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Beth Tzedec offers a variety of programs and events that inspire and enable our community to live meaningful Jewish lives. Join us at these opportunities to Care, Connect, Learn, Pray, Celebrate and Give & Get with Beth Tzedec.

Featured Programs

We Will Dance Again Premiere Film Screening

Sunday, September 15 at 7:30 p.m.

Friendship, love, and freedom—these ideals drew young hearts from around the globe to Nova’s EDM music festival in south Israel. But as the sun rose on October 7, the fantasy shattered. Rockets sliced through the sky, and the music cut off. Confusion morphed into terror as gunfire erupted amidst the chaos. Hamas terrorists breached the border fence and unleashed barbarity in its rawest form.
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Periphery Exhibit Opening

Thursday, September 19 at 7:30 p.m.

Join us at Beth Tzedec for the opening of the Periphery Exhibit, an evocative photographic and film project that celebrates ethnic diversity in the Jewish community. This exhibit opening event will feature music from the Jewish diaspora with Beth Tzedec's Aviva Chernick alongside Gisun and Jesse Levy. Periphery project reps Sara Yacobi-Harris and Akilah Allen-Silverstein and documentary participant Asha Allen-Silverstein will speak about the exhibit.
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Na'aleh Toronto Jewish Mindfulness Collective

Beginning Sunday, September 22 at 10:00 a.m.

Na’aleh is a collective of Jewish mindfulness practitioners and leaders who are building a Jewish mindfulness community in Toronto and surrounding areas.
Our team is excited to launch our first series—an arc of four programs offered throughout this year, 5785 (2024-2025), each delving into mindfulness practices and Jewish spiritual wisdom to prepare for an upcoming Jewish holiday.
- Nashuva/Let's Return • Sunday, September 22 • 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
  (at Beth Tzedec)
- Ohr/Light • Thursday, December 19 • 7:00 to 9:30 p.m.(at Miles Nadal JCC)
- Entering • Sunday, March 2 • 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.(at Beth Tzedec)
- Har/Mountain • Thursday, May 29 • 7:00 to 9:30 p.m.(at Miles Nadal JCC)
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United Against Antisemitism:
Empowering Communities Through Education
Thursday, September 26 at 7:30 p.m.

Beth Tzedec is pleased to partner with Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in presenting Michal Cotler-Wunsh, Israel's special envoy for combatting antisemitism, in conversation with the Honourable Linda Frum for a discussion opportunity on empowering communities through education.
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Selichot Scholar Weekend with Rabbi Shai Held

Friday, September 27 and Saturday, September 28

Beth Tzedec is pleased to welcome Rabbi Shai Held, President and Dean at the Hadar Institute, alongside our Spiritual Leadership, for a Selichot Shabbat scholar weekend, including a Friday night service, community dinner and talk, a Shabbat morning presentation from the bimah and Saturday night Selichot service. Friday dinner by pre-registration only.
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Pre-Rosh Hashanah Musical Service, Dinner and Presentation

Friday, September 27 at 6:00 p.m.

Join us for a musical Kabbalat Shabbat Service featuring Maestro Meir Briskman, Cantor Moshe Fishel and the Lishmoa El Harina Choir as we gather to celebrate the coming High Holy Days with an inspiring and meaningful Service followed by a delicious catered dinner. Rabbi Shai Held, our Shabbat scholar, will speak on the topic "Turning Suffering into Love: The Bible's Great Moral Revolution".
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Upcoming Programs

How Civil Leadership is Changing the City:

Fresh Strategies for Food Security in Jerusalem's Diverse Neighbourhoods

Monday, September 9 at 7:00 p.m.

Join us for a special evening about Jerusalem and how civil society leadership is transforming this diverse and complicated city. Special guest Daniella Seltzer of JLM Food Rescuers will speak to innovative efforts supporting Jerusalem’s varied communities with a more equitable and sustainable urban food system. Presented by the Jerusalem Foundation of Canada, supporting programs in the city committed to communal strength and shared society, creative culture, and future leadership.
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Tzingles Connections Shabbat Dinner

Friday, September 13 —
Services 6:00 p.m. | Dinner 7:15 p.m.

Beth Tzedec's Tzingles Connections are invited to join us for a catered Shabbat dinner where we will connect and share over a delicious dinner. We begin at the Kabbalat Shabbat Service and then meet for a delicious dinner.
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