Welcome

Come and join us at Adath Israel. We are a vibrant, active, multi-generational community rooted in traditional Conservative Judaism. Our Mission is to inspire meaningful lives through deep engagement with God, Torah, Israel, and Chesed. Adath Israel is blessed with the resources of a large synagogue, but the feeling of a close-knit community. With 115 years of history, we have a solid foundation upon which we continue to build for the Jewish future.

Our Congregation goes back to the turn of the 20th Century when Jewish immigrants from Roumania sought refuge from the strangeness of their new environment. Today, our members and guests come from across the Toronto area to join in our uplifting services and participate in our programs that range from pre-nursery school to Club L’Chayim for older adults. At Adath Israel, Judaism comes alive and brings meaning to your life. There is something for everyone.

YIZKOR BOOK 5780

We are once again publishing a Yizkor Memorial Book to be used during Yizkor Services for Yom Kippur, Shemini Atzeret, Pesach and Shavuot for the year, 5780.

There are several ways to honour the memory of your loved ones. Please click HERE for more details.

Spiritually Speaking

I did not yet know Tilly Oslender when, at the age of 100, she decided that perhaps it was time to stop canvassing door to door with city councillor Joe Mihevc. I did know her though, already for a few years, when I asked her a few days after the Ice Storm of 2013 where she had sought shelter. Her apartment, I knew, had been without heat and power for a few days – and she lived alone.