Toronto Hebrew Benevolent Society
Est 1899
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EVENT: Blue Box Day is back. Click here for more details
Pictures & Historical Highlights from the 60th Anniversary Membership Drive (half way down the page)
Pictures & Historical Highlights from the 60th Anniversary Membership Drive (half way down the page)
EVENT: ROSALIE AND ISADORE SHARP & GERALD SHEFF & SHANITHA KACHAN
EVENT: ROSALIE AND ISADORE SHARP & GERALD SHEFF & SHANITHA KACHAN
PRESENT:
PRESENT:
Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish
Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish
EVENT: ROM Auschwitz. Not Long Ago. Not Far Away
EVENT: ROM Auschwitz. Not Long Ago. Not Far Away
The exhibition marks the 80th anniversary of the camp's liberation and underscores a critical need to understand the underlying conditions that allowed the Holocaust to happen. By reflecting on the past, visitors are invited to consider their role in creating a more inclusive and tolerant society. Click here for more details.
THBS members receive 15% off admission. Book your tickets at https://tickets.rom.on.ca/en/shop and use promo code THBS.
Perry - THBS Website Adminstrator
A brief history of the THBS
A brief history of the THBS
During the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, large numbers of Jews immigrated to North America. Among these Jewish immigrants, it became common practice to establish mutual benefit societies.
In return for annual dues, members received assistance in several areas, such as medical or financial expenses, as well as cemetery privileges and community social programs.
Incorporated in 1899, the Toronto Hebrew Benevolent Society (THBS) was the first Jewish mutual benefit society in Ontario not associated with a particular synagogue. The first meeting of the Toronto Hebrew Benevolent Society took place in January 1899 and the Society received its charter from the Ontario Government in February 1899.
The members were mostly immigrants from eastern Europe; the original thirty-five members were all cloak makers. In addition to its sick benefits and burial functions, the THBS also provided organized social programs for the community.
125 years later, the THBS is still active today, offers social events, meetings, and charity work and continues to maintain its cemetery properties and provide burial plots. It supports several organizations, such as Beit Halochem, the Canadian Cancer Society, the Heart and Stroke Foundation, the Israel Cancer Research Fund, and United Jewish Appeal, among others.
To find out how to be a member, please contact us.
We are thankful that all 20 living hostages have returned home, bringing a measure of peace. Please pray for the return of the remains of those who were murdered in captivity
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