Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Shabbat Re'eh August 23, 2014 / 27 Av, 5774 Bat Mitzvah of Chloe Doyon

Congregation Dorshei Emet
Shabbat Re'eh
August 23, 2014 / 27 Av, 5774  
Bat Mitzvah of Chloe Doyon 
 
This week's kiddush is sponsored by Elana Cooperberg and Denys Doyon  
in honor of their daughter Chloe becoming a Bat Mitzvah 

 Torah: Deuteronomy 15:1 - 16:12 (Etz P.1076)
Maftir: Deuteronomy 16:13 - 17 (Etz P.1084)
Haftarah: Isaiah 54:11 - 55:5 (Etz P. 1085)

Torah Readers: Chloe Doyon, Elana Cooperberg, Denys Doyon, Emilie  & Sophie Doyon   Haftarah Reader: Chloe Doyon
Parnassim: Nicole Allio, Doreen Saibil

SYNAGOGUE NEWS 
RE-IMAGINING DORSHEI EMET /PARLOUR MEETING WITH RABBI RON AND RABBI JULIA 
Join us as we chart the course of the congregation going forward.  In the next few weeks, six parlor meetings will be held.  These exchanges will identify key touchstones that define Dorshei Emet, inform the synagogue's new mission statement, and mold new programs.  Please contact the office at 514-486-9400 to to reserve your attendance and to confirm the address of the meetings:

1. Wednesday, August 27 12 noon -1:30 p.m. at Dorshei Emet
2. Thursday, August 28 7:30-9:00 pm at the home of Aaron & Wally Fish hosted by Chiara Fish.
3. Wednesday, September 3 7:30-9:00 pm at the home of Dorothy and Sol Stober
4. Monday, September 8 7:30-9:00 pm at the home of Bram Rubinger
5. Tuesday, September 9 7:30-9:00 pm at the home of of Debora and Daniel Kraus
6. Wednesday, September 10 8:30-10:00 am at Dorshei Emet
 
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
As a reminder, please mail in your membership renewal form or contact the office to make your arrangements.
Please note that Guest Passes are available for family members, out of town guests and those who are looking for a place to celebrate the holidays.  

HIGH HOLIDAY PREP CLASSES
Do you want to learn more about Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, so you can feel more comfortable participating in the holiday and explaining them to your children?
Please join us for 2 FREE High Holiday Prep Classes Sept 16 & Sept 30 at 7:30-9:00pm.
Classes will be led by Carmela Aigen and are open to participants of the Mothers Circle, congregation members, non-members, and anyone seeking to learn more about the High Holidays.
To register, please contact the office at (514)486-9400 or info@dorshei-emet.org 
by September 9.

HELP US SPREAD THE WORD
Information Session for Potential New Members
Thursday, September 4, 2014 7:30pm
Do you have friends or family who enjoy coming to Dorshei Emet and like what we are doing but have not yet joined the synagogue?  If so, then we'd love to get to know them better.  We will be hosting at an information session for potential new members where we will be discussing a new "Partnership" pilot project to engage new people in our synagogue community.  Please help us to spread the word.  Feel free to pass along the information or call the office with their contact information so we can call them with a personal invitation. 

HIGH HOLIDAY CHOIR   
High Holiday Choir seeks a few good tenors...actually, all voices warmly welcomed! Soprano, alto, tenor, and bass. Some musical experience appreciated. Five weekly rehearsals, starting Tuesday Sept. 2nd, 7:30 pm, at the synagogue. Please contact Beverly at beverly.akerman@sympatico.ca or 514-482-6625. Choir director Helen Binik thanks you in advance

HAMPSTEAD CENTENNIAL PARADE: DORSHEI EMET MARCHING WITH THE ADATH!
Sunday, September 21, 2014
11:30 gathering, 12:00pm marching in parade
We're looking for musicians, shofar blowers, and people who like to walk to join our fellow Hampstead Jews from the Adath to march in the Hampstead Centennial Parade! We're looking for at least a dozen congregants to participate to show our presence in Hampstead over the last 55 years and to proudly carry our banner. We'll also have honey sticks and apple stickers to hand out to the crowd. Feel free to wear costumes relating to Rosh Ha-Shanah - bees, apples, and shofars welcome! Please let us know you'll be joining us by emailing or calling Yana in the office, info@dorshei-emet.org or 514-486-9400.

APPLE-PICKING FOR ROSH HA-SHANAH: FAMILIES AND YOUTH GROUP
Sunday, September 21, 2014
10:00am-12:30pm
Quinn Farms, 2495 Boul Perrot, Notre-Dame-de-l'Ile-Perrot
Pick apples to use for Rosh Ha-Shanah, when it is a tradition to have apples dipped in honey to wish for a sweet new year!  We join Federation CJA's TOV program in picking apples both for ourselves and for tzedakah, for charity. Drop off the apples you pick for charity with the TOV volunteers at the picnic area. Meet up with other Dorshei Emet families at the picnic area at noon for lunch - look for our sign! Please bring your own picnic lunch and cash for purchasing apples that you pick. Admission to the farm is $5 per person, plus cost of apples. RSVP to Yana in the office,
admin@dorshei-emet.org or (514) 486-9400.
FAMILIES: Pick apples at your own pace and meet up with other families for a picnic at noon!
"TZEDEK FAMILIES" PROGRAM: If you want to participate in the Tzedek Families learning program (see announcement below), meet Rabbi Julia at the entrance to Quinn Farms at 10:00am
YOUTH GROUP: Meet Jimmy at the entrance to Quinn Farms at 10:00am to go around together!
 
TZEDEK FAMILIES: A FAMILY SOCIAL JUSTICE PROGRAM
Six meetings throughout the year
First meeting: Sunday, September 21, 2014, 10-12:30pm at Quinn Farms for apple picking
Meet Rabbi Julia at the entrance to Quinn Farms at 10:00am
Spend quality time with your children while passing on Jewish values of social justice, responsibility, and caring! Join Tzedek Families, a new family learning program of Congregation Dorshei Emet. In six family days throughout the 2014-2015 year, Tzedek Families will gather to learn about Jewish social justice values associated with the year cycle and upcoming holidays, while doing community service connected to those values. Social, experiential, and supportive, Tzedek Families builds community around shared values. Students can receive credit for community service hours. Contact our guide for the year, Rabbi Julia Appel, Assistant Rabbi of Congregation Dorshei Emet, for more information or to sign up: RabbiJulia@dorshei-emet.org or (514) 486-9400 x. 107.
  

 

MEMBER NEWS
MAZAL TOV
Mazel tov to Sally Ayrton and David Hill on the upcoming wedding of their daughter, Shani to Andre Rivard.
   
REFUAH SHLAIMA
Zvi ben Taibel v'Yosef (Harry Fainsilber) 
Yehudit bat Shalom v'Frieda (Odette Chonchol)  
Eliahu ben Leah v'Yacov (Charley Levy)
Daniel ben Kalman v'Tziporah (Daniel Roth)
Miriam bat Tilka v'Schoel
Avraham ben Eliyahu v'Enna
Ariella bat Meir v'Pesseh
Miriam Bat Rachmiel v'Chava (Maureen Holt)  
Sheine Leah bat Shmuel v'Esther (Lila Pascal)  
*If someone needs an extra blessing for someone who is sick, please email info@dorshei-emet.org  with their hebrew name, parents hebrew name, their english name. If a member who is ill is in hospital, kindly give us the name of the hospital and room number as well.

YAHRTZEITEN FOR THIS WEEK
August 23-29, 2014/ 27 Av - 3 Elul, 5774   
Mary Bessner, mother of Morton Bessner
Stephen Brian Kenigsberg, brother of Judy Kenigsberg
Steven Michelin, son of John Michelin
Sydney Rustin, father of Tony Rustin
David Schulman, father of Joseph Schulman
Doris Botner Engelberg, mother of Rosanne Beraznik
David Miller, father of Shirley-Ann Lewis
Harry Rapkin, father of Elaine Goldstein
Esther Nadel (nee Dinovitz), mother of Barry Nadel  
Idel Smolarz, father of Claudio Smolarz
Max Balkan, husband of Rella Balkan
Julius Strezavsky, father of Jenny Shiroky
Names with an asterisk (*) indicate a memorial plaque in our sanctuary. We encourage you to add your late loved one's name to our memorial board for an everlasting tribute. To do so, please call the office 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.
COMMUNITY NEWS

MAKING A DIFFERENCE ONE BACKPACK AT A TIME
YAD FedNext TOV's Pack It Up! is sending 500 children from vulnerable families back to school with new supplies, and we need your help! Please consider buying a few extra school supplies - like backpacks, pencil cases, pencils, erasers, loose-leaf, or duo-tangs - and arrange drop off at Federation CJA -- 1 Cummings Square (5151 Côte-Sainte-Catherine) by emailing TOV@federationcja.org or contact Lindsay at 514-345-2645, ext. 3202.

DER GROYSER CONCERT INTERNACIONALE
August 24, 2014 7:30PM
Presented by KlezKanada in collaboration with the Montreal Jewish Music Festival
Oscar Peterson Hall
7141 Sherbrooke St. West
Montreal, QC
$36 (adults), $18 (students) 
Tickets may be purchased at the venue box office  
Monday-Thursday, 10am to 4pm and Friday 10am - 1pm Room SC 01-10
or through Admissions 1-855-790-1245 service charges may apply

Der Groyser Concert Internacionale is the not-to-be missed klezmer event of the year. Featuring 17 of the world's leading Jewish music instrumentalists and Yiddish song interpreters, this is authentic Eastern-European soul music straight out of old Bukhovina.
 

   



SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR  COLLEGE-AGE LEADERS
Deadline for submission of applications is Monday 1 September 2014 11:59 pm. 

T
he new 2015 Jeanne Sauvé Public Leadership Program is seeking 12 diverse remarkable young leaders with a passion for social change. The Program brings together a group of young leaders from Canada and around the world to live and work together and to share their personal passion for addressing a particular globally significant challenge. Participants bring to the Program their own expertise and perspectives, shaped by their experiences working to address this issue in their respective contexts, communities and countries. 
However, please note that we have extended the deadline for submission of the three recommendation documents until Monday, 15 September 2014 11:59 pm ET.
For more information:  

THIS YEARS CJA FEATURING BARBARA WALTERS
   

KADIMA COURSE
Looking for elementary age after school Jewish education?

 
MORNING MINYAN

Due to so many regulars being away, the Wednesday meditation minyan will be "on holiday" until September.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Shabbat Ekev August 16, 2014 / 20 Av, 5774 Weekly Announcements

Congregation Dorshei Emet
Shabbat Ekev
August 16, 2014 / 20 Av, 5774 
 
This week's kiddush is sponsored by Hillel and Mitzi Becker and Barry & Donnie Frank, in memory of their mother and mother-in-law Augusta Becker z"l.

 Torah: Deuteronomy 10:12 - 11:21  (Etz P.1048)
Maftir: Deuteronomy 11:22 - 25 (Etz P.1053)
Haftarah: Isaiah 49:14 - 21; 51:1 - 3 (Etz Pp. 1056, 1060)

Ba'alat Tefillah: Rabbi Julia Appel
D'var Torah: Rabbi Julia Appel
Torah Readers: Ayal Mor, Doreen Saibil, Chava Dienar
Haftarah Reader: Lois Lieff
Parnassim: Georgette Bensimon, Pearlann Goldenberg

SYNAGOGUE NEWS 
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
As a reminder, please mail in your membership renewal form or contact the office to make your arrangements.
Please note that Guest Passes are available for family members, out of town guests and those who are looking for a place to celebrate the holidays.  

HIGH HOLIDAY PREP CLASSES
Do you want to learn more about Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, so you can feel more comfortable participating in the holiday and explaining them to your children?
Please join us for 2 FREE High Holiday Prep Classes Sept 16 & Sept 30 at 7:30-9:00pm.
Classes will be led by Carmela Aigen and are open to participants of the Mothers Circle, congregation members, non-members, and anyone seeking to learn more about the High Holidays.
To register, please contact the office at (514)486-9400 or info@dorshei-emet.org 
by September 9.

High Holiday Choir seeks a few good tenors...actually, all voices warmly welcomed! Soprano, alto, tenor, and bass. Some musical experience appreciated. Five weekly rehearsals, starting Tuesday Sept. 2nd, 7:30 pm, at the synagogue. Please contact Beverly at beverly.akerman@sympatico.ca or 514-482-6625. Choir director Helen Binik thanks you in advance  
MEMBER NEWS
 
MAZAL TOV

Mazel Tov to Edith and Joe Kornacki on the birth of their grandson, Jonah Cooper McLeod, son of Tamara Kornacki and Nils McLeod.
   
REFUAH SHLAIMA
Zvi ben Taibel v'Yosef (Harry Fainsilber) 
Yehudit bat Shalom v'Frieda (Odette Chonchol)  
Eliahu ben Leah v'Yacov (Charley Levy)
Daniel ben Kalman v'Tziporah (Daniel Roth)
Miriam bat Tilka v'Schoel
Avraham ben Eliyahu v'Enna
Ariella bat Meir v'Pesseh

Miriam Bat Rachmiel v'Chava (Maureen Holt)  
Sheine Leah bat Shmuel v'Esther (Lila Pascal)  
*If someone needs an extra blessing for someone who is sick, please email info@dorshei-emet.org  with their hebrew name, parents hebrew name, their english name. If a member who is ill is in hospital, kindly give us the name of the hospital and room number as well.

YAHRTZEITEN FOR THIS WEEK
August 16 - 22, 2014/ 20 - 26 Av, 5774   
* Leonie Finzi Chonchol, mother of Ernest Chonchol
Brewster D. Martin, father of Deborah Kraus  
Reuben Saginur, father of Vivian Saginur  
Rose Mitchell, mother of Herschel Mitchell  
Joseph Asch, father of David Asch  
Leonard Druckman, second husband of Lila Wolfe-Druckman, step-father of Audrey Berner
Susan Goldman-Feinglos, daughter of Beryl Goldman  
Moshe Cohen, father of Robi Cohen  
Rachel Cohen, mother of Pnina Gagnon  
Celia Gilmour Nathanson, mother of Suzanne Herscovitch  
Albert Randolph, father of Brenda Flanz  
Zelda Schertzer, mother of Nathan Schertzer  
Carol Schnaiberg, wife of Laddie Schnaiberg, mother of Romy Schnaiberg
Pamela Goldman Wexler, daughter of Beryl Goldman  
Hans Aaron Abileah, father of Ilania Abileah  
Mike Bacal, brother of Ethel Horowitz, husband of Monette Simonne Malewski
Rae Frankman, mother of Myron Frankman  
Dorothy Sigler, mother of David Sigler  
Neil Backman, son of Stanley Backman  
Louis Cohen, brother of Ben Cohen, father of Deborah Cohen
Archie Fallis, father of Rita Singer  
Harold Frank, husband of Esther Frank  
Samuel Roland, husband of Miriam Roland  
Eddy Sandler, father of Paula Wiviott  
* Mendel Avraison, grandfather Heather Prout  
Moe Etcovitch, brother of Betty Spiegel  
Myer Knobovitch, brother of Shirley Wagner  
Aaron Jaan Saber, first husband of Sara Saber-Freedman, father of David and Noah Saber-Freedman
Rose Shapiro, mother of Florence Shapiro Weigens 

Names with an asterisk (*) indicate a memorial plaque in our sanctuary. We encourage you to add your late loved one's name to our memorial board for an everlasting tribute. To do so, please call the office 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.
COMMUNITY NEWS
DER GROYSER CONCERT INTERNACIONALE
August 24, 2014 7:30PM
Presented by KlezKanada in collaboration with the Montreal Jewish Music Festival
Oscar Peterson Hall
7141 Sherbrooke St. West
Montreal, QC
$36 (adults), $18 (students) 
Tickets may be purchased at the venue box office  
Monday-Thursday, 10am to 4pm and Friday 10am - 1pm Room SC 01-10
or through Admissions 1-855-790-1245 service charges may apply

Der Groyser Concert Internacionale is the not-to-be missed klezmer event of the year. Featuring 17 of the world's leading Jewish music instrumentalists and Yiddish song interpreters, this is authentic Eastern-European soul music straight out of old Bukhovina.
 

   



WALKING IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEART!
The Jewish community invites you to support The Jewish LGBTQ organization by walking in this year's Pride Parade
Sunday, August 17, 2014 11:30am
Rene Levesque Blvd. West near du Fort
Join Rabbi Julia and show your support for Ga'ava

THIS YEARS CJA FEATURING BARBARA WALTERS
 
MORNING MINYAN

Due to so many regulars being away, the Wednesday minyan will be "on holiday" until September.
 Congregation Dorshei Emet
514-486-9400
follow us on twitter -twitter@dorsheiemet

Our Bulletin:

Shabbat Ekev August 16, 2014 / 20 Av, 5774


Congregation Dorshei Emet

Shabbat Ekev
August 16, 2014 / 20 Av, 5774 
 
This week's kiddush is sponsored by Hillel and Mitzi Becker and Barry & Donnie Frank, in memory of their mother and mother-in-law Augusta Becker z"l.

 Torah: Deuteronomy 10:12 - 11:21  (Etz P.1048)
Maftir: Deuteronomy 11:22 - 25 (Etz P.1053)
Haftarah: Isaiah 49:14 - 21; 51:1 - 3 (Etz Pp. 1056, 1060)

Ba'alat Tefillah: Rabbi Julia Appel
D'var Torah: Rabbi Julia Appel
Torah Readers: Ayal Mor, Doreen Saibil, Chava Dienar
Haftarah Reader: Lois Lieff
Parnassim: Georgette Bensimon, Pearlann Goldenberg






SYNAGOGUE NEWS 
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
As a reminder, please mail in your membership renewal form or contact the office to make your arrangements.
Please note that Guest Passes are available for family members, out of town guests and those who are looking for a place to celebrate the holidays.  

HIGH HOLIDAY PREP CLASSES
Do you want to learn more about Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, so you can feel more comfortable participating in the holiday and explaining them to your children?
Please join us for 2 FREE High Holiday Prep Classes Sept 16 & Sept 30 at 7:30-9:00pm.
Classes will be led by Carmela Aigen and are open to participants of the Mothers Circle, congregation members, non-members, and anyone seeking to learn more about the High Holidays.
To register, please contact the office at (514)486-9400 or info@dorshei-emet.org 
by September 9.

High Holiday Choir seeks a few good tenors...actually, all voices warmly welcomed! Soprano, alto, tenor, and bass. Some musical experience appreciated. Five weekly rehearsals, starting Tuesday Sept. 2nd, 7:30 pm, at the synagogue. Please contact Beverly at beverly.akerman@sympatico.ca or 514-482-6625. Choir director Helen Binik thanks you in advance  

MEMBER NEWS
 
MAZAL TOV
Mazel Tov to Edith and Joe Kornacki on the birth of their grandson, Jonah Cooper McLeod, son of Tamara Kornacki and Nils McLeod.
   
REFUAH SHLAIMA
Zvi ben Taibel v'Yosef (Harry Fainsilber) 
Yehudit bat Shalom v'Frieda (Odette Chonchol)  
Eliahu ben Leah v'Yacov (Charley Levy)
Daniel ben Kalman v'Tziporah (Daniel Roth)
Miriam bat Tilka v'Schoel
Avraham ben Eliyahu v'Enna
Ariella bat Meir v'Pesseh
Miriam Bat Rachmiel v'Chava (Maureen Holt)  
Sheine Leah bat Shmuel v'Esther (Lila Pascal)  
*If someone needs an extra blessing for someone who is sick, please email info@dorshei-emet.org  with their hebrew name, parents hebrew name, their english name. If a member who is ill is in hospital, kindly give us the name of the hospital and room number as well.

YAHRTZEITEN FOR THIS WEEK
August 16 - 22, 2014/ 20 - 26 Av, 5774   
* Leonie Finzi Chonchol, mother of Ernest Chonchol
Brewster D. Martin, father of Deborah Kraus  
Reuben Saginur, father of Vivian Saginur  
Rose Mitchell, mother of Herschel Mitchell  
Joseph Asch, father of David Asch  
Leonard Druckman, second husband of Lila Wolfe-Druckman, step-father of Audrey Berner
Susan Goldman-Feinglos, daughter of Beryl Goldman  
Moshe Cohen, father of Robi Cohen  
Rachel Cohen, mother of Pnina Gagnon  
Celia Gilmour Nathanson, mother of Suzanne Herscovitch  
Albert Randolph, father of Brenda Flanz  
Zelda Schertzer, mother of Nathan Schertzer  
Carol Schnaiberg, wife of Laddie Schnaiberg, mother of Romy Schnaiberg
Pamela Goldman Wexler, daughter of Beryl Goldman  
Hans Aaron Abileah, father of Ilania Abileah  
Mike Bacal, brother of Ethel Horowitz, husband of Monette Simonne Malewski
Rae Frankman, mother of Myron Frankman  
Dorothy Sigler, mother of David Sigler  
Neil Backman, son of Stanley Backman  
Louis Cohen, brother of Ben Cohen, father of Deborah Cohen
Archie Fallis, father of Rita Singer  
Harold Frank, husband of Esther Frank  
Samuel Roland, husband of Miriam Roland  
Eddy Sandler, father of Paula Wiviott  
* Mendel Avraison, grandfather Heather Prout  
Moe Etcovitch, brother of Betty Spiegel  
Myer Knobovitch, brother of Shirley Wagner  
Aaron Jaan Saber, first husband of Sara Saber-Freedman, father of David and Noah Saber-Freedman
Rose Shapiro, mother of Florence Shapiro Weigens 

Names with an asterisk (*) indicate a memorial plaque in our sanctuary. We encourage you to add your late loved one's name to our memorial board for an everlasting tribute. To do so, please call the office 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.

COMMUNITY NEWS
DER GROYSER CONCERT INTERNACIONALE
August 24, 2014 7:30PM
Presented by KlezKanada in collaboration with the Montreal Jewish Music Festival
Oscar Peterson Hall
7141 Sherbrooke St. West
Montreal, QC
$36 (adults), $18 (students) 
Tickets may be purchased at the venue box office  
Monday-Thursday, 10am to 4pm and Friday 10am - 1pm Room SC 01-10
or through Admissions 1-855-790-1245 service charges may apply

Der Groyser Concert Internacionale is the not-to-be missed klezmer event of the year. Featuring 17 of the world's leading Jewish music instrumentalists and Yiddish song interpreters, this is authentic Eastern-European soul music straight out of old Bukhovina.
 

   



WALKING IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEART!
The Jewish community invites you to support The Jewish LGBTQ organization by walking in this year's Pride Parade
Sunday, August 17, 2014 11:30am
Rene Levesque Blvd. West near du Fort
Join Rabbi Julia and show your support for Ga'ava

THIS YEARS CJA FEATURING BARBARA WALTERS
 

MORNING MINYAN

Due to so many regulars being away, the Wednesday minyan will be "on holiday" until September.

 Congregation Dorshei Emet
514-486-9400
follow us on twitter -twitter@dorsheiemet

Our Bulletin:



This email was sent to info@dorshei-emet.org by info@dorshei-emet.org |  



Congregation Dorshei Emet
| 18 Cleve Road | Hampstead | Quebec | H3X 1A6 | Canada