About Kulanu Toronto

Kulanu Toronto ("All of us" in Hebrew) is the city's only Jewish LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) social, educational, and cultural group. Our programming is geared towards LGBT people between the ages of 16-75. Most people attending our events are between 25-45. We have 240 people on our listserv, and we run 2-3 events per month. We have close connections with Canadian Jewish Congress, Congregation Darchei Noam (reconstructionist synagogue), and Congregation Shir Libeynu (an unaffiliated, liberal, inclusive, and egalitarian synagogue).

We have been featured heavily in publications such as the Canadian Jewish News and the Jewish Tribune, specifically regarding Pride and the QuAIA controversy since 2008. We support Martin Gladstone's fight to educate the public about QuAIA's mandate and encourage people to watch his poignant 2009 Pride documentary entitled "Reclaiming Our Pride". Click here to read an article about this film in the Jewish Tribune.

Our community includes people of various Jewish affiliation (from secular to religious). All our catered events are kosher and have a Jewish flavour to them. Our events include Shabbat dinners, Purim parties, Pesach seders, Holocaust Education Week programs, pub nights, film and speaker nights, lays, brunches, potlucks, and marching in Toronto’s annual Gay Pride Parade.

Friends and allies are always welcome at our events.

Our History:
Kulanu Toronto was founded in the Fall of 2000 by students and Hillel staff at the University of Toronto. It continues an extensive tradition of queer Jewish programming in Toronto, beginning in 1975 with HAMISHPACHA, with groups such as CONGREGATION B'NAI KEHILLA, CHUTZPAH (1982-1991), NICE JEWISH GIRLS and CONGREGATION KESHET SHALOM (1991-2001) following.