Morris Winchevsky Sunday Shule
Secular Jewish Experiential Education for Social Justice
The Morris Winchevsky Sunday School is Toronto’s secular Jewish shule, focused on social justice. Offering a range of programs for pre-school all the way to B’Mitzvah groups, our shule focuses on experiential education, immersing our students in an environment where they get to learn, play, and experiment with secular Jewishness and social justice practices.
Kinder Kapers
An interactive, biweekly preschool program for children aged 2.5 – 5
Grade 1-3
An experiential program that lays the foundation for understanding Jewish civilizations’ rich histories and practices
Grades 4-6
An experiential program that lays the foundation for understanding Jewish civilizations’ rich histories and practices.
B'Mitzvah*
A one year program for students preparing for their secular B’Mitzvah* ceremonies with a curriculum that focuses on Jewish philosophy, literature, and history, while integrating social justice issues and practices.
Morris Winchevsky School History
The Morris Winchevsky School was founded in 1928 by members of the United Jewish People’s Order (UJPO). It was named after the Lithuanian poet Morris Winchevsky whose visionary poetry, imagining futures of freedom and justice, was recited at many of the labour movement’s marches and meetings.
Winchevsky was very active in workers’ movements in Eastern Europe, England, and the United States and the school’s many generations of graduates continue in his footsteps, working for social justice across many movements. The Winchevsky School was originally located in the Christie and Bloor area. It then moved to the site of the Morris Winchevsky Centre in the Bathurst and Lawrence Area but in 2011 it returned downtown to its current location – the 918 Bathurst Centre.
