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Rock ‘n Roll Midrash: Bob Dylan

  • Posted on November 29, 2020
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November 29, 2020 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am – Hosted by Alan Livingston & Yael Greenberg, we will listen to, then explore and discuss, Dr. Stephen Arnoff’s Rock and Roll Midrash talk on Bob Dylan: “Where do visionaries of rock and roll and the wisdom of ancient texts meet in times of fear, isolation, and the radical disruption of life as we knew it […]

Tachles – Practical Hebrew Series

  • Posted on December 2, 2020
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December 2, 2020 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Wednesdays beginning October 21, 1:00 pm November 4, November 18, December 2, December 16, December 23.    A free online practical Hebrew series for adults at an intermediate level, developed and sponsored by The Department for Diaspora Affairs of the World Zionist Organization and The Canadian Zionist Federation.   A fresh approach to Hebrew and […]

Avodah Zarah: Weekly Talmud with Rabbi Hillel

  • Posted on December 2, 2020
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December 2, 2020 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/92638201858 Zoom password: Same as usual for our Zoom events. If you don’t already know it, please email Shira at shira@bethjacobsynagogue.ca.   Avodah Zarah (Hebrew for ‘foreign worship’, i.e. ‘idolatry’) is a tractate of the Talmud mainly containing discussions on laws for Jews living among, and peacefully interacting with Gentiles, especially idolaters. While Judaism […]

The Mitzvah Within: Living as the Image of God, with Chaim Eliezer Davis

  • Posted on December 3, 2020
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December 3, 2020 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86745338852 Zoom password: The password is the same as usual for Beth Jacob events. If you don’t have it, please email Shira at shira@bethjaccobsynagogue.ca.   This series seeks to explore the Torah’s statement that human beings are created “in the image of God,” and to learn how to elevate the sparks of divinity within […]

A Real Chanukah Story, with Rabbi Mordechai Silverstein

  • Posted on December 6, 2020
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December 6, 2020 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm – The Meaning of Chanukah, with Rabbi Mordechai Silverstein This Sunday December 6, 11:00 am https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88148861508 For the password, please email Shira@BethJacobSynagogue.ca   Rabbi Silverstein is a former colleague of Rabbi Hillel, and favourite Talmud teacher of Shira, from their time at the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem! Please join us at 6:00 pm Israel time (11:00 […]

Avodah Zarah: Weekly Talmud with Rabbi Hillel

  • Posted on December 9, 2020
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December 9, 2020 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/92638201858 Zoom password: Same as usual for our Zoom events. If you don’t already know it, please email Shira at shira@bethjacobsynagogue.ca.   Avodah Zarah (Hebrew for ‘foreign worship’, i.e. ‘idolatry’) is a tractate of the Talmud mainly containing discussions on laws for Jews living among, and peacefully interacting with Gentiles, especially idolaters. While Judaism […]

The Mitzvah Within: Living as the Image of God, with Chaim Eliezer Davis

  • Posted on December 10, 2020
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December 10, 2020 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86745338852 Zoom password: The password is the same as usual for Beth Jacob events. If you don’t have it, please email Shira at shira@bethjaccobsynagogue.ca.   This series seeks to explore the Torah’s statement that human beings are created “in the image of God,” and to learn how to elevate the sparks of divinity within […]

The Gender Lady: The Fabulous Dr. May Cohen

  • Posted on December 13, 2020
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December 13, 2020 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – View The Gender Lady film from December 12 at 7:00 pm – December 13, 2020 at 9:00 pm Join the live Q&A with Dr. Cohen and the Directors, moderated by Rabbi Hillel December 13 at 4:00 pm “Dr. May Cohen and her husband Gerry ran a large and popular medical practice in North York until […]

Tachles – Practical Hebrew Series

  • Posted on December 16, 2020
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December 16, 2020 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Wednesdays beginning October 21, 1:00 pm November 4, November 18, December 2, December 16, December 23.    A free online practical Hebrew series for adults at an intermediate level, developed and sponsored by The Department for Diaspora Affairs of the World Zionist Organization and The Canadian Zionist Federation.   A fresh approach to Hebrew and […]

Avodah Zarah: Weekly Talmud with Rabbi Hillel

  • Posted on December 16, 2020
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December 16, 2020 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/92638201858 Zoom password: Same as usual for our Zoom events. If you don’t already know it, please email Shira at shira@bethjacobsynagogue.ca.   Avodah Zarah (Hebrew for ‘foreign worship’, i.e. ‘idolatry’) is a tractate of the Talmud mainly containing discussions on laws for Jews living among, and peacefully interacting with Gentiles, especially idolaters. While Judaism […]