ABOUT US / CONTACT INFORMATION

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TOMgirls is a shared and unique

Mother and Daughter experience.

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This programme is designed by Dr. Rachael Turkienicz for young women and their mothers. Its inter-generational approach is focused on the timeless mother daughter relationship.  Together we explore the external and internal challenges that can impact the development of this essential relationship. We offer connection strategies and activities that tie the past to the future.  Finally, the learning and engagement for both mothers and daughters is fun, experiential and meaningful.

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The programme offers eight 1½ hour sessions that take place at Rachael’s Centre or in the community. It includes guest speakers, a trip to Kensington Market, creating a meal together and a wonderful closing celebration.

The weekly themes are:

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• Community Building - What does it mean to be a TOMgirl?           
• Beauty in the World - capturing blessings
• Inner Beauty -  defining Cool
• More than a Nosh - sustaining ourselves and others through food, love and respect
• Expressing the Best of Ourselves – connecting with the world
• Tikkun Olam - repairing the world with small and large acts
• Writing ‘Our Story’ – bringing the threads together
• A Celebration - living as TOMgirls – sharing our experiences with family and friends

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• Course fees are $799 plus GST and $50 material cost, per couple (Mother and Daughter). Class sizes are limited to 12 Mother and Daughter couples.
• Rachael’s Centre reserves the right to not run classes where the minimum registration threshold (8) is not reached. In these cases a complete refund will be given to registrants or they will be offered an alternative course time.

Winter 2009 Session Dates & Times

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To find out more call us at 416 630 6488 or email naomi@rachaelscentre.org

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Becoming a Jewish woman

is a journey

not just an event!

Find your path together

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TOMgirls Programme Leader

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Naomi Pfeffer - naomi@rachaelscentre.org

Naomi is a product of the Jewish Day School system in Winnipeg. She graduated from Joseph Wolinsky Collegiate and then moved to Toronto to complete the Jewish Teacher Education Programme at York University. She has worked as a classroom teacher at the Calgary Jewish Academy and at the Calgary JCC as the Cultural Arts and Children’s Programme Manager.   For the past two years she has been teaching at the Toronto Heschel School.  She has participated in various Judaic and Holocaust related workshops and trips.

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