What is next for Out of the Cold style programming at Holy Blossom? Join us to learn, engage, and vitalize as we take new steps toward feeding our neighbours and supporting those in need.
Join Val and Arieh Waldman to share travel stories, both theirs and yours. Val and Arieh have travelled together around the world twice; each time for one year. Both times were with backpacks and minimal itineraries. The first trip was 1982 (in their 30s) and the second was 2006 (guess their ages). In between they […]
An in-person opportunity for a deep exploration of two books! Join us this fall for our usual lively discussion around two Jewish novels where the settings and the history are of paramount importance.
HBTogether Group for Suicide Loss Survivors 1st Thursday of the month, 6:30-8:00 pm This group is for anyone who has lost someone to suicide. This is a peer support space co-led by suicide loss survivors Lise Sklar and Abigail Nemzer. It is a safe place to share memories, stories and experiences with others who […]
CHARLOTTE SALOMON: FROM BRUSH TO SCREEN A SCREENING AND PANEL November 3, 7:00 pm Life? or Theatre? is the question that drives German-Jewish painter Charlotte Salomon's life story, beautifully retold by Canadian directors Tahir Rana and Eric Warin in a new animated film starring Keira Knightley as Charlotte. The film opens in 1933 Berlin when […]
Little Blossoms with Marky Weinstock 3 times available: 9:30 am, 10:30 am & 11:30 am Dates: September 16, 23, 30 Oct 14, 21, 28, Nov 4, 11, 18, 25 Join us Friday mornings for Shabbat music, stories, and more. Dr. Marky (MD, MEd) is an award-winning entertainer and respected educator with over 20 years’ […]
Little Blossoms with Marky Weinstock 3 times available: 9:30 am, 10:30 am & 11:30 am Dates: September 16, 23, 30 Oct 14, 21, 28, Nov 4, 11, 18, 25 Join us Friday mornings for Shabbat music, stories, and more. Dr. Marky (MD, MEd) is an award-winning entertainer and respected educator with over 20 years’ […]
Little Blossoms with Marky Weinstock 3 times available: 9:30 am, 10:30 am & 11:30 am Dates: September 16, 23, 30 Oct 14, 21, 28, Nov 4, 11, 18, 25 Join us Friday mornings for Shabbat music, stories, and more. Dr. Marky (MD, MEd) is an award-winning entertainer and respected educator with over 20 years’ […]
Our Mincha/Ma’ariv Service is held Monday through Thursday at 6:00 pm NEW! “Erev Tov: Help Make a Minyan” Our Mincha/Ma'ariv services will return in person to our beautiful Temple on Tuesday, October 10, 2023. Joining our services is a mitzvah. Your presence will help to ensure a minyan (a quorum of ten Jewish adults) and will comfort […]
AUTHENTIC JEWISH SPIRITUALITY – EVEN FOR SKEPTICS WHO THINK THERE ISN’T ANY WITH RABBI PROFESSOR LARRY HOFFMAN In memory of Rabbi Mark Dov Shapiro z"l November 9, 7:00 pm ANNUAL LECTURE IN MEMORY OF RABBI MARK DOV SHAPIRO Z”L Yes, Virginia, there is Jewish spirituality, and it is more than fluff. It runs deep […]
Join Val and Arieh Waldman to share travel stories, both theirs and yours. Val and Arieh have travelled together around the world twice; each time for one year. Both times were with backpacks and minimal itineraries. The first trip was 1982 (in their 30s) and the second was 2006 (guess their ages). In between they […]
Shacharit Service followed by breakfast and conversation with North America’s leading commentator and shaper of Liberal Liturgy and Prayer. All are welcome.
An in-person opportunity for a deep exploration of two books! Join us this fall for our usual lively discussion around two Jewish novels where the settings and the history are of paramount importance.
Little Blossoms with Marky Weinstock 3 times available: 9:30 am, 10:30 am & 11:30 am Dates: September 16, 23, 30 Oct 14, 21, 28, Nov 4, 11, 18, 25 Join us Friday mornings for Shabbat music, stories, and more. Dr. Marky (MD, MEd) is an award-winning entertainer and respected educator with over 20 years’ […]
Little Blossoms with Marky Weinstock 3 times available: 9:30 am, 10:30 am & 11:30 am Dates: September 16, 23, 30 Oct 14, 21, 28, Nov 4, 11, 18, 25 Join us Friday mornings for Shabbat music, stories, and more. Dr. Marky (MD, MEd) is an award-winning entertainer and respected educator with over 20 years’ […]
Little Blossoms with Marky Weinstock 3 times available: 9:30 am, 10:30 am & 11:30 am Dates: September 16, 23, 30 Oct 14, 21, 28, Nov 4, 11, 18, 25 Join us Friday mornings for Shabbat music, stories, and more. Dr. Marky (MD, MEd) is an award-winning entertainer and respected educator with over 20 years’ […]
Saturday Morning Family Shabbat Saturdays, 11:00 am It is important to us to offer our families the chance to come together on Shabbat morning. This is a perfect way to spend a Saturday morning in an interactive but relaxed environment, music with David Gershon, stories, games, friendship, snacks and much more! You are invited to […]
Judaica & Art Shop: Project Betzalel Event November 16, 2022, 7:00 pm in the Schwartz/Reisman Atrium The Judaica and Art Shop, operated by Women of Holy Blossom, is excited to introduce Project Betzalel 2022, a marketplace event featuring the artistic creations of 5 outstanding artists from our Holy Blossom community. Visit with the artists, shop […]
Join Val and Arieh Waldman to share travel stories, both theirs and yours. Val and Arieh have travelled together around the world twice; each time for one year. Both times were with backpacks and minimal itineraries. The first trip was 1982 (in their 30s) and the second was 2006 (guess their ages). In between they […]
Contemporary Jewish Fiction Class: Online Lectures 2 weeks: Thursdays, November 17 and 24, 10:30 am Can’t make our in-person dates? More comfortable with virtual presentations? This version of Cynthia’s famous “Contemporary Jewish Fiction Class” will revisit this fall’s picks: The Promise by Damon Galgut, and A Play for the End of the World by Jai […]
Little Blossoms with Marky Weinstock 3 times available: 9:30 am, 10:30 am & 11:30 am Dates: September 16, 23, 30 Oct 14, 21, 28, Nov 4, 11, 18, 25 Join us Friday mornings for Shabbat music, stories, and more. Dr. Marky (MD, MEd) is an award-winning entertainer and respected educator with over 20 years’ […]
Little Blossoms with Marky Weinstock 3 times available: 9:30 am, 10:30 am & 11:30 am Dates: September 16, 23, 30 Oct 14, 21, 28, Nov 4, 11, 18, 25 Join us Friday mornings for Shabbat music, stories, and more. Dr. Marky (MD, MEd) is an award-winning entertainer and respected educator with over 20 years’ […]
Little Blossoms with Marky Weinstock 3 times available: 9:30 am, 10:30 am & 11:30 am Dates: September 16, 23, 30 Oct 14, 21, 28, Nov 4, 11, 18, 25 Join us Friday mornings for Shabbat music, stories, and more. Dr. Marky (MD, MEd) is an award-winning entertainer and respected educator with over 20 years’ […]
Family Havdallah: Bowling Edition! November 19, 5:30 pm We are looking forward to marking Havdallah and going bowling with our HBT families. We will meet outside Playtime Bowl and Entertainment (33 Samor Rd, North York, ON M6A 1J2) at 5:30 pm for Havdallah, with bowling to follow. Cost is $20 per person, in order to […]
Family Havdalah Saturday evenings, 5:30 pm We look forward to meeting families where they are as we usher out Shabbat and welcome in the new week, coming to various locations.
Joan Beckow Legacy Project Album Release Concert & Documentary Preview November 19, 8:00 pm Not all creators get the spotlight they deserve during their lifetime. The Joan Beckow Legacy Project commemorates the musical works of prolific, brilliant, and under-celebrated composer Joan Beckow, who passed away at 88 in Vancouver in January 2021. Although Beckow’s compositions […]
MP Carolyn Bennett – A Neighbourhood Check-Up Sunday, November 20, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Join the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Member of Parliament for Toronto-St. Paul’s and Rabbi Yael Splansky at Holy Grounds Café to share your thoughts and ideas on issues that are important to you.
Join Val and Arieh Waldman to share travel stories, both theirs and yours. Val and Arieh have travelled together around the world twice; each time for one year. Both times were with backpacks and minimal itineraries. The first trip was 1982 (in their 30s) and the second was 2006 (guess their ages). In between they […]
Contemporary Jewish Fiction Class: Online Lectures 2 weeks: Thursdays, November 17 and 24, 10:30 am Can’t make our in-person dates? More comfortable with virtual presentations? This version of Cynthia’s famous “Contemporary Jewish Fiction Class” will revisit this fall’s picks: The Promise by Damon Galgut, and A Play for the End of the World by Jai […]
Little Blossoms with Marky Weinstock 3 times available: 9:30 am, 10:30 am & 11:30 am Dates: September 16, 23, 30 Oct 14, 21, 28, Nov 4, 11, 18, 25 Join us Friday mornings for Shabbat music, stories, and more. Dr. Marky (MD, MEd) is an award-winning entertainer and respected educator with over 20 years’ […]
Little Blossoms with Marky Weinstock 3 times available: 9:30 am, 10:30 am & 11:30 am Dates: September 16, 23, 30 Oct 14, 21, 28, Nov 4, 11, 18, 25 Join us Friday mornings for Shabbat music, stories, and more. Dr. Marky (MD, MEd) is an award-winning entertainer and respected educator with over 20 years’ […]
Shabbat Morning Torah Study with Rabbi Don Splansky Shabbat Toledot, Saturday, November 26, 9:00 am Rabbi Don Splansky, PhD is the Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Beth Am in Framingham, Massachusetts. He is the original Rabbi Splansky. For those who are comfortable, you can now join us in person to study the weekly Torah portion. […]
A weekday opportunity to raise a glass or teacup with fellow congregants over Zoom and join in an informal conversation about Jewish life and times in Israel and the Jewish diaspora.
The Wisdom Generation will learn about a newer Israeli holiday called Yom HaPlitim, a day to honour stories of Jewish exodus from Arab lands and the communities lost to these exiles, using the work of Nessim Sibony, an ethnographer and painter based in Los Angeles. You can join us online or in person!
A weekday opportunity to raise a glass or teacup with fellow congregants over Zoom and join in an informal conversation about Jewish life and times in Israel and the Jewish diaspora.
A weekday opportunity to raise a glass or teacup with fellow congregants over Zoom and join in an informal conversation about Jewish life and times in Israel and the Jewish diaspora.
Join Val and Arieh Waldman to share travel stories, both theirs and yours. Val and Arieh have travelled together around the world twice; each time for one year. Both times were with backpacks and minimal itineraries. The first trip was 1982 (in their 30s) and the second was 2006 (guess their ages). In between they […]
A weekday opportunity to raise a glass or teacup with fellow congregants over Zoom and join in an informal conversation about Jewish life and times in Israel and the Jewish diaspora.
HBTogether Group for Suicide Loss Survivors 1st Thursday of the month, 6:30-8:00 pm This group is for anyone who has lost someone to suicide. This is a peer support space co-led by suicide loss survivors Lise Sklar and Abigail Nemzer. It is a safe place to share memories, stories and experiences with others who […]
Holy Blossom Temple 2022 AGM Sunday, December 4, 10:00 am Holy Blossom Temple members are invited to join the Annual General Meeting in-person and online (members received the zoom link to join the meeting via email) This year, we will be offering breakfast generously sponsored by Brotherhood and Women of Holy Blossom. Breakfast […]