Thursday, July 11, 2013

Weekly announcements- Shabbat: July13, 2013



Devarim
July 13, 2013 / 6 Av, 5773
Candle Lighting: 8:24 PM
Havdalah: 9:31 PM

Torah: Deuteronomy 1:39-2:30 (Etz P.988)  
Maftir: Deuteronomy 3:20-22 (Etz P.998) 
Haftorah: Isaiah 40:1-10 (Etz P.1033)

D'var Torah: David Benjamin
Ba'al Tefillah: Archie Fineberg
Torah Reading: Chava Dienar  
Haftorah Reading: Barry Frank
Parnassim: Roger Antebi and Deborah Kraus
Greeter: Lois Lieff

This week's Kiddush is co-sponsored by Carmela Aigen in honour of Rabbi Aigen's birthday.

IN THIS ISSUE:

1. Upcoming Events

2. Member News

3. Synagogue News

4. About Town

5. Morning Minyan 


UPCOMING EVENTS
to check out the new bulletin go to our website


MEMBER NEWS
THANK YOU
The following shul members volunteered at Le Café on Tuesday, July 2nd & Thursday, July 4th, 2013.

Mark Medicoff, Lois Lieff, Nicole Allio, Shara Rosen, Jackie Yarosky,
 Rita Tenenbaum, Irv Binik, Marvin Orbach, Gaby Orbach. 

COMEDY NIGHT FUNDRAISER IN SUPPORT OF ATARA   
Help Atara get dolphin therapy
Comedy night fundraiser at the Comedy Nest.
Saturday, July 20 at 8pm 2313 St. Catherine St. West (the Old Forum)
For a night of good laughs for a good cause.
For more information, or for tickets
https://www.facebook.com/AtaraDolphinAid or www.ataradolphinaid.wordpress.com
etencer2@sympatico.ca 514 603 4446 for tickets

 
MAZEL TOV
To Rabbi Ron Aigen in honour of his 65th birthday. 

CONDOLENCES
To Rita Zemlyanskaya on the loss of her beloved mother, Dobe Zemlyanskala z"l.
To Chuck and Gordana (Jovanovich) Kaplan on the loss of their beloved mother and mother-in-law, Muriel Kaplan z"l.
To Janice Samberg, Michael Zell and Allison Eve Zell and family on the loss of their beloved mother, Carole Zell z"l.


REFUAH SHLAIMA
Zvi ben Taibel v'Yosef (Harry Fainsilber) 

Yehudit bat Shalom v'Frieda (Odette Chonchol)  
Yasmin bat Galila (Jasmin Peleg)
Eliahu ben Leah v'Yacov (Charley Levy)
Faivel ben Esther v'Shmuel (Paul Ostroff)
Yisrael ben Esther v'Shmuel (Stan Tucker)
Aaron ben David v'Esther (Henry Ades)
*if someone needs an extra blessing for someone who is sick, please email   
barbi@dorshei-emet.org with their hebrew name, parents hebrew name, their english name. Please give me their hospital and room number if they are a member.


YAHRTZEITEN FOR THIS WEEK
July 13-July 19, 2013 / 6-12  Av, 5773
Terrence Fitzgerald , father of Wally Fish
Emanuel Nadel , father of Barry Nadel 
Rose Superior Rubinger , mother of Bram Rubinger
Norma Brown , mother of David Brown
Frances Ostroff ,sister of Lila Pascal
Adele Blatt , mother of Suzan Blatt
Phyllis Boodman ,sister of Martin Boodman
Morris Feldman , father of Ronald Feldman
Marilyn Fichman, wife of of Stephen Fichman, mother of Ina Fichman
* Sadie Frank grand, mother of Kay Wolofsky
Rachel Stern , mother of Hartley Stern
Joyce Leah Horowitz ,sister of Paul Horowitz
Paul Heyman , father of Marsha Heyman
Grace Cohen Rapkin , mother of Elaine Goldstein
* Zelig Yoffe , father of Moe Yoffe

*Names with an asterisk (*) indicate a memorial plaque in our sanctuary. We encourage you to consider adding to our memorial board. To do so, please call Barbi at 514-486-9400.

If you would like an Aliyah for a yahrtzeit on a Shabbat morning, please identify yourself to a Parnass when you come into the sanctuary.

SYNAGOGUE NEWS
CHILDREN'S JEWISH ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
Are you looking for an after school Jewish enrichment program for your children for the fall?
Calling all Dorshei families! We are exploring facilitating children's classes in Jewish customs, history, and Hebrew language. We would like to know how many families might be interested before we move forward. Please contact Rabbi Julia if you are interested or if you know someone who might be, members and nonmembers alike. rabbi.julia.appel@gmail.com

GREETERS
Let’s keep up this new and welcoming volunteer initiative. Please contact the office if you are in town for the next couple of weeks and would like to be a greeter. (514) 486-9400 info@dorshei-emet.org.

SYNAGOGUE SKILLS MINI WORKSHOP SERIES WITH CANTOR HEATHER 
Saturdays following Kiddush through July 27th
In deference to last week's lively kiddush simcha, 'Signposts of the service-How to get around without having a license' has been postponed to this week.

BEIT HALOCHEM GROUP VISIT 2013
The Montreal Chapter of Beit Halochem Canada will be celebrating its 28th year of hosting a delegation of 10 Israeli veterans and victims of terror in the fall 2013. We invite the support of 10 Montreal families to act as hosts for 2 weeks. During this time we introduce our guests to the Montreal Jewish Community, many of  Montreal's Jewish institutions, Quebec City, Ottawa and the Laurentians. Each group visit is special and has given unique memories to so many host families and visiting veterans. The dates for the 2013 visit are October 1-15, 2013. If you are interested in participating in this special program and for detailed information  please contact the co-chairs of group visit: 
Arleen Stoffmaker: stoffmaker@videotron.ca or 
Shoshi Ben Eliiam: shoshi@yahoo.com  .  
JRF POCKET DIARIES
Be sure to stay up to date with the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation's 5774 pocket diary at $13.00 each. Deadline July 25th.
Please call or email Barbi in the office to reserve your copy: 514-486-9400 or barbi@dorshei-emet.org


ABOUT TOWN
GOLDIE MILGRIM-RABBI, SINGER, TEACHER
Goldie Milgram is a special guest at the Bnai Or minyan this Saturday night at the YMHA. 

1001 POTS
Friday, July 12-Sunday August 11, 2013
Dorshei Emet Member Sheila Caplan is among the 100 exhibitors of this incredible world of ceramics 25th anniversary show. The show opens in Val-David this weekend. Open daily 10 AM- 6 PM. Info at  http://www.1001pots.com.
  
CALL FOR VERNISSAGE ARTISTS
The Shaare Zedek Men's Club is pleased to announce that for the upcoming 2013 - 2014 programming season, we will be hosting several Vernissages.  In an effort to promote Jewish artisans and the Men's Club's efforts to promote diversity in the community at large, we will be dividing the Vernissages into two categories.  One focusing on the works of Jewish artists and the other focusing on the works of local non-Jewish artisans. We are seeking participants from the Jewish community at this time.  If you are interested in displaying your works of art at one of these events,  please send photographs to Ronald Karpman at mensclubszc@gmail.com .  The photographs will be reviewed by a selection committee.  All efforts will be made to promote as many candidates as possible."
  
MONTREAL B'NAI BRITH  CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT
August 8, 2013 at Islesmere Golf Club
B'nai Brith's Charity Golf Tournament raises funds to purchase food, for Food Baskets and other programs.(over 102,000 mini breakfasts for school children, over 4,000 breads a year & kosher food for food banks, through the association with Generations Foundation, MADA, & Sun Youth )
For more information please visit  www.bnaibrithfoodbaskets.com

SUMMER WALKING TOUR OF BARON DE HIRSCH CEMETERY
The Baron de Hirsch Cemetery on de la Savane will be offering its third summer walking tour of its grounds on Sunday August 18th.  In case of rain the tour date will be August 25th.  There is no charge for this tour.

The cemetery is over one hundred years old.  The first known burial was in 1904.  It is the final resting place of individuals whose life stories were important for Montreal and many who had international stories. For more details click here, or see the flyer in the synagogue lobby.

KLEZKANADA celebrates their Chai anniversary year : AUGUST 19 - 25, 2013
Featuring an all-star faculty; world-class concerts; films and lectures on Jewish history, literature, language, and culture; workshops for instrumentalists, singers, dancers, and visual artists of all levels;children's and teen programs that set the standard for learning and creativity.  For more information and to register, go to www.klezkanada.org.




MORNING MINYAN
Minyan takes place every Monday and Wednesday morning at 7:30 am, followed by breakfast. Monday is a traditional davening and Torah reading. Wednesday is a Mindfulness Meditation minyan.

If you are saying Kaddish, observing a yahrzeit, or marking a special occasion, please join us.  It is a wonderful way to start the week or the day in a warm and inspiring ambiance among friends. Contact Irv Perlman at 514.733.1874 irv.perlman@gmail.com.


NEWS ABOUT ISRAEL
 NEWS FROM THE RECONSTRUCTIONIST RABBINICAL ASSOCIATION.
On June 27th, the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association joined T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, and the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism in a press release to urge Members of Knesset to reconsider the Bill on the Arrangement of Bedouin Settlement in the Negev: 

"This legislation, which seeks to resolve longstanding land disputes between Bedouin Israelis and the state, will likely lead to the expulsion of 30,000 to 40,000 Bedouin Israelis from their homes and to the demolition of more than two dozen villages. Knesset members approved the first reading of the bill with a vote of 43 for and 40 against on June 24 following a contentious floor debate. The bill will now be sent to Committee to be prepared for the second and final readings which could occur before the closing of the Knesset session at the end of July 2013. Bedouin community leaders and their supporters have been outspoken in rejecting the plan as discriminatory, failing to recognize historical Bedouin land rights, and threatening their traditional clan structures and agrarian ways of life."

According to Rabbi Jason Klein, President of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, "Israel's own Declaration of Independence proclaimed that the State of Israel was founded on principles of 'freedom, justice and peace as envisioned by the prophets of the Jewish people.' The opening chapter of the Torah affirms the fundamental importance of equality as all of humanity is created in the Divine image."


We are currently looking for people to participate in a committee that would monitor and share news from Israel that may be of particular interest to our congregation. For more information please contact Rosana Caplan through the shul office.