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June 2019
Lecture: Shtisel
Maurice Yacowar talks about his new book Reading Shtisel: A TV Masterpiece from Israel.
Find out more »Lecture: The Moral Lesson of Shtisel
Presented by Maurice Yacowar, a retired professor of English and Film Studies. He’s written books analyzing the films of Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Hitchcock, etc. Twenty years ago he wrote an analysis of The Sopranos TV series. Now he has just published a similar, episode-by-episode study of the Israeli TV drama, Shtisel. He’ll do a short talk on its moral lesson, then open for discussion.
Find out more »December 2019
Ethical Wills Workshop
Led by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough Since Biblical times Jewish parents have passed down their wisdom and values to their children and grandchildren by crafting end-of-life documents called tzava’ot or “ethical wills.” We are more familiar with a legal will, which enables us to assign our possessions to our heirs. An ethical will allows us to share our wisdom: the lessons we have learned, where we have found meaning in our lives, and what we may want for our loved ones.…
Find out more »November 2020
Lecture: Building Jewish Culture Through Stories and Songs
Follow this link to register. We are excited to announce this year’s Kolot Mayim Speaker Series on the theme of Building Bridges: language, song and story. All speakers will be held by Zoom on the first Sunday of each month from November to May (excluding April). Please join us for our first speaker, Shoshana Litman, Maggidah/Story Teller on Sunday, November 1 from 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM on Zoom. Shoshana Litman, Maggidah/Story Teller Building Jewish Culture Through Stories and Songs…
Find out more »March 2021
Is There Such a Thing As Canadian Jewish Art?
Please use this link to register: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcrc-uuqz8uHtZ5Yv4u-10Jt6FqRXLjVdl_ Does Canada have “Jewish art”? What defines “Jewish art”? Kolot Mayim invites you to join University of Calgary Art Professor Jennifer Eiserman in addressing those questions on Sunday March 7th at 11am. This Zoom event is the fifth in Kolot Mayim Reform Temple’s 2020-21 lecture series "Building Bridges". With a wealth of visual support, Dr. Eiserman will introduce the rich aesthetic traditions that inform contemporary Jewish art in Canada. The artists you will…
Find out more »May 2021
Worship with Joy: A Talk by Musician/Cantor Len Udow
Use this link to register: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYvdu-rrzgoGNficqIleqD1g8nPFYbDmj7O Kolot Mayim Reform Temple is pleased to welcome internationally acclaimed singer, songwriter, teacher, music producer and cantorial soloist Len Udow to speak on “Worship with Joy” on May 2, 2021, at 11 AM on Zoom. Drawing on both secular and cantorial music, Udow will recall his journey from 1960s coffee-house folk singer to cantorial soloist at Temple Shalom, Winnipeg’s Reform congregation where he helps Rabbi Allan Finkel to officiate and teach. "Music is a bridge" says Udow. By sharing both his own story and…
Find out more »February 2022
Joy Ladin on Jonah, God and Other Strangers: Reading the Torah from a Transgender Perspective
Please use this link to register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrfumqpjMpHtLnSz6Hn2nMJQi4Inp4erWp Joy Ladin (she/her) will be the featured speaker in Kolot Mayim Reform Temple’s Building Bridges: Celebrating Diversity in Jewish Life speaker series on Sunday, February 6th 2022 at 11 AM PT on Zoom, co-sponsored by the Chair in Transgender Studies at the University of Victoria. As the first openly transgender professor at an Orthodox Jewish institution, Joy knows firsthand how complex it can be for institutions and communities to respond to and…
Find out more »Reverend Hazan Daniel Benlolo: The Power of Music: in honour of Jewish Disability, Awareness & Inclusion Month (JDAIM)
Please use this link to register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkcOChrTIpE9Jm6m1pKedTTp8E8cTYY4By Reverend Hazan Daniel Benlolo will be the featured speaker in Kolot Mayim Reform Temple’s Building Bridges: Celebrating Diversity in Jewish Life event on Sunday, February 13, 2022 at 11AM PT on Zoom. Reverend Hazan Daniel Benlolo has always been a firm believer in the power of music and singing to bring out the potential of people with physical and intellectual challenges. The upcoming talk will centre on Benlolo’s work with the Montreal Shira…
Find out more »December 2022
LECTURE: Elissa Bemporad – History is Not Destiny: Thoughts about the Russian War against Ukrainie
While much of the world expresses its solidarity with the Ukrainian people and their admiration for Jewish president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the general public receives little context for the country’s rich but often horrifying Jewish history. To address that imbalance Kolot Mayim Reform Temple is pleased to present the eminent scholar of Eastern European Jewish history, Professor Elissa Bemporad, for a December 4, 11 am (PST) Zoom lecture on 'History is Not Destiny: Thoughts about the Russian War against Ukraine and…
Find out more »January 2023
Stories from the Narrow Bridge — Meeting people in their time of nee
Please follow this link to register. Sari Shernofsky to speak on "Stories from the Narrow Bridge: Meeting People in their Time of Need" on January 8, 2023 “All the world is just a narrow bridge and the main thing is to have no fear at all.” For Sari Shernofsky, these words of Rev Nachman of Breslov were a call to pursue training as a multi-faith hospital chaplain. For fifteen years, Sari worked in hospital and hospice setting where she offered…
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