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Introducing Rabbi Stephanie Crawley

We are thrilled that Rabbi Stephanie Crawley will join City Shul this summer (2025). “You have built something remarkable at City Shul,” Rabbi Crawley says. “In just over a decade, you’ve created a thriving, learned, engaged spiritual community in a place where it is so needed. The creativity, dedication and leadership of Rabbi Goldstein has inspired me, and I am honoured to have the merit to follow in her steps. My dream is that when people think and speak of City Shul, they will know that it is a place where Judaism is celebrated joyously, where it is taken seriously and where people are welcomed into a shining example of what a synagogue community can be. We will continue to build this together, and I can’t wait to get started with you.’’

See the full announcement HERE

City Shul School Registration for 2025/26 is now open

City Shul School is for grades JK-6 and the B'Mitzvah year. Students learn about Jewish values, holidays, diverse Jewish cultures, music, Tefillah, and more.

New for 2025-2026, each class will get time with Rabbi Crawley!

And the B'Mitzvah class gets extra support and experiences with the Rabbi in addition to class time!

Early Bird registration ends on Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Click HERE to learn more.

Your City Shul in the News

On Day 2 of Rosh Hashanah, both a reporter and photographer from The Toronto Star attended our services.

Click HERE to read the full article.

 

The Rabbi's message for June

 

Rabbi's Message

This is my last monthly message to all of you, as I will conclude my year as Transitional Rabbi at City Shul at the end of this month.

I have found City Shul to be a most remarkable congregation, a place where all are welcome and treated with warmth and respect. It is a very self-reliant Jewish community, in which members teach, read Torah, lead services, develop and run adult education programs, supervise the City Shul school, and provide care and support when members are in need. It has truly been both a pleasure and an honour for me to serve as your rabbi this year, and I look forward to opportunities to visit City Shul whenever I am in Toronto.

I want to thank the Leadership Team for all the support that they have given to me this year, and I especially want to thank Hazzanit Tara Abrams, my bimah partner this year, for her exceptional leadership skills and the support that she has given to me. She is truly a gift to City Shul, and I know that she will continue to be an important agent of transition as Rabbi Crawley begins her work later this summer.

A word about Rabbi Crawley…in Rabbi Crawley, you have found an excellent leader to take you into the next stage of City Shul’s journey. If you welcome her as you welcomed me, she will be made to feel at home from the start. I wish her well, as I wish for a long and happy relationship for City Shul and its new rabbi.

People have asked me what is next for me after I finish my work here. The truth is that I plan to return to my retirement life in Henderson. But life is unpredictable, and I will always be open to opportunities that will be both challenging and satisfying for me. I look forward to the “unknowingness” of the future.

Before I sign off, one last push for you all to vote in the World Zionist Congress election, being held from June 5 to 15. It is critical to Israel’s future that our values are supported and upheld in the years to come. A vote for the ARZA Canada slate will help to ensure a bright future for an Israel that will be a source of pride for us all.

Rabbi Danny Gottlieb

rabbigottlieb@cityshul.com

www.cityshul.com

Videos and High Holiday sermons from Rabbi Gottlieb and our President, Barbara Wade Rose

Click HERE to view the first video, as Rabbi Gottlieb introduced himself to City Shul.

Click HERE to view the second video, for the High Holidays.

Click HERE to read/view the High Holiday sermons from Rabbi Gottlieb.

Click HERE to read the Kol Nidre sermon from our President, Barbara Wade Rose.

Shabbat Services

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Adult Learning

All Event Info can be found here.

Israel Engagement

All Event Info can be found here.

City Shul School

To learn more about youth and teen learning, click here.

Our Services are live and concurrently live-streamed.

See Service Schedule. 

Fri, July 11 2025 15 Tammuz 5785