Friday, June 19 | 6:00 pm
Join us for Toronto’s annual community-wide Pride Shabbat. The evening will feature a beautiful Kabbalat Shabbat service led by queer and allied clergy, followed by a kosher dinner and time to connect.
This event centres LGBTQ+ Jewish community members and welcomes allies who want to celebrate and support inclusive Jewish life. It’s a chance to gather, reflect, and celebrate.
Pride together in a warm, welcoming space.
Sunday, June 14 | 4:30 to 6:00 pm – College and Bathurst St.
Registration required
There are many ways to mark the month of Pride. Let’s begin together with this community sit. This gathering will celebrate through connection in a warm, loving and playful environment.
Join facilitator Aviva Chernick, Director of the Beth Tzedec Centre for Spiritual Well-Being, together with fellow community members for this opportunity to rest in loving attention through meditation, reflection and song, in a Queer and Trans Jewish space. While we honour our allies, this particular event is for those who identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community.
Presented by:
Beth Tzedec Centre for Spiritual Well-Being, Makom: Creative Downtown Judaism, Darchei Noam, First Narayever Congregation, Hillel Ontario, Miles Nadal JCC, neySHEV
Sunday, June 14 | 12:30 – 2:30 pm – University Ave. & Dundas St.
Registration required – Free – Suggested $10-20 donation to Shir Libeynu
In the 1880s, Toronto was colloquially known as the “City of Churches.” What did it mean to be Jewish in such a place? Wander back to Victorian and Edwardian Toronto, where two very different Jewish worlds took shape just blocks from each other: the city’s earliest Jewish industrialists nestled near a new wave of Eastern European Jews fleeing poverty and pogroms. From rabbis to racketeers, playground activists to the first home of kosher smoked meat, uncover how Jews adapted to the City of Churches — and how the city adapted to Jews — at the turn of the 20th century.
Please be sure to arrive on time so that the tour can proceed as scheduled.
Presented by Shir Libeynu, Makom & College Street United Church. Led by Sharoni Sibony.
Friday June 12 | 7pm – Register now!
Wind down from the week and welcome Shabbat with soulful, song-filled services, in which everyone can participate.
After services, we’ll enjoy a delicious, catered kosher vegan Shabbat dinner and each other’s warm company.
Dinner registration required by Wednesday, June 10 at 10am.
No need to register if you’re coming just for services and not staying for dinner.
Become a Makom first and save 10%.
Thank you to Green Economy Law for their generous sponsorship.
Please try to come on time for services at 7pm.
Makom is a diverse and inclusive community that welcomes participants with many different approaches to Judaism, from secular to traditionally observant. Our services blend traditional and progressive practices, so our community can join together without regard to denominational labels.
We offer men’s, women’s, and mixed (all-genders) seating sections. All genders may lead parts of services. We need an egalitarian minyan of 10 Jews and a non-overlapping traditional minyan of 10 men to start the maariv service, so we encourage you to come on time.
Makom welcomes participants of all abilities. Makom’s main space is wheelchair accessible; unfortunately, the washroom and playroom are not. If you have an accessibility need or require any accommodations, please reach out to us.
Let’s close out the school year with a warm, fun, and inclusive Shabbat dinner together.
We’ll light candles, sing some songs and blessings, eat a delicious dinner, and enjoy each other’s company.
We’ll also bid a fond farewell to graduating Grade 12s and welcome Grade 8s (rising Grade 9s!) to our Downtown Jewish Teen community.
Feel free to invite friends.
Friday, June 20
7:00 – 9:00pm
Registration required by Wednesday, June 3.
All Jewish teens in high school or finishing Grade 8 are welcome, including LGBTQ+ and interfaith-family teens!
Questions? Contact Talia Levitt at youth@makomto.org
Become a Makom Member first and save 10%.
Makom welcomes participants of all abilities. Makom’s main space is wheelchair accessible; unfortunately, the washroom is down a flight of stairs. There is a coffee shop with wheelchair accessible washrooms one block away, at the corner of College and Bathurst. If you have an accessibility need or require any accommodations, please reach out to us.
Saturday, May 30 | 9:30 am – College & Bathurst
Register now!
Join us for soulful and song-filled Shabbat morning services, followed by a delicious Shabbat lunch and stimulating learning!
Lunch registration required by Thursday, May 28.
Services don’t require registration – no need to register if you’re not staying for lunch!
Become a Makom Member first and save 10%.
Thank you to Green Economy Law for their generous sponsorship.
Supervised childcare will be provided in Makom’s playroom during services.
After lunch, Dr. Adina Gamse will lead us in thought-provoking, interactive learning on “Math & Mishna.”
Dr. Adina Gamse loves introducing non-mathematicians to the joys of the subject. She has a PhD in Mathematics from Northeastern University and held post-doctoral research fellowships and a teaching fellowship at U of T before switching careers. Adina also loves Jewish learning and is excited to combine these subjects in this class. You may know her as Makom’s Managing Director, keeping all the administration and logistics for our community flowing. In her free time, she enjoys trampolining and flying trapeze.
Makom invites you for a Bonfire, Dinner & S’mores Night!
New Date: Wednesday, May 27
Please register by May 27 at noon sharp
5:45-7pm Families with Kids (babies through Grade 5)
7-8pm Teens and pre-teens only (Grades 6-12)
8-9:30 pm Adults
B.Y.O. Water Bottle
All are welcome, including LGBTQ+ folks & interfaith/intercultural couples/families.
Any Qs? Email Talia Levitt, Makom’s Youth Programming Coordinator, at youth@makomto.org.
Presented by Makom: Creative Downtown Judaism, Shoresh, and First Narayever Congregation
The downtown Jewish community’s renowned Tikkun Leil Shavuot is back for our 18th year!
Rooted in tradition and inquiry, Tikkun is an all-night learning festival and a gathering that brings together diverse voices and generations. Through thought-provoking talks, late-night learning, and meaningful conversation, we explore Jewish wisdom and the big questions of our time in a space to be curious, inspired, and in community.
There’s something for everyone at this year’s celebration – a night of community, study, snacking and more. Free and open to all. Registration required.
If your teen is joining, please be sure to register them for the Teen Program. Registration is required for entry.
Registration is free, but we invite you to mark 18 years with a donation of $18 or more in support of accessible Jewish learning for all.
Check back soon for the full night’s schedule of classes, panels, workshops!
Tikkun Lel Shavuot is a holiday celebration co-created by Makom along with the MNJCC, Beth Tzedec Congregation, City Shul, First Narayever Congregation, and the Committee for Yiddish.
With our Promotional Partners: Beach Hebrew Institute, Congregation Shir Libeynu, קהילת דרכי נעם – Congregation Darchei Noam, Harvey Kalles Real Estate Ltd., Brokerage, Hillel U of T, Holy Blossom Temple, Jewish Family and Child Service , Kiever shul, Oraynu Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Paul Penna Downtown Jewish Day School, Danforth Jewish Circle.
Friday May 15 | 7pm – Register now!
Wind down from the week and welcome Shabbat with soulful, song-filled services, in which everyone can participate.
After services, we’ll enjoy a delicious, catered kosher vegan Shabbat dinner and each other’s warm company.
Dinner registration required by Wednesday, May 12 at 10am.
No need to register if you’re coming just for services and not staying for dinner.
Become a Makom Member first and save 10%.
Thank you to Green Economy Law for their generous sponsorship.
Please try to come on time for services at 7pm.
Makom is a diverse and inclusive community that welcomes participants with many different approaches to Judaism, from secular to traditionally observant. Our services blend traditional and progressive practices, so our community can join together without regard to denominational labels.
We offer men’s, women’s, and mixed (all-genders) seating sections. All genders may lead parts of services. We need an egalitarian minyan of 10 Jews and a non-overlapping traditional minyan of 10 men to start the maariv service, so we encourage you to come on time.
Makom welcomes participants of all abilities. Makom’s main space is wheelchair accessible; unfortunately, the washroom and playroom are not. If you have an accessibility need or require any accommodations, please reach out to us.
Come to Makom’s online info night on Tuesday, May 12 at 8:00 pm to learn more about bar/bat/benei mitzvah options and about Makom ATID – our Jewish and Hebrew educational program for grades 6-8. Plenty of time for Q&A, too.
Zoom link sent upon registration
Makom ATID registration is now open for the 2026-2027 school year.
Any questions? Email Rabbi Aaron