by Hillel Ontario | Jan 4, 2021 | Entertainment, Event, Jewish Holiday, LGBTQ+
I am the LGBTQ+ engagement intern for Hillel York. My job as an intern is to help build and strengthen the LGBTQ+ community at Hillel York. To do this, I organized an event called 8 Gays of Channukah on December 5th, 2020. The event was a drag show that featured...
by Hillel Ontario | Nov 1, 2020 | Jewish Holiday, Jewish Life at Ryerson, Jewish Life at UofT, Jewish Life at York
I love the holiday of Sukkot and look forward to it every year. While often overshadowed by the High Holy Days, I find that it offers us a chance to relax after the intensity of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. For a week, we are invited to enjoy the outdoors, to...
by Hillel Ontario | Apr 21, 2020 | Hillel Ontario, Jewish Holiday, Opportunities
Building on the rabbinic directive “Do not separate yourself from the community,” one medieval commentator asserts that each of us should join in carrying the community’s burdens “because anyone who separates from the congregation will not live to see the consolation...
by Hillel Ontario | Mar 8, 2020 | Hillel Ontario, Jewish Holiday
With Purim just a few days away, Hillel Ontario has created three different videos to help you get prepared. Learn how to make hamantashens and to create a Purim mask and grogger! Hamantashens with Hillel You can’t celebrate Purim without hamantaschens! We...
by Hillel Ontario | Sep 27, 2019 | Hillel Ontario, Jewish Holiday
“L’Shana Tova!” These are words that we utter every autumn during the high holidays as we wish one another a sweet new year. To me, this cozy, warm, inviting phrase is at the epicenter of the meaning of Rosh Hashanah. To wish one another a sweet new year is one of my...
by Hillel Ontario | Apr 18, 2019 | Hillel Ontario, Jewish Holiday
Sadly, anti-Jewish sentiment isn’t new. As the Passover Haggadah tells us, each generation in history witnesses actions against the Jewish people, with our continuing existence serving as testimony to our resilience and communal strength. Just as Pharaoh in the...
