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Past Events:
A presentation by author, David Nitkin::
Thursday, November 23, 2017
@ Toronto Public Library: Northern District Library
40 Orchard View Blvd. Room 224
More Past Events:
2017 Education Series
Adath Israel Synagogue, Toronto
Wednesdays @ 7:30pm: January 11 - February 1, 2017
Each Evening program is titled after a different novel in the series, to be published in fall of 2016 and the spring and summer of 2017. Each 60 minute talk includes slides, reading from the author’s new novel, and questions and answers
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Seating is limited.
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1. Wednesday January 11, 2017 @ 7:30 PM:
The little known story of Toronto’s Central Prison For Men, the worst hell-hole correctional facility in Canada. Insights into the police force, detective procedures, the magistrates’ police court, churches and synagogues, Jewish inmates, and the infamous riot that brought corrections to its knees.
2. Wednesday January 18, 2017 @ 7:30 PM:
Toronto’s immigrant experience, including Jews, Chinese and Italian residents of this rapidly growing metropolis. Vignettes of restaurants, grocery stores, ice cream parlours, Chinese laundries, kosher meats, illegal gambling and drinking, houses of ill-repute, opium joints, and moving picture shows.
3. Wednesday January 25, 2017 @ 7:30 PM:
Political issues of today had remarkable, interesting expression in Toronto in 1910 —a new subway, political corruption, expropriations, an out of touch civic administration, and questions of police accountability. Vignettes about the Orange Order, William Neilson Co, Timothy Eaton Company, and Weston Bread Company.
4. Wednesday February 1, 2017 @ 7:30 PM:
The epic challenges of Jewish dentists, doctors, social workers, hospital nurses, and public health nurses in 1910—including diseases, discrimination and licensure. Institutions profiled include the Jewish Dispensary, the Jewish Orphanage, the Moshav Zekanim, and other forerunners of the Baycrest Hospital, the Jewish Federation, and the Mt. Sinai Hospital.
Beth Torah Synagogue, Toronto
Tuesdays @ 7:30pm: March 14 - April 4, 2017
This four part adult education series is based upon the EBook and PDF publications available on the NitkinLiterary website. Each 90 minute session includes a half hour talk, reading select portions of Ethical Wills of The Patriarchs, and an interactive Q and A. David Nitkin is a highly regarded professional corporate ethicist, the author of six books and dozens of research papers, the President of EthicScan Canada, and a founding community activist with such organizations as the Moslem-Jewish Dialogue, StopSponsoringHatred.com, Canadian Friends of Tazpit, IsraelActivistAlliance.com, and Canadians for the Rule of Law.
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Attendees are encouraged to download the following sources for a modest fee directly from the Jewish Ethics part of the Nitkin-Literary website:
Ethical Wills of the Patriarchs (2016)
(PDF Format) $10.00 NEW AND REVISED book: pre-reading for sessions two, three and four
Biblical & Historical Chronology and Context: Chronology of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs (2016):
(PDF Format)$5.00 essay: post course reading for any session one
Parsha Vayechi: Ethical Wills (2011):
(PDF Format) $5.00 resource: pre-reading for session one
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Tuesday March 14, 2017 @ 7:30PM:
Near death, few of us say that we wish we had spent more time at work. What is an ethical will, why and how does one write such a life’s purpose legacy document, and how far back in history can we trace such documents?
Tuesday March 21, 2017 @ 7:30PM:
The quintessential lonely man of faith, Abraham ben Terah, faced many challenges, some of which resonate with and challenge serious Jews today. What did he think, do and say that made him the inspiration for so many western belief systems? This lecture explores the ethical will that this revolutionary-thinking Patriarch might have written at three stages of his life at age 75 in Paddan-Aram with Sarai, at age 140 with Sarah, and at age 175 with Keturrah, his last wife.
Tuesday March 28, 2017 @ 7:30PM:
Many scholars call him the son of a great father and the father of a great son. But perhaps he was the wisest and strongest of the three Patriarchs. This lecture explores the unique challenges he faced and the ethical will that this Patriarch, Isaac ben Abraham v’ Sarah, might have written at three stages of his life: as a teenager, in middle age at 75 years with Rebeccah, and in old age at 105 years of age.
Tuesday April 4, 2016 @ 7:30PM:
Jacob, a distant familially-troubled father at odds with his parents and siblings solidifies the people’s covenant with G-d at great cost. This lecture explores the challenges he faced and suggests the text of an ethical will that this Patriarch, Joseph ben Isaac v Rebeccah, might have written at three stages of his life: living in exile in Haran, twenty years later in Canaan, and 70 years later in Egypt.
2017 Noon Hour Education Series
Toronto Public Library, Barbara Frum Library District Branch
20 Covington Road, North York
Tuesdays @ 12:00pm: May 2 - May 23, 2017
Each noon hour program is titled after a different novel in the series, to be published in fall of 2016 and the spring and summer of 2017. Each 60 minute session will feature slides, reading from the novel, and questions and answers. The Auditorium Room C has been booked for two hours (12 noon to 2:00 PM) by branch head Tony Pinto or one of the adult librarians.
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1. Tuesday, May 2, 2017 @ 12:00 PM:
The little known story of Toronto’s Central Prison For Men, the worst hell-hole correctional facility in Canada. Insights into the police force, detective procedures, the magistrates’ police court, churches and synagogues, Jewish inmates, and the infamous riot that brought corrections to its knees.
2. Tuesday, May 9, 2017 @ 12:00 PM:
Toronto’s immigrant experience, including Jews, Chinese and Italian residents of this rapidly growing metropolis. Vignettes of restaurants, grocery stores, ice cream parlours, Chinese laundries, kosher meats, illegal gambling and drinking, houses of ill-repute, opium joints, and moving picture shows.
3. Tuesday, May 16, 2017 @ 12:00 PM:
Politics of today had remarkable and interesting expression in Toronto in 1910 —subways, political corruption, expropriations, accountability of the police. Vignettes about the Orange Order, William Neilson Co, Timothy Eaton Company, and Weston Bread Company.
4. Tuesday, May 23, 2017 @ 12:00 PM:
The epic challenges of dentists, doctors, social workers, hospital nurses, and public health nurses in 1910—including diseases, discrimination and licensure. Institutions profiled include Baycrest Hospital, the Jewish Dispensary, the Jewish Orphanage, and the Mt. Sinai Hospital.
2017 Afternoon Education Series
Toronto Public Library, Northern District Branch
40 Orchard View Boulevard, Toronto, ON M4R 1B9. Room 224
Thursday, January 26 and Thursday, May 11, 2017
Learn about your city’s history, meet an author, and participate in a reading and slide-show featuring excerpts from a new historical fiction novel series. Each 2:00 PM-start one-hour program is titled after a different novel in the series. Each 60 minute session will feature slide pictures, reading from the novel, and questions and answers. The Room 224 A,B and C would be booked for two hours by adult librarian Gary Sherman.
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1. Thursday, January 26, 2017 @ 2:00 PM:
The little known story of Toronto’s Central Prison For Men, the worst hell-hole correctional facility in Canada. Insights into the police force, detective procedures, the magistrates’ police court, churches and synagogues, Jewish inmates, and the infamous riot that brought corrections to its knees.
2. Thursday May 11, 2017 @ 2:00 PM:
Politics of today had remarkable and interesting expression in Toronto in 1910 —subways, political corruption, expropriations, accountability of the police. Vignettes about the Orange Order, William Neilson Co, Timothy Eaton Company, and Weston Bread Company.