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17 2019

Here To Help

7:30PM - 9:00PM  


858 Sheppard Avenue W
Toronto, ON M3H 2T5

JACS Here To Help group is facilitated by JACS counsellors and is an open education discussion for anyone concerned…

Jan

4 2017

Chabad of Markham - Seniors Lunch and Learn

10:30AM - 12:00PM  

Chabad of Markham
83 Green Lane
Thornhill, ON L3T6K6

 

Weekly talks covering a wide range of cultural & historical topics.
Great for retirees * Build friendships * Deliciou…

Jan

4 2017

Weekly MAH JONGG at Temple Har Zion

1:00PM - 3:00PM  

Temple Har Zion
7360 Bayview Avenue
Thornhill, ON L3T 2R7

 

Join the regulars on Wednesdays just for fun in the Multipurpose Room.
 

Jan

4 2017

Simple Truths | Where Pleasure Meets Purpose

8:00PM - 9:30PM  

At the Home of Orit Hartman
41 Dundurn Cres., Thornhill (off Atkinson)
Thornhill,

WHERE PLEASURE MEETS PURPOSE
It is only natural to want to enjoy life’s pleasures. At the same time, all the pleasu…

Jan

5 2017

Live to Move - Photography Exibition begins

12:00PM - 6:00PM  

Miles Nadal JCC
750 Spadina Ave.
Toronto, ON M5S 2J2

 

In the Gallery in the MNjcc
Photography by Arthur Poirier
January 5 - 30
Opening reception January 12, 6:00 pm. Inclu…

Jan

8 2017

PJ PLUS Winter Session @ Schwartz/Reisman Centre/Neshamah Begins
 

Schwartz/Reisman Centre - Joseph & Wolfe Lebovic Jewish Community Campus

Vaughan, ON


 

PJ Plus is a 10 week program appropriate for tots and children between the ages of 1.5 through 3 years where y…

Jan

8 2017

PJ PLUS Winter Session @ Schwartz/Reisman Centre/Neshamah Begins

10:00AM - 11:15AM  

Schwartz/Reisman Centre - Joseph & Wolfe Lebovic Jewish Community Campus
9600 Bathurst Street
Vaughan, ON L6A 3Z8

 


 

PJ Plus is a 10 week program appropriate for tots and children between the ages of 1.5 through 3 years where y…

Jan

8 2017

JDAIM - Wheel Dance!

12:00PM - 12:55PM  

Miles Nadal JCC
750 Spadina Ave.
Toronto, ON M5S2J2

Wheel Dance: Latin Dance

Sundays, January 8 - February 12
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Learn Latin Dance in a comfortable and acc…

Jan

9 2017

UJA Real Estate Forum

6:30PM - 9:00PM  

Yorkville Village

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Jan

10 2017

Beth Tikvah - Tuesdays with Larry

1:30PM - 3:30PM  

Beth Tikvah Synagogue
3080 Bayview Avenue
Toronto, ON M2N 5L3

 

A.K.A. DOC POMUS (Canada) 2012 100 minutes
Documentary: “Save The Last Dance For Me” and “This Magic Moment”…

Jan

11 2017

Chabad of Markham - Seniors Lunch and Learn

10:30AM - 12:00PM  

Chabad of Markham
83 Green Lane
Thornhill, ON L3T6K6

 

Weekly talks covering a wide range of cultural & historical topics.
Great for retirees * Build friendships * Deliciou…

Jan

11 2017

Weekly MAH JONGG at Temple Har Zion

1:00PM - 3:00PM  

Temple Har Zion
7360 Bayview Avenue
Thornhill, ON L3T 2R7

 

Join the regulars on Wednesdays just for fun in the Multipurpose Room.
 

Jan

11 2017

Tales of our Past - Toronto 1910 Historical Series with David Nitkin

7:30PM - 10:00PM  

Adath Israel Synagogue

Toronto, ON

 

Join the author of the forthcoming series of books, in the Toronto 1910 historical fiction series, as he shows slides…

Jan

12 2017

Laughter is the Best Medicine: The Genius of Neil Simon

1:00PM - 3:30PM  

Miles Nadal JCC
750 Spadina Ave.
Toronto, ON M5S 2J2

 

With comedian Jack Newman Neil Simon is the most successful American playwright of all time, creating humour from…

Jan

12 2017

UJA's Centennial Journey to Israel - Information Evening

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Lipa Green Centre, Tamari Family Hall
4600 Bathurst Street
Toronto, ON M2R3V2

 

UJA's Centennial Journey to Israel - an experience that only comes around every 100 years!

Join us for an Informatio…

Jan

13 2017

PJ PLUS Winter Session @ Heschel Begins

10:00AM - 11:15AM  

The Toronto Heschel School
819 Sheppard Ave West
Toronto, ON

 


 

PJ Plus is a 10 week program appropriate for tots and children between the ages of 1.5 through 3 years where y…

Jan

13 2017

PJ PLUS Winter Session @ Heschel Begins
 

The Toronto Heschel School

Toronto, ON


 

PJ Plus is a 10 week program appropriate for tots and children between the ages of 1.5 through 3 years where y…

Jan

13 2017

KIDushat Shabbat — Dinner and Program for Kids of all ages!

5:45PM - 7:30PM  

Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto
210 Wilson Avenue
Toronto, ON M5M 3B1

 

Friday, January 13

A Temple Sinai Program — KIDushat Shabbat — Dinner and Program for Kids of all ages!

See, Taste …

Jan

15 2017

PJ PLUS Winter Session @ Adath Israel Begins

9:30AM - 10:45AM  

Adath Israel Congregation
37 Southbourne Ave
Toronto, ON

 


 

PJ Plus is a 10 week program appropriate for tots and children between the ages of 1.5 through 3 years where y…

Jan

15 2017

PJ PLUS Winter Session @ Adath Israel Begins
 

Adath Israel Congregation

Toronto, ON


 

PJ Plus is a 10 week program appropriate for tots and children between the ages of 1.5 through 3 years where y…

Jan

15 2017

PJ PLUS Winter Session @ Makom Begins

9:30AM - 10:45AM  

Makom - Creative Downtown Judaism
402 College Street
Toronto, ON M5T 1S8

 


 

PJ Plus is a 10 week program appropriate for tots and children between the ages of 1.5 through 3 years where y…

Jan

15 2017

PJ PLUS Winter Session @ Makom Begins
 

Makom - Creative Downtown Judaism

Toronto, ON


 

PJ Plus is a 10 week program appropriate for tots and children between the ages of 1.5 through 3 years where y…

Jan

15 2017

Jed Camp Toronto

10:00AM - 2:00PM  

Netivot HaTorah Day School
18 Atkinson Ave
Thornhill, ON M6B2W9

 

JEd Camp Toronto is an "unconference" for any educators working in a Jewish setting. This collaborative and collegial…

Jan

15 2017

JDAIM - Wheel Dance!

12:00PM - 12:55PM  

Miles Nadal JCC
750 Spadina Ave.
Toronto, ON M5S2J2

Wheel Dance: Latin Dance

Sundays, January 8 - February 12
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Learn Latin Dance in a comfortable and acc…

Jan

15 2017

CHAI TEA: Past Life

1:00PM - 4:00PM  

Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk
(North York Centre subway station)
5095 Yonge Street
North York, ON

Acclaimed filmmaker Avi Nesher (The Matchmaker, Turn Left at the End of the World) offers a spellbinding tale inspire…

Jan

15 2017

Screening of “Bar Mitzvah” Yiddish film featuring Boris Thomashefsky

2:00PM - 4:00PM  

Beth Tikvah Synagogue Social Hall
3080 Bayview Avenue
Between Sheppard and Finch
Toronto, ON M2N 5L3

 

Comic melodrama with songs. Believing his wife lost at sea, Israel remarries a scheming gold-digger. Shock, tears and…

Jan

15 2017

Beth Tikvah - Israel, Iran and the American Presidency

7:00PM - 9:30PM  

Beth Tikvah Synagogue
3080 Bayview Avenue
Toronto, ON M2N 5L3

 

AN EVENT NOT TO BE MISSED!

AN EVENT TO SUPPORT THE SOLDIERS OF ISRAEL.

Foreign policy experts, Mark Dubowitz and Michae…

Jan

16 2017

PJ PLUS Winter Session @ Bialik Begins

9:30AM - 10:45AM  

Bialik Hebrew Day School – North Campus
180 Ilan Ramon Blvd
Vaughan, ON

 


 

PJ Plus is a 10 week program appropriate for tots and children between the ages of 1.5 through 3 years where y…

Jan

16 2017

PJ PLUS Winter Session @ Bialik Begins
 

Bialik Hebrew Day School – North Campus

Vaughan, ON

 


 

PJ Plus is a 10 week program appropriate for tots and children between the ages of 1.5 through 3 years where y…

Jan

16 2017

UJA - Real Estate Event (TBC)

6:30PM - 9:00PM  

 

Details to be confirmed

Jan

16 2017

Wallenberg Day film screening

7:00PM - 9:30PM  

Innis Town Hall | University of Toronto
2 Sussex Ave.
Toronto, ON

 

Join the Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre for our annual film screening in honour of Wallenberg Day, featuring "T…

Jan

16 2017

A Temple Sinai Program — MIR Trio

8:00PM - 10:00PM  

Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto
210 Wilson Avenue
Toronto, ON M5M 3B1

 

Monday January 16

A Temple Sinai Program — MIR Trio

MIR Trio is excited to present a concert of music by Jewish compo…

Jan

17 2017

PJ PLUS Winter Session @ Barbara Frum Begins
 

Barbara Frum Library

Toronto, ON


 

PJ Plus is a 10 week program appropriate for tots and children between the ages of 1.5 through 3 years where y…

Jan

17 2017

PJ PLUS Winter Session @ Barbara Frum Begins

10:30AM - 11:45AM  

Barbara Frum Library
20 Covington Rd
Toronto, ON

 


 

PJ Plus is a 10 week program appropriate for tots and children between the ages of 1.5 through 3 years where y…

Jan

17 2017

Beth Tikvah - Tuesdays with Larry

1:30PM - 3:30PM  

Beth Tikvah Synagogue
3080 Bayview Avenue
Toronto, ON M2N 5L3

 

PHOENIX (Germany) 2014 98 minutes German with English Subtitles
A disfigured Auschwitz survivor returns to post-War B…

Jan

18 2017

Chabad of Markham - Seniors Lunch and Learn

10:30AM - 12:00PM  

Chabad of Markham
83 Green Lane
Thornhill, ON L3T6K6

 

Weekly talks covering a wide range of cultural & historical topics.
Great for retirees * Build friendships * Deliciou…

Jan

18 2017

Weekly MAH JONGG at Temple Har Zion

1:00PM - 3:00PM  

Temple Har Zion
7360 Bayview Avenue
Thornhill, ON L3T 2R7

 

Join the regulars on Wednesdays just for fun in the Multipurpose Room.
 

Jan

18 2017

A Temple Sinai Program — Israeli Culture Through the Arts

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto
210 Wilson Avenue
Toronto, ON M5M 3B1

 

Wednesdays, January 18, 25 and February 1 and 8

A Temple Sinai Program — Israeli Culture Through the Arts

In addi…

Jan

18 2017

Beth Tikvah - A Learning Series in Anticipation of Tu B'Shevat

7:30PM - 9:30PM  

Beth Tikvah Synagogue
3080 Bayview Avenue
Toronto, ON M2N 5L3

 

Bracha Feder will be teaching a 3-part series entitled, “An Exploration of Judaism’s Relationship with Nature”

Jan

18 2017

Tales of our Past - Toronto 1910 Historical Series with David Nitkin

7:30PM - 10:00PM  

Adath Israel Synagogue

Toronto, ON

 

Join the author of the forthcoming series of books, in the Toronto 1910 historical fiction series, as he shows slides…

Jan

19 2017

Betel on Bloor

10:30AM - 12:30PM  

Miles Nadal JCC
750 Spadina Ave.
Toronto, ON M5S 2J2

 

A new support program for seniors including gentle exercise, health & wellness workshops and a kosher lunch. Pay…

Jan

19 2017

Laughter is the Best Medicine: The Genius of Neil Simon

1:00PM - 3:30PM  

Miles Nadal JCC
750 Spadina Ave.
Toronto, ON M5S 2J2

 

With comedian Jack Newman Neil Simon is the most successful American playwright of all time, creating humour from…

Jan

19 2017

UJA Joshua Institute Future Leaders Program

6:00PM - 9:00PM  

TBD

Toronto, ON

UJA Joshua Institute Future Leaders Program

Jan

19 2017

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Jan

20 2017

Here To Help - Do you love someone struggling with an addiction?

7:30PM - 2:30PM  

JACS Toronto
846B Sheppard Ave. West
Toronoto, M3H 2T5

 

Here to Help (level I): Thursdays 7:30-9 pm. This group was developed as an introduction to addiction issues. Open…

Jan

20 2017

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Jan

21 2017

MDevents Toronto - Mid Winter Shabbaton

4:00PM - 6:00PM  

Magen David Congregation
10 McAllister Rd
North York, ON

 

MDEvents Toronto, uniting young Jewish professionals from all walks of life, regardless of level observance throughou…

Jan

21 2017

Ramah Canada Saturday Night Live

6:45PM - 8:45PM  

Beth Tzedec Congregation
1700 Bathurst Street
Thornhill, ON

 

Celebrate Summer in the Winter! Join us for Havdallah and Magic for grades 1-4. Dinner will be served. This is a drop…

Jan

22 2017

CIJA Policy Consultation

9:00AM - 12:00PM  

Lipa Green Centre
4600 Bathurst Street
Tamari Hall
Toronto, ON M2R 3V2

 

CIJA Policy Consultation

Jan

22 2017

Klezmer Lunch with Goyfriend, featuring Sasha Lurje

11:00AM - 2:00PM  

A Yiddishe Mame Restaurant
1416 Centre Street
Thornhill, ON

 

Join us for a special event combining great music with a delicious and authentic Jewish meal!

Latvian-born, Berlin-bas…

Jan

22 2017

JDAIM - Wheel Dance!

12:00PM - 12:55PM  

Miles Nadal JCC
750 Spadina Ave.
Toronto, ON M5S2J2

Wheel Dance: Latin Dance

Sundays, January 8 - February 12
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Learn Latin Dance in a comfortable and acc…

Jan

22 2017

The Other Son (Le fi ls de l’autre)

4:00PM - 10:15PM  

Miles Nadal JCC
750 Spadina Ave
Torono, ON M5S 2J2

 

Presented by Toronto Jewish Film Society, Alliance Francaise, Toronto and The New Israel Fund of Canada. (France, 20…

Jan

22 2017

Cabaret Evening for Jewish Singles 50+

7:30PM - 11:00PM  

Beth David Synagogue
55 Yeomans Road
Toronto, ON

 

Shaar Shalom Singles At Beth David invites the Toronto Jewish singles community (in conjunction with the…

Jan

23 2017

Auteur Directors in Nayman's Terms

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Miles Nadal JCC
750 Spadina Ave.
Toronto, ON M5S 2J2

 

Critic and Author Adam Nayman explores the careers of outspoken auteur film directors: Catherine Breillat (Romance,…

Jan

24 2017

Beth Tikvah - Tuesdays with Larry

1:30PM - 3:30PM  

Beth Tikvah Synagogue
3080 Bayview Avenue
Toronto, ON M2N 5L3

 

SABENA HIJACKING—MY VERSION (Israel) 2015 90 minutes Hebrew with English Subtitles
Account of the 1972 hijacking of…

Jan

24 2017

Petah Tikva's Health & Wellness Symposium

7:00PM - 9:30PM  

Petah Tikva Congregation
20 Danby Avenue
Toronto, ON M3H 2J3

 

Join us for an informative evening with our experts, Ashley Sauve, a Holistic Nutritionist & Wellness Chef and Moshe …

Jan

24 2017

Jews, Jewish Identity and Jewish Law

7:30PM - 9:30PM  

Helene Jacobs
55 Yeomans Road
Toronto, ON M3H3J7

 

How does the observance of Jewish law define us as Jews?
with Dr. Yedida Eisenstat, Jewish Theological Seminary Fello…

Jan

25 2017

Chabad of Markham - Seniors Lunch and Learn

10:30AM - 12:00PM  

Chabad of Markham
83 Green Lane
Thornhill, ON L3T6K6

 

Weekly talks covering a wide range of cultural & historical topics.
Great for retirees * Build friendships * Deliciou…

Jan

25 2017

Weekly MAH JONGG at Temple Har Zion

1:00PM - 3:00PM  

Temple Har Zion
7360 Bayview Avenue
Thornhill, ON L3T 2R7

 

Join the regulars on Wednesdays just for fun in the Multipurpose Room.
 

Jan

25 2017

Beth David Synagogue "Tea Time and Books"

1:30PM - 3:00PM  

Helene Jacobs
55 Yeomans Road
Toronto, ON M3H3J7

 

"As Close to Us As Breathing" by Elizabeth Poliner
Moderated by Cynthia Good
Please come with your own copy of the bo…

Jan

25 2017

A Temple Sinai Program — Israeli Culture Through the Arts

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto
210 Wilson Avenue
Toronto, ON M5M 3B1

 

Wednesdays, January 18, 25 and February 1 and 8

A Temple Sinai Program — Israeli Culture Through the Arts

In addi…

Jan

25 2017

Beth Tikvah - A Learning Series in Anticipation of Tu B'Shevat

7:30PM - 9:30PM  

Beth Tikvah Synagogue
3080 Bayview Avenue
Toronto, ON M2N 5L3

 

Bracha Feder will be teaching a 3-part series entitled, “An Exploration of Judaism’s Relationship with Nature”

Jan

25 2017

Tales of our Past - Toronto 1910 Historical Series with David Nitkin

7:30PM - 10:00PM  

Adath Israel Synagogue

Toronto, ON

 

Join the author of the forthcoming series of books, in the Toronto 1910 historical fiction series, as he shows slides…

Jan

25 2017

Rosh Chodesh Society - Lesson III

8:00PM - 10:00PM  

Hosted by Tonya Kaushanky
24 Mortimor Court
off Dana Cres
Thornhill, ON L4J 2P8

 

The Rosh Chodesh Society - an international Jewish sisterhood organized by the Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) is lau…

Jan

26 2017

Music and Wellness: Music and the Brain, Temple Har Zion

7:30PM - 9:00PM  

Temple Har Zion
7360 Bayview Avenue
Thornhill, ON L3T 2R7

 

Guest presenter, Chrissy Pearson, BMT, MTA and music therapist.
Light refreshments will be served.
Sisterhood member…

Jan

27 2017

 

Contact CSYV for details.
Event held annual at Ottawa's War Museum.
Buses leave TOR and MTL.

Jan

27 2017

UJA Lawyers Division Breakfast & Learn with Thomas Walther

7:30AM - 9:00AM  

Goodmans LLP
Bay Adelaide Centre
333 Bay Street
Toronto, ON

 

Please join us for a very special Breakfast and Learn with retired Bavarian judge Thomas Walther and Holocaust sur…

Jan

27 2017

to
Jan

28 2017

Top Top Pair Poker Tourney

8:00PM - 11:55PM  

Canvas
1318 Castlefield Avenue
Toronto , M6B 1G7

 

“No Limit Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament. Rebuys and 1 top-up round” 

Jan

28 2017

Ramah Canada Saturday Night Live

6:45PM - 8:45PM  

Bathurst Bowlerama
2788 Bathurst Street
Toronto, ON

 

Celebrate Summer in the Winter! Join us for Havdallah and bowling for grades 1-4. Dinner will be served. This is a dr…

Jan

28 2017

Top Top Pair Poker Tourney

8:00PM - 11:55PM  

Canvas
1318 Castlefield Avenue
Toronto , M6B 1G7

 

Poker Tournament

Jan

29 2017

International Holocaust Remembrance Day Program

11:00AM - 12:15PM  

Munk School for Global Affairs, University of Toronto
1 Devonshire Place
Toronto, ON

 

Book launch and lecture featuring The Evidence Room authors and project principals Anne Bordeleau, Donald McKay and R…

Jan

29 2017

Pinchas Gutter In the Flesh

11:30AM - 1:30PM  

First Narayever Congregation
187 Brunswick Av.
Toronto, ON M5R 2R7

 

Renowned public presenter Pinchas Gutter, survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto the Nazi camps of Majdanek, Buchenwald, and…

Jan

29 2017

JDAIM - Wheel Dance!

12:00PM - 12:55PM  

Miles Nadal JCC
750 Spadina Ave.
Toronto, ON M5S2J2

Wheel Dance: Latin Dance

Sundays, January 8 - February 12
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Learn Latin Dance in a comfortable and acc…

Jan

30 2017

Auteur Directors in Nayman's Terms

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Miles Nadal JCC
750 Spadina Ave.
Toronto, ON M5S 2J2

 

Critic and Author Adam Nayman explores the careers of outspoken auteur film directors: Catherine Breillat (Romance,…

Jan

30 2017

DisabilityVisibility ANIMATION - JDAIM

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Miles Nadal JCC
750 Spadina Ave.
Toronto, ON M5S2J2

Disability/Visibility: ANIMATION @ MNJCC

Tell Your Story in partnership with the Toronto Animation Society.

Explore…

Jan

30 2017

 

Bay Street event with David Rosenberg

* Ticket/Admission is $30 plus a gift to the Centennial Campaign

 

Jan

30 2017

Beth David Membership Book Club

7:30PM - 9:30PM  

Helene Jacobs
55 Yeomans Road
Toronto, ON M3H3J7

 

Beth David Membership Book Club
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Moderated by Cynthia Good
Please provide your own co…

Jan

31 2017

Beth Tikvah - Tuesdays with Larry

1:30PM - 3:30PM  

Beth Tikvah Synagogue
3080 Bayview Avenue
Toronto, ON M2N 5L3

 

LABYRINTH OF LIES (Germany) 2015 123 minutes German with English Subtitles
In the late 1950’s, a German lawyer atte…

Jan

31 2017

Breaking the Stigma, a Jewish Response to Addiction

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Beth Tzedec Congregation
1700 Bathurst Street
Toronto, ON M5P 3K3

 

A stimulating and educational evening dedicated to understanding mental health in a Jewish context. Building on the s…

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