Friday, Jan 12
6pm – Doors Open; 6:15 – Services Start
@ Makom – 402 College St
Celebrate Shabbat with spirit! Wind down from the week and welcome Shabbat with soulful, song-filled services, in which everyone can participate.
Help us celebrate by sponsoring our special kiddush. Contact Rabbi Aaron to chip in $18, $99, or $999 (or any other amount).
Makom is a diverse and inclusive commun
Below is our annual report, which was presented at our Annual General Meeting on 26 Nov 2017:
And here are the AGM 2017 Minutes.
November 24, 2017 – February 22, 2018
Opening Reception | Dec. 5 | 7 – 9pm | FREE
@ Makom – 402 College St
Noted author of I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors and international-exhibiting artist Bernice Eisenstein opens the pages of her meditation on language, books and memory in a new site-specific installation. A long table is laid with an assortment of open books, each intricately manipulated and embellished by the artist who folds, paints, scribes and reinvents the pages of works by the likes of Albert Camus, Stefan Zweig and Robert Walser. Their poetic, philosophical writings are transformed into musings on “nothing and all,” a phrase drawn from a poem by Mark Strand. A large painted group portrait hangs in the window, based on a wedding photograph of the artist’s family taken on the cusp of the Second World War. Lost and unknown ancestors are audience to both this eclectic library and passersby on College Street. The painting and the exhibition as a whole become a palimpsest – an entirely new, pulsating creation revealing traces of what came before.
Saturday Dec. 2 2017
5:30-7pm
@ Makom – 402 College St
RSVP: admin@makomto.org
Join us for our first annual Havdallah in Pajamas! We will end Shabbat with an musical havdallah, followed by crafts & games, coco & cookies. Bring a flashlight, pillow, blanket, stuffed animal, and of course, come in your favourite PJs!
Fun for kids up through grade 4 and their parent/caregiver
Hope to see you there!
Sunday, Nov 26
7-8:30pm
@ Makom – 402 College St
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Please join us for a review of the past year, discussion of plans for the year ahead, and to vote on budgets and a new Board of Directors. We’ll also have time to socialize and snack!
Everyone’s welcome to attend, but you must be a Makom Member to vote. Become a Makom Member now!
We’re looking for one or two more volunteers to stand for election to Makom’s Board of Directors. Specifically, we need people with one or more of these skill sets:
Please contact Makom’s President, Louise, for more info and to express interest.
Saturday, Nov 11
10 – 11am
@ Makom – 402 College St
Free
Join Us for A Family-Friendly Shabbat Morning Service!
For families of children in grades 1-4, Rabbi Emma will lead a participatory and engaging service with songs and stories. The weekly Torah portion will also be explored through a creative activity.
Spend Shabbat morning with your family while also getting to know other families in the Makom community!
Saturday, Oct 28
9am-12pm
@ Makom – 402 College St
Join us for Makom’s first-ever soulful and song-filled Shabbat morning services in our storefront!
Volunteers Needed! We need Torah & haftarah readers and service leaders. Contact Rabbi Aaron ASAP to pitch in.
Makom is a diverse and inclusive commun
Thursday, Oct 12
8pm
@ The Wolfond Centre – 36 Harbord St
Makom and Annex Shul are coming together to celebrate Simhat Torah – the completion and renewing of the annual Torah-reading cycle – with joyous evening services and hakafot (singing & dancing with the Torah).
All ages welcome!
B.Y.O.B. – see this handy list of kosher alcoholic beverages.
Further details forthcoming…
Sunday October 1
10-11:30am
@ The Kiever Synagogue – 25 Bellevue Ave
FREE
RSVP by Sept 28
Come decorate the Kiever’s brand-new sukkah!
We’ll provide craft supplies, Sukkot stories, and a light snack so kids (and adults!) can make and hang decorations and can learn more about Sukkot
Hope to see you there!
If you believe in Makom and our vision, if you value a diverse, inclusive Jewish community and if you participate in Makom’s Shabbat or holiday services, adult ed classes, Makom Afterschool, Makom Families programs, meditation or cultural events, you should become a Makom Member.
Makom membership is about seeing yourself as part of our growing and thriving community, giving to it and receiving from it. (Privileges and responsibilities of Makom membership are listed here.)
Please fill out your membership form now, make your contribution and be counted as a Makom Member.