Guest Lectures

Beth Tzedec hosts a who's who of guest lectures that you won’t want to miss

Dan Senor with audience

Dan Senor: In Conversation

Insightful, unique, sometimes provocative, and always entertaining, our guest lectures have been an important part of our 70 year history as a leader in Toronto’s Jewish community. Throughout the year, we host special shabbat guest scholars who speak from the bima and at kiddush. We are also thrilled to have leading authors like Daniel Silva and Mitch Albom make Beth Tzedec a regular stop on their book-release tours, to discuss their writing and share insights.

Upcoming Lectures

November 24, 2026

Emancipation, Toleration and Tradition: Reading Mendelssohn’s Jerusalem (1783) in Toronto Today

How do ideas from 1783 still shape Jewish life in Toronto today? Join us as Professor Michael Rosenthal, the Grafstein Professor of Jewish Philosophy at the University of Toronto, brings […]

Recent Lectures:

Israel Votes

Donniel Hartman, 2026, photo by Josh Nezon

Dan Senor In Conversation

Dan Senor and Robyn Urback, 2025, Photo by Yaron Eini

An Inside Job with Daniel Silva

Daniel Silva and Jamie Gangel, 2025, Photo by Michael Goodbaum

The Road between Us

Steve Paikin, Noam Tibon, Barry Avrich, Mark Selby, 2025, Photo by Terri Humphries

Mitch Albom: Twice

Mitch Albom, 2025, photo by Michael Goodbaum

A Turning Point in Jewish History:

Unpacking October 7 and Its Aftermath Yossi Klein Halevi and Sarah Fulford, 2024, Photo by Josh Nezon photography

Historic Lectures:

Visit from Israeli Prime Minister

Ben Gurion

1967, Photo by Albert Gilbert

Visit from Israeli Prime Minister

Levi Eshkol

1968, Photo by Albert Gilbert

Visit from Israeli Prime Minister

Golda Meir

1970, Photo by Albert Gilbert

Visit from Israeli Prime Minister

Menachem Begin

1978, Photo by Albert Gilbert