{"id":24417,"date":"2022-11-05T12:20:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T16:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.torontoheschel.org\/?page_id=24417"},"modified":"2023-01-18T14:59:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T19:59:18","slug":"jewish-pluralism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.torontoheschel.org\/culture-community\/jewish-pluralism","title":{"rendered":"Jewish Pluralism"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"sec-banner sec-promo mt--1em-md size-medium \" id=\"block_121600367655d80e14abd430f7b5398b\">\r\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.torontoheschel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Jewish-Pluralism-banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-position: center 25%\">\r\n    <div class=\"container pos-abs bottom-0 left-3em\">\r\n                    <div class=\"size-1em-sm size-0_8em-xs promo-subtitle f-semibold\">Culture &#038; Community<\/div>\r\n                <div class=\"size-2_2em-sm size-1_5em-xs promo-title heb\" title=\"\">Jewish Pluralism<\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"sec-wrapper pt-3em pb-3em pt-4em-lg pb-4em-lg \" id=\"block_eb91963a0e52107b8ac6b83629b3a583\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container medium-small\">\r\n\t\t\n\n<p><strong>The Toronto Heschel School was the first intentionally interdenominational Jewish day school in Toronto. Our philosophy is based on Jewish pluralism, inclusivity, and mutual respect, championing diversity of Jewish expression and living.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This foundational aspect of our school is inspired by the perspective and leadership of A.J. Heschel, who rejected silos in the Jewish community, instead advocating for pluralism. While he held fast to his own traditional practice, if asked which Jewish denomination he belonged to, Heschel would answer that he was a Jew. Heschel\u2019s thinking echoes with the phrase \u201cWe were all at Sinai,\u201d the traditional Jewish notion that each Jew was present to hear the revelation of the Torah and, therefore, each has something authentic to contribute to its understanding and fulfillment. Heschel recognized that each stream of Judaism has something important to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.torontoheschel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Jewish-Pluralism-grade-1-siddur-1024x1012.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24425\" width=\"480\" height=\"472\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This stance ripples through our school culture as our inclusive pluralistic community invites Jewish families with diverse perspectives and a wide range of Jewish ethnicities, observances, traditions, and family structures to join in a respectful learning community. So along with celebrating our differences, we also cultivate a sense of <em>Klal Israel<\/em>\u2014unity and togetherness as Jews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As such, our students, no matter their background, wear a head covering (<em>kisui rosh<\/em>) at all times, acknowledging the Jewish ethics and values that permeate all they do, whether they are in math class, playing outside, or studying Torah. B\u2019nai Mitzvah-age students choose different head coverings to best align with their gender identity, while respecting the principle of <em>begged ish<\/em>, preserving our commitment to pluralism and inclusivity. Every day, our core purpose is to provide a curriculum and school belonging for children from the entire Jewish community.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":35,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jewish Pluralism - The Toronto Heschel School<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.torontoheschel.org\/culture-community\/jewish-pluralism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jewish Pluralism - The Toronto Heschel School\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.torontoheschel.org\/culture-community\/jewish-pluralism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Toronto Heschel School\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-18T19:59:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.torontoheschel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Jewish-Pluralism-grade-1-siddur-1024x1012.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.torontoheschel.org\/culture-community\/jewish-pluralism\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.torontoheschel.org\/culture-community\/jewish-pluralism\",\"name\":\"Jewish Pluralism - The Toronto Heschel School\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.torontoheschel.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-05T16:20:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-18T19:59:18+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.torontoheschel.org\/culture-community\/jewish-pluralism#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.torontoheschel.org\/culture-community\/jewish-pluralism\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.torontoheschel.org\/culture-community\/jewish-pluralism#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.torontoheschel.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Culture &#038; 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