Medicine in the Shtetl
The Toronto Workmen’s Circle Invites you to a special lecture Sunday January 31st | 2:00 pm.
Medicine in the Shtetl – Dr Shim Felsen
The Toronto Workmen’s Circle Invites you to a special lecture Sunday January 31st | 2:00 pm.
Medicine in the Shtetl – Dr Shim Felsen
You are invited to the Toronto Workmen’s Circle Virtual Chanukah Party Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 2:00 pm. This is an online event. To register, please email wcarto@yahoo.com prior to December 12th, and provide your first name, last name and email address. You will receive the event link the morning of December 13th. The program …
The Toronto Workmen’s Circle invites you to an online lecture by Ellin Bessner, entitled: “How Canadian Jewish Soldiers used Yiddish and Yiddishkeit during WWII”, Sunday November 22nd at 2:00 pm. This is a Zoom talk and registration prior to November 21st is required. If you have online access please register at:https://tinyurl.com/wcarto If you wish to …
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The Toronto Workmen’s Circle Foundation sponsors the North American premier of “Antisemitism”, at the Fall 2020 Toronto Jewish Film Festival, Sunday November 1st and Monday November 2nd with a Zoom Q&A Monday November 2nd at 7:00 pm. This film is directed by Ilan Ziv and runs for 120 minutes. This 2020 film is in French …
The Toronto Workmen’s Circle and the UJA Committee for Yiddish co-sponsor: “On the edge of the Volcano: Yiddish Literature in Berlin before the Third Reich “, a Holocaust Education Online Lecture presented by Dr. Rachel Seelig, Sunday, November 1, 2020 at 2:00 pm. See the attached flyer for lecture description. You must register for this …
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The Toronto Workmen’s Circle co-presents a program of short Yiddish films at the upcoming Toronto Jewish film Festival. These films will be available for screening Thursday October 29 to Friday October 30 with a Zoom Q&A session with the creators Saturday October 31st. Workmen’s Circle members are eligible for a 25% discount off the ticket …
From Radical Poets to Rabbinical Scholars: The Yiddish Voices of Kensington Market Thursday, October 15, 2020, 1:30-3pm EDT Between the 1910s-1950s, Toronto was home to a vibrant community of Eastern European Jewish immigrants, with the Kensington Market area as its centre. Vivian Felsen will tell us the story of how she came to discover the …
Plagues in Yiddish Literature The UJA Committee for Yiddish and The Toronto Workmen’s Circle invite you to a ZOOM lecture by Dr MIRIAM TRINH SUNDAY, JULY 5, 2020 AT 2:00 PM. This lecture will be in Yiddish. See flyer below for full information. Click below to register. Registration is required. </p
Over the Moon: From the shtetl to the City of Lights, the true colours of Marc Chagall in Eygens The UJA Committee for Yiddish and The Toronto Workmen’s Circleinvite you to a ZOOM talk by CHANTAL RINGUET TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2020 AT 5:00 PM. See flyer below for full information. Click below to register.Registration is …
All program are at the Workmen’s Circle Centre, unless otherwise noted.More information will be available nearer to the dates of these programs.This list is subject to change. Saturday October 13, 2018, 7:30 pm: “Whitechapel Noise: Sex, politics and religion on the streets of London’s East End – 1884-1914” Yiddish musical lecture with Vivi Lachs, Associate Research Fellow …
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