The Gerald Schwartz/Heather Reisman Centre for Jewish Learning at Holy Blossom Temple

Holy Blossom Temple is as much a House of Study as a House of Worship. Our Gerald Schwartz/Heather Reisman Centre for Jewish Learning reflects this, affording our members and the larger Toronto Jewish Community the opportunity to come together for major public lectures which address the important issues of our day. The Centre also provides the opportunity to study in smaller groups and classes — everything from the Bible to Rabbinic Texts; from Jewish Literature to Jewish History; from how to make Jewish marriage work to how to raise Jewish children of strong character.

The Gerald Schwartz/Heather Reisman Centre for Jewish Learning at Holy Blossom Temple is made available through the generosity of our members Gerald Schwartz and Heather Reisman. Gerry and Heather’s generosity reflects their belief in Holy Blossom Temple as a place of deep engagement in the larger issues of concern to the Jewish People. Gerry and Heather’s commitment reflects their belief that the synagogue is the central address in the Jewish Community.

Our Schwartz/Reisman Centre is the home for the following:

While our lectures are designed to draw larger numbers, our study classes are no less integral to the Schwartz/Reisman Centre. They reflect the character of Holy Blossom Temple as much as do our lectures: substantive and engaging at the same time, open to all regardless of the level of Jewish learning.

We offer many ongoing classes, providing our members the opportunity to study sacred texts in depth. These classes, designed for the adults in our community, encourage each of our members to move from one level of learning to another. This enables each of us to slowly build a foundation of Jewish learning.

For more information on our Gerald Schwartz/Heather Reisman Centre for Jewish Learning at Holy Blossom Temple, please call Debbie Spiegel, (416) 789-3291, ext.239.

Download the Calendar of Events for the Winter-Spring 2010 season.

To register for any course call the office, ext. 221 at the Temple unless otherwise stated.

All courses, lectures and Book Talks are free for our members. To register please call 416-789-3291 (ext. 532) unless otherwise indicated. (For your convenience, our daytime programs are marked with this symbolJ Please checkwww.holyblossom.org

Non-member fees are applicable to some programs as indicated.

Thank you to our sponsors, Gerald Schwartz and Heather Reisman for making all of this possible. We appreciate your continuous efforts by allowing us to maintain our high level of programs.

Ongoing Learning

Shabbat Torah Study

Text and Context: How Learning Brings Life into Focus

Rabbi John Moscowitz

Saturdays, 9 a.m., ongoing

Sisterhood Torah Study

Rabbi Edward Goldfarb

Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m., ongoing

Advanced Hebrew Grammar

Rabbi Edward Goldfarb

Tuesdays, at 11 a.m.

Open to Temple members only.

The Yiddish Novel

Rabbi Edward Goldfarb

Wednesdays at 11 a.m.,

Learning Liturgy Through Singing Jewish Music

Cantor Benjamin Z. Maissner

Sundays at 10 a.m., ongoing

New participants are always welcome.

For details, please call Mari Lynn Rusack (ext. 224), at the Temple.

 
All about Books

Book talks provide an opportunity to meet authors of new books and hear them discuss their writing. Book clubs allow people to gather to discuss interesting books of the day,