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SUMMARY:A WEEKEND WITH RABBI DR. WENDY ZIERLER
DESCRIPTION:Rabbi Dr. Wendy Zierler is a rabbi\, scholar\, author\, whose work bridges Jewish literature\, gender studies\, and contemporary culture. Originally from Sarnia and raised in Toronto\, she is now the Sigmund Falk Professor of Modern Jewish Literature and Feminist Studies at Hebrew Union College in New York. \nOrdained by Yeshiva Maharat in 2021\, Rabbi Zierler is the author of several acclaimed books\, including Going Out with Knots: My Two Kaddish Years with Hebrew Poetry (2025)\, as well as award-nominated works on film\, midrash\, and Hebrew women’s writing. She has also co-edited multiple scholarly volumes and serves as Co-Editor of Prooftexts\, a leading journal of Jewish literary history. \nIn addition to her academic work\, she is a fiction writer and film consultant. She is married to Daniel Feit and has three adult children. \nThursday June 4th   7:00 PM     Social Hall \nGoing Out with Knots: My Two Kaddish Years with Hebrew Poetry \nHow can Hebrew poetry and Israeli culture serve as a bulwark and resource in times of personal and communal loss? An outgrowth of Rabbi Dr. Zierler’s recently published Kaddish / COVID memoir\, this book talk will show how a study of modern Hebrew poetry and song can address issues of grief\, prayer\, God-wrestling\, feminist transformation of tradition\, and creative response to loss. \nShabbat\, June 6th     1:00 PM       Sanctuary \nRe-reading Miriam: Changing Interpretive Seas \nIn this Post-Kiddush Torah Study session\, Rabbi Dr. Zierler will explore how feminist literary reading strategies and modern poetic midrash can help us discover surprising new insights about the biblical Miriam \n  \nRegister Here
URL:https://darcheinoam.ca/event/a-weekend-with-rabbi-dr-wendy-zierler/2026-06-04/
LOCATION:Congregation Darchei Noam\, 864 Sheppard Ave W.\, North York\, Ontario\, M3H 2T\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Shabbat Morning Service & Kiddush
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Shabbat morning unlike any other\, as we welcome Rabbi Shefa Gold into the heart of our community’s weekly gathering. \nServices begin at 10:00 AM. We encourage you to arrive a little early\, so we can gently settle in and co-create the spiritual container together. Please register in advance\, and if you’re able\, consider contributing toward the cost of the event. \nCongregation Darchei Noam is Toronto’s only Reconstructionist synagogue\, and our Shabbat morning services are built on the same foundations that animate Shefa’s work: sacred sound\, embodied prayer\, and the conviction that spiritual practice is meant to crack us open rather than close us down. We pray from Kol Haneshamah\, the Reconstructionist siddur\, with joyful singing accompanied by instruments\, moments of genuine contemplative stillness\, and a d’var Torah rooted in honest engagement with our tradition. \nShefa’s presence will weave through our morning\, bringing the transformative power of Hebrew chant into a living\, breathing community at worship. Whether you are a longtime chanter or brand new to this practice\, whether you have davened every Shabbat of your life or this is your first time in a synagogue in years\, you will find a place here. \nStay after the service for our communal Kiddush lunch\, where the conversation\, the connection\, and the singing tend to continue well past noon. \nThe service will also be available via Zoom for those joining from a distance. \nLocation: Darchei Noam\, 864 Sheppard Avenue West \nRegister Here
URL:https://darcheinoam.ca/event/shabbat-morning-service-kiddush/
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SUMMARY:Rabbi Shefa Gold: Toronto Jewish Chanting Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Shabbat morning unlike any other\, as we welcome Rabbi Shefa Gold into the heart of our community’s weekly gathering. \nServices begin at 10:00 AM. We encourage you to arrive a little early\, so we can gently settle in and co-create the spiritual container together. Please register in advance\, and if you’re able\, consider contributing toward the cost of the event. Suggested donation: $18. \nCongregation Darchei Noam is Toronto’s only Reconstructionist synagogue\, and our Shabbat morning services are built on the same foundations that animate Shefa’s work: sacred sound\, embodied prayer\, and the conviction that spiritual practice is meant to crack us open rather than close us down. We pray from Kol Haneshamah\, the Reconstructionist siddur\, with joyful singing accompanied by instruments\, moments of genuine contemplative stillness\, and a d’var Torah rooted in honest engagement with our tradition. \nShefa’s presence will weave through our morning\, bringing the transformative power of Hebrew chant into a living\, breathing community at worship. Whether you are a longtime chanter or brand new to this practice\, whether you have davened every Shabbat of your life or this is your first time in a synagogue in years\, you will find a place here. \nStay after the service for our communal Kiddush lunch\, where the conversation\, the connection\, and the singing tend to continue well past noon. \nThe service will also be available via Zoom for those joining from a distance. \nRegister Here\nBy registering\, I consent to my email address being shared with program organizers in order to gain access to complimentary chanting resources from Rabbi Shefa Gold\, a post-event survey\, as well as notice about future chanting opportunities in Toronto. \nThis program is part of a chant-based “urban retreat” led by Rabbi Shefa Gold across the city from June 4-7. For more details on the entire retreat itinerary\, visit https://www.eventcreate.com/e/shefagoldtoronto \nThe Elka Klein Memorial Lecture Series was established in 2008 as a living memorial to Elka Klein z”l\, daughter of Darchei Noam members Suzanne Silk Klein and Martin Klein. At the time of her death\, Elka was an assistant professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Cincinnati.  The family’s intent is that the lectures support the passions of Elka\, including Jewish social history\, ethics\, evolving halachic practice\, women’s rights and education.  Her vocation in the educational system centred on the history of Jewish communities in “host” countries where Jews were usually seen as temporary or outsiders.  She was interested in how they integrated while retaining their Jewish identity.
URL:https://darcheinoam.ca/event/rabbi-shefa-gold-toronto-jewish-chanting-retreat/
LOCATION:Congregation Darchei Noam\, 864 Sheppard Ave W.\, North York\, Ontario\, M3H 2T\, Canada
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