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  • A Bench of Menches: The DJC Needs New Board Members!
  • A Board Member’s Perspective on Sukkot
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  • A Farewell to Rabbi Miriam, Cantor Lisa & Danny
  • A Few Pictures from Israel & Palestine
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  • A Little Less Alone, A Lot More Together: A Report from our Community Conversations
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  • A Message from the Danforth Jewish Circle on the Eve of Shavuot
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  • A Recap of our 2019 Chanuka Arts Fair & Festival!
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  • An Embarrassment of Riches: Announcing DJC’s New Clergy Leaders
  • An Update from the DJC Accessibility Initiative Committee
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  • And You Shall be a Blessing: A Tribute to Rabbi Miriam and Cantor Lisa Kent
  • Announcing: Beit Olam Cemetery to Meet the DJC’s Needs
  • Antiblack Racism and the DJC
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  • April Feature: Jewish Free Loan Toronto
  • ARE SYRIAN REFUGEES JUST “EXTRAS” IN THEIR OWN STORIES?
  • Are We There Yet? Counting the Omer on the Road  
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  • Bearing Witness is a Moral Act
  • Being a Jew When There are Swastikas in the Street
  • BETHANY FOOD BANK ~ CONTRIBUTIONS OVER THE YEAR
  • Building a Warm, Welcoming, and Supportive Community
  • CALL FOR DONATION OF STORAGE SPACE
  • CALLING ALL BOOK LOVERS!
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  • Can You Hear the Shofar?
  • Canada on fire… how do we cope? What do we do?
  • Celebrating our Community and New Clergy at the Welcome Back Shabbat Picnic
  • Chanuka Donations & How You Can Make a Difference for the DJC
  • Chanukah Clean-Up, Dedication and Sparking New Potential
  • Chanukah is Coming! Time for an Oil Change
  • CHESED NEEDS SOME OCCASIONAL HELPING HANDS
  • Children’s Jewish Studies Program Classes will Begin on September 17!
  • CHILDREN’S JEWISH STUDIES PROGRAM UPDATE
  • CHILDREN’S JEWISH STUDIES 2018 – 2019 REGISTRATION CONTINUES!
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  • Climbing the Ladder of Tzedakah
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  • COMMUNITY WIDE PEACE VIGIL – FEB 3rd
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  • CREATING EID GIFT BASKETS FOR NEWLY ARRIVED SYRIAN FAMILIES
  • Dai’eynu – What is Enough?
  • Darkness & Light: Reflections on Hanukkah
  • December’s Board Message
  • Deployed for Goodness
  • DJC at Forefront of Progressive Judaism in Toronto
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  • DJC GOES SCENT FREE!
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  • DJC Member Spotlight: Tanya Lee
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  • DON’T FORGET TO BRING YOUR FOOD BANK DONATIONS TO HIGH HOLY DAY SERVICES!
  • Donations of Household Goods Needed
  • DONUT CREME ALMOST FILLED OUR TRUCK!
  • Easing the Pain of Covid-19: A note from the DJC Social Justice Committee
  • EASTMINSTER PLAN FOR ACCESSIBILITY
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  • Elul Programming – A Month of Connection, Reflection and Action
  • Elul Programming – A Month of Connection, Reflection and Action
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  • Funding Gap, Syrian Family, and the Question of Non-Jewish Members in Ritual Leadership
  • Getting Egypt Out of Our Hearts – Some Thoughts for Pesach
  • Getting Ready for Pesach
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  • Getting the Right Corrective Lenses for Teshuvah
  • Giving Corner – April 2022
  • Greetings from the New Chair of the Board of Directors
  • Guess What’s at 1:00 pm Today!
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  • Have a Wonderful Summer!
  • Havurot 5782
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  • HELLO, COMMUNITY!
  • Help Write the DJC Book!
  • Here’s what you need for our virtual High Holy Days youth programs
  • Here’s to Freedom
  • HIGH HOLIDAYS-2016: REFUGEE SPONSORSHIP UPDATE
  • HIGH HOLYDAY FOOD DRIVE
  • High Holydays 5781: Creative Supplement of Poetry and Readings
  • HOST A BRUNCH: HELP US PUT THE FUN IN FUNDRAISING & UNITY IN COMMUNITY
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  • How Awake Should We Be?
  • How do I decide what to give as my donation to the DJC this year?
  • How Do We Move Forward in the Face of Fear?
  • How the Grinch Stole Chanukah
  • How You Can Make a Difference for the DJC during the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • I Can See Clearly Now
  • Important Information About Accessibility at our High Holyday Services & Events
  • Important Information About Accessibility at our High Holyday Services & Events
  • IMPORTANT PARKING UPDATE!
  • IN NEED OF LOVING KINDNESS?
  • In the Bathhouse with Aphrodite – Why We Are Wrestling with Jewish Sources?
  • INGREDIENT LIST NEEDED FOR POTLUCK DISHES
  • Inner Sparks – Reflections on Our Community Art Project
  • INTERFAITH RESPONSES TO THE SYRIAN REFUGEE CRISIS
  • ISRAEL WILDFIRE RELIEF FUND
  • ITANU TORONTO: MORE THAN A SHABBAT SERVICE ONCE A YEAR
  • ITEMS WE STILL NEED FOR THE FAMILY
  • January’s Board Message
  • Je Suis Juif
  • Jewish Innovation, Life-Long Learning, and Where We Are
  • Jewish Women of Colour Leading the Way
  • Jews & Non-Jews in Ritual Leadership Roles
  • JEWS & NON-JEWS IN RITUAL LEADERSHIP ROLES
  • JOB SEARCH TO HELP THE DJC’S SPONSORED FAMILY
  • Join the Chesed Caring Committee!
  • JOIN US FOR OUR “CHEW ON THIS” MULTIFAITH WALK
  • Judging Others Wisely
  • Judging Ourselves Wisely
  • KAVOD / HONOUR
  • KAVOD / HONOUR
  • KAVOD / HONOUR
  • KAVOD / HONOUR
  • KAVOD / HONOUR
  • KAVOD / HONOUR
  • KAVOD / HONOUR
  • Kol Nidre Sermon 5782
  • L’ARCHE ~ THEIR VISION OF AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY
  • L’shanah Tovah & L’chayim!
  • LARGE PRINT & BRAILLE SIDDURIM AVAILABLE
  • Le’chayyim! To Life! Two Causes for Celebration & Reflection
  • LEARN TO READ TORAH!
  • LEARN TO READ TORAH!
  • LEAVES OF REMEMBRANCE
  • Leaving Egypt and Coming to Israel
  • Let all who are hungry come and eat! Be a host or a guest for Pesach.
  • Let’s Start at the Very Beginning
  • Let’s Talk
  • LET’S TALK, PART 2
  • Letter re: Repeal of Bill 23, Feb 14 2023
  • Letting the Light In
  • LGBTQ JEWISH COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT STUDY: CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
  • LGBTQ Pride, Charleston, and the Religious Revolution of Loving
  • Liberating Language
  • Listening for New Life in Birdsong & Torah
  • Listening to the Four Children of the Haggadah
  • Living Wisely in Paradox this Summer
  • LOOKING FOR COMMUNITY GARDEN VOLUNTEERS
  • Looking for People to Join our Interfaith/Intercultural Task Force!
  • Looking for your next great read?
  • Lucky Life
  • Making Conscious Choices in the Face of Fear
  • Making DJC Memories
  • Many Ways to be Part of Community
  • MARCH BOARD MESSAGE
  • MARCHING TOGETHER FOR PRIDE
  • Mask Appeal
  • Masks for All!
  • MAY BOARD MESSAGE
  • May Feature: Jewish Family & Child
  • MAZEL TOV — THE DJC & CANTOR LISA ARE READY TO GET MARRIED!
  • MEMBER ENGAGEMENT
  • MEMBER VOICES: THANKING OUR DONORS
  • Mind the Funding Gap (Before the DJC Falls Into It!)
  • Miriam’s Cup: A Letter Against Annexation and the Brokenness of The Three Weeks
  • Miriam’s Cup: A Queer Ketubah – One Snapshot of What Your Membership Grows
  • Miriam’s Cup: Anti-racism and Teshuva
  • Miriam’s Cup: Artists are the New Rabbis
  • Miriam’s Cup: Chauvin Ruling
  • Miriam’s Cup: Growing a Courageous Heart
  • Miriam’s Cup: Interfaith Families in Toronto – A Brandeis Study
  • Miriam’s Cup: Learning From Trees – What Will Get Us Through the Winter
  • Miriam’s Cup: Lifting Joy, Elevating Pride
  • Miriam’s Cup: The Days of Awe Will be Awful Unless…
  • Miriam’s Cup: Training Our Eyes to See Hidden Light
  • Miriam’s Cup: Tu BiShvat’s Outer Shells and Hidden Sparks
  • Miriam’s Cup: What 15 B’nei Mitzvah Students are Teaching Me About Chanukah
  • Miriam’s Cup: What’s the Blessing for the Covid Vaccine?
  • Miriam’s Cup: Building Sabbatical Culture – DJC Learning and Practice for the Year Ahead
  • Mixing Brokenness & Joy, Exile & Homecoming
  • Movie Night is back for another great season!
  • MUSICIANS, WRITERS, DANCERS, ACTORS: SHARE YOUR TALENTS
  • National Indigenous History Month in Canada
  • NEW HAVURAH INITIATIVE
  • NEW RITUAL LEADERSHIP TRAINING SESSIONS
  • No Place to Go: None is too Many
  • NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT TO THE MEMBERSHIP
  • NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT TO THE MEMBERSHIP
  • Nominating Committee Report to the Membership
  • Nominations are now being accepted for three new members on the DJC’s Board of Directors for the 2022-2024 term! 
  • November’s Board Message
  • Oh, Spring!
  • On Chanukah, Sexual Violence, and the Courage to Go Public
  • One Year Commemoration of the Tragic Shootings on the Danforth
  • ONE YEAR LATER: A LOOK BACK AT OUR REFUGEE SPONSORSHIP
  • Open Your Doors for Pesach
  • OPPORTUNITY TO HELP GOVERNMENT ASSISTED REFUGEES (GARs)
  • Out of the Cold – List of Supplies Needed
  • Ownerless Like the Desert – Preparing for Shavuot
  • Oy Vey, What a Year!
  • PARIS, BEIRUT, AND OUR COMMITMENTS MOVING FORWARD
  • Participate in Hunger Relief
  • PESACH ~ BE A HOST / BE A GUEST
  • PLEASE DONATE TO THE DJC PROGRAMS for 2018-19 AND BEYOND
  • Please join us in welcoming our new interim rabbi, Rabbi Ilyse Glickman, to the DJC!
  • Practices and Gifts for the In-Between Time
  • Presenting our 25th Anniversary Tapestries!
  • PRIVATE SPONSORSHIP – A CANADIAN MODEL WORTH EMULATING
  • PRIVATE vs. GOVERNMENT-ASSISTED REFUGEES
  • PRIVATELY SPONSORED & GOVERNMENT SPONSORED REFUGEES
  • PURIM 2016: READ ABOUT DONATONS & WATCH THE VIDEO
  • Purim, Pipelines and a Paradigm Shift
  • Purim’s Radical Laughter
  • Push Back on Efforts to Commodify Water for Profit
  • Put on Your Mask – Care-a!
  • Rabbi Search FAQ
  • Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples and Jewish Values
  • Reflecting & Looking Forward
  • Reflecting on 50 Years Since the Six-Day War
  • Reflecting on Another Great Year of Jewish Studies!
  • Reflection on the DJC Rosh Hashanah Dawn Service
  • REPORT ON APRIL 19th COMMUNITY CONVERSATION
  • REPORT ON DECEMBER 7 COMMUNITY CONVERSATION
  • REPORT ON FEBRUARY 23rd COMMUNITY CONVERSATION
  • REPORT ON NOVEMBER 9 COMMUNITY CONVERSATION
  • Responding to Charlottesville
  • RESULTS OF MARCH 7 COMMUNITY CONVERSATION
  • RESULTS OF OCTOBER 25 COMMUNITY CONVERSATION
  • REVEALING & WRITING OUR WRONGS
  • Revised Nominating Committee Report to the Membership – October 30, 2020
  • Ritual Roles Part 2 – Participation, Leadership & Non-Jews
  • Ritualizing Stories That Never Happened – Reflections on Wrestling Together in December
  • Rosh Hashana Day Sermon 5782 – On Becoming Ownerless
  • Rosh Hashanah Sermon 5783 – Meeting Each Other In Loss and In Comfort
  • Sacred Laundry: Washing the Tallitot
  • SAVE THE DATE ~ JUNE 3rd
  • Shabbat before the Women’s March
  • SHABBAT ITANU ~ A WARM & WELCOMING SERVICE
  • SHABBAT UNSERVICES
  • SHARE YOUR TALENTS FOR EARTH HOUR
  • Shoes on the Doorstep, Sandals on Our Feet – A Pesach Teaching
  • SHOUT OUT-TO ALL YOUNGISH & JEWISH DJC MEMBERS
  • SHOW YOUR PRIDE & MARCH WITH US
  • Sinai for Beginners
  • SING FROM YOUR HEART!
  • SINGING IN THE RAIN…
  • SO MUCH TO LEARN!
  • So You’re Scared. What is that Your Business?!
  • SOCIAL JUSTICE
  • Social Justice Shabbat: A Discussion of Healthy Food for All
  • SPACE AVAILABLE IN DJC B’NEI MITZVAH PROGRAM!
  • SPEAK ARABIC OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO DOES?
  • SPIRITUAL SOUNDS LAB WITH JOEY WEISENBERG
  • SPONSORSHIP: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LEARNING
  • Spring Fundraising Campaign
  • SRO FOR BROADWAY MUSICALS: A JEWISH LEGACY
  • STAFF CHANGE
  • Standing up for Religious Freedom in Israel 
  • Starting a conversation on Anti-Racism
  • Statement from Rabbi Miriam on Recent Attacks in Israel
  • Statement from Rabbi Miriam on the shooting in Buffalo
  • Statement from Rabbi Miriam on the Uvalde School Shooting
  • Statement from the DJC – Statement of Solidarity Against Racist Violence
  • Statement from the DJC on Anti-Muslim Attack in London, Ontario
  • Statement on Antisemitism
  • STATEMENT ON THE YONGE STREET ATTACK
  • SYRIAN REFUGEE FAMILY SPONSORSHIP – DECEMBER 6TH UPDATE
  • SYRIAN REFUGEE FAMILY UPDATE
  • SYRIAN REFUGEES CHAT WITH TOURISTS ON THE ISLE OF LESBOS
  • Take Action: Black Asylum Seekers and Refugees
  • Take Action! Opportunities to get Involved from the DJC Climate Action Team
  • Taking Stock & Welcoming the New Year
  • TAKING STOCK: A REPORT ON OUR REFUGEE SPONSORSHIP PROJECT
  • Tasting Trees
  • TEACHING NEWCOMERS TO FISH
  • Teshuvah & Canada’s Aboriginal Children: Confronting Destruction, Building Repair
  • That Thing You Do
  • That’s a Wrap for 5780! A Message from Alysse
  • The Blessing of Wrestling
  • THE BOY IN THE MOON
  • The Claudia Bali Educational Endowment
  • THE CUSTOM OF WEARING WHITE ON YOM KIPPUR
  • The DJC at Eighteen
  • The DJC Board Is Looking For Two New Members For The 2020-2022 Term!
  • The DJC Community – Responding in Times of Challenge
  • The DJC Is Going to Israel. Are You?
  • The DJC is Looking for a Volunteer Treasurer
  • The Impact of our Chesed Caring Committee
  • The joy of volunteering
  • The Rabbi-Community Relationship
  • The Revolution Will be Televised – Let’s Get Ready
  • The Story Behind the Kaddish Tapestry
  • The story behind the Kaddish tapestry at our Yom Kippur services
  • THE STRANGER AT OUR SEDER TABLE
  • The Torah of Honey: A Rosh Hashanah Podcast
  • The Ve’ahavta Project 2022
  • THERE’S A NEW BLOG ON OUR WEB SITE!
  • There’s Still Time to Help Write the DJC Book!
  • THEY’RE HERE — WELCOME THE NEWCOMERS!
  • THIRD NIGHT SOCIAL JUSTICE SEDER: JOURNEYS OF LIBERATION
  • Tikkun Olam: Take Action – April 2022
  • TIP FROM ACCESSIBILITY INITIATIVE COMMITTEE
  • To the Road Ahead
  • Torah Study: An Intentional Space for Growth and Community
  • Torahpalloozah!
  • TOT / PRESCHOOLER MEET and GREET
  • True Grit – Some Thoughts on Leadership
  • Understanding Anti-Semitism & Internalized Anti-Semitism / Report from February 23rd Community Conversation
  • UPDATE ON RABBI MIRIAM’S AVAILABILITY AT THE DJC
  • UPDATED REPORT ON NOVEMBER 9 COMMUNITY CONVERSATION
  • URGENT HELP NEEDED!
  • VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR MULTI-FAITH WALK
  • VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR OUT OF THE COLD PROGRAM
  • Wake Up and Smell the Blintzes!
  • Walking Forward with Tragedy in One Pocket and Renewal in the Other
  • Walking in Solidarity from Purim to Pesach
  • Want to Know What’s Going on With the Rabbi Search?
  • WANTED: SCHLEPPERS, VEHICLES & FURNITURE
  • We Are Connected in Mysterious Ways
  • We Are Excited to Be a Founding Partner in the Danforth Multifaith Commons
  • We can’t all be Greta Thunberg, but your choices have a ripple effect
  • WE REACHED (& SURPASSED) OUR GOAL!
  • WE’RE HIRING!
  • Wear a Mask!
  • Welcome Circles For Afghan and Ukrainian Refegees Sponsored by JIAS
  • WELCOME NEW DJC MEMBERS!
  • Welcome to our new Visiting Artist, Leah Gold!
  • Welcoming the Stranger – Refugee Shabbat and Taking Action
  • What Is the State of the DJC?
  • What We Talk About When We Talk About Israel & Gaza / Report on Our Community Conversation & Where We Go from Here
  • Where There’s a Will There’s a Way: Tips for Estate Planning
  • Who Are You Inviting to the DJC?
  • Who wants to be a fundraiser?
  • Who Will You Be at the Seder This Year?
  • Why is This Passover Different from All Other Passovers?
  • Why Our 26th Year Matters
  • Why Your Voice Is Needed
  • Wintering: Letting Within and Without Lie Fallow
  • Word of the Month: Naches
  • WORLD INTERFAITH HARMONY WEEK
  • Yahrzeit – One Year Since the Danforth Shooting
  • YAHRZEIT LEAF WALL HANGINGS
  • YAHRZEIT WALL HANGING
  • Yom Kippur Sermon 5781 – Building Anew
  • You Made a Difference!
  • You Want It Darker

Location:

The Danforth Jewish Circle makes its home within the walls of the Eastminster United Church at 310 Danforth Avenue, three blocks east of Broadview Avenue.

416-580-6303
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Mailing Address:

Our offices are located offsite and all mail can be sent to us here:

Danforth Jewish Circle
455 Danforth Avenue, Suite 125
Toronto, Ontario M4K 1P1

Shabbat Shalom and a joyous Sukkot to all! Have you had the chance to build a sukkah this year, surrounded by your loved ones? Share your beautiful moments with us through photos or by tagging us - we can't wait to catch a glimpse of your sukkah!
Shortlisted for the 2021 Canadian Jewish Playwriting Competition, Camp juxtaposes two 15-year-old girls' experiences — Lila at Jewish sleepover camp and Greta- in a concentration camp. This research-informed play explores themes of womanhood, trauma, sisterhood and resilience.
Get ready to move, meditate, and connect with your DJC community! 🌟 Join us on October 14th from 10:00 am to 11:30 am for an uplifting in-person event. Start your Shabbat morning with Jewish movement and meditation, embracing embodied prayer practice together.
As we embrace the sacred stillness of Yom Kippur, we wish you a meaningful and introspective fast, and a peaceful Shabbat filled with reflection and renewal. May this day bring you closer to yourself and your loved ones. G'mar Chatima Tova and Shabbat Shalom! 🙏🕯️
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