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Ma Nishma: What's Happening in Israel
2025-04-17 19:30 - 20:30 UTC | On Zoom
Ma Nishma: What’s Happening in Israel
Every Third Thursday | 7:30 p.m. – On Zoom
A monthly informal chat about current events in Israel with Shirley Segev.

Join us for “Growing Wise” – A Post-Kiddush Workshop
2025-04-19 00:45 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W., North York, Ontario, M3H 2T, Canada
We are excited to invite you to a special post-Kiddush program on April 19th called “Growing Wise”. This unique session will explore Jewish perspectives on the process of growing wiser, with a focus on the spiritual and personal growth that comes with life’s stages.
Rabbi Tina will be moderating a panel discussion with an inspiring group of guests who will share their expertise and insights:
Dr. Ivan Silver, Specialist in Healthy Aging
Dr. Ari Cuperfain, Geriatric Psychiatry
Ruth Abrams, Poet and Artist
Register Here

Shabbat Services
2025-04-19 10:00 UTC | Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W., North York, Ontario, M3H 2T, Canada
Experience the heartwarming blend of traditional egalitarian Shabbat morning services, engaging children’s programming, Torah study, enlightening talks, alternative creative services, spirited Israeli dancing, and the camaraderie of communal Kiddush. Whatever you seek on Shabbat, Darchei Noam has something to offer!
Our Shabbat morning services, filled with joyous singing accompanied by instruments, moments of contemplative reflection, and insightful divrei Torah (teachings), create a backdrop for life cycle celebrations within our welcoming community.
Enhance your communal Shabbat experience by joining our Kiddush lunch. Whether you practice Yiddish or Hebrew at our monthly Yiddish Tisch or Shulchan Ivrit, celebrate a simcha with a community family, join in our monthly Israeli dancing sessions, or host your own gathering, Shabbat at Darchei Noam is a chance to reconnect with old friends and make new ones!
We follow the Reconstructionist prayer book Kol Haneshamah Shabbat v’Chagim. Services take place on Saturday mornings at 10 am, with child care available. All our services are also streamed via Zoom!.
If you’d like a community member to accompany you during a Darchei Noam service, simply let us know – we’d be delighted to arrange it!
Come and immerse yourself in the richness and diversity of our community’s Shabbat observances.
Aliyah and Special Occasions
For an Aliyah during sanctuary services or to acknowledge a special occasion during virtual services, please contact Rabbi Ryan Leszner at least two days in advance. The Parnass will happily share news of your occasion with the congregation at the start of the Torah service.

Join us for a Special Earth Day Shabbat Service on April 26th
2025-04-26 10:00 (America/Toronto) | Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W., North York, Ontario, M3H 2T, Canada
Planet Earth Needs Our Help. On April 26th, our Shabbat service will explore the environmental challenges we face, and how all of us can be part of the solution.
The service will include:

An environmentally-themed Dvar Torah by our member Janice Keil.
A post-kiddush panel discussion on What everyone can do to promote a more sustainable (and personally fulfilling) environment. Panellists will be DN members: Janice Keil, Climate Justice Activist and Farmer; Desre Kramer, Master Gardener; and Alan Levine, Founder and Chair of the Canadian Centre for Food and Ecology (https://theccfe.org/).
Q & A to follow.
Through this special Shabbat we also honour the legacy of Gloria Boxen z”l, who passed away since the last Earth Day. Gloria led DN’s Shomrei Adamah (Environment) Committee, and championed many green initiatives at DN and across the wider community.

We hope you will join us. Bring along fellow fans of Planet Earth.
DN Ritual Committee

Israeli Dancing
2025-04-26 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W., North York, Ontario, M3H 2T, Canada
Saturday, April 26 | Following Kiddush in the Social Hall
Please join us toward the end of kiddush in the Social Hall for an hour of Israeli dancing.

All are welcome to join us in this fun, community-building activity. Join us to enjoy Israeli music and movement.

Teen Program – Grades 8-12
2025-04-27 12:30 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W., North York, Ontario, M3H 2T, Canada
Teen Program – Grades 8-12
When: Last Sunday of every month, 12:30-2:00 PM
Ready for something different? Our Teen Program is the perfect place to hang out, have fun, and step up as a leader. We’ve got lively discussions, cool activities, and plenty of chances to make your mark – all in a laid-back, welcoming vibe. And yes, we’ve got lunch covered too!
Register

Yom HaZikaron
2025-04-30 06:00 - 19:00 (America/Toronto) | Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W., North York, Ontario, M3H 2T, Canada
Please join us to commemorate Yom HaZikaron
🕯️ Yom HaZikaron CommemorationWednesday, April 30 | 6:00 PMWe will begin the evening with a solemn commemoration service honoring Israel’s fallen soldiers and victims of terror.

Yom HaAtzmaut
2025-04-30 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Toronto) | Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W., North York, Ontario, M3H 2T, Canada
Please join us to celebrate Yom HaAtzmaut
🎉 Yom HaAtzmaut CelebrationWednesday, April 30 | 7:00 PMFollowing the service, we will come together for a lively celebration of Israel’s independence—filled with music, dancing, and the warmth of community.
Enjoy performances by:🎶 Kishke Klezmer Band💃 Nirkoda Israeli Dancers🎤 Shira B’Tzibbur led by Iris Edelman
Light refreshments will be served!

Social Justice Scholar-in-Residence with Dr. Gary Bloch
2025-05-03 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W., North York, Ontario, M3H 2T, Canada
Too often, we protect both health and social justice using tools suggested by this week’s parsha, Tazria/Mezorah: we look, we diagnose, and we act. This direct approach to change may serve us to a point, but we live in times of worsening equality, less fairness, and eroding social justice. Lessons from the front lines of health care and social activism point to another way forward. We can radically reorient our approach to social change by giving up control and giving up power. We focus on learning through a deep engagement with stories, and we act to promote community leadership and community empowerment. This approach to change is transforming health care and offers new hope for progress toward social justice.

Kolot Noam
2025-05-03 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Toronto) | Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W., North York, Ontario, M3H 2T, Canada
Kolot Noam, Darchei Noam’s take on Shira b’Tsibur (singing in community) is back!
The non-member fee is $5, members participate for free. You must register!
Please bring a small dessert to share at the end of the evening.
Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Hebrew School
2025-05-04 09:30 (America/Toronto) | Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W., North York, Ontario, M3H 2T, Canada

Grief and Gratitude Circle
2025-05-04 10:30 - 11:30 (America/Toronto) | Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W., North York, Ontario, M3H 2T, Canada
“Grief keeps the heart flexible, fluid, and open to others.”
― Francis Weller
In his book The Wild Edge of Sorrow, psychotherapist Francis Weller explores how to move through the waters of grief and loss in a culture so fundamentally detached from the needs of the soul.

Pins and Needles Circle
2025-05-06 13:30 - 15:30, 2025-05-20 13:30 - 15:30 (America/Toronto) | Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W., North York, Ontario, M3H 2T, Canada
Pins and Needles is reaching out to let you know that we are always very happy to welcome new members to our group. We meet on the first Tuesday of each month in the shul library from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m., and on Zoom on the third Tuesday of the month. We knit, crochet, and socialize. We would love to have other crafters join us to show what they’re working on and to share tips and stories.
We also want to let you know that we are currently in need of yarn donations. Especially helpful are donations of blanket-weight yarn and multiple balls of the same weight or colour. If you’re doing some spring cleaning and have yarn you’re no longer using, we’d be grateful if you’d consider donating it to us.
Please contact nancy@kosiner.com if you have any questions.

Last day of Hebrew School
2025-05-11 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Toronto) | Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W., North York, Ontario, M3H 2T, Canada

Blood Drive
2025-05-11 10:00 - 15:00 (America/Toronto) | Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W., North York, Ontario, M3H 2T, Canada
Aliyah Rotman was an incredible kid. She smiled brightly, laughed generously and loved sparkly unicorn clothes. Above all, Aliyah was unfailingly kind and giving. On the day Aliyah arrived at the Sick Kids ER, she required 7 units of blood as the amazing team tried to save her life. Reflecting on that, we are so grateful for the generosity of those who gave blood in the weeks and months leading up to March 7th 2022. Their donations gave us more time with Aliyah. Their donations allowed Aliyah to be an organ donor, to free 2 from dialysis and give a little boy a new heart. In Aliyah’s name and honour we hope to have our community join Aliyah’s A-Team. As Aliyah would say, to give many others the opportunity to live their one life and live it good.
To Register

Sign in or create an account by visiting blood.ca/en
or use the GiveBlood app.
Select ‘Partners’ from the menu, then ‘Join an existing team’
Search for: Aliyah’s A Team

Chassidic Songs
2025-05-17 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W., North York, Ontario, M3H 2T, Canada

Board Meeting
2025-05-21 19:15 - 21:15 (America/Toronto) | Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W., North York, Ontario, M3H 2T, Canada

Tikkun Leil Shavuot @ MNJCC
2025-06-01 19:00 (America/Toronto) | Ontario
Toronto’s All-Night Jewish Learning Festival @ MNJCC
Sunday, June 1 2025 | Sunset to Sunrise | Doors Open at 7:00 PM
(Tikkun Niggun Saloon ft. Rabbi Ryan Leszner and Eden Nameri @ 7:30 PM)
Come as you are. Stay for the night. Learn something new.
Click here for more information and to register

Shavuot
2025-06-02 10:00 (America/Toronto) | Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W., North York, Ontario, M3H 2T, Canada
Join us for Shavuot services as we celebrate the giving of the Torah.
The service will include Yizkor, the memorial prayer to remember loved ones.

Annual General Meeting
2025-06-04 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Toronto) | Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W., North York, Ontario, M3H 2T, Canada
We invite you to attend the 2025 Annual General Meeting of Congregation Darchei Noam, which will take place on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. in the Social Hall at 864 Sheppard Avenue West. Doors will open at 6:45 p.m.
While Zoom videoconferencing will be available for those who require it, we warmly encourage all who are able to attend in person. This is a valuable opportunity to gather as a community, enjoy some refreshments, and connect with one another.
At the AGM, you will:

Receive an update from our President on the past year
Learn about progress in implementing our strategic plan
Hear reports from the Treasurer and Membership Committee Chairs
Vote on the appointment of auditors and the proposed slate for the 2025–2026 Board of Directors
Join us in expressing our gratitude to outgoing Board members, Officers, and Committee Chairs

Please register here by 12:00 p.m. on Friday, May 31 to help us ensure we meet quorum and have sufficient refreshments.
Each voting member in your household must register individually.

Tot Shabbat
2025-06-07 11:15 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W., North York, Ontario, M3H 2T, Canada
Tot Shabbat: Tiny Treasures
On Saturday, June 7th, we will have our last Tot Shabbat until September! Join us as we learn together, sing, and enjoy a delicious Kiddush lunch! We especially welcome children who were born in the last year, so that we can offer them a special gift and blessing.
🎵 11:15 AM **New Time**: Tot Shabbat with fun activities and songs
🍽 12:00 PM: Blessings and Kiddush lunch for all
Let’s celebrate a beautiful year of singing, playing, and dancing together.
Please RSVP here

Darchei Noam Welcomes: Justin Rosen Smolen
2025-06-07 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W., North York, Ontario, M3H 2T, Canada
📅 Saturday: June 7 | 🕙 1 PM in Sanctuary | 🕙 8 PM at Mitchell Residence
On Shabbat morning, Justin will give a brief talk during services to introduce his topics, and he will speak further about Reconstructing Judaism and about Reconstructionism at a question and answer session after Kiddush. Please register here.
On Saturday evening at 8:00 PM, we will have a further informal session with Justin at the home of Michael Mitchell to discuss current initiatives at Reconstructing Judaism and how his department, Thriving Communities, supports congregations. Please RSVP to mm@cmichaelmitchell.com
Justin Rosen Smolen is the Vice President for Thriving Communities and Partnerships at Reconstructing Judaism. He oversees movement initiatives supporting congregations worldwide and builds partnerships to advance a deeply rooted, boldly relevant, and co-creative approach to Jewish life.

Kolot Noam
2025-06-07 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Toronto) | Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W., North York, Ontario, M3H 2T, Canada
📅 Saturday, June 7 | 🕙 7 PM – 9 PM |📍In the Library
Kolot Noam, Darchei Noam’s take on Shira b’Tsibur (singing in community) is back!
The non-member fee is $5, members participate for free.
Registration is mandatory, please register here.
Please bring a small dessert to share at the end of the evening.
Looking forward to seeing you all there!

How Did We Get To Where We Are? Session 1 of 3
2025-06-08 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W., North York, Ontario, M3H 2T, Canada
Israeli – Palestinian Conflict Workshop Series with Dr. Oded Oron
Join us for this unique opportunity to deepen your understanding and contribute to meaningful discussions on one of the most pivotal conflicts of our time.
We are pleased to invite you to a transformative 3-part workshop series that explores the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Designed for active participation and meaningful dialogue, this series goes beyond traditional lectures, offering an engaging, hands-on learning experience.
Led by Dr. Oded Oron, Assistant Professor of Political Science, whose expertise spans Forced Migration, Social Movements, and Canadian Immigration Law, this series provides historical context, critical analysis, and collaborative exploration.
Session Topics:
🔹 Session 1 – June 8:1948: The Birth of Israel and the Palestinian Refugee ProblemExplore the foundational events and their lasting impact.
🔹 Session 2 – June 22:Borders: Security Considerations or Messianic Vision?Examine the complexities of territorial disputes and settlement policies.
🔹 Session 3 – July 6:Common Approaches to Solving the ConflictDiscuss strategies and frameworks that have shaped the peace process.
Participation Commitment:
To gain the full benefit of this series, we strongly encourage participants to commit to all three sessions. Each workshop builds upon the previous one, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the multifaceted issues at hand.
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED
