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Beth Tzedec Bulletin
volume 63, no. 2 | kislev 5774 • november 2013 | www.beth-tzedec.org
Wishing everyone a
Happy Hanukkah
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From the Heart Gala Event with HOMELAND’s
Gideon Raff and the Hon. Irwin Cotler—November 21—p.2
Jews in Sports Series—Wednesday nights in November and December—p.26
Hanukkah and Havdalah Family Dinner and Trivia Night—November 30—p.6
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8 Days of Tikkun Olam—Contribute much-needed items throughout Hanukkah
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to support a fabulous Beth Tzedec Youth Project—p.18
Annual December 25th Family Fun Day—p.24
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commentary Rabbi Baruch Frydman-Kohl
Demographics,
Decision and
Destiny
The Pew Report gives us the metrics for what we already knew.
the recently released Pew Report on Jewish Identity
described a statistical disaster engulfing America Jewry
like the waters of Noah. Canadian Jewry faces comparable
challenges; looking at American trends gives us a lens to
see what is ahead. In reflecting on the Flood, it is important
to recall that Abraham was a source of hope, despite
demography.
The Pew Report suggests that secular or cultural
Jews are less connected to Jewish organizations and less
likely to be raising children as Jews. The study shows
that the rate of intermarriage remains very high, particularly
among younger Jews, those with little connection to
Jewish life, and those who live away from strong centres
of Jewish population.
Most of the others who identify as Jews say that
being Jewish is primarily a matter of ancestry and
culture. Beyond ethnicity, markers of Jewish identity are
remembering the Holocaust, leading an ethical life,
working for justice, having a Jewish sense of humour
and religious practice.
The study shows that the modern Orthodox,
Conservative and Reform Jewish communities are
experiencing losses, with higher retention among the
fervently Orthodox. About three-in-ten say they are
“just Jewish”. The revival of Jewish observance seems to
take place within the various movements, not between
them, which indicates that outreach efforts are retentive
rather than transformational. The Conservative movement
is aging, but Conservative and Reform Jews with day
school and Jewish camp experiences have higher rates of
commitment than others within the same movements.
The Pew Report gives us the metrics for what we
already knew. Young Jews are marrying later, deferring
Jewish families, having fewer children and connecting
less to Jewish institutions and Israel. They are choosing
a “sovereign self” filled with pride, but with only partial
engagement in community. This picture of Jewish life
has been developing for some time, just as Noah built
the Ark over many years.
Avraham was different. Unlike Noah, Avraham did
not retreat into the protection of the Ark. Like us, he
had a tent open to the world. From the beginning,
Avraham was counting descendants, concerned with
carrying on the Covenant. Professor Jon Levenson of
Harvard writes that Avraham is “the realization of the
hoped-for reversal of the curses on Adam. The man
without a country will inherit a whole land; the man
with a barren wife will have plenteous offspring; and
the man who has cut himself off from kith and kin will
be pronounced blessed by all the families of the earth”
(Inheriting Abraham, p. 20). The saga of Avraham is
about a revolution of hope, about going against
common expectations.
Avraham is not only a noble warrior who stands
against the high culture of Mesopotamia; he is deeply
concerned with building a people, a covenantal community,
from his own family in the Land of Promise.
In a similar way, the Pew Report points to pride in
Jewish identity and attachment to the Land of Israel.
While Jews tend to be less religious than the American
public, 80 percent say being Jewish is important to
them. Even though the content of that pride is thin, we
are challenged to galvanize that pride to construct a
more substantive identity from it.
Jews in the Pew Report said that leading an ethical
and moral life is essential to being Jewish. These are
central values to Judaism, but are not unique to Jews. In
the century before 1492, teachers and scholars emphasized
the singularity of traditional Jewish practice to withstand the pressures of the Spanish Inquisition. Can we
strengthen the core of home and synagogue, school and
camp to enable us to face social integration?
We are working very hard at Beth Tzedec, using
many models for Jewish engagement. Meditation
services, outreach to interfaith families, Mishpacha
programs for young children and parents, youth
activities and the active involvement of shinshinim, teen
trips for service learning, sports and cultural initiatives
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continued Rabbi Baruch Frydman-Kohl
for young professionals and much more. We are constantly trying new
approaches for outreach and engagement. Our Adult Skills and Knowledge
(ASK) program offers opportunities for adults to become bat or bar
mitzvah or to upgrade their early Jewish education. We are limited not by
our imagination, but by our budget.
The metrics of intermarriage can’t be ignored, but those who connect
to community and tradition are more likely to raise Jewish children. Can
we develop programs for single Jews to meet each other, actively encourage
conversion and support mixed families as they raise Jewish children?
The Pew Report seems to indicate that this is an area of opportunity. That
is why Rav Adam and I work with so many potential Jews-by-Choice and
why Beth Tzedec has sponsored The Mother’s Circle for non-Jewish moms.
At Hanukkah, we think of the successful efforts of the Hasmoneans to
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secure independence,
restore national identity and revive religious practice.
Hanukkah is a festival that celebrates the victory “of the few over the
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many”,
creating a model of “great deliverance and redemption for Your
people Israel to this very day”. In the midst of the dark of winter, we kindle
small lights of hope, harbingers of the future light. Judaism was transformed
in the period from the Maccabees to the Mishnah and spread out to the
world. The determination of the few created a new destiny for the many.
Following the 1964 Look Magazine article, “The Vanishing American
Jew,” Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel declared, “Our community is in
spiritual distress and our organizations are too concerned with digits.
The significance of Judaism does not lie in being conducive to mere
survival but in being a source of spiritual wealth and source of meaning to
all peoples.” Can we draw on Jewish wisdom to bring meaning to a wide
swath of our society?
Professor Jonathan Sarna, who spoke last year at Beth Tzedec, has
pointed to many creative reversals, unexpected developments in Jewish life
in earlier generations. There are many possibilities for innovation to build
a Jewish future. Jewish life is built on the past, but pointed forward. Past
trends are not necessarily indicators of the future. What can we do to
influence the yet to come?
Avraham and Sarah represent hope despite demographics. Hanukkah
symbolizes pride in who we are and the possibility for creative ˙flourishing.
On a micro-level, each of us is challenged to intensify Jewish living and
learning and to have the faith that others might also find meaning and
fulfillment in what we love. After all, the miracles were in “those days and
in our time”.
beth tzedec bulletin Winter
Volume 63, Number 2
Kislev 5774 • November 2013
Editorial Council Carolyn Kolers,
Dena Libman, Debbie Rothstein, Ted Zittell
Beth Tzedec Congregation
1700 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5P 3K3
Tel 416-781-3511 / Fax 416-781-0150
www.beth-tzedec.org
President Carolyn Kolers
[email protected]
Chair of the Board Dena Libman
[email protected]
klei kodesh & educational leadership
Rabbi Baruch Frydman-Kohl, Anne and
Max Tanenbaum Senior Rabbinic Chair
ext. 228, [email protected]
Rabbi Adam Cutler
ext. 219, [email protected]
Cantor Simon Spiro
ext. 223, [email protected]
Cantor Sidney Ezer
ext. 296, [email protected]
Ritual Director Lorne Hanick
ext. 240, [email protected]
Director of Education and Family
Programming / Congregational School
Principal Daniel Silverman
ext. 231, [email protected]
Youth Director Aily Leibtag
ext. 239, [email protected]
administrative & program support
Executive Director Randy E. Spiegel
ext. 211, [email protected]
Receptionist Avital Narvey
416-781-3511, [email protected]
Events Coordinator Florence Bendelac
ext. 213, [email protected]
Communications Coordinator Terri Humphries
ext. 212, [email protected]
Would you be interested in joining Rav Baruch
Frydman-Kohl for a Bar/Bat Mitzvah Family Tour
to Israel in December 2014?
To learn more, contact Lynn Levy at 416-781-3514
ext. 227 or [email protected].
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Membership Coordinator Sheri Federman
ext. 220, [email protected]
Librarian Zina Glassman
ext. 225, [email protected]
Museum Curator Dorion Liebgott
ext. 232, [email protected]
TO CONTRIBUTE YOUR news, congratulations,
member updates or other listings, send an email
to [email protected], call 416-781-3514,
ext. 212 or fax 416-781-0150.
from the president Carolyn Kolers
Building Community
We’re listening; we’re planning; we’re doing!
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i’m not sure where the month of october went,
but I hope yours was a good and productive one! Like
many of you I expect, I spent the start of October
recovering from the earliest-possible High Holy Days,
before delving back into “normalcy”.
Thanks for Tabbing Down and Please Be in Touch!
Thanks to those of you who tabbed down your cards at
Rosh Hashanah. We’ve already been in touch to tell you
what’s next: Please send your email address to our
Membership & Development Coordinator, Sheri
Federman at [email protected] and complete
the Volunteer Engagement Form that Sheri will provide.
If you didn’t tab down but still wish to get involved,
email Sheri—it’s not too late!
I’m sure many of you have thoughts to share about
our High Holy Day services and programs. Your feedback is critical to us in planning for next year and the
future. Please send your constructive comments to me by
email at [email protected], whether about the
Hot Topics! Sessions, the Youth Programs, the Family
Service, the Parallel Service or the Sanctuary Service, and
if you joined us over the week of Sukkot, please share
your thoughts about that too.
Please join us for the From the Heart Event
on Thursday, November 21
We are busy with planning and ticket sales for the
upcoming special event that we will co-host with the
Canadian Shaare Zedek Hospital Foundation. This
extraordinary evening, called From the Heart:
Celebrating Humanitarianism, will take place Thursday,
November 21 here at Beth Tzedec.
As you know, that night we will welcome guest
speaker Gideon Raff, the award-winning Executive
Producer and writer of the television show HOMELAND and director and writer of Israel’s television show
Hatufim (Prisoners of War) on which HOMELAND is
based. Gideon will be interviewed by Jonathan Kay,
Managing Editor for Comment at the National Post.
share your thoughts
with Carolyn about the
High Holy Days at Beth Tzedec
at [email protected].
In addition, the Hon. Linda Frum will be presenting the
inaugural Kurt and Edith Rothschild Humanitarian
Award to the Hon. Irwin Cotler.
Please order your tickets today for this exceptional
evening. The net proceeds will support the Israel Defence
Forces (IDF) Clinic at Shaare Zedek Medical Center
which also serves as a peacetime military hospital,
annually treating more than 12,000 soldiers, and, for
Beth Tzedec, will help fund the launch of the physical
renewal of our Synagogue building, beginning with the
updating of the Mezzanine level.
The USCJ Centennial
In mid-October, our Chair, Dena Libman, and I accepted
an invitation to attend the Centennial Conference of the
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. We were
privileged to be among 1,200 passionate and outspoken
Jewish rabbis, cantors, lay leaders and others of all ages
(including a very enthusiastic USY contingent), from the
U.S., Canada and South America, who descended upon
Baltimore for The Conversation of the Century. While
the 100th anniversary of USCJ was marked, the real
focus was on the future of Conservative Jewish life, for
individuals, communal organizations and synagogues,
and the Conservative movement itself. Speakers explored
the need to define and express Conservative Judaism in a
positive way, focussing on our love for tradition that’s
informed by modernity, the creation of spiritual, caring
communities, and renewal.
The experience left us enthusiastic and energized, and
feeling proud of our shul—not just because Beth Tzedec’s
name and stature are recognized by so many (which is
indeed the case), but also because we are already
engaged in many of the recommended activities that
were discussed: We develop programming not just to
entertain but to allow members to build and deepen
relationships with one another—the experience of
participating in our wonderful Purim Family Musicals is
just one example. We recognize that the boundaries and
impact of our shul extend beyond our building,
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allowing us to take our programming out to the community,
whether for teen community service trips or other
educational and social activities. We seek input from
our community to build the programs and educational
opportunities that people are looking for. We seek and
attract Generation X and Millennials to become more
involved and take leadership positions on our Board
and committees.
Of course, there is still lots of work to do. At the
conference, Professor Arnie Eisen, Chancellor of the
Jewish Theological Seminary, spoke about the need to
do a better job at whatever we do, prioritizing “more
serious learning at all levels, more passionate tefillah,
more adults and kids having more experiences of
community at camp or shul or school, and more work to
repair the world and impact individual lives” so that our
communities—our kehillot—will “touch people deeply at
extraordinary moments and at routine moments, making
a difference in their lives and in the world”. We are lucky
to have the capacity here at Beth Tzedec to offer all of
that to you—it is here for the shaping and taking.
You may have already found your opportunities for
deepening your connection to Judaism at Beth Tzedec,
whether you were facing difficult personal times,
grieving for a loss, engaging with your child’s journey
in becoming a Bar or Bat Mitzvah, planning to celebrate
an upcoming marriage, or supporting a loved one
embarking on a conversion process. Whatever the
impetus, those who have taken advantage of opportunities
to connect here have found their lives enriched by the
experience, finding positive reasons to make Beth Tzedec
a personal destination and to build relevant spiritual,
cultural and social connections at and through our
synagogue. We want to offer more of you more
opportunities to deepen those connections, whether
through prayer (tefillah), study, or acts of loving
kindness (tikkun olam/hesed). We say this because we
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mean it. Please share your ideas with us; please be part
of the continuing conversation. We’ll all be richer for it.
Wishing you all a Happy Hanukkah—or
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Thanksgivikkah (for our American
friends).
Saturday, November 30 at 5:30 PM
Bring your family for a special celebration of the Festival of Lights! Havdalah and
Hanukkah candle lighting, followed by a delicious dinner, games and festive activities,
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featuring
Magen Boys Entertainment for the kids and a trivia challenge with
PubStumpers Trivia for the adults. Special raffles for Leafs and Raptors tickets, too!
$20 for adults; $10 for kids ages 4-16; Children 3 and under free. Must pre-register
by Monday, November 25. For more information or to RSVP, call Avital Narvey at
416-781-3511.
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Mazal Tov to
our B’nei Mitzvah
WHO HAVE COMPLETED OUR
BAR / BAT MITZVAH PROGRAM
November 16
Sam Aronoff
son of Steven &
Elyse Aronoff
November 16
Casey Appleby
daughter of Zale &
Beth Appleby
November 9
Julia Lauren Kay
daughter of Michael Elliot Kay
& Risa Lidsky Kay
(in the little minyan)
November 30
Benjamin Starkman
son of Ted Starkman
& Jenifer Lev
December 7
Benjamin Weinstein
son of Ola &
Gary Weinstein
voices of tomorrow
beth tzedec children’s choir
Children ages 7 and up who enjoy singing are invited to be a part of our Children’s Choir.
This musical group will sing with the Beth Tzedec Singers, performing in
concerts around the city and for the Congregation.
For information or to register, please
contact Marlene Laba at 416-781-3514 ext. 234 or
[email protected] or Cantor Simon Spiro at ext. 223
or [email protected].
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lifecycle News and Milestones
News received between May 1 and October 15 has been included in this issue.
Milestones
and celebrations
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your good news unless you
Births
Arielle Tamar, daughter of
& JEFF LEVY, granddaughter of ANNELIE &
DAVID GRYWUL and TAMAR &
MEIR LEVY, born September 7.
Jen Allen, daughter of LORI
& AVI ALLEN, and Lance
Singer, son of AVRIL & STAN
SINGER, who were married
on October 3.
Greyson Halle, daughter of
DARA & ADAM GURAU,
granddaughter of SUZY &
IRV GURAU and ELAINE & SID
KOHN, great-granddaughter
of GENIA ZELIGMAN and
HELEN ROSENBAUM, born
September 9.
David Gale, son of BRENDA &
and Kate
Gertner, daughter of APRIL
& LORNE GERTNER, who
were married on October 13.
Cory Russell, son of SERENA
WOLFOND & J.B. PEIKES,
grandson of HENRY WOLFOND
& ROCHELLE REICHERT and
LINDA & STUART PEIKES,
great-grandson of PEDIE &
MELVYN WOLFOND and TOBI
& SAUL REICHERT, greatgreat-grandson of ESTHER
WOLFOND, born June 21.
Griffin Yale, son of RENEE
KAIMAN & SAM LEVY, grandson
of VARDINA & HOWARD
KAIMAN and LYNDA &
HOWARD LEVY, great-grandson
of MARGARET & BENJAMIN
UNGAR and RUTH KAIMAN,
born July 17.
Harper Sadie, daughter of
ABBY TENENBAUM & HOWARD
BRASS, granddaughter of
CAROL TENENBAUM, MICHAEL
TENENBAUM and JACK &
RACHEL BRASS, born July 20.
Catherine Michelle, daughter
of CANDICE & BRIAN BACAL,
granddaughter of SHARON &
NORMAN BACAL and JENNIFER
& PHILIP LOW, great-granddaughter of ESTHER WESTELMAN,
FRAN BACAL, KOISHA HOSEIN,
CHOY SAU and CHAN LOW,
born July 22.
Jordan Abraham Mansfield,
son of JOANNA & ELI
COOPERBERG, grandson of
MARCIA & GARY MANSFIELD
and JANET & AARON
COOPERBERG, born July 25.
Madeline Brooke, daughter
of JODIE & JAMIE DAVIS,
granddaughter of SUE &
ALAN KAUFMAN and LYNDA
& KEN DAVIS, great-granddaughter of FAYE WOLK,
CEIL SINGER and LILIAN
KAUFMAN, born July 29.
Zoe Rose, daughter of
CAROLYN & JEFF RUBY,
granddaughter of CAREN &
THE LATE GERRY RUBY and
GAYE & JEAN PIERRE LEFEBVRE,
great-granddaughter of
IRENE ZUBATOFF, born
August 1.
Rachel Lilian, daughter of
LAURA & BENJAMIN FREEMAN,
granddaughter of FAYE &
ALAN SHINER and CINDY &
JOHN FREEMAN, great-granddaughter of GWEN & HARRY
SMITH, born August 1.
Noa Reese, daughter of
MARIEL HELLER & MARK
STEINMAN, granddaughter of
BEVERLY KUPFERT & BRIAN
HELLER and BERNICE & STAN
STEINMAN, born August 10.
Jaden Faith, daughter of JILL
& ERIC KERT, granddaughter
of NORMAN & ELLIN KERT,
born August 21.
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SANDRA
Spencer Bram, son of
& DEBRA WOLFE,
grandson of HAROLD &
CAROLE WOLFE and JEROHAM
& BRENDA SINGER, born
October 9.
JEFFREY
Weddings
Jillian Lapedus, daughter of
JAN & MARK LAPEDUS, and
Andrew Bier, son of COLIN
& ELAINE BIER, who were
married on June 2.
Noa Orzy, daughter of
& RICK ORZY, and
Jake Flaster, son of LINDA &
MURRAY FLASTER, who were
married on July 22
(in Jerusalem).
LAURA
Andrew Segal, son of BRIAN
and
Rebecca Vernik, daughter of
IGOR & SVETLANA VERNIK,
who were married on
August 25.
SEGAL & ROSLYN LEVINE,
tell us about it. Send an email to
[email protected], or call
us at 416-781-3514 ext. 212, or send a
fax to 416-781-0150. Deadline for
the next Bulletin covering January
to March, is November 25.
MICHAEL GALE,
Matthew Shogilev, son of
& HOWARD SHOGILEV,
and Alison Harding, daughter
of HELEN & IVAN HARDING,
who were married on
November 10.
LOUISE
Daniel Goldenberg, son of
KAREN & SYDNEY GOLDENBERG,
and Mohr Schneiderman,
daughter of MIRI AND THE
LATE HILLI SCHNEIDERMAN,
who will be married on
November 16.
Zach Simbrow, son of
RHODA & JEFF SIMBROW,
and Stephanie Nightingale,
daughter of KAREN & BEN
NIGHTINGALE, who will be
married on November 24.
Corey Romberg, son of
SARI & EVAN ROMBERG, and
Katelyn Ramos, daughter of
CARRIE & ISRAEL RAMOS,
who will be married on
November 24 in Florida.
Brian Gray, son of DONNA &
STEVEN GRAY, and Jacqueline
Rubinstein, daughter of
SUZANNE & MARVIN RUBINSTEIN,
who will be married on
December 14.
lifecycle News & Milestones continued
Congratulations to
Jonathan Born, son of DR.
ABRAHAM & SUSAN BORN, and
Kaylee Silver, daughter of
DR. RISA FELDMAN & JEFF
SILVER, on their engagement.
Dr. Barney & Pearl Seetner,
who celebrated their 63rd
anniversary on August 1.
Simcha Simchovitch, who
received the 2013 Senior
Achievement Award.
Leonard & Cheryl Cappe,
who celebrated their 40th
anniversary on August 12.
William Winston, who
celebrated his 90th birthday
on September 28.
Bob & Sandy Cohen, who
celebrated their 50th anniversary
on September 5.
Many Thanks to
Ari Grossman, who received
his Masters of Business
Administration degree, and
was appointed to Wilfred
Laurier University’s Board
of Governors.
Daniel Kupfert Heller, son
of BEVERLY KUPFERT & BRIAN
HELLER, and Alex Taub, son
of ANNE & MICHAEL TAUB,
on their engagement.
Rhodelle Hershoran, who
celebrated her 97th birthday
on October 16.
Robbie Kaufman, son of
CATHY & RON KAUFMAN, and
Bailey Gutkin, daughter of
JULIE & MARK GUTKIN, on
their engagement.
Hon. Justice Sidney B.
Linden, who was selected
as one of the University
College’s University of
Toronto 2013 Alumni of
Influence, and celebrated his
75th birthday on November 9.
Max Olanow, who
celebrated his 99th birthday
on October 6.
Max & Betty Olanow, who
celebrated their 75th
anniversary on November 10.
Alex Orzy, who celebrated
his 90th birthday on
September 13.
Howard & Sylvia Gefen, who
sponsored a Congregational
Kiddush on July 20 to
commemorate the yahrtzeit
of Oscar Schlenger.
Howard & Dyan
Kirshenbaum, who sponsored a
Congregational Kiddush on
August 10 to commemorate
the yahrtzeit of Izzy
Kirshenbaum.
Dr. Jerry & Riva Kirsh, who
sponsored a Congregational
Kiddush on August 17 in
honour of the marriage of
David Kirsh & Lilia Brandao.
Sheldon & Patti Rotman
and family, who sponsored
a Congregational Kiddush
on August 31 to commemorate
the yahrtzeit of Joseph
Rotman.
Brian & Candice Bacal,
who sponsored a
Congregational Kiddush on
September 7 in honour of
the naming of their daughter
Catherine Michelle.
Gella & Paul Rothstein,
who sponsored a
Congregational Kiddush on
September 19 to commemorate
the yahrtzeit of J. Barney
Goldhar.
Galy & Mark Shapiro,
who sponsored a Seudah
Shlisheet on September 28
in honour of the marriage
of Adam Shapiro &
Allison Dalisay.
Michael & Brenda Gale, who
sponsored a Congregational
Kiddush on October 5 in
honour of the marriage of
David Gale & Kate Gertner.
The Orzy Family, who
sponsored a Congregational
Kiddush on October 5 in
honour of Alex Orzy’s
special birthday.
Dr. Howard & Louise
Shogilev, who sponsored a
Congregational Kiddush on
October 26 in honour of the
upcoming marriage of
Matthew Shogilev &
Alison Harding.
The Silverberg & Appleby
Families, who sponsored a
Congregational Kiddush on
October 26 to commemorate
the yahrtzeit of Edward
Silverberg.
Chava Kwinta, who sponsored
a Seudah Shlisheet on
November 2 to commemorate
the yahrtzeit of Mike Kwinta.
Michael & Risa Kay, who
sponsored a Congregational
Kiddush on November 9 in
honour of the Bat Mitzvah
of their daughter Julia.
Zale & Beth Appleby, who
will sponsor a Congregational
Kiddush on November 16 in
honour of the Bat Mitzvah
of their daughter Casey.
Louis & Pearl Litwin, who
will sponsor a Congregational
Kiddush on November 16 in
honour of Louis Litwin’s
85th birthday.
The Ezer Family, who will
sponsor a Congregational
Kiddush on November 23 in
honour of Cantor Sidney
Ezer’s birthday.
Sheldon Greenspan and Judi
Greenspan, who will sponsor
a Congregational Kiddush
on November 30 in honour
of the B’nei Mitzvah of their
children Aaron and Hannah.
Ted Starkman & Jenifer
Lev, who will sponsor a
Congregational Kiddush on
November 30 in honour of
the Bar Mitzvah of their
son Benjamin.
Dr. Gary & Ola Weinstein,
who will sponsor a
Congregational Kiddush on
December 7 in honour of
the Bar Mitzvah of their
son Benjamin.
Snowbirds: Take note!
If you would like a copy
of the Bulletin to be
mailed to your winter
address, please call Sheri
at 416-781-3514 ext.
220 prior to your departure
to inform her of your
temporary change of
address—and send her
your email address too!
Sam & Elyse Aronoff, who
will sponsor a Congregational
Kiddush on November 16 in
honour of the Bar Mitzvah
of their son Sam.
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This year, when you
Celebrate • Honour • Commemorate
Choose ‘Treasures of Beth Tzedec’ Tribute Cards
Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is upon us and is a perfect time to
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send
family and friends words of appreciation, thanks or
remembrance. Our Hanukkah card features a hanukkiyah (pictured)
˙ Museum collection.
from the Beth Tzedec˙ Reuben and Helene Dennis
Or you can purchase a set of our ‘Treasures of Beth Tzedec’ Tribute
Cards series featuring photographs of the timeless treasures of our
Congregation with general, lifestyle and holiday themes. These
beautiful cards are available in two ways:
• Call us to order individual cards at a cost of $18 each and we’ll
inscribe and send them for you; or
• Purchase a series package of 6 cards for $50, or $10 for an
individual card, and personalize and send them out yourself.
All contributions for these Tribute Cards are fully tax receiptable.
For information or to purchase, contact Avital Narvey at
416-781-3511 or [email protected].
You are cordially invited to join us
On the Chocolate Trail
Tuesday, November 26 at 7:30 PM
Author Rabbi Deborah Prinz will speak about her
book, A Delicious Adventure Connecting Jews, Religions,
History, Travel, Rituals and Recipes to the Magic of Cacao.
Following the lecture, we will have a chocolate tasting and
share great recipes. Everyone is welcome. No charge.
At 6:45 PM, Young Professionals are invited to enjoy an
exclusive chocolate tasting and meet with the author.
Sponsored by the Beth Tzedec Men’s Club and VIVA Retirement Residence.
RSVP to the Synagogue office at 416-781-3511 or email [email protected].
Chocolate donated by Give and Go Prepared Foods. Chocolate gift baskets generously donated by Nutcracker Sweet Gift Baskets.
Sponsorship is in honour of Leslie Aimée Gottlieb and Benjamin Joseph Shirinian on their recent marriage.
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from the executive director Randy E. Spiegel
Something About
Charlie
While we try to provide the opportunities to connect,
we need your help to make the connection.
our beth tzedec community is made up of so many incredible
people from so many different walks of life. Each person
and family has their own identity, their own tastes,
attributes and history. A kaleidoscope of human experience,
our members come from and have relatives from around
the globe, speak a variety of languages and observe a wide
range of religious practices and traditions. We are a colourful
tapestry of individual tastes that when tied together give
colour and meaning to our Jewish experience. We are
students, young couples, single parents, elders. Some of us
come only three times a year while others attend services
regularly. Some of us attend movie nights, concerts, Torah
study classes, while many others have never experienced
our courses or programs.
Sometimes, our members can be almost anonymous to
each other. We pass in the halls, wish each other “Shabbat
Shalom”, sit together in services and break bread together.
Sometimes we hide in plain sight. Many times, it takes a
crisis to bring a member’s unique history to light. When
this happens, we may ask ourselves how it is that we don’t
really know each other. But it is never too late; it is never
too late to meet Annette or Donna or Charlie. Charlie is
part of our family and needs to meet you, too. There is
something about Charlie that is all of us; some part that
wants and needs to connect and share Jewish life. Through
an experience, we can make a connection and that connectivity
links us to community. How many times have you sat in
shul and wondered about the person who was sitting next
to you? Do you share the same interests? Do your parents
come from the same town in Europe? Could Charlie use a
“hug” as much as you could?
When you come to a program or religious service, you
have opened one of the doors to the community. Every door
you walk though has real people on the other side who are
like you and often need the same kind of encouragement to
connect that you do. While we try to provide the opportunities
to connect, we need your help to make the connection.
Our Rabbis and program facilitators are here to work with
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to make a gift or inquire
about Beth Tzedec, email Randy
at [email protected].
and for you but they cannot know your thoughts. When
you come to Beth Tzedec and sit beside a new or even
familiar face, say more than “hello”. If you meet someone
who needs to talk or needs our help, please let the Rabbi
know. If you know of a Charlie who would appreciate a
Shabbat experience, let any of the clergy know. If you
know that Charlie wants to connect but does not know
how, let me know.
You have heard me describe Beth Tzedec as a small city
and I believe it is true. In every city, in every community,
no matter the size, the citizens—our members—need to
take care of their own. Our tradition teaches us that those
who busy themselves with the work of the community
engage in heavenly work, as if they busy themselves with
the words of Torah—“ha’osek betzarhei tzibbur, k’osek
b’divrai torah”. Beth Tzedec is fortunate to have many
wonderful volunteers who try to make our community one
that is caring and warm. Sometimes it seems like it is a
difficult task, yet the more you connect to and experience
with people who are Beth Tzedec, the smaller our building
and our community becomes.
A young family? Experience a monthly Family Service
and luncheon. Have your kids meet our shinshinim. A
single parent? Experience our Congregational School, our
youth programs or one of our book reviews. A senior
member of our community? Experience a Shabbat
morning study group, a concert or a discussion group.
We are all “Charlie” in need of meaningful connections
and experiences. Welcome home Charlie, welcome home.
For more information on any of our programs or events,
to inquire about membership, or to make a gift to help
sustain one of our outstanding
programs, please contact me at
416-781-3514 ext. 211 or
[email protected].
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Shabbat
Shirah
Weekend
Cantors Simon Spiro, Steve Stoehr and
Aaron Bensoussan together at Beth Tzedec!
FRIDAY, JANUARY 10 AND SATURDAY, JANUARY 11
Celebrate this exciting weekend of music featuring
Cantor Simon Spiro and his musical guests
Cantor Steve
Stoehr of
Chicago
Cantor Aaron
Bensoussan
Voices of
Tomorrow
Children’s Choir
The Beth Tzedec
Singers
and more surprises!
Friday Night, 6:00 PM
Saturday Evening, 8:00 PM
Musical Friday Night Live Shabbat Service
followed by Shabbat dinner
Shabbat Shirah Community Concert
Kick off this musical Shabbat with a Friday Night Live
service, followed by Shabbat dinner and entertainment.
During dinner, our musical guest, the ever-charming
Cantor Steve Stoehr, will deliver the first of three
presentations, called Songs My Father Taught Me. We
will learn new and old z’mirot, as Cantor Stoehr shares
how Friday night singing with his father, a Holocaust
survivor, made an impact on his life. Dinner by advance
prepaid registration only.
Dinner: $40 adults; $18 children ages 6 to 14;
$6 children ages 1 to 5
Reservation deadline: Monday, January 6
Shabbat Morning, 8:45 AM
Special Shabbat Shirah Morning Service
This once-a-year musical service with Cantor Spiro and
the Beth Tzedec Singers features Cantor Stoehr delivering
a sermon-in-song, as well as Beth Tzedec’s children’s
choir, Voices of Tomorrow.
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This annual community event features Cantors Simon
Spiro and Sidney Ezer, together with special guest
Cantors Aaron Bensoussan and Steve Stoehr in an
evening of music and revelry, with surprise guest
musicians and top vocalists from across Toronto. This
evening of Jazz, Sephardic, Hebrew and World Music
will touch your heart and your funny bone! Dessert
reception follows.
Tickets: $20 in advance; $25 at the door
(includes dessert reception)
To register for the Friday Night Live Shabbat dinner
or to purchase tickets to the Shabbat Shirah
Community Concert, call 416-781-3511 or
email [email protected].
cantor’s diary Cantor Simon Spiro
Musical Prayer...
and Lionel Richie
This intangible thing called music is a great part of our lives.
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a few weeks ago, i joined friends
at Casino Rama for a concert by
Lionel Richie, a songwriter who has
managed to keep his career alive and
thriving for decades. He looks
sensational for a guy in his mid-60s—
his voice, body and energy are those of
a man half his age, and his songs have
certainly stood the test of time. In the
middle of his concert, he addressed the
audience with a very interesting observation: “We’ve been together for a
very long time. We’ve gone through a
lot together, haven’t we? When I was in
love, you were in love. When I had my
heart broken, you had your heart broken.” He was referring, of course, to
the way his songs have played a role in
our lives over the decades. He went on
painting a very familiar picture of us,
his audience, coming home in a particular
emotional state and putting on a CD
(or record, cassette or 8-track tape) of
his music to help share whatever we
were feeling.
I pondered that statement afterwards
and I believe that he is absolutely
right. Although Lionel Richie certainly
does not hold a monopoly on the
music that touches us, the point is
exactly that: Music touches us. It
reaches us no matter what we are feeling.
How often do we change the radio
station in the car, not because we don’t
like the song, but because the style of
music doesn’t fit our mood at that
moment? The right music can make us
feel better when we are sad, calm us
when we are agitated or further elevate
our mood when we are happy.
It is this power of music that also
helps us with our prayers. Isn’t it
interesting that our religion has a
profession dedicated specifically to the
music of the synagogue? The traditional
modes tell us where we are in the
calendar year. The new melodies written
by cantors, composers and songwriters—
three distinctly different professions,
by the way—reflect the writer’s interpretation of the liturgy and his/her
hope to touch our hearts and enhance
our prayers.
I was brought up in a shtiebel with
no formal Hazzan or choir. But the
˙ the services were always
people leading
competent, musical and faithful to
nusah (the musical liturgical modes).
This˙ resonated with me as a child.
There were moments in services that
were musically solemn in keeping with
the text. At other times the music reflected the joyous parts in the prayer,
thereby heightening the spirituality of
the moment. Music most definitely
connects us more closely with G-d,
and let’s face it—isn’t that why we pray?
The Jewish people have different
music for every occasion. A wedding’s
dramatic Sheva Brahot are followed
˙ Siman Tov after
by the happy burst of
the glass is broken, which ultimately
leads us to the explosive and celebratory
Od Yishoma and other horas. The El
Maleh Ra hamim of Yizkor is musically
˙ and even unsettling at
soul-stirring
times, but at Beth Tzedec it is followed
by the wonderfully soothing Psalm
150 (my arrangement of a lovely
melody by the late Debbie Friedman,
perfectly healing when sung by my
wife Aliza). The holidays bring us the
child-friendly and uplifting melodies of
our Voices of Tomorrow children’s
choir, while the High Holy Days have
intense musical moments that make us
tremble.
celebrate robbie burns night
(and all things Scottish) with the Cantor on
January 25. See details on p. 36.
With this rich musical offering, not
only is our Shabbat morning service
never the same two weeks in a row,
but throughout the year I feel like a
kid in a candy store, choosing from
umpteen musical possibilities as we
travel together through the Jewish
calendar.
Being Cantor of Beth Tzedec, the
Music Synagogue of Toronto, allows
me the chance to share with you these
countless special moments of music. In
concert, we enjoy the different ethnic
directions featured at the Shabbat
Shirah community concert, as well as
the feel-good songs of Broadway,
Hollywood or Popular Music in our
major productions. I have orchestrated
and performed such classics as the
Shehecheyanu with a swinging Big
Band, and for the past eight years
we have enjoyed fabulous musical
parodies in our Purim Family
Musicals. The classes I teach often
focus on Cantors and Jewish musical
prayer throughout the ages, and of
course, every week we have the unique
sound of the sensational Beth Tzedec
Singers to inspire us.
This intangible thing called music
is a great part of our lives. I’m
excited that I have the privilege of
sharing it with all of you on a regular
basis. Whether teaching, performing,
celebrating or leading services, I can’t
help but reflect on the way Lionel
Richie put it. “We’ve gone through a
lot together, haven’t we?” Yes, we
have. And I pray that we will continue
to go on together in good health, with
music enhancing every moment.
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NEW
SE R I E S NEW VOICES OF JEWISH WISDOM: Young Scholars Speak
Meet Dr. Ilan Danjoux
Presenting a selection of impactful cartoons from his captivating new book:
Thursday, November 14 at 7:30 PM
Join Young Professionals@Beth Tzedec for an evening of wine and cheese,
and a chance to chat with this engaging young scholar. Everyone welcome.
RSVPs preferred. Call the Synagogue office at 416-781-3511.
Dr. Ilan Danjoux is a former Visiting Professor of Israel Studies at the University of Calgary and a
recipient of the 2012/2013 Teaching Excellence Award for his courses on the Arab-Israeli Conflict
and A history of Zionism. His research explores the role of political cartoons in predicting violence.
Sponsored by the Beth Tzedec Men’s Club
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commentary Rav Adam Cutler
When Speaking
the Truth is a Lie
It is the responsibility of the speaker to anticipate the
ways in which his words will be received.
“the greatest swindle is the truth,” Faynkugl says in
Sholom Aleichem’s play Yaknehoz. “Two Jewish
businessmen meet on the train to Shpola, both going to
the same town, both for the same business to the same
big shot. Naturally, they try to hide business secrets from
each other. One asks, ‘Where are you going?’ ‘To Shpola,’
says the other. ‘Oh yeah? Dealing with a Jewish businessman is no joke I tell you. You are telling me you’re going
to Shpola because you want me to think you are going to
Boybrik. But I happen to know you really are going to
Shpola, so why are you trying to mix me up?’”
Freud, who tells a similar joke about Minsk and
Pinsk, poses the serious question: “Is it the truth if we
describe things as they are without troubling to consider
how our hearer will understand what we say?”
Jewish wisdom repeatedly warns against lying.
Exodus 23:7 teaches “stay far away from falsehood”,
while Leviticus 19:11 legislates “do not steal, do not
deceive and do not lie to one another”. The Talmud
(B. Berakhot 4a) advises “teach your tongue to say ‘I do
not know’, lest you be led to lie” as well as “one should
not promise to give a child something and then not give
it to him, because as a result, the child will learn to lie”
(B. Sukkah 46b).
Our tradition also acknowledges that there are
limited occasions when our relationship with the truth is
permitted to be less than faithful. The School of Hillel
taught that on her wedding day, irrespective of her
actual appearance, a bride is always described as
“beautiful and graceful”. While the School of Shammai
teaches that she should be described “as she is”, the
halakhah ultimately follows Hillel (B. Ketubot 16b-17a).
Although our tradition scrutinizes the words of the
speaker, it rarely takes into account how these words are
likely to be interpreted. While, thankfully, most people
don’t assume that they are listening to someone intent on
deceiving them, there are many for whom meaningfully
deciphering another’s speech is a challenging task. In
such a case, it is the duty of the speaker not only to
speak truthfully, but to do so in a way that the listener
will understand.
The use of intentionally obtuse language or unnecessary
legalese can be at times a form of deception; so too is failing
to take into account the capacities of individuals with
cognitive disabilities or the worldview of people grappling with mental illness. In the shtetl, according to one
study, “[w]hen the scholar converses with his intellectual
peers, incomplete sentences, a hint, a gesture, may replace a
whole paragraph. The listener is expected to understand
the full meaning on the basis of a word or even a sound.”
Beth Tzedec is not the shtetl, and those who you
encounter are not carbon copies of you. It is unreasonable
to assume that an audience of thousands or even an
audience of one will understand heavily jargoned or
Hebrew-laden speech. Our Synagogue, in our adult
educational offerings, youth activities and many other
programs, goes to great strides to ensure that not only
are the presenters at the top of their fields, but also that
they can communicate their message in a way that the
listeners are able to comprehend. So, too, in our individual
lives must we be careful not only to speak the truth, but
also say it in a way that they can communicate their
message.
Ours is a religion attuned to the multivalency of
words. It is an interpretative tradition in which various
readings are prized. It is the responsibility of the speaker
not only to keep far from lies, but to anticipate the ways
in which his words will be received.
The Beth Tzedec and Phyllis & Ab Flatt Camp Ramah in
Canada Incentive Program Family Fund is open to Beth Tzedec
members with a child who will be attending Camp Ramah in
Canada for the first time. For more information on summer camping
opportunities, please contact Daniel Silverman at
416-781-3514 ext. 231 or [email protected].
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EL C
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R H TZ
I S BET
with Dr. Dan Bahat
A three-part series on Monday evenings
7:00 to 8:15 PM
Dr. Bahat will use the tools of archaeology to uncover and then
reconstruct the deep historical ties of the Jewish people to Jerusalem.
November 25
Jerusalem in the First Temple The City of David area has been excavated with
amazing discoveries dating back to the period of the early kings of Judah and
Israel. What do the ancient stones tell us about the history of Jerusalem?
December 2
Jerusalem in the Second Temple The return of Ezra and Nehemiah from
Babylonian exile led to a small-scale reconstruction of the Temple and the
resettlement of Jerusalem. From the Hasmoneans to Herod, the city grew
and the ritual centre became one of the spectacular sites of the Roman
Empire. What does the archaeological evidence reveal about Jerusalem
during the period that gave birth to Jesus and early rabbinic Judaism?
December 9
The Western Wall and the Connection to the Jewish People The excavations
of the Western Wall tunnels and the Davidson archaeological garden
disclose important new information about the history of Judaism with
contemporary implications for the connection of the Kotel to the Jewish people.
Professor Bahat, former
District Archaeologist of
Jerusalem and professor at
Bar-Ilan University, and
current professor at
St. Michael’s College at
the University of Toronto,
is one of Israel’s leading
archaeologists. He has
excavated a number of
historic sites including
Herod’s Palace in
Jerusalem, the City of
David and the 1,600-foot
tunnel which runs under the
western retaining wall of
the Temple Mount.
Professor Bahat is considered
the authority on the history
and archaeology of the City
of Jerusalem.
Everyone welcome. No charge. For information, contact the Synagogue office at 416-781-3511.
Sponsored in honour of the 50th wedding anniversary of Elaine and Albert Cheskes.
Tuesday mornings from 10:00 to 11:15 am
Torah selections in Hebrew and English from a
woman's perspective.
November 19 The Hardening of a Heart
For information, call the Synagogue office at 416-781-3511 or email [email protected].
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in and around the shul
A Weekend with the
Mitzvah Man, Danny Siegel
“To be is to do.” (Myriam Mendilow k”z)
our scholar-in-residence
Danny Siegel spent the weekend
inspiring us to act. His strong message
resonated: Every little thing helps.
Over the course of four days, Danny
left a mark on several generations of
the Congregation, leaving people
inspired and motivated to give of
themselves and help others.
On Friday night, Danny took part
in a panel discussion speaking to 125
Young Professionals on the topic of
“What do you do when you see a
homeless person?” He provided a
Jewish lens to the panel discussion and
offered insights into the stereotypes
associated with homeless people.
He followed with an excerpt from
Proverbs 22:22 which teaches that
tzedakah never belongs to us—it
belongs to the recipient—giving the
halakhic view. Also on the panel were
Avrum Rosensweig, President of
Ve’ahavta, Krista, a Ve’ahavta Street
Academy student who is currently
homeless, and Amit, a staff member
who works on their Street Help van
distributing food and clothing. It was
amazing to hear their inspiring stories
and to start the conversation about
tikkun olam—helping to repair the world.
On Shabbat morning, Danny
spoke from the pulpit on the subject of
little-known Jewish laws and customs.
His talk was humorous, educational
and sustained a high level of interest.
At the Kiddush following Services, he
continued speaking to an excited
group of 50 who stayed to hear more
stories and ask questions.
On Sunday morning, Danny talked
with families from our Congregational
School and the community, discussing
how they can be more active in tikkun
olam both at shul and in their own
homes. In the afternoon, families
worked on three different mitzvah
projects: One for the shul—shining the
silver Torah pieces and repairing Torah
and Navi scrolls; the second for Out of
the Cold; and the third, creating a
“Mitzvah Tree” which is on display on
the wall of the Men’s Club Walk near
the parking lot entrance. Families can
write their mitzvot on “mitzvah
leaves” and add them to our tree.
We are excited to showcase all the
wonderful things that children and
adults do and to celebrate them as a
community.
At his final presentation on
Monday evening, Danny spoke about
public figures making personal decisions
to help others. These ‘mitzvah heroes’
(as Danny refers to them) such as
Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman and
Steven Spielberg use their celebrity to
make a difference in very big ways—
either by raising or donating millions
of dollars to help children and adults.
Others such as Ben and Jerry (of ice
cream fame), Alan ‘Ace’ Greenberg,
Bruce Springsteen and David
Copperfield have all performed
mitzvot in other ways not as wellknown, but still very important.
Danny spoke in an informal manner
showing pictures and newspaper
clippings and asked questions
throughout his lecture.
Danny Siegel, the Mitzvah Man,
left us inspired. He highlighted easyto-replicate projects, and challenged us
to evaluate what we have and how we
can share it with others. Identifying
our skills and resources and sharing
them with others helps us feel just as
good as the recipient, if not better.
Danny’s final comment: “It’s been an
incredible time with you folks.”
Beth Tzedec offers many ways to
be involved in tikkun olam, through
the Youth and Young Family and
Hesed Committees. See page 18 for
˙details about our Eight Days of
Hanukkah Tikkun Olam Project. If
˙you would like to get more involved in
Beth Tzedec’s hesed / tikkun olam
˙
activities and initiatives,
please contact
Sheri Federman at 416-781-3514 ext.
220 or [email protected].
Im Lo Achshav, ai matai. If not
now, when? (Avot 1:14). Now is the
time to start giving back.
Board of Governors Meetings
Members are welcome to attend all regularly scheduled meetings of the Board of Governors. To accommodate
the need for sensitive items to be discussed in private, each meeting will include an in camera portion, allowing
the Board to deliberate confidentially without any guests.
Upcoming meeting dates: December 10 and January 14 at 7:00 PM*
* Meeting dates are subject to change. Please check with the office to confirm dates before attending.
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8 Days of Tikkun Olam
Be part of our annual Ḣanukkah mitzvah project!
November 27 to December 4
On behalf of our community, Beth Tzedec Youth will collect donations of eight much-needed items throughout the eight days of Ḣanukkah. Please deposit your contributions at our special Tikkun Olam Ḣanukkiyah
which will be on display at the back entrance of the Synagogue during the holiday.
Each new candle represents a new mitzvah !
Day 1
Toys for
JF&CS
Day 2
Travel-sized
toiletries for
Out of the Cold
Day 3
Lego for the
Children’s
Aid Society
Day 4
Non-perishable
food items for
the Kosher
Food Bank
Day 5
New Socks for
Soldiers
Day 6
New arts &
crafts supplies for
the Hospital for
Sick Children
Day 7
Old cell phones
to be recycled
for Tzedakah
Day 8
Adult books
for Ve’ahavta
For more information, contact Aily Leibtag at
416-781-3514 ext. 239 or [email protected].
Light My Fire: A Ḣanukkah App
by The Jewish Museum
Celebrate Hanukkah wherever you are! Select a contemporary or traditional Hanukkah lamp
˙
from the world-renowned
collection of New York's Jewish Museum. Choose a ˙unique background to place it on, light the lamp and then share with your family and friends. You can also
save the lamps to your very own collection.
The blessings are available in English, Hebrew, and transliterated Hebrew.
Go to: itunes.apple.com/us/app/light-my-fire-a-hanukkah-app/id577559908?mt=3D
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upcoming programs Ḣesed
ִHesed Report
information hotline 416-781-3514 ext. 261
Visiting or Chatting with the Elderly
We are always looking for volunteers who are interested in visiting with elderly congregants at their residence
or nursing homes, or just chatting with them on the phone. If you are able to assist or if you know of a member
who would appreciate a visit, please contact Lynn Levy at 416-781-3514 ext. 227.
Driving the Elderly to Synagogue
Volunteers are needed to drive members to and from Synagogue on an occasional basis. If you are interested in
helping, please contact Lynn Levy at 416-781-3514 ext. 227.
Jewish Family and Child Services Yellow Donation Box
Your donations of nearly-new clothing and small household appliances in good condition are greatly appreciated by
those in need in our community. Please drop off your clean, bagged items to the bright yellow collection box that is
located in the upper level of our parking lot.
Out of the Cold: Winter 2014
The 15th season of Out of the Cold resumes on Tuesday nights from January 7 through March 25, run jointly
with Beth Sholom Synagogue out of their premises. It provides a hot meal, clothing, entertainment and an
art program for 175 of Toronto’s homeless and needy, and offers sleeping accommodations, a hot breakfast,
bagged lunch and a subway token for the 55 overnight guests each week.
Registration is now open for volunteers for the Out of the Cold program. Shifts are available to help prepare
lunches, serve dinner, socialize with guests, sort donated clothing, supervise overnight and help serve breakfast. The program is an excellent Bar/Bat Mitzvah project, and community service hours are available for high
school students. To register as a volunteer, visit www.beth-tzedec.org and select the Out of the Cold link
under the Social Action/Tikkun Olam page.
This program is completely self-funded, relying on donations from members of the Congregation and the
community at large. In particular, we require donations of new or gently used adult clothing (winter coats,
boots, hats, sweatpants, sweatshirts, etc.), and new or gently used sleeping bags and warm blankets.
Donations should be bagged, labelled and dropped off at Beth Sholom weekdays between 9:00 AM and
4:00 PM. We are also accepting donations of travel-sized toiletries (shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, soap,
etc.) which can dropped of in the donation box in the main hallway at Beth Tzedec.
New Program for Seniors
We are planning a weekly seniors activity group for participants to come out and socialize over refreshments
and a game (cards, Mahjong, Scrabble, etc.). If you have expertise in a particular activity and would like to
volunteer to teach others, contact the Synagogue office at 416-781-3511 and leave a message.
Maureen Tanz
Co-Chair, Hesed Committee
˙
WANTED:
New men’s and women’s underwear and t-shirts for the Out of the Cold participants. A tax receipt for the
value of the goods donated will be given. Please contact Maureen Tanz at 416-781-3514 ext. 261.
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young families and youth Upcoming Programs and Events
Teen Kiddush Club
Shabbat, November 30
11:00 AM to 12:00 NOON
Join your friends, Aily, Daniel and Rav Adam,
for snacks, shmoozing and a little Shabbat
learning too, with interesting and sometimes controversial conversations on hot
topics, powered by your interests and ideas.
Young Shamashim
Shabbat @ Beth Tzedec
Monthly Family Service
December 7 and February 1 10:30 AM
For children, parents and grandparents, our
participatory service is led by Daniel
Silverman and Aily Leibtag and the families
and children who attend, with a monthly
birthday blessing from Rav Adam and an
aliyah for all birthday celebrants. Held in
the Kimel Family Gym, followed by a
complimentary luncheon in the Lower Hall.
Junior Congregation
Following Services on November 23 and
30, December 14 and 21 and January 11,
18 and 25
An intensive program for B’nei Mitzvah
candidates interested in improving their
davening—an essential Jewish skill.
Following Shabbat morning services (except
when there is a Family Service), meet for a
nosh, z’mirot and learning. The year focuses
on learning to lead weekday services.
Shabbat Hockey
November 23, December 7 and
January 11 and 25
2:30 to 4:00 PM
For children in Grades 1 to 6, organized by
high school students Alex and Daniel.
Youth Service (ages 10 to 12)
10:30 AM to 12:00 NOON
Every Shabbat and Yom Tov except when
there is a Family Service and over the
December school break. This service
provides the opportunity for youth to
connect with Shabbat and develop their
prayer skills and knowledge.
November 16 and 30, December 14
and January 18 2:30 to 4:00 PM
For children in Grades 1 to 6, come join our
shinshinim Maya and Barak for an afternoon
of games. A great way to spend a Shabbat
afternoon!
SMP—Shabbat Morning Program
For Children in SK to Grade 2 (Nitzanim)
(ages 6 to 9) 10:30 AM to 12:00 NOON
Every Shabbat and Yom Tov except when
there is a Family Service and over the
December school break. This program
gives children the chance to engage in fun
Shabbat activities, challenge themselves
and spend time learning with Maya and
Barak, our Israeli shinshinim.
The Hanukkah Challenge
˙ November 24
Sunday,
12:00 NOON to 2:00 PM
Are you ready for Hanukkah? Celebrate the
eight-night holiday˙ with eight fun Hanukkah
˙
challenges. From dreidels to candles,
we’ve got it all! Cost: $10 (includes lunch)
Shabbat Games
Cook and Shook
Tuesday, December 3 4:00 to 5:30 PM
(ages 3 to 5) 10:15 AM to 12:00 NOON
Every Shabbat and Yom Tov except over the Come join Maya and Barak for cooking and
shooking! Learn how to make amazing new
December school break. Children enjoy
Shabbat stories, songs and snacks (leaving recipes and take home treats for Shabbat.
While your food is in the oven, enjoy bits of
parents free to attend services in the
Israeli
culture from the Shook, the Israeli
Sanctuary or the Little Minyan).
marketplace. Cost: $5
Mock Sleepover with Camp Ramah
Saturday, January 19 6:30 to 9:30 PM
Kids in Grades 1 and 2: Join us for a fun
night at camp, with Havdalah, activities,
games, treats, a campfire, sleeping bags
and more. No charge.
For Children in Grades 3 to 5 (Kokhavim)
Get Ready for 8 Days of Tikkun Olam
Sunday, November 24
12:00 NOON to 2:00 PM
Be a part of creating our annual Hanukkah
˙ value of
mitzvah project as we promote the
tikkun olam during the Festival of Lights.
Cost: $5 (includes lunch)
Cook and Shook
Tuesday, December 17 4:00 to 5:30 PM
Come join Maya and Barak for cooking and
shooking! Learn how to make amazing new
recipes and take home treats for Shabbat.
While your food is in the oven, enjoy bits of
Israeli culture from the Shook, the Israeli
marketplace. Get to know Israel with our
amazing Israeli Young Emissaries! Cost: $5
For Children in SK to Grade 5
(Nitzanim and Kokhavim)
Tu B’Shevat Seder
Sunday, January 19 12:00 NOON to 1:30 PM
Come out and celebrate the birthday of
trees! Through games and activities, learn
about Israel and nature, and enjoy our
annual ice cream bar! Cost: $5
For Children in Grade 6 to 8 (Kesher)
TOPs (Tikkun Olam projects)
Sunday, December 8 12:00 NOON to 2:00 PM
Join us for our special Middle School
Tikkun Olam Projects (TOPS) group.
We will discuss tikkun olam (repairing the
world) and do hands-on projects to put this
mitzvah into action! Cost: $5
Torah Tots and Nursery
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For information or to RSVP for any
Youth or Family Program, contact Aily
Leibtag at 416-781-3514 ext. 239 or
[email protected].
young families and youth Upcoming Programs and Events
For Kids in Grades 6 to 12
(Kesher* and BTTeens)
Beth Tzedec @ Out of the Cold
Tuesdays, January 21 and February 18
5:00 to 7:00 PM or 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Beth Tzedec and Beth Sholom’s Out of the
Cold program helps feed and shelter the
homeless in the Toronto community every
Tuesday. On the above dates, take part in
this great mitzvah with a special group of
Beth Tzedec volunteers. *Note: Kesher age
group (Grades 6 to 8) must be accompanied
by a parent.
For Teens in Grades 9 to 12 (BTTeens)
Pizza and Games with JIAS
Sunday, November 17 2:30 to 4:30 PM
Join the Jewish Immigrant Aid Services
(JIAS) for an afternoon of pizza and games.
Meet and mingle with new Toronto
immigrants over delicious food. Program
will be held at the Lipa Green Centre
(4600 Bathurst Street). Cost: $5
Hadashot
˙Thursday, November 21 at 7:00 PM
Meet our shinshinim Maya and Barak at
Aroma Café in Spadina Village to discuss
the latest hadashot (news) from Israel.
˙
Whether you are confident about your
understanding of current events or are
interested in learning more, this informal
setting is a great way to start the conversation.
Charity Zumba Class
Sunday, December 8 12:00 NOON to 2:00 PM
Come out for a fun Zumba class and help
raise money for Save a Child’s Heart. Dress
up in your best Zumba outfit for a chance
to win great prizes! Cost: $10
8 Days of Tikkun Olam
Wednesday, November 27 through
Wednesday, December 4
Be part of our annual Hanukkah mitzvah
project! Deposit your˙contributions of
eight much-needed items at our special
Tikkun Olam Hanukkiyah which will be on
display at the ˙parking lot entrance to the
Synagogue during the holiday. For details,
see page 18.
Hanukkah and Havdalah
˙Shabbat, November 30 5:30 to 8:00 PM
Tu B’Shevat Seder with DANI
Sunday, January 12 1:00 to 5:00 PM
Bring your family for a special celebration
Join DANI (an organization for young adults of the Festival of Lights! Havdalah and
with special needs) for a unique Tu B’Shevat Hanukkah candle lighting, followed by a
˙
seder to celebrate the birthday of trees.
delicious
dinner, games and festive activities,
This buddy program provides the chance to featuring Magen Boys Entertainment for
learn about the programming that DANI
the kids and a trivia challenge with
offers and to make a connection with the
PubStumpers Trivia for the adults. Special
DANI participants. Volunteer hours available. raffles for Leafs and Raptors tickets, too!
Program will be held at DANI House (501 Cost: $20 for adults; $10 for kids ages 4 to
Clark Avenue West, Thornhill). No charge. 16; Children 3 and under free. Must
pre-register by Monday, November 25.
For Families
PJ Library Story Time
(For children ages 6 months to 6 years)
Sunday, November 17 11:00 AM to 12:00 NOON
Come out for a cozy morning of stories,
songs, games and other activities around
the PJ Library’s book of the month.
Treats for Tzedakah
Monday, January 27 6:00 to 7:30 PM
Put on your chef hat, tie your apron strings
and start baking! Join our mitzvah of making
bread and treats for the Out of the Cold
program. No charge.
(For children ages 6 months
to 6 years and their families)
Sundays, November 17, February 2 and May 4
11:00 AM to 12:00 NOON
Grab your favourite sippy cup and join us for a cozy
morning of stories, songs, games and other activities
suggested by the PJ Library book of the month.
PJ Library is an award-winning Jewish family engagement program, mailing free,
high-quality Jewish children’s books and music each month. It is funded locally by
UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, Centre for Jewish Education’s WOW! Initiative
and generous community philanthropists.
No charge. RSVP to Aily Leibtag at 416-781-3511 ext. 239 or [email protected].
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shabbat Programs and Synaplex™ Plus for full details of our shabbat programs, please visit www.beth-tzedec.org/shabbat
The many creative ways we
experience Shabbat
Kabbalat Shabbat Services Every Friday night.
Check the weekly eblast, our website and the monthly
calendars for service and candle lighting times.
Sanctuary Services 8:45 AM, every Shabbat morning.
For everyone. Our musical Sanctuary Service offers a
complete spiritual and liturgical Shabbat experience.
Cantor Simon Spiro and the Beth Tzedec Singers lead
Shaharit and Musaf, with varied music each week,
˙
including
new arrangements of traditional pieces as well
as beloved singable melodies. Rabbis Baruch FrydmanKohl and Adam Cutler offer insights into our Torah and
tradition. Lorne Hanick and Cantor Sidney Ezer lead the
preliminary service and are joined by a cadre of Torah
Readers/Ba’alei Keriyah to chant the weekly Torah
portions. Lift your soul in prayer as you sing along, or close
your eyes in meditation and be carried away by the
magnificent harmonic sounds of our inspirational Shabbat
morning service.
Little Minyan Services 9:30 AM, almost every Shabbat
(through June). For those looking to be more actively
involved in the worship experience, we offer a traditional
service in a welcoming, relaxed, family-friendly
atmosphere. Participants lead portions of the service, read
Torah and Haftarah, study the Torah portion of the week
together, and join together in singing various paryers. A
song tape of Little Minyan tunes is available on request.
Contact Hazzan Sidney Ezer or Lorne Hanick to arrange
˙ lead parts of the service. Torah readers,
to learn and
daveners and those wishing to give a D’var Torah are
always welcome and are offered support and teaching.
Come and experience an exceptional Shabbat morning
service full of song, spirit and warmth.
Monthly Family Services 10:30 AM, Shabbat morning,
December 7. For children, parents and grandparents,
these participatory services are led by Daniel Silverman,
together with Aily Leibtag and the families and children
who attend, with a monthly birthday blessing from Rav
Adam and an aliyah for all birthday celebrants. Held in
the Kimel Family Gym and followed by a complimentary
luncheon in the Lower Hall.
Youth Services see pages 20 and 21 for further details
Junior Congregation (Ages 10 to 12) at 10:30 AM—
Provides the opportunity for youth to connect with
Shabbat and develop their prayer skills and knowledge.
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SMP—Shabbat Morning Program (Ages 6 to 9)
10:30 AM—Gives children the chance to engage in fun
Shabbat activities, challenge themselves and spend time
learning with Maya and Barak, our Israeli shinshinim.
Torah Tots and Nursery Program (Ages 3 to 5)
10:15 AM—Children enjoy Shabbat stories, songs and
snacks (leaving parents free to attend services in the
Sanctuary or the Little Minyan).
Teen Kiddush Club at 11:30 AM, November 30—Join
your friends, along with Aily, Daniel and Rav Adam for
snacks, shmoozing and a little Shabbat learning, too.
Young Shamashim following Services—An intensive
program for B’nei Mitzvah candidates interested in
improving their Shabbat davening skills. Meet for a nosh,
z’mirot and learning.
Can’t Get Enough Torah?
Here’s more!
Weekly Torah study with Professor Arnold Ages
9:30 to 10:30 AM every Shabbat. Traditional and modern
interpretations of the weekly Torah reading.
Lively Learning with Cantor Simon Spiro
Following Services on December 7. Enjoy your Kiddush and
study the weekly parashah with our Cantor. Explore fascinating
commentaries of Rashi and other great sages, all presented
with passion and knowledge by our amusing Hazzan.
˙
Torah Next Dor with Rabbi Adam Cutler
11:00 AM on November 16 and December 21. Join Young
Professionals@BT in Rabbi Frydman-Kohl’s study, as we eat,
drink and examine pressing topics from sources both ancient
and modern.
Jewish Meditation with Michelle Katz
10:00 to 11:15 AM on December 14. For men and women,
centred on texts from our tradition, eliciting response and
deep listening—a doorway to enhanced prayer. Michelle Katz
is a certified Iyengar Yoga Therapist, Jewish Spiritual Director
and Educator who has taught for 20 years, providing
workshops, retreats and group classes in yoga, meditation and
spiritual direction. Sponsored by the Beth Tzedec Men’s Club.
your guide to Torah and Haftarah Readings
November 9
6 Kislev
Vayeitzei
Genesis 28:10–32:3
Hosea 12:13–14:10
166–187
188–193
November 16
13 Kislev
Vayishlaִ h
Genesis 32:4–36:43
The Book of Obadiah
198–220
221–225
November 23
20 Kislev
Vayeishev
Genesis Chapers 37–40
Amos 2:6-3:8
226–245
246–249
November 30
27 Kislev
Mikeitz,
3rd Day H
ִ anukkah
Genesis 41:1–44:17
2nd Torah: Numbers 7:24-29
Zechariah 2:14-4:7
250–270
807
1269–1272
December 7
4 Tevet
Vayigash
Genesis 44:18–47:27
Ezekiel 37:15–28
274–289
290–292
December 14
11 Tevet
Vayeִ hi
Genesis 47:28–50:26
1 Kings 2:1–12
293–311
312–314
December 21
18 Tevet
Shemot
Exodus 1:1-6:1
Isaiah 27:6-28:13, 29:22-23
316-341
342-346
December 28
25 Tevet
Va’eira
Shabbat Mevarkhim
Exodus 6:2-9:35
Ezekiel 28:25-29:21
351-368
369-373
January 4
3 Shevat
Bo
Exodus 10:1-13:16
Jeremiah 46:13-28
374-394
395-398
January 11
10 Shevat
Beshallah
˙
Exodus 13:17-17:16
Judges Chapters 4-5
399-422
423-431
See the Calendar of Events for service times. Call Lorne Hanick at 416-781-3514 ext. 240 if you would like an Aliyah on Shabbat or a holiday.
Shabbat Hanukkah, November 30
Services at ˙8:45 AM
Sara Urowitz is Program Manager for Palliative Care at Cancer
Care Ontario where she is responsible for advancing the delivery
of high quality, high value palliative care for all residents of Ontario.
Prior to CCO she spent a decade working in patient education and
cancer survivorship at the Princess Margaret Hospital.
For information or to register, contact the Synagogue office
at 416-781-3511.
Enhanced Kiddush sponsored by the Beth Tzedec Sisterhood
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Looking for something exciting to do
with your family on December 25?
Join us at Beth Tzedec for our fifth annual
FAMILY
FUN
DAY
10:30 AM to 1
:30 PM
Cost: $10/pe
rson
Maximum $
40/family
(f
( ree for kid
s 3 and und
er)
Lunch availa
ble at extra
cost
Pay at the d
oor
N o R S V P re q
uired
Three hours of activities
and programs for children
of all ages, including crafts,
sports, bouncy castles, music,
games, tikkun olam opportunities
and music by the Magen Boys.
For more information, contact Aily Leibtag at
416-781-3514 ext. 239 or [email protected].
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Tuesday, November 19
7:15 PM
EL C
A EDE
R H TZ
I S BET
Israeli
TV Night
Our Israeli shinshinim Barak and Maya invite
adults to the first of our four-part Israeli TV
Night series. We will view a variety of different
Israeli television shows, followed by
facilitated conversations about the
issues presented. Our first session
will feature Merhak Negiah, a
mini-series set in˙ Bnei Brak,
exploring the relationship
between a non-religious Jewish
male immigrant from Russia and
a young woman from the city’s
ultra-Orthodox community.
Program continues Tuesdays, January 28, March 25
and May 20. For more information, contact Aily Leibtag
at 416-781-3514 ext. 239 or [email protected].
No charge.
CON TINU I NG COU R SE
ASK: Adult Skills and Knowledge
(The Adult Bat/Bar Mitzvah Program)
with Rabbi Adam Cutler, Cantor Sidney Ezer and
Reverend Lorne Hanick
Mondays 7:15 to 9:30 PM
This dual-focused course of Judaic skills and knowledge will meet weekly over a two year period. Skills
development will focus on Hebrew reading, davening, prayer melodies, Torah and Haftarah chanting.
The knowledge component seeks an understanding of Jewish practices, history and text from within
and without. While aimed at individuals who did not have a bar or bat mitzvah, this course is open to
all. Graduates receive a certificate of completion and celebrate communally by being called to the Torah.
7:15 to 8:15 PM—Skills
8:30 to 9:30 PM—Knowledge
Cost per year: $80/members, $100/non-members
To register, contact Marlene Laba at 416-781-3514 ext. 234 or [email protected]
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Four Wednesdays at 7:30 PM
November 13
Jews and Baseball:
An American Love Story
Film screening followed by a discussion with
producer Will Hechter
A series of presentations by
accomplished Beth Tzedec
members
November 20
Baseball as a Road to God:
Seeing Beyond the Game
Lecture by the book’s co-author Peter Schwartz, legal
fellow at NYU and Bloomberg News contributor
December 4
The First Basket: Jews and Basketball
Film screening followed by a presentation by
Mike Katz, former head coach of U of T Varsity Blues
December 11
Jews and Hockey
Presented by award-winning sports journalist
and broadcaster, David Grossman
Join us for five presentations
by a variety of accomplished
Beth Tzedec members
No charge. Everyone welcome. For more information,
contact the Synagogue office at 416-781-3511.
Sponsored by Dr. Marvin and Dr. Mary Cooper in honour of Stephen Cooper, David Cooper,
Zvi Cooper, Dora Cooper, Israel Katsnelson and Batia Katsnelson. Honourary sponsor: Larry Tanenbaum.
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membership news
We warmly welcome
our newest members
Every member is an integral part of the Beth Tzedec community. We encourage you to take part in the many
spiritual, educational and social programs we offer. We look forward to your continued presence and involvement!
Jordan Anderson
Lindsey Athias
Amir Avni
David Backstein &
Marcie Leibl
Ken Berger
Fred Bergman
Amanda Bezner
Barry Blitstein
Erma Blumenfeld
Jake Brockman
Matthew Burns &
Nathalie Baena
Michael Chaikof
Julia Chasson
Richard Rikki Cooper
Bruce & Nancy Elman
Daniel & Dana Ezer
Charles Firestone
Marc & Sloane Freeman
Allison Hennick
Shirley Herschman
Galina Kanchik
Michael Kaufman
Adam Kwinter
Gideon Kwinter
Kayla Kwinter
Daniel & Caroline Mandell
Michelle Murphy
Mark & Natty Nashman
Joseph & Fanny Orenstein
Bradley Pelman &
Faith Halman
Ryan Peters
Gerald & Sherna Posner
Sara Schacter
Robert & Debi Schacter
Michael Shainhouse &
Helayne Sotnikoff
Adam Shapiro &
Allison Dalisay
Daniel Sherman
Stephen Sherman
Jenna Soberano
Amy Soberano
Ralph & Nancy Soberano
Deborah Staiman
Robert Starkman
Gary & Jill Stern
Joseph & Toby Tanenbaum
Alyssa Weale
New 18 Year Old
Members
(children of members)
Daniel Alberga
Zoe Beckerman
Jason Brown
Jordan Chad
Daniel Cohen
Andrew Collie
Shelby Dan
Marni Elman
Yael Feldman
Deena Gangbar
Jordan Gangbar
Joshua Glied-Beliak
Jordana Goldman
Noah Gropper
Charles Haar
Zoe Haber-Kucharsky
Ira Halpern
Taylor Halpern
Dylan Herman
Cole Hock
Jaclyn Jesin
Jessica Jesin
Jeremy Kay
Jamie Landau-Crangle
Jordana Levman
Alexander Levy
Shannon McLean
Jordyn Miller-Burko
Aaron Oelbaum
Phillip Oelbaum
Tyler Palef
Benjamin Pape
Summer Pasternak
Jake Perlmutter
Gillian Piltz
Aaron Rabinovitch
Myles Resnick
Madison Rodness
Alexander Rose
Damien Rosemblit
David Schacht
Jessica Schacter
Kyle Seigel
Nicole Seligman
Carly Shiff
Lindsay Silverberg
Jacob Swadron
Lindsey Swartzman
Madelyn Tannenbaum
Rachel Trister
Zachary Urback
Jennie Wainstein
Valri Weiss
Jonathan Weitz
Jordan Wilks
Joshua Wine
Cole Winston
Adam Zimmerman
Benjamin Zimmerman
Cale Zimmerman
Zachary Zittell
WE'RE ASKING, SO PLEASE...
Tell us about your connections to Israel!
Beth Tzedec, in collaboration with UJA Federation, is launching an Israel survey of our members.
In the next few weeks, you will receive an invitation by EMAIL asking you to complete this
brief questionnaire. We’ve designed it to help us understand how our members engage with
Israel today, and how we can continue to broaden and deepen Israel’s role in our synagogue
programming. Please complete the survey—we need your input.
If we don’t have your email address, you’ll miss your chance to be heard, and of course, to hear
from us at Beth Tzedec in a timely way about things that matter. Please send your email address
to [email protected] today!
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Thursday, November 28 at 7:30 PM
Perhaps the most significant development in the 20th century
history of Orthodox Judaism is the founding of schools to teach
girls Torah. In this lecture, we will explore the challenges faced
by Sarah Schenirer, who in 1917 founded the first Bais Yakov
School in Cracow, Poland and consider the role she played in the
new movement for girls’ education, as organizer and symbolic figure.
Everyone welcome. No charge. For information, call the Synagogue
office at 416-781-3511 or email [email protected].
Naomi Seidman is Koret Professor
of Jewish Culture and Director of
the Richard S. Dinner Center for
Jewish Studies at the Graduate
Theological Union in Berkeley,
California and author of A Marriage
Made in Heaven: The Sexual
Politics of Hebrew and Yiddish
and Faithful Renderings: JewishChristian Difference and the
Politics of Translation.
FOR TEENS IN GRADES
8 TO 12 WITH A PARENT
a parent-teen experience to share! This session includes a film screening and an engaging discussion facilitated by
the dynamic Leora Schaefer, Toronto Director of the organization Facing History and Ourselves. No charge.
I'm Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During The Holocaust
Monday, February 10 from 7:30 to 9:00 PM
This MTV documentary weaves together excerpts from the diaries of young writers between
1937 and 1944. Through an emotional montage of archival footage, personal photos and text
from the diaries, the film celebrates a group of brave, young writers– first-hand witnesses to the
horrors of the Holocaust–who refused to quietly disappear.
Leora Schaefer
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Facing History and Ourselves is an international educational
organization whose mission is to engage students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice and anti-semitism
in order to promote the development of a more humane and
informed citizenry. To learn more, visit www.facinghistory.org.
in and around the shul
Changes to Our Team
A fond farewell and a hearty welcome
farewell (tzetkhem l’shalom)
welcome (brukhim habaim)
After 13 successful years as Membership Coordinator,
Beatrice Barzilai has officially retired. Beatrice was an
invaluable member of the Beth
Tzedec administration team and
resource to the Membership
Committee. Often the first point of
contact for members, Beatrice’s
warm personality and dedication
were invaluable. Her interactions
were always respectful, sensitive
and kind. On behalf of all of her
friends at Beth Tzedec, including
the past and current chairs of the Membership
Committee and the Board of Governors, we thank
Beatrice for her years of dedication and the contribution
she has made to Beth Tzedec. We wish Beatrice and her
husband arichat yamim—many years—of good health,
safe travels and happiness.
We are pleased to welcome the newest member of our
administrative team, Sheri Federman, who has assumed
the new role of Membership &
Development Coordinator. Sheri
has many years of experience
working in membership, and most
recently was the Director of
Programs and Operations at the
Canadian Society for the
Weizmann Institute of Science.
Her enthusiasm, energy and
creative ideas will help ensure that
the needs of our members are well served. Sheri’s door is
always open and she welcomes you to call or stop by to
introduce yourself. Welcome aboard, Sheri!
BET H TZEDEC SISTE R HO O D PR E SE NTS
Peril: From Jackboots
to Jack Benny
with Author Pearl Goodman
Thursday, November 14 at 7:30 PM
In her poignant memoir, psychotherapist and author
Pearl Goodman tells her story of being raised in
Toronto by Holocaust survivors. Her memoir delves
into how trauma destroys the resolve to live and how
making sense of tragedy can rebuild that resolve.
No charge. For more information, contact the
Synagogue office at 416-781-3511.
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Children ages 1 to 3 with a parent, grandparent or caregiver
Thursday, November 8 at 7:00 PM
Toddlers, Tunes and Treats
with Tobie Seligman
9:30 to 11:00 AM in Room 200 at Beth Tzedec
Tuesdays
Wednesdays
Fridays
January 14 to June 10
(20 classes)
Members $300
Non-Members $360
January 15 to June 11
(19 classes)
Members $285
Non-Members $345
January 17 to June 13
(21 classes)
Members $315
Non-Members $380
Drop-ins welcome where space permits. Please call before coming.
Fees for individual classes: $15 Members / $18 Non-Members.
For registration, space availability or program information,
contact Jo Swartz at 416-781-3514 ext. 230 or [email protected].
Bar/Bat
Mitzvah
club
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Beth Tzedec Congregation continues the Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Club, a program for children with difficulty in social situations.
We are looking for students with a Bar/Bat Mitzvah in 2014/2015 who are seeking to prepare for this
experience with peers in a program suited to their needs. This program is tailored for students who have:
n difficulty with social situations in comparison to their same-aged peers (such as children with social
anxiety, gifted learning disabilities, non-verbal learning disabilities and Asperger Syndrome);
n challenges that can be re-directed with supports; and
n an understanding, appreciation or knowledge of their own interpersonal challenges.
The Bar/Bat
Club
spearheaded by a cadre of educators, clergy and committed congregants,
Beth Mitzvah
Tzedec Cong
regatis
ion 1700 Bathurst Street, Toronto
Tel:
416.7
81.3511
416.781.01
together with a team
ofFax:
skilled,
highly50trained
experts
in various
fields, including group facilitators with
email: info@
beth-tzede
c.org
many years of experience working with kids with special needs.
The program will consist of nine evening sessions with dinner. A valuable and voluntary parent group will run
concurrently with the children’s sessions. The highly subsidized cost of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Club is $700.
For information, contact Daniel Silverman at 416-781-3514 ext. 231 or [email protected].
partial funding provided by
This program has been made possible thanks to the
Elizabeth Rose Herman Education Bursary of Beth Tzedec Congregation
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past events
The Hendeles
Chapel
Please excuse our appearance while we
make some exciting changes
over the coming weeks, we will
be making aesthetic improvements
to the one room in our shul that is
used for prayer services every day of
the year: the Hendeles Chapel.
These interim steps will refresh this
important spiritual space until we
are ready to move forward with a
full structural renovation.
During the month of November,
we will repair the walls, repaint
from floor to ceiling, install new
carpet, replace the cushions and
clean and polish the Aron Kodesh.
This work will make our Chapel a
cleaner, more comfortable and more
welcoming prayer and program
destination for Beth Tzedec
members and visitors to our
Synagogue and will undoubtedly
improve the daily experience of so
many of our members.
Please bear with us as we
work together to improve your
Beth Tzedec.
TOP LEFT: Rabbi Baruch Frydman-Kohl with
Gilad Shalit at his Toronto appearance on his JNF
Canadian speaking tour where a sold-out crowd of
3,000 people came to meet this dynamic Israeli hero.
TOP RIGHT: Avishai Margalit, the 2013 Ralph &
Roslyn Halbert Visiting Scholar, addresses the
audience at one of his three sessions in early October.
BOTTOM: The Toronto Jewish Folk Choir performs
for the Haverim Program participants in September.
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B ET H TZ EDEC REUB EN & HE LE NE DE NNIS M U SE U M PR E SE N TS
THE POSTHUMOUS LANDSCAPE:
Jewish Sites of Memory in Poland Today
Photographs by David Kaufman
Exhibition curated by Evelyn Tauben
Continues through February 2014
Today’s Polish landscape is dotted with sites of
Jewish community and memory as well as physical
remnants of the Holocaust. For nearly a decade,
photographer David Kaufman has explored these old
synagogues, former Jewish neighbourhoods and
ghettos, overgrown cemeteries and more, creating
a series of compelling, memorable images.
LEFT: Restored synagogue in Bobowa, Poland, July 2012
ABOVE: An “ohel” or small mausoleum amid a line of
gravestones in the Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery,
Warsaw, April 2011. Photos © David Kaufman
For details, contact Museum Curator Dorion Liebgott, 416-781-3514 ext. 232 or [email protected].
www.jsport.org
CO-ED
Recreational
PRESENTS Sport Leagues
for Young
Professionals
EXERCISE YOUR MIND BODY AND SOUL
JOIN US AT BETH TZEDEC’S KIMEL FAMILY GYM
Wednesday Evenings Men's Basketball 8 to 10 PM (Jan. 8 to Mar. 26)
Thursday Evenings Co-ed Floor Hockey 7 to 10 PM (Jan. 9 to Mar. 27)
For further information and to register, visit www.jsport.org.
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10% DISCOUNT IS PROVIDED FOR BETH TZEDEC MEMBERS!
men’s club Winter News
Making a Difference
Silverman Siddurim Update
Beth Tzedec Men’s Club members
David Sigal, Jeff Mills, Ted Bluestein
and Alan Abrams have continued to
sort and catalogue the Silverman
siddurim and have begun distributing
those copies that have been
dedicated to families or individuals.
If you have dedicated a siddur but
have not yet received a call, please
contact the Synagogue office at
416-781-3511 and leave your name
and contact information.
July 28, 2013 dedication of the Jules Surdin Tikvah Campers Pavilion at Camp Ramah.
Scholarship Awards
Each year, the Men’s Club provides
various scholarships to deserving
students. These scholarships are
given to qualifying candidates who
are pursuing higher Jewish education
or cantorial studies, teaching
students with disabilities, and
studying the arts.
Those interested in applying for a
scholarship for 2014 should contact
Hersh Rosenthal at [email protected].
The Jules and Pearl Surdin
Memorial Fund
Help give teens with emotional and
developmental challenges a Jewish
camp experience by making a contribution to The Jules and Pearl Surdin
Memorial Fund at Beth Tzedec.
Make a gift that will enlighten the
life of a Tikvah camper at Camp
Ramah in Canada. To contribute,
please contact Avital Narvey in the
Synagogue office at 416-781-3511.
Making Jewish Life Better
Each year, the Beth Tzedec Men’s
Club provides support for many
youth programs, such as the
Paperclips Trip, Mitzvah Day, Family
Fun Day, Tu B’Shevat S’darim and the
Purim Carnival. It also offers scholarship awards to deserving students
pursuing programs in higher Jewish
learning, and supports Jewish veterans
and residents at the Sunnybrook
Health Sciences Centre through
their Sunnybrook Shabbat services.
MEN'S CLUB MEMBERSHIP HAS
BENEFI TS & PRIVILEGES
Men's Club is providing a new updated card for
their members. A $36 contribution provides
members with:
• A plastic card that includes a three-year Jewish
Holiday calendar
• Preferred seating at Men's Club
sponsored events
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New Horizons for Seniors
with Ruth Cohen
Mondays 1:30 to 3:00 PM
November 18 and 25, December 9 and 23,
January 13 and 27, February 10 and 24,
March 3 and 24, May 26 and June 9 and 23
Join Ruth Cohen for engaging and lively discussions, and the chance to
learn from each other as we face life’s challenges. A great opportunity to
share and nourish the mind and soul.
Ruth Cohen is the Manager of Recreation/Education and Special Events at the Bernard Betel Centre
where she has built and led a broad variety of programming, including several conversation and
support groups. Ruth is a child of Holocaust survivors and runs Café Europa, a lunch & entertainment
program for Holocaust survivors, in partnership with Jewish Family & Child.
PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BERNARD BETEL CENTRE
broad heading Subheading
HAVERIM
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PROGRAMS
2013 / 2014
Haverim meets one Monday each month at 1:30 PM
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Dessert, coffee and tea will be served
December 2 DARA SOLOMON,
Director of the Ontario Jewish Archives, describes the
variety of ways the OJA documents and shares the
stories of the Jewish community utilizing a range of
archival materials. Bring your own family photos so
that you can share your stories.
January 6 RONA ARATO,
children’s author, presents The Last Train, the
harrowing true story of young brothers Paul and
Oscar Arato and their mother, Lenke, surviving the
Nazi occupation during the final years of World War II. 34
February 3 DR. BARRY DOV WALFISH,
Judaica specialist at the University of Toronto
Libraries and Curator of Judaica at the Thomas
Fisher Rare Book Library, provides an enlightening
illustrated talk on the variety of images of Queen
Esther in art and literature. Just in time for Purim!
March 3 DAVID WILDSMITH,
musician and guitarist, delights with an hour-long
concert, sharing his wide palette of songs from
crooners such as Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin to
Jazz standards, Rock and Blues.
tributes Memory, yahrzeit, appreciation, thanks and honours
Adam Kruger Youth Initiatives Fund
Norman and Jackie Kahn, honouring
Les Aaron on his 50th birthday.
Rose Lindzon, honouring Nowell and
Andrea Solish on Harrison’s Bar
Mitzvah.
Annual General Fund
Earl and Robin Altman, honouring
Norman and Sharon Bacal on the birth
of their granddaughter Catherine
Michelle Bacal.
Janice Bennett, acknowledging Michael
Weinberg and family in memory of
Sheila Weinberg.
Graham and Enid Berg, honouring
Ruth Hyman on becoming Kallat Torah.
Graham and Enid Berg, honouring
Paul Rothstein on becoming Hattan
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Bereisheet.
The Bongard Family, honouring
Matthew Bongard on his Bar Mitzvah.
Harvey Bordon and Gloria Wunder,
acknowledging Millie Pollock in memory
of Muriel Gorsky.
Dr. Albert and Elaine Cheskes,
acknowledging Michael Weinberg in
memory of Sheila Weinberg.
Murray Collis, commemorating the
yahrtzeit of Max Collis.
Rose Cooper and family, in memory of
Cantor Joseph Cooper.
Harry Giddens, commemorating the
yahrtzeit of Jack Giddens.
Helen Glazer, honouring Alex Orzy on
his special birthday.
Helen Glazer, acknowledging Millie
Pollock in memory of Muriel Gorsky.
Ruby Herman Green, commemorating
the yahrtzeit of Michael John Herman.
Mildred Kriezman, commemorating the
yahrtzeit of Max Kriezman.
Karen and Larry Leiter, commemorating
the yahrtzeit of Abraham Engelbaum.
Rose Lindzon and family, commemorating
the yahrtzeit of Dr. Martin Lindzon.
Sheila Lubotta, acknowledging Michael
Weinberg and family in memory of
Sheila Weinberg.
Peter and Rochelle Miller, commemorating
the yahrtzeit of Yale Pilz.
Ana Moskovits, commemorating the
yahrtzeit of Emanuel Moskovits.
David and Devorah Pullan, acknowledging Prof. Arnold and Shoshana Ages in
memory of Sharon Esther Ages
(Goldberg).
Nelson and Ruth Reuben, acknowledging
Michael Weinberg and family in memory
of Sheila Weinberg.
Emma Rosenberg, commemorating the
yahrtzeit of Saul Rosenberg.
Harvey and Simma Shaul, acknowledging
Prof. Arnold and Shoshana Ages in
memory of Sharon Esther Ages
(Goldberg).
Leila J. Sprince, commemorating the
yahrtzeiten of Anna Caller and
Harry Caller.
Miriam Weinstein, commemorating
the yahrtzeit of Teddy Wohl.
Lyon Wexler, wishing Mr. and Mrs.
Hillel Kagen a Shanah Tovah.
Lyon Wexler, wishing Ken and Clare
Shapiro a Shanah Tovah.
Lyon Wexler, wishing Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph D. Shier a Shanah Tovah.
Lyon Wexler, wishing Blake Teichman
and Sharon Yale a Shanah Tovah.
Bari and Teddy Zittell and family,
honouring Richard and Laura Orzy on
Noa’s marriage to Jake.
Camp Ramah Scholarship Fund
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, commemorating
the yahrtzeit of Moses Flatt.
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, wishing Rabbi
Adam and Debra Cutler and Jacob
Gershon Reuben a Shanah Tovah.
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, wishing Marlene
and Howard Black and Aaron and
Adam a Shanah Tovah.
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, wishing Rabbi
Harvey and Cheryl Meirovich and
family a Shanah Tovah.
Daily Minyan Breakfast Fund
The Alexandroff Family, marking the
conclusion of shloshim for Harry
Alexandroff.
Amalia Berg and family, honouring
Zoe Trister on her Bat Mitzvah.
Beverley Black, commemorating the
yahrtzeit of Ada Starkman.
Susan Born, Bonnie Singer and Freida
Sherman and families, commemorating
the yahrtzeit of Chana (Ann) Salcman.
Morley Brown and Glennie Lindenberg,
commemorating the yarhtzeit of
David Brown.
Dr. Perry Cooper, commemorating the
yahrtzeit of Doris Cooper.
The Cummings Family, commemorating
the yahrtzeit of George Cummings.
Ilene Flatt and family, commemorating
the yahrtzeit of P. Theodore Magram.
Gerald Freeman, commemorating the
yahrtzeit of Hilda Freeman.
The Gangbar Family, honouring
Anna Gangbar on her special birthday.
Al Gelfant, commemorating the
yahrtzeiten of Sarah Gelfant and
Hendele Gelfant.
Al Gelfant, commemorating the yahrtzeit
of Goldie Herzog.
The Gertner Family, commemorating the
yahrtzeit of Samuel Gertner.
Arlene Grajcer, commemorating the
yahrtzeit of Brandon Grajcer.
Jerold Grammer, commemorating the
yahrtzeiten of Sarah Grammer and
Milton Grammer.
2013 Tax Receipt
Please remember: Any gift to Beth Tzedec paid before December 31, 2013 will be eligible for a 2013 Tax Receipt. To donate in
memory or appreciation, please call the Synagogue office at 416-781-3511. To discuss opportunities for contributing to specific
programs or initiatives, please contact Randy Spiegel, Executive Director, at 416-781-3514 ext. 211 or [email protected].
Make a donation, send a tribute card and include your listing here to honour your friends and loved ones.
For more information about tribute opportunities, contact Avital at 416-781-3511.
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Be part of a musical and historical, emotional and inspirational
experience including a special trip to Normandy!
Featuring daily guide Rachel Kolsky, author of the
best-selling book Jewish London.
Next Information Session
Tuesday, December 3 at 7:30 PM
For more information, email [email protected].
Saturday Night, January 25 at 7:00 PM
Join your host Cantor Spiro for a sumptuous supper, samples of three
spectacular single-malt scotch whiskeys, music and fun, and
celebrate the birthday of Scotland’s favourite son!
Have a great evening with friends and family!
Seating is limited, so get your tickets now! Tickets: $75.
For more information or to reserve, contact the Synagogue office
at 416-781-3511 by Tuesday, January 21.
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tributes Memory, yahrzeit, appreciation, thanks and honours
Brian Heller and Dr. Beverly Kupfert and
family, commemorating the yahrtzeit of
Dr. Leon Heller.
Mary Ellen Herman, Jane Hankoff,
Barbara Caplan, Peggy Risen and Karen
Haar and families, commemorating the
yahrtzeit of Gilda Caplan.
The Kerzner Family, honouring
Joseph Kerzner on his birthday.
Eva Kirsh and family, commemorating
the first yahrtzeit of Gerald Gringorten.
Esther Korn, commemorating the
yahrtzeit of Aron Korn.
Dr. Beverly Kupfert and Brian Heller and
Bernice and Stan Steinman and families,
honouring the birth of their granddaughter
Noa Reese Steinman.
Ruthann Lubin, commemorating the
yahrtzeiten of Lillian Cutler and
Ernest Cutler.
Ruthe Mann, commemorating the
yahrtzeit of Grace Longert.
Helen Marr and family, commemorating
the yahrtzeit of Gerald Marr.
David and Leanne Matlow, commemorating
the yahrtzeit of Jack Singer.
Pauline Menkes and family, commemorating
the yahrtzeit of Jack Weintraub.
Saul Mimran, commemorating the
yahrtzeit of Elie Mimran.
Harvey Minuk, commemorating the 30th
yahrtzeit of Lola Minuk.
Harvey Minuk and family, commemorating
the yahrtzeit of Randy Minuk.
The Nemoy and Leibel Families,
commemorating the yahrtzeit of
Helen Nemoy.
The Nemoy and Leibel Families,
commemorating the yahrtzeit of
Max B. Nemoy.
Reta Newman and Kathryn, Brian and
Bobby Feldman, commemorating the
yahrtzeit of Gilbert Newman.
Millie Pollock, marking the conclusion
of shloshim for Muriel Gorsky.
The Joyce Posluns Family, commemorating
the yahrtzeiten of Louis and Leah
Posluns, Wilfred Posluns, Mildred Cohen
and Alan Brown.
The Randolph Family, commemorating
the first yahrtzeit of Morton Randolph.
Joe Rosenthal, commemorating the
yahrtzeit of Shmuel Rosenthal.
Joe Rosenthal, commemorating the
yahrtzeit of David White.
Brian Segal and Roslyn Levine, honouring
the upcoming marriage of their son
Andrew to Rebecca Vernik.
Alan and Faye Shiner, honouring the
birth of their granddaughter Rachel
Lillian Freeman.
Howard Shogilev, commemorating the
yahrtzeit of Ben Shogilev.
The Sobel Family, commemorating the
yahrtzeit of Bertha (Brucha) Chelin.
The Sobel Family, commemorating the
yahrtzeit of Ben Sobel.
The Sobel Family, commemorating the
yahrtzeit of Eli Sobel.
Rose Sobel and Label and Vernon
Chelin, commemorating the yahrtzeit of
Benjamin Chelin.
Sidney and Lola Solnik and Gordon and
Joyce Strauss, honouring Sophie Strauss
on her Bat Mitzvah.
Sara Wunch Glick, commemorating the
yahrtzeit of Moses Kamelgarn.
Sharon Yale and Blake Teichman,
commemorating the yahrtzeit of
Bernard Yale.
Myra York and family, commemorating
the first yahrtzeit of Chaim Neuberger.
Daily Minyan Fund
Rosalee Berlin, commemorating the
yahrtzeit of Rose Greenberg.
Rosalee Berlin, commemorating the
yahrtzeit of Kate Lee Moss.
Lia Besunder and family, commemorating
the yahrtzeit of Marvin Besunder.
Elaine and Albert Cheskes Lecture Fund
Gillian Rosenberg and family, honouring
Dr. Albert Cheskes.
Hesed Fund
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Frances Ackerman, honouring the
Pellow Family.
Frances Ackerman, honouring Ira and
Miriam Walfish on the upcoming
marriage of Binyamin to Devora Hauer.
Dr Gerald Arbus and Joy Wagner,
honouring Rabbi Baruch and Josette
Frydman-Kohl on Amir’s marriage to
Amanda Schneider.
Graham and Enid Berg, honouring
Marsha Joseph on her granddaughter
Leah’s Bat Mitzvah.
Graham and Enid Berg, honouring Harold
and Ruth Margles on their grandson
Adam’s Bar Mitzvah.
Graham and Enid Berg, honouring Ralph
and Judy Shiff on their grandson’s marriage.
Beverley Black, honouring Rabbi Baruch
and Josette Frydman-Kohl on Amir’s
marriage to Amanda Schneider.
Howard and Marlene Black, acknowledging
Prof. Arnold and Shoshana Ages in
memory of Sharon Esther Ages (Goldberg).
Howard and Marlene Black and family,
honouring Ruth Hyman on becoming
Kallat Torah.
Howard and Marlene Black and family,
honouring Paul Rothstein on becoming
Hattan Bereisheet.
˙Lois Buckstein, acknowledging
Prof. Arnold and Shoshana Ages in
memory of Sharon Esther Ages (Goldberg).
Wendy and Elliott Eisen, honouring
Mel and Lila Freedman on their 50th
anniversary.
Judy Feld Carr and Donald Carr,
acknowledging Norman Rogul and family
in memory of Anne Rogul.
Faye Firestone, acknowledging Prof.
Arnold and Shoshana Ages in memory of
Sharon Esther Ages (Goldberg).
Faye Firestone, acknowledging Harold
and Ruth Margles in appreciation.
Pearl and Kenny Garfinkel, honouring
Mary Ellen Herman on her birthday.
Drs. Owen and Sandra Giddens and family,
acknowledging Prof. Arnold and Shoshana
Ages in memory of Sharon Esther Ages
(Goldberg).
Drs. Owen and Sandra Giddens and family,
acknowledging Anna Miller in memory of
Isobel Sheila Sloan.
Drs. Owen and Sandra Giddens and family,
acknowledging David Morgenthau in
memory of Lillian Morgenthau.
Helen Glazer, acknowledging Prof. Arnold
and Shoshana Ages in memory of Sharon
Esther Ages (Goldberg).
Helen Glazer, honouring Ruth Hyman on
becoming Kallat Torah.
Helen Glazer, acknowledging Rose Sobel in
memory of Verne Chelin.
Karen and Sydney Goldenberg, honouring
Paul Rothstein on becoming Hattan
˙
Bereisheet.
Mary Ellen Herman, honouring Dr. Melvin
and Lila Freedman on their 50th anniversary.
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tributes Memory, yahrzeit, appreciation, thanks and honours
Marsha Joseph, honouring Ruth Hyman
on becoming Kallat Torah.
Marsha Joseph, acknowledging the
family of Lola Weinstein in her memory.
Shirley Krem, acknowledging Barry
Goldman in memory of Jeffrey Warren
Goldman.
Murray and Adrienne Levinter, honouring
Paul Rothstein on becoming Hattan
˙
Bereisheet.
Sheila Lubotta, acknowledging Lillian
Gozlan and family in memory of Irene
Amram.
David and Shirley Promislow, honouring
Sidney and Lola Solnik on their granddaughter Sophie Strauss’ Bat Mitzvah.
David and Shirley Promislow, honouring
Mel and Ruth Steinhart on their 55th
anniversary.
Irene Reingold, acknowledging Rose
Sobel in memory of Verne Chelin.
Ruth Reuben, acknowledging Prof.
Arnold and Shoshana Ages and family
in memory of Sharon Esther Ages
(Goldberg).
Abraham Rutman, in appreciation.
Paul and Mary Spring, honouring Rabbi
Baruch and Josette Frydman-Kohl on
Amir’s marriage to Amanda Schneider.
Mel and Ruth Steinhart, honouring
Rabbi Baruch and Josette Frydman-Kohl
on Amir’s marriage to Amanda
Schneider.
Manley and Barbra Walters, acknowledging
Prof. Arnold and Shoshana Ages in
memory of Sharon Esther Ages (Goldberg).
Esther Westelman, acknowledging
Prof. Arnold and Shoshana Ages in
memory of Sharon Esther Ages (Goldberg).
Esther Westelman, acknowledging Judy
Wolfe and family in memory of
Linda Lewis.
Lyon Wexler, wishing Moshe Chriqui
a Happy Birthday.
Lyon Wexler, wishing Norman and
Jackie Kahn and family a Shanah Tovah.
Lyon Wexler, wishing Lawrie and
Ruthann Lubin and family a Shanah Tovah.
Lyon Wexler, acknowledging Archie
Richmond in memory of Esther
Richmond.
Lyon Wexler, wishing Dr. Daniel and
Anya Schachter and family a Shanah Tovah.
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Lyon Wexler, wishing Shoel and Eileen
Silver and family a Shanah Tovah.
Lyon Wexler, acknowledging Rose Sobel
in memory of Verne Chelin.
Harold and Carole Wolfe, acknowledging
Prof. Arnold and Shoshana Ages in
memory of Sharon Esther Ages (Goldberg).
Harold and Carole Wolfe, acknowledging
Sari Kichler in memory of Harry Alexandroff.
Harold and Carole Wolfe, honouring
Joanna Mansfield and Eli Cooperberg on
the birth of their son.
Harold and Carole Wolfe, acknowledging Catherine Weinberg in memory of
Sheila Weinberg.
Howard (Hy) Cooper Trust Fund
David, Carol, Marissa and Yonit
Grossman, honouring Ari Grossman on
receiving his Masters of Business
Administration degree (MBA), and on
being appointed to Wilfred Laurier
University’s Board of Governors.
Israel Sydney & Pearl Wolfe
Memorial Fund
Caryl and Bernie Schwartz and family,
commemorating the yarhtzeit of Pearl Wolfe.
Jewish Family Living Fund
Dr. Brian and Hon. Justice Kathryn
Feldman and Bobby Feldman, honouring
Norman and Sharon Bacal on the birth
of their first grandchild.
Dr. Brian and Hon. Justice Kathryn
Feldman and Bobby Feldman, honouring
Brian Heller and Dr. Beverly Kupfert on
the birth of their granddaughter Noa
Reese Steinman.
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, wishing Dr. Arnold
and Shoshana Ages and family a Shanah
Tovah.
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, wishing Sharon and
Norman Bacal and family a Shanah
Tovah.
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, wishing Beatrice
Barzilai a Shanah Tovah.
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, wishing Marlene
and Howard Black and family a Shanah
Tovah.
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, wishing Mr. and
Mrs. Maurice Chriqui a Shanah Tovah.
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, wishing Rabbi
Adam, Debra and Jacob Gershon
Reuben Cutler a Shanah Tovah.
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, wishing
Rabbi Benjamin and Lola Friedberg a
Shanah Tovah.
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, wishing
Rabbi Baruch and Josette Frydman-Kohl
and family a Shanah Tovah.
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, wishing
Zina Glassman a Shanah Tovah.
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, wishing
Lorne Hanick a Shanah Tovah.
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, wishing
Norman and Jackie Kahn and family a
Shanah Tovah.
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, wishing Carolyn
and Eliot Kolers and family a Shanah
Tovah.
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, wishing
Dr. Ron and Anna Lee Landsberg a
Shanah Tovah.
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, wishing
Lynn Levy a Shanah Tovah.
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, wishing
Dena Libman a Shanah Tovah.
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, wishing
Dr. Clifford and Judy Librach and family
a Shanah Tovah.
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, wishing
Rabbi Harvey and Cheryl Meirovich
and family a Shanah Tovah.
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, wishing Avital
Narvey and family a Shanah Tovah.
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, wishing Patti and
Sheldon Rotman and family a
Shanah Tovah.
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, wishing Debbie
and Randy Spiegel and family a
Shanah Tovah.
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, wishing Cantor
Simon and Aliza Spiro and family a
Shanah Tovah.
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, wishing Rabbi Roy
and Loretta Tanenbaum and family a
Shanah Tovah.
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, wishing Blake
Teichman and Sharon Yale and family a
Shanah Tovah.
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, wishing
Esther Westelman a Shanah Tovah.
Erna Silver, honouring Sharon and
Norman Bacal on the birth of their
first grandchild.
tributes Memory, yahrzeit, appreciation, thanks and honours
Jules and Pearl Surdin Yom Hashoah
Candle Fund
Morty and Gayle Eisenberg and family,
acknowledging Dr. Howard and Sheila
Einstoss in memory of Rose Einstoss.
Cathy Surdin, Lawrence and Brooke
Schiff, acknowledging Dr. Howard
Einstoss in memory of Rose Einstoss.
Helene and Bob Smagala and family,
acknowledging Dr. Howard and Sheila
Einstoss in memory of Rose Einstoss.
Kosher Food Bank
Frances Ackerman, honouring Ira and
Miriam Walfish.
Sandra Appel and Jerry Shuman and
Mira and Naomi, wishing Barry Appel
a Shanah Tovah.
Sandra Appel and Jerry Shuman and
Mira and Naomi, wishing Linda and
Alan Cohen a Shanah Tovah.
Sandra Appel and Jerry Shuman and
Mira and Naomi, wishing Maureen and
Henry Molot a Shanah Tovah.
Diane and Ronnie Ennis, honouring
Rabbi Baruch and Josette Frydman-Kohl
on Amir’s marriage to Amanda Schneider.
Estelle Levy, acknowledging the
Weinberg Family in memory of
Sheila Weinberg.
Max and Beatrice Wolfe Library Fund
Library Books
Men’s Club Scholarship Fund
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, commemorating the
yahrtzeiten of Samuel Albert and
Nettie Albert.
Donnie Friedman, with appreciation.
Millie Pollock, commemorating the
yahrtzeit of Faye Tobenstein.
Cara and Paul Resnick, honouring
Alex Orzy on his 90th birthday.
Dorothy and Stanley Tessis, honouring
Ruth Hyman on becoming Kallat Torah.
Arthur and Carole Andrews, honouring
Alex Orzy on his 90th birthday.
Little Minyan Fund
Harold and Carole Wolfe, wishing
Norman and Jackie Kahn a Happy
Sukkot.
Phyllis Lindzon, acknowledging Rose
Sobel in memory of Verne Chelin.
Sharon and Michael Pupko,
commemorating the yahrtzeit of
Sarah Greenspan.
Music Fund
Dr. Stephen Abrams and Rosette
Rutman, commemorating the yahrtzeit
of Phil Abrams.
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, honouring Ricky
Zabitsky and Monty Kwinter.
Ab and Phyllis Flatt, acknowledging
Michael Weinberg in memory of Sheila
Weinberg.
Roger and Rose Goldstein, honouring
Dr. Robert Varidi on the new arrival and
wishing him a Gmar Hatimah Tovah.
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Shirley Krem, acknowledging Bernard
Staiman and family in memory of Shirley
Staiman.
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tributes Memory, yahrzeit, appreciation, thanks and honours
Shirley Krem, honouring Cantor Simon
and Aliza Spiro.
Shirley Krem and family, wishing Margie
Posluns and family a Shanah Tovah.
Sheila Lubotta, acknowledging Michael
Weinberg and family in memory of
Sheila Weinberg.
Gary and Marcie Mansfield, honouring
Blake Teichman.
Gary and Marcie Mansfield and family,
honouring Bob and Sandy Cohen on
their 50th anniversary.
Abe and Ella Rutman and family,
honouring Rabbi Baruch and Josette
Frydman-Kohl on Amir’s marriage to
Amanda Schneider.
Larry and Nina Wallach, honouring
Rabbi Baruch and Josette Frydman-Kohl
on Amir’s marriage to Amanda Schneider.
Albert Weinstein, commemorating the
yahrtzeit of Harry Weinstein.
Albert Weinstein and Margo Brown,
honouring Howard and Vardina Kaiman
on their 35th anniversary.
Lyon Wexler, honouring Noam Cotton.
Harold and Carole Wolfe, honouring
Norman and Sharon Bacal on the birth
of their granddaughter Catherine
Michelle Bacal.
Harold and Carole Wolfe, honouring
Gary and Marcie Mansfield on the birth
of their grandson.
Harold and Carole Wolfe, wishing
Cantor Simon and Aliza Spiro a
Happy Sukkot.
Out-of-the-Cold Fund
Lisa and Les Aaron and family,
acknowledging Catherine Weinberg in
memory of Sheila Weinberg.
Ron Landsberg, commemorating the
yahrtzeit of Dr. Harry Jolley.
Ellis, Vicci, Joel, Raquel and Levy
Macmull, wishing Patti and Sheldon
Rotman and family a Shanah Tovah.
The Marans Family, wishing Patti and
Sheldon Rotman a Shanah Tovah.
Anne and Mitch Max and family, wishing
Rick and Jan Sutin a Shanah Tovah.
Mitch and Anne Max, honouring Sue
Torok on her 50th birthday.
Honey and Irving Milstein, acknowledging
Prof. Arnold and Shoshana Ages and
family in memory of Sharon Esther Ages
(Goldberg).
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Ana Moskovits, commemorating the
yahrtzeiten of Arpad Moskovits and
Berta Berger.
Barbara Nemoy Leibel and Hart Nemoy
and families, acknowledging the
Alexandroff Family in memory of
Harry Alexandroff.
Sherry and Arie Rogenstein and Carly,
Matt, Lauren and Justin, wishing
Sheldon and Patti Rotman and family a
Shanah Tovah.
Sheldon and Patti Rotman, acknowledging
Gary Title in memory of Sheila
Weinberg.
Sheldon and Patti Rotman, honouring
Norman and Sharon Bacal on the birth
of their first grandchild.
Sheldon and Patti Rotman, honouring
Eudice Goldberg on her new condo.
Sheldon and Patti Rotman and family,
honouring Bob and Sandy Cohen on
their 50th anniversary.
Irving and Jeanne Salit, honouring
Marsha Joseph on their granddaughter
Leah’s Bat Mitzvah.
Irving and Jeanne Salit, honouring
Ralph and Judy Shiff on their grandson
Adam’s Bar Mitzvah.
Irving and Jeanne Salit, honouring
Ralph and Judy Shiff on their grandson
Alex Max’s marriage.
Ken, Clare and Noah Shapiro,
wishing Patti and Sheldon Rotman and
family a Shanah Tovah.
Ken, Clare and Noah Shapiro,
acknowledging Gary Title in memory
of Sheila Weinberg.
Rose Sobel, acknowledging Vera Gold in
memory of Carl Gold.
Rose Sobel, commemorating the
yahrtzeit of Anne Grimson.
Rose Sobel, honouring Rabbi Baruch
and Josette Frydman-Kohl on Amir’s
marriage to Amanda Schneider.
Rose Sobel, honouring Henry Wolfond
and Rochelle Reichert on the birth of
their grandson.
Stacey Spiegel, commemorating the
memory of Jules (Julius) Spiegel.
Manley and Barbra Walters, honouring
Alex Orzy on his birthday.
Lyon Wexler, wishing Patti and Sheldon
Rotman and family a Shanah Tovah.
Prayer Book (Siddur) Dedications - Daily
or Shabbat
Beth Tzedec Sisterhood, acknowledging
Sylvia Singer in memory of Bernard Kott.
Harvey and Faggie Klein, acknowledging
Michael Weinberg and family in memory
of Sheila Weinberg.
Susan Laufer and Barry Greenberg,
commemorating the yahrtzeit of
William Laufer.
David and Shirley Promislow and family,
commemorating the yahrtzeit of Sam
Promislow.
Shirley and David Promislow and family,
commemorating they yahrtzeit of
Reva Gandler.
Alan and Lorraine Sandler, honouring
Lorne Hanick.
Alan and Lorraine Sandler, honouring
Paul Rothstein on becoming Hattan
˙
Beresheit.
Sylvia Singer and family, commemorating
the memory of Bernard Kott.
Sylvia Singer and family, commemorating
the yahrtzeiten of Jacob and Chaya Kott.
Joel and Adrienne Slan and family,
honouring Bob and Sandy Cohen on
their 50th anniversary.
Mel and Ruth Steinhart, commemorating
the yahrtzeit of Rose Siegel.
Howard and Lisa Winston and family,
acknowledging Fern Reich-Simpson in
memory of Helen Oelbaum Simpson.
Reuben and Helene Dennis
Museum Fund
Shirley, Rosalyn and Eliana Train,
honouring Ruth Hyman on becoming
Kallat Torah.
Evelyn Wolfe, commemorating the
yahrtzeit of Milton Wolfe.
Victims of Terror Fund
Moshe and Denise Chriqui, honouring
Allan Phillips in appreciation and
wishing him a Shanah Tovah.
The Zeldin Family, acknowledging Issy
Polakow in memory of Susan Polakow.
tributes Condolences and Memorial Plaques
Jewish
Meditation
with Michelle Katz
Shabbat, December 14
and February 1
Classes held on the first Shabbat of every month, from
10:00 to 11:15 AM. For men and women, centred on
texts from our tradition, eliciting response and deep
listening—a doorway to enhanced prayer.
Michelle Katz is an educator in English and Special
Education. She provides workshops, retreats and
group classes in Jewish Meditation, Jewish Spiritual
Direction and Torah yoga.
For more information, please contact Marlene Laba at
416-781-3514 ext. 234 or [email protected].
SPONSORED BY BETH TZEDEC MEN’S CLUB
Condolences
The Congregation extends heartfelt condolences to the
families of the late:
Frances Axmith
Edward Brickman
Verne Chelin
Sidney Dick
Adele Faust
Belle (Bobby) Feig
Isaac Graiewski
Geraldine Hundert
Cynthia Israel
Rose Katz
Bernard Kott
Sarah Meirovich
Annette Nesker
Anne Rogul
Barbara June Rosenberg
Billie Samuels
Helen Simpson
Arlene Stone
Eve Wolfman
“May the God of mercy sustain and strengthen them in
their sorrow.”
Memorial Plaques
Plaques in honour of the following individuals will be
installed in the Sanctuary:
Elias Gefen
Jean Mouckley Creed
Gluckstein
Gerald Gringorten
Marvin David Lipton
Jeffrey Myron Paul
Oscar Schlenger
Sheila Carol Weinberg
If you wish to honour the memory of a dear
one, a fitting, traditional and dignified
remembrance is through a memorial plaque
and lamp. Each memorial plaque, bearing the
name and yahrtzeit date, is mounted on a
bronze tablet in the Sanctuary. The lamp is lit
on the Shabbat of the week of the yahrtzeit,
on the day of the yahrtzeit, and on the four
festivals during the year when Yizkor is recited.
To order a memorial plaque, contact Maya
Vasserman at 416-781-3514 ext. 216 or
[email protected].
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In the Path of Abraham
Artwork by: Mark Podwal
Join the second Toronto-based Jewish–Christian–Muslim encounter of the Holy Land
March 4-13, 2014
Leaders: Judy Csillag, Rev. Dr. Karen Hamilton, Rabbi Baruch Frydman-Kohl,
Fr. Damian MacPherson and Imam Abdul Hai Patel
3 religions, 2 nations, 1 land
Join us to:
• Educate ourselves about the three faiths in the Holy Land;
• Explore the complexity of political issues affecting Israelis and Palestinians;
• Facilitate improved relationships in our communities in Canada
Visit places of Christian pilgrimage such as Mount of the Beatitudes and Basilica of the Annunciation
in Nazareth; Jewish sites such as the Western Wall (Kotel) and Yad Vashem; Muslim sites such as
Al Aqsa Mosque; Tomb of the Patriarchs. Spend time in Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Hebron and the
Etzion area with face-to-face meetings with Muslims, Christians and Jews who hold these places
to be sacred.
For further information, please contact Judy Csillag at
[email protected]
*Price per person, based on double occupancy
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sunday
5 tevet
8
8:45am Shaִ harit
12:00pm BTTeens Charity
Zumba Class
12:00pm Kesher TOPs Pgm
4:30pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv
15
monday
9
tuesday
7 tevet
14 tevet
10
17
7:30am Shaִharit
Shaִ harit
4:30pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv
New Horizons
Minִhah–Ma’ariv
Dr. Dan Bahat Pgm:
Western Wall
6 tevet
7:30am
1:30pm
4:30pm
7:00pm
16
23
30
6
21 tevet
24
7
31
7:30am Shaִharit
4:30pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv
28 tevet
7:30am Shaִharit
4:40pm Minִ hah–Ma’ariv
6 shevat
Shaִharit
7:30am Shaִ harit
Haverim: Rona Arato 4:45pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv
˙Minִ hah–Ma’ariv
5 shevat
7:30am Shaִharit
4:40pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv
27 tevet
7:30am Shaִharit
1:30pm New Horizons
4:30pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv
20 tevet
7:30am Shaִ harit
7:30am Shaִharit
4:00pm Kokhavim Cook &
4:30pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv
Shook
7:15pm ASK: The Adult Bat/
4:30pm Minִ hah–Ma’ariv
Bar Mitzvah Pgm
13 tevet
This page: December 8 to January 11
12 tevet
22
8:45am Shaִharit
4:30pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv
19 tevet
5
29
8:45am Shaִharit
4:30pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv
26 tevet
8:45am Shaִharit
4:40pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv
4 shevat
8:45am Shaִ harit
4:45pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv
7:30am
1:30pm
4:45pm
wednesday
8 tevet
11
18
7:30am Shaִ harit
4:30pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv
7:30pm Jews in Sports:
Jews & Hockey
15 tevet
25
7:30am Shaִharit
4:30pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv
22 tevet
national holiday
8:45am Shaִ harit
10:30am Family Fun Day
4:30pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv
thursday
9 tevet
12
19
7:30am Shaִ harit
12:00pm New Parents Group
4:30pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv
16 tevet
9
2
26
7:30am Shaִharit
4:30pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv
23 tevet
national holiday
8:45am Shaִharit
4:30pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv
1 shevat
rosh ִ hodesh–shevat
1
29 tevet
national holiday
7:30am Shaִharit
4:45pm Minִ hah–Ma’ariv
8 shevat
7:15am Shaִharit
4:40pm Minִ hah–Ma’ariv
8
8:45am Shaִharit
4:40pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv
7 shevat
7:30am Shaִharit
4:45pm Minִ hah–Ma’ariv
January
friday
10 tevet
fast of tevet
13
20
7:30am Shaִ harit
4:24pm Candle Lighting
4:15pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv
17 tevet
27
7:30am Shaִharit
4:27pm Candle Lighting
4:30pm Kabbalat Shabbat
24 tevet
3
7:30am Shaִharit
4:30pm Kabbalat Shabbat
4:31pm Candle Lighting
2 shevat
10
7:30am Shaִharit
4:37pm Candle Lighting
4:40pm Kabbalat Shabbat
9 shevat
7:30am
4:44pm
4:45pm
6:00pm
Shaִharit
Candle Lighting
Kabbalat Shabbat
Shabbat Shirah
Friday Night Live
Service & Dinner
saturday
11 tevet
14
Vaye hi
˙
8:45am Shaִharit
9:30am LM/Prof. Ages
10:00am Jewish Meditation
10:15am Torah Tots
10:30am SMP & Jr. Cong’n
4:00pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv/SS
5:25pm Havdalah
21
Shemot
Shaִharit
LM/Prof. Ages
Torah Tots
SMP & Jr. Cong’n
Torah Next Dor
Minִ hah–Ma’ariv/SS
Havdalah
18 tevet
8:45am
9:30am
10:15am
10:30am
11:00am
4:05pm
5:29pm
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25 tevet
shabbat mevarkhim
Va’eira
8:45am Shaִharit
9:30am Prof. Ages
4:10pm Minִ hah–Ma’ariv/SS
5:34pm Havdalah
4
Bo
Shaִharit
Prof. Ages
Minִ hah–Ma’ariv/SS
Havdalah
3 shevat
8:45am
9:30am
4:20pm
5:40pm
11
Beshallah
Shaִharit ˙
LM/Prof. Ages
Torah Tots
Minִ hah–Ma’ariv/SS
Havdalah
Shabbat Shirah
Community Concert
10 shevat
8:45am
9:30am
10:15am
4:25pm
5:47pm
8:00pm
10
11
9 kislev
tuesday
Beth Tzedec Congregation
1700 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5P 3K3
Tel (416) 781-3511 / Fax (416) 781-0150
www.beth-tzedec.org
7:30am
1:30pm
4:40pm
7:15pm
29 kislev
hanukkah day 5
˙
7:15am
1:30pm
4:30pm
7:00pm
18
25
2
6th Candle
Shaִharit
Haverim: Solomon
˙Minִhah–Ma’ariv
Dr. Dan Bahat Pgm:
Jerusalem/2nd Temple
16 kislev
7:15am
4:00pm
4:30pm
7:30pm
12
19
26
3
wednesday
10 kislev
13
20
7:30am Shaִharit
4:40pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv
7:30pm Jews in Sports:
Jews & Baseball
17 kislev
7:30am
4:30pm
7:30pm
7:30pm
thursday
11 kislev
14
21
friday
12 kislev
5
6
Shaִharit
Candle Lighting
Kabbalat Shabbat
Friday Night
Family Service
3 tevet
7:30am
4:24pm
4:30pm
6:00pm
saturday
13 kislev
Vayeshlah
Shaִ harit ˙
LM/Prof. Ages
Torah Tots
SMP & Jr. Cong’n
Torah Next Dor
Shabbat Games
Minִhah–Ma’ariv/SS
Havdalah
23
Vayigash
8:45am Shaִharit
9:30am LM/Prof. Ages
10:30am Family Service
12:00pm Lively Learning
2:30pm Shabbat Hockey
4:00pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv/SS
5:26pm Havdalah
7
27 kislev
hanukkah day 3
˙
shabbat
mevarkhim
4th Candle
Mikeitz
8:45am Shaִ harit/Sisterhood Shb
11:00am Teen Kiddush Club
4:00pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv/SS
5:27pm Havdalah
5:30pm Hanukkah & Havdalah
˙
4 tevet
30
Vayeshev
8:45am Shaִ harit
9:30am LM/Prof. Ages
10:15am Torah Tots
10:30am SMP & Jr. Cong’n
12:00pm Young Shamashim
2:30pm Shabbat Hockey
4:05pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv/SS
5:31pm Havdalah
20 kislev
8:45am
9:30am
10:15am
10:30am
11:00am
2:30pm
4:15pm
5:36pm
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7:30am Shaִharit
4:29pm Candle Lighting
4:30pm Kabbalat Shabbat
19 kislev
7:30am Shaִ harit
7:30am Shaִharit
12:00pm New Parents Group 4:35pm Candle Lighting
4:40pm Kabbalat Shabbat
4:40pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv
7:30pm YP-Dr. Ilan Danjoux
7:30pm Sisterhood Book
Review: Goodman
18 kislev
28
7:15am Shaִharit
4:30pm Minִ hah–Ma’ariv
2 tevet
hanukkah day 8
˙
25 kislev
26 kislev
hanukkah day 2
hanukkah day 1
˙
˙
2nd Candle
3rd Candle
Shaִharit
7:15am Shaִharit
New Parents Group 4:26pm Candle Lighting
Minִhah–Ma’ariv
4:30pm Kabbalat Shabbat
Naomi Seidman:
Women & Torah
7:15am
12:00pm
4:30pm
7:30pm
7:30am Shaִ harit
Shaִ harit
4:30pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv
Minִhah–Ma’ariv
BTTeens Hadashot 8:00pm From the Heart
˙
Gala Event
Jews in Sports:
Baseball as a Road to
God
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1 tevet
hanukkah day 7
˙
rosh ִ hodesh–tevet
7th Candle
8th Candle
Shaִharit
7:15am Shaִharit
Nitzanim Cook & Shook 4:30pm Minִ hah–Ma’ariv
Minִhah–Ma’ariv
7:30pm Jews in Sports:
2014 Summer
Jews & Basketball
Musical Journey
Info Session
30 kislev
hanukkah day 6
˙
rosh ִ hodesh–tevet
23 kislev
24 kislev
erev hanukkah
˙
7:30am Shaִharit
1st Candle
4:30pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv
7:30am Shaִharit
6:45pm YP: Meet & Greet 4:30pm Minִ hah–Ma’ariv
with Rabbi Prinz
7:30pm Rabbi Prinz: On the
Chocolate Trail
Shaִharit
7:30am Shaִharit
New Horizons
10:00am Torah/Female Eyes
Minִhah–Ma’ariv
4:30pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv
ASK: The Adult Bat/ 7:15pm Israeli TV Night
Bar Mitzvah Pgm
22 kislev
7:30am
1:30pm
4:30pm
7:15pm
15 kislev
7:30am Shaִharit
Shaִharit
10:00am Torah/Female Eyes
Book & Film Club
4:40pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv
Minִhah–Ma’ariv
ASK: The Adult Bat/ 7:30pm 2014 Summer
Musical Journey
Bar Mitzvah Pgm
Info Session
8 kislev
This page: November 10 to December 7
monday
sunday
7 kislev
17
8:45am Shaִ harit
4:40pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv
14 kislev
24
8:45am Shaִharit
11:00am PJ Library Story Time
2:30pm BTTeens Pizza with
JIAS
4:30pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv
21 kislev
1
5th Candle
8:30am Shaִ harit
4:30pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv
28 kislev
hanukkah day 4
˙
8:45am Shaִharit
7:30am Shaִharit
12:00pm Nitzanim Hanukkah 1:30pm New Horizons
Challenge˙
4:30pm Minִ hah–Ma’ariv
12:00pm Kokhavim 8 Days of 7:00pm Dr. Dan Bahat Pgm:
Tikkun Olam Prep
Jerusalem/1st Temple
4:30pm Minִhah–Ma’ariv
7:15pm ASK: The Adult Bat/
Bar Mitzvah Pgm
December