Category : Religions

599. Hindu Spring Festival – February 14, 2016

Celebrate India’s spring at one of our beautiful Hindu temples. BAPS Swarminarayan Mandir, 61 Clairville Dr. Tel. 416-798-2277. www.baps.org/toronto.

593. Film with Bob Marley’s Granddaughter – February 5, 2016

RasTa: A Soul’s Journey. Free Film Screening with RSVP. Remarks by Donisha Prendergast. 6pm. Royal Ontario Museum. Attendees should enter though the President’s Choice

592. Conversation with creator of Little Mosque on the Prairie –  February 4, 2016

Beit Zatoun sent us a notice about the originator of a favourite television series. Ruth Author and filmmaker Zarqa Nawaz talks about the power

587. Islamic and Jewish Customs for Women – January 26, 2015

Blood, Milk, and Tears: Menstruating, Nursing, and Mourning in Islamic and Jewish Sources Tuesday, January 26-March 8. 2016 Multi-Faith Centre, Multi-Purpose Room, 3rd floor,

574. Creches from Across the World, December 27 and 30, 2015.

Ruth writes: Just two more days to see this charming collection of creches from around the world and be reminded of what Christmas is

566. Resources for Those Helping Syrian & Other Refugees – December, 2015.

The Information Fair for Sponsors of Syrian Refugees brought out several hundred people to Toronto City Hall earlier this week. Many were eager to

561. Chanukah (Hanukkah) December 6-14, 2015

This Jewish festival commemorates the re-dedication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in the second century B.C. Also known as the Festival of Lights,

I neglected to tell you about the Lao festival earlier this month but there’s another one coming up soon. The Tuckbath of Boon Phra

Jennifer Badani told us about a lecture by Rabbi Goldstein on The Secret Jews of Guatemala. Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave West. Sunday

I first learned about the Holocaust as a student at the University of Toronto in the 1950s. Fellow students, my friends, showed me the