Dr. Nate Charach: Resilience Building Workshop

Dr. Nate Charach: Resilience Building Workshop By Jack Kugelmass with Arlene Roth In the Spring of 2024, Holy Blossom Temple was approached by our Temple member Dr. Nate Charach, with a riddle. “What do you call a program that combines psychiatry…
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Rabbinic Reflection: Rabbi Eliza McCarroll

Over the last week or so, as we have celebrated and commemorated Simchat Torah, there are two different images that will forever remain in my memory. One is from Erev Simchat Torah, as we danced and sang and yes, even rejoiced as we ended our…
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Advocacy @ HBT: What you can do

The week of October 30, 2024 Antizionist Conference at U of T / Pushing Back the Boycott at the University of Windsor / Special Envoy Deborah Lyons coming to HBT / UN Rapporteur Reprimand.   Hillel Ontario needs our help, send the message…
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Advocacy @ HBT: What you can do

Advocacy @ HBT: What you can do The week of October 25, 2024 Special Envoy Deborah Lyons coming to HBT, Antizionist Conference at U of T, CJPAC’s Year of Political Action Wednesday, November 13 at 7:00 pm - Special Envoy Deborah Lyons…

HaTzipporim on Spadina and in the Sandwich

HaTzipporim on Spadina and in the Sandwich By Karen Cohen, HaTzipporim Committee You might be expecting a review for a restaurant on Spadina after a quick glance at the title of this article. The article’s purpose is actually to share an…
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Celebrating Women of Valour: Sheila Smolkin

Rosh Chodesh Chesvan: Sheila Smolkin By: Anne Dublin Sheila Smolkin (née Joyce) was born in Ottawa in 1945. Her parents were Walter Joyce and Mary Sedgewick Joyce. They both graduated from Victoria College, University of Toronto in 1940 where…

In the Afterglow of the High Holydays: Thank you!

In the Afterglow of the High Holydays Rabbi Yael Splansky After such a hard and heavy year, this High Holy Day season was particularly moving. Welcoming so many new members and seeing so many young families is evidence that the Jewish future…
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Advocacy @ HBT: What you can do

Advocacy @ HBT: What you can do The week of October 16, 2024 Deborah Lyons coming to HBT, Celebrating the Soviet Jewry movement, and grassroots advocacy success!   Wednesday, November 13 at 7:00 pm - Special Envoy Deborah Lyons will speak…

The President’s Award: Honouring Wendy Eisen

The President’s Award: Honouring Wendy Eisen By Phyllis Segal Denaburg, Holy Blossom Temple President The Holy Blossom Temple President’s Award is awarded to recognize and honour an outstanding member or members of Holy Blossom Temple for…

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