Upcoming Events
2010-2011 (5771) CALENDAR
Sunday, Aug. 29 at 7:30 pm
BOOK DISCUSSION: "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak
Non-members welcome to attend for a nominal fee.
Location: Member's home in the Don Mills/Steeles area
RSVP/Info: Roby at 416-385-3910 or roby@oraynu.org
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HIGH HOLIDAYS ARE EARLY THIS YEAR!!
We welcome you to join us for our unique humanistic observances.
Come be inspired by powerful prose, evocative poetry and wonderful music, rather than prayer.
ROSH HASHANAH - Thursday, Sept. 9 at 10:30 am
KOL NIDREI/YIZKOR - Friday, Sept. 17 at 8 pm
YOM KIPPUR - Saturday, Sept. 18 at 11 am
Location: Meron Banquet Hall, 1600 Steeles Ave. W. (just w. of Dufferin)
Tickets required. Reserve now.
RSVP/Info: Roby at 416-385-3910 or roby@oraynu.org
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Sunday, Sept. 12 at 10 am
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL: PARENT WORKSHOP, FAMILY SINGALONG AND BAGEL BRUNCH
Location: Oraynu Children's School (at St. Andrew's JHS), 131 Fenn Ave. (Bayview/York Mills)
RSVP/Info: Roby at 416-385-3910 or roby@oraynu.org
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Sunday, Sept. 26 at 10 am
FAMILY SUKKOT CELEBRATION
Location: Oraynu Children's School (at St. Andrew's JHS), 131 Fenn Ave. (Bayview/York Mills)
Non-members welcome: Adults $8, Children $4, Family $20
RSVP/Info: Roby at 416-385-3910 or roby@oraynu.org
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Friday, Oct. 1 at 7:30 pm
ONEG SHABBAT: OUR TORAH SCROLL - A CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
Presented By Dr. Barry N. Olshen, Senior Scholar, Professor Emeritus, Humanities & English Literature, Glendon College, York University
Location: 18 Wynford Drive, Main Floor (Don Mills/Eglinton)
RSVP/Info: Roby at 416-385-3910 or roby@oraynu.org
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Sunday, Oct. 3 at 10:15 am
INTRODUCTION TO HUMANISTIC JUDAISM
Find out: Who We Are ~ What We Believe
Led by Rabbi Karen Levy and Congregation Music Leader Sandi Horwitz
Everyone welcome to attend - School tour available
Location: Oraynu Children's School (at St. Andrew's JHS), 131 Fenn Ave. (Bayview/York Mills)
RSVP/Info: Roby at 416-385-3910 or roby@oraynu.org
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Friday, Oct. 8 at 7:45 pm
THEATRE OUTING: Ronnie Burkett Marionette Theatre production of BILLY TWINKLE: REQUIEM FOR A GOLDEN BOY
Followed by Post-Theatre Party and Meet-and-Greet with Producer/Director/Star Ronnie Burkett
Tickets: Members $45 Non-members $55 (Please reserve by Aug. 20)
Location: Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst St.
RSVP/Info: Roby at 416-385-3910 or roby@oraynu.org
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Monday. Nov. 8 at 7:30 pm
HOLOCAUST EDUCATION WEEK EVENT: "The World Was Ours: Pre-Holocaust Jewish Vilna in Film and Poetry”
Documentary film folowed by commentary and poetry reading by Gerry Kane
Co-sponsored with Don Mills Unitarian Congregation
Location: 18 Wynford Drive, Main Floor (Don Mills/Eglinton)
RSVP/Info: Roby at 416-385-3910 or roby@oraynu.org
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n A SAMPLER OF PAST EVENTS
CELEBRATING JEWISH HOLIDAYS
ROSH HASHANAH, KOL NIDREI/YIZKOR, YOM KIPPUR - Humanistic observances offer philosophy, prose, poetry and music SHABBAT - Observance, plus discussion with noted Canadian playwright Emil Sher, and readings from his play "Mourning Dove"
SUKKOT - Speaker Prof. Jeffrey Rosenthal (U of T) STRUCK BY LIGHTNING? IMPROBABILITY and OUR EVERYDAY CHOICES; "Under 40" Social, Sukkah Building and
Pot Luck BBQ; Joyful Harvest Potluck Dinner with klezmer musical entertainment by The Schpeelers, The Horables and others
CHANUKAH - Storyteller Madrikh Eli Rubenstein and musical duo Julie Michels/Kevin Barrett; "Fight or Adapt:The Chanukah Dilemma"
TU B'SHVAT SEDER and Annual FEAST OF WORDS POETRY & PROSE READING NIGHT
PURIM - Potluck dinner, Purim story; Middle Eastern music of JAFFARD;outrageous, psychological clowns Pox and Vendetta; Viewing of "Making Trouble" documentary about Jewish women in comedy.
ADULT PASSOVER FIRST NIGHT SEDER using Roots and Branches: A Humanist Haggadah for Passover. Click here for info
ISRAEL INDEPENDENCE DAY - Dr. Emanuel Adler, on THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT: Threats, Historical Challenges, and Legitimate Responses; Mike Fegelman,from Honest Reporting Canada on HOW TO IDENTIFY AND COUNTER UNFAIR MEDIA COVERAGE OF
ISRAEL; CELEBRATING "ISRAEL AT 60" BENEFIT PIANO AND CLARINET CONCERT;
YOM HASHOAH V'HAGEVURAH (HOLOCAUST AND RESISTANCE MEMORIAL DAY) - “The Legend of the Lodz Ghetto”; Candlelighting Ceremony and Discussion (how has the Holocaust affected my identity and worldview?) with music by Barbara Ackerman on flute and Rick Whitelaw, guitar
SHAVUOT- Guided tour of Darwin Exhibit at the ROM and Lunch with live klezmer at Free Times Cafe; Puzzle and Wisdom Tales from Jewish Tradition; Volunteer Appreciation Night
FAMILY ONEG SHABBATS - Jewish Humour, Torah Stories
FAMILY SUKKOT, CHANUKAH AND PURIM FESTIVALS; FAMILY PASSOVER SEDER
ADULT EDUCATION
AN AFTERNOON WITH THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS AT THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM - Private lecture and guided tour of the exhibition
LEARNING ABOUT DARFUR AND ITS REFUGEE CRISIS with Sgt. Debbie Bodkin, U.N. Special Investigator
JEWISH BOOK FAIR - Sponsor of Ronald Aronson, speaking on his new book LIVING WITHOUT GOD; Bennett Muraskin on LET JUSTICE WELL UP LIKE WATER
PERSONAL HEALTH CARE - WHO'S IN CHARGE? The Ethics of Decision Making with Madrikh Dr. Jerald Bain
RESPECTING DIFFERENCES IN SEXUAL ORIENTATION with Howard Shulman
INTRODUCTION TO HUMANISTIC JUDAISM: What We Believe -- How We Celebrate Led by Rabbi Karen Levy & Sandi Horwitz
INTERTALK - Workshop for Intermarried couples, their parents and teen or adult children, led by Rabbi Eva Goldfinger
Topics: Confusion-Free Celebrations in Intercultural Families; The Chrismukah Dilemma: Nurturing Jewish Identity in Intercultural Families; Navigating Traditional
Jewish Attitudes Toward Intermarriage; Jewish Literacy for Intermarrieds: A Path to Community Acceptance
JEWISH WOMEN ARTISTS OF THE PAST 200 YEARS by Rachel Levine
GUIDED TOUR OF ART EXHIBIT: FROM THE MELTING POT INTO THE FIRE, Contemporary Ceramics in Israel, at the Gardiner Museum
JEWS AND MUSLIMS IN HISTORY: FACTS, MYTHS AND COUNTERMYTHS by Prof. Eric Lawee (York U)
UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL WARMING AND ITS IMPACT with Prof. Paul Kushner (U of T)
BOOK TALKS; David Bezmozgis' Natasha and Other Stories; Amos Oz's A Tale of Love and Darkness, A Pigeon and a Boy by Meir Shalev, The Liberated Bride by A.B. Yehoshua, The World to Come by Dara Horn
A TRIP THROUGH TIME ~ DISCOVERING MY FAMILY AND ANCESTRAL SHTETLS IN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA with Les Kelman
HOLOCAUST EDUCATION WEEK - Documentary: "The Long Way Home"; The Life and Stories of Ida Fink with Prof. Sara Horowitz; Documentary: "Adele's Wish"
CELEBRATING JEWISH MUSIC with Elisabeth Michnick and Peter Gilbert
"TEXT AND TRADITIONS - Religious & Secular Writings through the Ages" Study Series with Rabbi Eva Goldfinger Biblical Myths or Scientific Truths?,Rabbinic Wisdom and Folly, Entrenchment and Rebellion in Modernity, New Halakha: Contemporary Pathways on Old Roads
COMPARATIVE JUDAISM SERIES with Rabbi Eva Goldfinger
Introduction--Foundational Jewish Ideas; Rabbinic/Halakhic Judaism; Chassidic Judaism; Reform Judaism; Conservative Judaism; Orthodox Judaism
WEEKEND SEMINARS - 2006: The Hebrew Bible in a Secular Age taught by Prof. Barry Olshen and Rabbi Eva Goldfinger; 2007: After the Bible: Rabbinic and Modern Midrash taught by Rabbi Adam Chalom, Dean, Int'l. Inst. for Secular Humanistic Judaism, North America; 2010 - Beyond Tradition: The Roots of Secular Humanistic Judaism led by Rabbi Adam Chalom
INTERNATIONAL and North American CONFERENCES & TEEN/YOUNG ADULT CONCLAVES
FILM, THEATRE, FOOD AND MORE
ORAYNU CELEBRATES ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY - June 14, 2009 Click here
NEW MEMBER WELCOME: WINE, CHEESE AND DESSERT SOIREE
POTLUCK DINNERS
MOVIE & PIZZA NIGHTS: Divided We Fall, Sunshine, Walk on Water, Turn Left at the End of the World, Live and Become,The Year My Parents Went on Vacation, Gloomy Sunday
THEATRE NIGHTS: Bigger Than Jesus, Letter From Lehrer, Top Girls, Jewtopia, Jerry's Girls; Tuesdays with Morrie, The Soul of Gershwin
A SENSE OF SPADINA - Guided Tour of Old Jewish Toronto; Lunch at Free Times Cafe
HANDS-ON COOKING SESSIONS WITH PROFESSIONAL CHEFS Nettie Cronish and Michelle Wolfson
A TASTE OF HINDI CULTURE - Guided Tour of the new BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir (Temple)and Indian lunch
PARTICIPATION IN THE ANNUAL UJA WALK WITH ISRAEL
PARTICIPATION IN THE "OUT OF THE COLD" PROGRAM
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ANY OF THESE EVENTS, PLEASE CONTACT US:
or call 416-385-3910
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