Competitive Suffering: Is the Holocaust’s Uniqueness Beyond Comparison? With Professor Mark Webber The use of Holocaust analogies (examples: the assertion that anti-vaxxers are the “new Jews” and the recent attempt to discredit the evidence and memorialization of Indigenous children’s graves by invoking the 1941 massacre of Jews in Jedwabne) raises many questions. How can we […]
Holy Blossom Temple presents: The Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut Humanitarian Award to Colonel Chris Hadfield You must register to attend this session, please register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_F5LzNG4YQ6awp7Y71WPrQA The Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut Humanitarian Award is presented to great Canadians who have committed themselves to protecting humanity from the callousness of ignorance, injustice, and inequity. Previous recipients include Dr. J. […]
Revisiting the Sources: Writings on Civil Rights from Heschel to Martin Luther King Jr. with Tema Smith For many leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, the imperative to work towards equal rights was a call rooted deeply in religious tradition — or in other cases, in opposition to it. This session will look at […]
Second Day Rosh HaShanah Wednesday, September 8, 10:00 am Please return to holyblossom.org/hhd to join our main sanctuary services. HBT non-members: to join us for Second Day Rosh HaShanah Services, please join us on our Livestream page or on our Facebook page!
Second Day of Rosh HaShanah: Family Service Wednesday, September 8, 11:15 am HBT Members: for the zoom link to this service please go to holyblossom.org/hhd/
Virtual Atrium: Second Day of Rosh HaShanah Wednesday, September 8, 12:30 pm HBT Members: for the zoom link to this service please go to holyblossom.org/hhd/
Tashlich Second Day Rosh HaShanah at 3:00 pm - 73 Thorncliffe Drive. Seaton Park. (Eglinton and Leslie) As an element of purification, water represents the opportunity to cleanse the body and soul and take a new course in our lives. Join the Holy Blossom community at Seaton Park to symbolically "cast off" the sins of […]
Holy Blossom Temple Welcomes Rabbi Don Splansky Shabbat Morning Torah Study "Who is Rich?" Shabbat Shuvah, 5782 September 11, 2021, 9:00 am Join us here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81097417710?pwd=d2xaQ0JIcncwM284TzVubDYwTzJwdz09 Password: 305143 Rabbi Don Splansky, PhD is the Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Beth Am in Framingham, Massachusetts.
Kever Avot: services of reflection, renewal, and remembrance September 5 & 12, 12:00 pm September 5: Pardes Shalom - HBT section ( 10953 Dufferin St, Maple, ON L6A 1S2) September 12: Holy Blossom Memorial Park (66 Brimley Rd, Scarborough, ON M1M 3H7) Kever Avot is the custom of visiting the graves of our […]
HBTogether Walking Club Every Tuesday and Friday from 8:30-9:30 am Click here to register! It's time to come together and enjoy the outdoors. Calling all walkers to join us rain or shine from 8:30-9:30 am every Tuesday and Friday as we depart the Holy Blossom parking lot for a 50-minute walk at your own […]
Kol Nidre: Teen Service Wednesday, September 15, 6:00 pm HBT Members: for the zoom link to this service please go to holyblossom.org/hhd/
Kol Nidre First Service Wednesday, September 15, 6:00 pm Please return to holyblossom.org/hhd to join our main sanctuary services.
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Founded in 1856, Holy Blossom Temple is Toronto’s first synagogue with a rich history of tradition and modernity in our religious and spiritual expression.
