Exhibitions
Current
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October 2, 2024
to October 30, 2024
Amidst terrifying events and real danger, Goldenberg’s work explores the struggle to maintain strength and resilience.
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September 19, 2024
to February 28, 2025
An evocative photographic and film project that celebrates ethnic diversity in the Jewish community.
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April 25, 2024
to October 26, 2024
An exhibition mining one family’s experiences and archival treasures to explore the little known story of Jewish life in northern Ontario by Toronto-based artist Meichen Waxer.
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May 30, 2024
to October 20, 2024
Award-winning Brazilian artist Giselle Beiguelman explores how common botanical names both mirror and perpetuate societal prejudices against racial, cultural, gender, and social groups.
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February 12, 2024
to December 30, 2024
Celebrating 50 years of preserving our community’s history.
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January 8, 2024
to April 30, 2025
The Toronto Holocaust Museum welcomes a special opportunity for experiential learning.
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June 1, 2023
to December 31, 2025
The Toronto Holocaust Museum’s core exhibition is divided into four central Galleries: Persecution, Atrocity & Devastation, Liberation & Aftermath, and Life in Canada, grounding the history in time, space and context.
Virtual
November 11, 2020
to November 11, 2025
Over 17,000 Canadian Jews enlisted in the military during WWII. Through their personal collections, preserved at the OJA, we can learn about these Canadian Jewish servicemen and women and the Jewish organizations that aided them.
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Archived Exhibitions
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September 4, 2024
to September 30, 2024
This exhibition celebrates the artistic talents and cultural heritage of the Indigenous youth artists from 7th Generation Image Makers.
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August 28, 2024
to September 2, 2024
A series of abstract paintings by Tunni Kraus based on the mystical Yiddish text written by Der Nister. An Ashkenaz Festival off-site event.
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August 2, 2024
to August 28, 2024
A collection representing a variety of traditional ways and understanding the power and beauty of our Indigenous family and communities.
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July 4, 2024
to July 31, 2024
Beyond Borders celebrates the artistic talents of local Canadian-Israeli artists.
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June 1, 2024
to July 1, 2024
This installation explores Queer and Trans Jewish visibility in a summer camp setting, arising from a workshop co-led by Machane Lev and LGBTQ+ at the J.
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May 16, 2024
to May 29, 2024
Take the time this month to visit and admire these incredible, soul-nurturing works.
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May 3, 2024
to May 29, 2024
The JAM-Ex theme this year is Jewish Music Around The World, and we know you will enjoy viewing these creative art pieces from gifted students.
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March 5, 2024
to March 27, 2024
In this series artist Rachael Grad reverses the ubiquitous toy train and turn it into a paintbrush.
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February 22, 2024
to May 12, 2024
To acknowledge and celebrate the role the building and its tenants have played within the cultural ecology of Toronto over these past 10 years, Koffler Arts is excited to present DECADE, a group exhibition by eight contemporary artists currently or recently working in the building.
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February 3, 2024
to February 29, 2024
A talented team of photographers with disabilities took to the streets and scenes of Toronto.
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January 3, 2024
to January 31, 2024
A MNjcc tikkun olam exhibition presenting environmentally-themed plastic works that embrace the complexity of our relationship with the material.
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November 30, 2023
to May 1, 2024
Combining contemporary photography and archival research, this original exhibition takes visitors on a journey across Poland with young Warsaw-based artists and Judaica designers, Helena Czernek and Aleksander Prugar.
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November 3, 2023
to November 29, 2023
Making the Museum explores the new Toronto Holocaust Museum’s history, development, curatorial approach, and contemporary relevance.
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September 7, 2023
to October 29, 2023
An exploration of Judaism in honour of the MNjcc’s 70th anniversary with paintings by Yaara Eshet.
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August 2, 2023
to September 4, 2023
This series of paintings focuses on Jewish Weddings and explores the community and individual sense of excitement, celebration, and joy.
Window Gallery
July 21, 2023
to November 30, 2023
In a new work, multidisciplinary artist, Mindy Stricke explores the unpredictable landscape of parenting a young teen.
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July 5, 2023
to July 30, 2023
Local visual artists were selected through an open call to display their work throughout the Tranzac and the Gallery at the J for the month of July 2023.
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June 7, 2023
to July 3, 2023
Woodland Pride by Patrick Hunter is a celebration of nature, and life through the lens of the woodland art form.
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June 14, 2023
to October 31, 2023
Drawing from the extensive collection of the Ontario Jewish Archives and curated contemporary artwork to honour and celebrate Jewish women in the arts, throughout history and today.
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May 1, 2023
to June 1, 2023
An exhibition recalling and celebrating 100 years of Jewish immigration to Canada and of Jews welcoming and supporting immigrants and refugees.
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May 2, 2023
to June 4, 2023
Two curated art exhibits, featuring artwork by renowned Jewish Toronto artists!
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April 1, 2023
to April 28, 2023
Building upon this, the MNjcc Toddler, Preschool, Junior Kindergarten and School Age children have used their senses as their intuitive guide while creating masterpieces.
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April 4, 2023
to April 30, 2023
Periphery is an evocative photographic and film project that bears witness to ethnic diversity in the Jewish community.
Virtual
January 1, 2023
to December 31, 2023
The OJA is celebrating 50 years of collecting our community’s history! Each week, a new collection will be revealed, showcasing a variety of organizations, individuals, and events from over 170 years of Jewish history in Ontario.
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April 17, 2023
to January 14, 2024
This international exhibition is brought together with assistance from Canadian architect Douglas Birkenshaw and through architectural photography by celebrated Dutch photographer Iwan Baan.
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March 1, 2023
to March 29, 2023
Portraits of both the artist’s ancestors and people in our community who are helping to repair the world.
Window Gallery
February 21, 2023
to July 11, 2023
Earth, artifacts, movement and memory come together to form this new installation created for FENTSTER by Adam W. McKinney and Daniel Banks.
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January 5, 2023
to January 31, 2023
This collection features the art of older adults at the Bernard Betel Centre in watercolour, acrylic and pencil.
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December 2, 2022
to January 3, 2022
Sculpture and mixed media artist Jeff Mann returns to the MNjcc to address our dependency on cars.
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November 30, 2022
to April 30, 2023
A two-part collaborative project with the OJA and Baycrest honouring Jewish women and their vital contributions to our community.
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November 9, 2022
to November 30, 2022
Explore the moving and dramatic history of the Kindertransport and learn about the fate of these Kindertransport children through their personal objects and the stories they tell.
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May 1, 2022
to January 26, 2024
The Manor holds a special place in our community’s memory and the Ontario Jewish Archives is working to ensure that this important part of our heritage is preserved for research and future generations.
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November 2, 2022
to March 5, 2023
Artist nichola feldman-kiss explores global migration and flights from homelands in a multidisciplinary exhibition.
Window Gallery
September 28, 2022
to January 19, 2023
TSVISHN (Yiddish for ‘between’) is a series of pop up projects in the window while we’re in between exhibitions.
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October 3, 2022
to October 31, 2022
City Life Captures of Toronto takes you on a journey of Toronto, through a different lens.
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October 13, 2022
to November 28, 2022
In celebration of 100 years of Jewish Immigrant Aid Services in Canada, the OJA and JIAS Toronto invite you to visit Refuge Canada Tent, a traveling exhibit created by the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, and Love the Stranger, a complementary exhibit curated by the Ontario Jewish Archives.
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September 12, 2022
to November 15, 2022
Photographed by the talented Yahav Gross, his photos bring the colorful marine life of Eilat, Israel to life in this stunning exhibit.
Virtual
September 1, 2022
to September 30, 2022
Love the Stranger is an archival exhibition that shares the story of Jewish Immigrant Aid Services (JIAS).
Window Gallery
September 3, 2022
to September 5, 2022
Discover the history and myriad interactions of two historic peoples living side by side on Ukrainian lands, through texts, maps, graphics, paintings, photographs and other images.
Virtual
August 1, 2022
to August 31, 2022
Celebrating the Virtual Gallery at the J’s 2021-2022 artists and exhibition partners.
Virtual
June 1, 2022
to July 31, 2022
Patrick Hunter’s stunning exhibition reflects his Ojibway heritage and living loud and proud as a 2Spirited person.
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May 6, 2022
to May 30, 2022
Presenting the winning student artworks with the theme “Jewish Music and the Holidays.”
Virtual
May 2, 2022
to May 31, 2022
An MNjcc early childhood education exhibition showcasing art made using the Sheva Framework and foundation of each lens within the creative projects.
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May 1, 2022
to June 1, 2022
Presenting a collection of anecdotes, images and films, the exhibition is a tapestry of the communal experiences that have forged the South African Jewish identity.
Window Gallery
April 26, 2022
to September 8, 2022
Parchment is an installation of community collected parchment papers exploring the mark made by baking challah bread for Shabbat, leaving an imprint of memory.
Virtual
April 1, 2022
to April 30, 2022
Canadians were encouraged to make art inspired by Shmita rooted in ritual objects, texts, music and practices that facilitate both a personal and collective engagement with Jewish cycles of time.
Virtual
March 1, 2022
to March 31, 2022
A celebration of female artists for International Women’s Day! The Women’s Art Association of Canada (WAAC) is the longest-standing arts organization of Canada.
Virtual
February 14, 2022
to February 14, 2024
Whether examining a highly formal, early-twentieth-century studio portrait or a glamorous 1940s bridal portrait, these images offer an opportunity to get lost in the romance and history of a flourishing community.
Virtual
February 1, 2022
to February 28, 2022
This virtual exhibition of a series of images and designer silks, titled “NEO-KENTE” represents the next generation of contemporary cloth-making, integrating digital design and ancient and modern symbols of intersectional Black identities.
Virtual
January 4, 2022
to January 31, 2022
Collaborating with a courageous and diverse group of dancers during the COVID-19 lockdown, photographer Kyle Adler has crafted a stunning visual testament to how we share a need to create even while each of us owns a unique story.