Beth Torah Congregation
47 Glenbrook Avenue M6B 2L7 Toronto, ON, Canada

Our friends at JIAS Toronto are looking for virtual volunteers. See below for more info on how to provide some much-needed assistance for refugees.

JFK is back. This week, we mark Remembrance Day with a special presentation, we remember Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, and are visited by special friends. We'll also feature a highlight reel of Rosh Hashanah, and learn about the Abraham Peace Treaty. https://bethtorah.ca/videos/#jfk #justforkiddush

Why join this month's Book Club (which is now free, BTW)? Because November's selection, Dead Mom Walking, is magic. And because Rachel Matlow will be joining us for a discussion about the book. When her mother is diagnosed with cancer, Rachel Matlow is concerned but hopeful. It's Stage 1, so her mom will get surgery and everything will go back to normal. But growing up in Rachel's family, there was no normal. Elaine, an alternative school teacher and self-help junkie, was ne...ver a capital M "Mommy"--she spent more time meditating than packing lunches--and Rachel, who played hockey with the boys and refused to ever wear a dress, was no ordinary daughter. When Elaine decides to forgo conventional treatment and heal herself naturally, Rachel is forced to ponder whether the very things that made her mom so special--her independent spirit, her belief in being the author of her own story--are what will ultimately kill her. As the cancer progresses, so does Elaine's conviction in doing things her way. She assembles a dream team of alternative healers, gulps down herbal tinctures with every meal, and talks (with respect) to her cancer cells. Anxious and confused, Rachel is torn between indulging her pie-in-the-sky pursuits (ayahuasca and all) and pleading with the person who's taking her mother away. With irreverence and honesty--and a little help from Elaine's journals and self-published dating guide, plus hours of conversations--Matlow brings her inimitable mother to life on the page. Dead Mom Walking is the hilarious and heartfelt story of what happens when two people who've always written their own script go head to head with each other and with life's least forgiving plot device. Join here: https://www.bethtorahto.ca/event/book-club-2020-21

Thanks to a very generous donor who loves books, our Book Club is now free! Join us for any or all of the three meetings by registering with the link below. https://www.bethtorahto.ca/event/book-club-2020-21#

It's getting colder, so we made sure that we could help those struggling with homelessness by donating 260 pairs of new, warm socks.