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Are you looking for Jewish clergy for your upcoming wedding or baby naming? Seeking help on your journey to conversion? If you’re looking for guidance with a lifecycle event or to find inclusive Jewish events and meet other interfaith couples at your life stage, we’re here to help you. We are thrilled to have a Rukin Rabbinic Fellow, Rabbi Denise Handlarski, here in Toronto to support you.

Rabbi Denise along with our other Rukin Fellows throughout the U.S. and Canada offers programming for interfaith/intercultural couples and families to discuss relevant issues. We hope you’ll join herfor programs and workshops, which include opportunities to reflect on your backgrounds, differences and similarities and discuss your hopes, plans and dreams for the future. She is also available for one-on-one consultations and to refer you to local Jewish clergy and organizations that welcome interfaith/intercultural couples and families. Contact Rabbi Denise at rabbidenise@18doors.org.

Our Events


Oct 04

Our Year of Firsts (National) – Online

October 4 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm EDT
            Open to all engaged or newly married couples who are interfaith (intercultural, dual faith, Jew-ish, etc.), Our Year of Firsts offers you the opportunity to explore the deeper meaning behind Jewish holidays, create new traditions together and meet other interfaith couples. Virtual Discussions We will meet the six Wednesdays […]
Oct 16

Planning Your Interfaith Wedding…Together (National)- Online

October 16 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT
Join us for a three part series to plan your Jewish/interfaith wedding, together with other Jewish/interfaith couples! Having other couples to bounce ideas around with can be the most helpful resource of all as you're planning your big day

Meet Rabbi Denise Handlarski – Rukin Rabbinic Fellow

Rabbi Denise Handlarski is the founder and spiritual leader of the online community Secular Synagogue and the author of “The A-Z of Intermarriage” published by New Jewish Press/University of Toronto Press. She also works as a Jewish Doula and a university professor for teacher candidates. Denise is delighted to be a Rukin Rabbinic Fellow; she loves speaking to couples and families about how to create a dynamic and meaningful cultural life.