Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret and Simẖat Torah
Sukkot
Join our Klei Kodesh and make a lulav shake. Services feature Hallel and Festival Musaf. Following services, congregational kiddush is provided in the Sukkah as well as in the Banquet Hall. On Shabbat Hol Hamoed Sukkot, join us at Minẖah as we read Kohelet, the Book of Ecclesiastes, and perhaps learn to chant a chapter. Check the calendar for special events offered to Young Professionals and Families.
Shemini Atzeret and Simẖat Torah
We gather for the final days of the fall festival and penitential season and recite the Yizkor service. Services feature Hallel and Festival Musaf. Hear Cantor Simon Spiro chant Tefillat Geshem, the prayer for rain, at the beginning of the Musaf service.
In the evening, we celebrate the Torah with lively singing and Hakafot in the Kimel Family Gym. Families with young children are welcome in the Mezzanine to participate in a myriad of activities led by our Education Director Daniel Silverman and our Youth director, Aily Leibtag. The next morning, we end the annual cycle of Torah reading and begin it again, honouring our H̱attan/Kallat Torah and H̱attan/Kallat Bereisheet respectively. Following services, make sure to join us at Beth Tzedec’s annual Simẖat Torah Luncheon, this year in honour of our Kallat Torah, Ruth Warner Hyman and our Hattan Bereisheet, Paul Rothstein.
POSTPONED-Hot Topics: Shared Society and Borderless Nature with the Arava Institute
with Matan Tawfik and Mohammad Azraq
We regret that this program has been postponed. Please watch your emails for details on when it will be rescheduled.
As Israel's 75th birthday approaches, issues of shared society and regional cooperation have become increasingly important. Hear from alumni of the Arava Institute for Environment Studies - one Jewish Israeli and one Palestinian Jordanian - about how this unique institution presents Israel and the Jewish world with a model of cross-border and cross-cultural partnership.
This program will be presented both in person and online.
No charge, but registration requested via this link>>
The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies is a leading environmental studies and research institute in the Middle East. It houses accredited academic programs, research centers, and international cooperation initiatives focusing on a range of environmental concerns and challenges.
With a student body comprised of Jordanians, Palestinians, Israelis, and participants from around the world, the Arava Institute offers students an exceptional opportunity to learn from leading professionals while forming friendships and developing skills that enable them to lead the region and the world in solving today’s most pressing environmental challenges.
Matan Tawfik is an Arava Institute Alumnus, who now serves as a historical content and visual researcher, and dances professionally. In recent years, Matan served as a research assistant for various art projects, academic research, cultural archives, and institutions in Israel, including at the Israeli Film Archive at the Jerusalem Cinematheque (where he currently manages the cataloging and research team), the National Library of Israel, and the Van Leet Institute in Jerusalem. Born and raised in Jerusalem, to a family of Jewish Arab descent, Matan studied at the Arava Institute during the 2008-2009 academic year and has remained involved with the Arava Institute’s alumni community.
Mohammad Azraq is an environmental and
economic development expert in MENA and North
America. With over 16 years of work experience in
Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Israel/Palestine, Tunisia,
the Gulf Countries Council, Canada, and the US.
Currently, he is pursuing an MA in Sustainability
Studies at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario.
Mohammad is the director of the Emerging Leaders
Fellowship of the Muslim - Jewish Solidarity
Committee of New York. He was an Atkin Fellow for
Arab Israeli Peace at King’s College London in
2011, where he published a paper on small-scale
renewable energy projects in West Bank villages.
Mohammad spent a year in Israel/Palestine researching the potential for renewable energy
generation in the West Bank with the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies. His research
was peer-reviewed and published in 2012. He was a Seeds of Peace Gather fellow in 2019,
where he explored a project idea to bring together creative Middle Easterners who now live in
Europe to start joint ventures in food, technology, and art.
- Add to Calendar 2022-10-03 19:30:00 2022-10-03 21:00:00 America/Toronto POSTPONED-Hot Topics: Shared Society and Borderless Nature with the Arava Institute
We regret that this program has been postponed. Please watch your emails for details on when it will be rescheduled.
As Israel's 75th birthday approaches, issues of shared society and regional cooperation have become increasingly important. Hear from alumni of the Arava Institute for Environment Studies - one Jewish Israeli and one Palestinian Jordanian - about how this unique institution presents Israel and the Jewish world with a model of cross-border and cross-cultural partnership.
This program will be presented both in person and online.
No charge, but registration requested via this link>>
The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies is a leading environmental studies and research institute in the Middle East. It houses accredited academic programs, research centers, and international cooperation initiatives focusing on a range of environmental concerns and challenges.
With a student body comprised of Jordanians, Palestinians, Israelis, and participants from around the world, the Arava Institute offers students an exceptional opportunity to learn from leading professionals while forming friendships and developing skills that enable them to lead the region and the world in solving today’s most pressing environmental challenges.
Matan Tawfik is an Arava Institute Alumnus, who now serves as a historical content and visual researcher, and dances professionally. In recent years, Matan served as a research assistant for various art projects, academic research, cultural archives, and institutions in Israel, including at the Israeli Film Archive at the Jerusalem Cinematheque (where he currently manages the cataloging and research team), the National Library of Israel, and the Van Leet Institute in Jerusalem. Born and raised in Jerusalem, to a family of Jewish Arab descent, Matan studied at the Arava Institute during the 2008-2009 academic year and has remained involved with the Arava Institute’s alumni community.
Mohammad Azraq is an environmental and economic development expert in MENA and North America. With over 16 years of work experience in Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Israel/Palestine, Tunisia, the Gulf Countries Council, Canada, and the US. Currently, he is pursuing an MA in Sustainability Studies at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario. Mohammad is the director of the Emerging Leaders Fellowship of the Muslim - Jewish Solidarity Committee of New York. He was an Atkin Fellow for Arab Israeli Peace at King’s College London in 2011, where he published a paper on small-scale renewable energy projects in West Bank villages. Mohammad spent a year in Israel/Palestine researching the potential for renewable energy generation in the West Bank with the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies. His research was peer-reviewed and published in 2012. He was a Seeds of Peace Gather fellow in 2019, where he explored a project idea to bring together creative Middle Easterners who now live in Europe to start joint ventures in food, technology, and art.
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