recent Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project trip to Israel last November. Spearheaded by a generous donor and the AJC, 14 women from Halifax, all mothers of Jewish children under 18 and living at home, shared an 8 day experience in Israel. The trip consisted… |