Weekly announcement-Shabbat Shuvah

Shabbat Ha'azinu / Shuvah September 7, 2013 / 3 Tishrei, 5774  Sydney Shapiro Memorial Kiddush  Guest Speaker: Amal Alh'jooj  Parnassim: Deborah Kraus, Pearlann Goldenberg  Torah Reader: Barry Frank Haftorah Reader: Menahem Barsheshat Greeter: Terrye Perlman Torah: Deuteronomy 32:1-47 (Etz P.1185)  Maftir: Deuteronomy 32:48-52 (Etz P.1194)  Haftorah: Hosea 14:2-10; Micah 7:18-20 (Etz Pp.1235, 1236, 1239)   Candle Lighting: 7:06 PM  Havdalah: 8:13 PM        Leshana tova tekatev v'techatem -- May you be inscribed for a good year! *Please note that the offices will be closed Thursday and Friday for the Holidays HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICES Erev Rosh Ha-Shanah Wednesday, September 4, 29 Elul 5773 6:30-7:30 PM Rosh Ha-Shanah - First Day September 5, 2013 / 1 Tishrei 5774 Services: 9:00 AM Downstairs minyan 9:00 AM Children's program: 10:00 AM Rosh Ha-Shanah - Second Day September 6, 2013 / 2 Tishrei 5774 Services: 9:00 AM Friends & Family program: 10:00 AM NEW BULLETIN Click here to read our High Holiday bulletin http://dorsheiemet.com/pdf/dorshei_emet_bulletin.pdf HOLIDAY NEWS     Free Second Day Rosh Ha-Shanah Friends & Family Program for all! Friday, September 6 10:00am Help us spread the word: We are inviting the wider Montreal Jewish community to be our guest for the Second Day of Rosh Ha-Shanah. Regardless of background or affiliation, we invite non-members to celebrate, pray, learn, sing, and be with family and friends. Schedule includes educational arts & crafts and song, Family Service and light Kiddush. For more information, contact Robyn Bennett, Executive Director, at robyn@dorshei-emet.org or (514) 486-9400 x.103. Please invite your friends and family to join us. http://dorsheiemet.com/pdf/rosh_hashanah_2013_flyer.pdf  SHABBAT SHUVA- Sydney Shapiro Memorial Kiddush Saturday, September 7: Speaker- Amal Alh'jooj Amal's riveting story will be an inspiration for all of us in this Season of Teshuvah to seek change in our lives and our communities. HONEY CAKE AFTER NE'ILAH Everyone is invited to bake (or buy) their favorite honey cake and bring it to share with the congregation. Please contact Sheindl Rothman if you plan to bring a cake. 514-489-4735 or sheindl@videotron.ca. GETTING READY FOR SUKKOT Please call the office to order your Lulav & Etrog**, $40 per set. (514) 486-9400 barbi@dorshei-emet.org **order deadline September 9th.  YOM KIPPUR SPEAKER -The Honourable Irwin Cotler, P.C., O.C., M.P. Saturday, September 14-3:00pm On the most sacred day of the year, The Honourable Irwin Cotler, internationally recognized champion of human rights and social justice, will challenge us as Jews and Canadians to do the soul searching work of Teshuvah. SIMHAT TORAH DINNER - SE'UDAT SIYYUM Thursday, September 26, 2013 at 7:30pm Please join us as we celebrate this year's honourees are Brahm Shiller, Hatan Torah and Yolande Martel, Kallat Bereishit, in recognition of their years of devoted service to our synagogue. The  dinner  is being chaired by Peggi Cohen and Donnie Frank. We look forward to celebrating with you. Please contact the office by September 17 to make your reservations.Tickets are $36.00 per person and reservations are required. (514) 486-9400. MEMBER NEWS 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) Aaron ben David v'Esther (Henry Ades) Haim Zvi ben Vitel (Haim Kotler) Hava bat Antonina v'Zygmunt (Helena Kisilevsky) Hersh ben Rose (Harold Lecker) Avraham ben Shmuel v' Menucha (Bram Freedman) Deena bat Raizel v'Shalom (Deena Eliosoff) *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. 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 September 7-13, 2013/ 3-9 Tishrei 5774  Celia Schnaiberg mother of H. Laddie Schnaiberg Ida Levine mother of Adrianne Sklar (Levine) Garson Rubinger brother of Bram Rubinger Bertha Gradinger mother of Charles Gradinger *Beatrice Dattner Brasloff 1st wife of Reuben Brasloff Meyer Horowitz father of Paul Horowitz Jack Pekar brother of Joseph Pekar Joseph Stark father of Rozie Pekar Rae Levine Wintrobe mother of Hedy Edelstein Anthony Amor 1st husband of Kay Wolofsky Jonathan Ballon brother of Joy Meyer Pearl Lapin mother of Naomi Lapin Celia Weber mother of Judith Farovitch Saul Freed husband of Dora Gesser Celine Stober mother of Sol Stober  *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 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. COMMUNITY NEWS    WANTED: YOUNG SOCCER PLAYERS!  We are looking for young soccer players 16 to 22 years old to participate in a friendly soccer match against the best young Sikh players of Montreal! Ask your kids, their friends or their friends' friends! The match will be played on Sunday, September 29th, starting 3:30pm at Mackenzie King Park in Cote des Neiges (Westbury between Cote St Catherine and St Kevin). Come with your family and with your friends and bring vegetarian food for a picnic afterwards.To register: Contact the office 514-486-9400 info@dorshei-emet.org or Robert Sasson 514-987-7654 robert@darev.ca JEWISH PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESENTS: Monday, September 16, 7:30pm "Acknowledgements: A Cultural Memoir and other Essays" An interview with Dorshei Emet member and renowned author Barbara Kay. For tickets and info: 514-345-6416 JNF CANADA PRESENTS GILAD SHALIT IN MONTREAL Tuesday, September 17, 2013 at 7:30pm-Congregation Shaar Hashamyim For ticket information 514-934-0313 or  www.jnf.ca     ISRAEL AS A JEWISH & DEMOCRATIC STATE  Monday, September 23, 7-9pm at Temple Emanu-El Beth Shalom, 4100 Sherbrooke. Like Canada, Israel is a democratic state, committed to human dignity and freedom. Israel is also a Jewish state, tied with roots in a distinct tradition. How do Jewish values strengthen democracy today? Where is there tension?  As a vibrant and dynamic society, Israel is grappling with this duality everywhere. TO REGISTER: Visit www.nifcan.org or call us at 1-855-781-4322. Event is FREE PLEASE HELP SUPPORT ATARA'S JOURNEY Monday, Sept.30, 2013 at the Summit School.  Dorshei Emet member, Atara Stolovitsky, daughter of Erika Tencer and Jonathan Silver, is a 17 year old girl with Down's Syndrome.  She has been chosen to be the next participant in an amazing, intensive 2-week program at the Curacao Dolphin Therapy Center this coming November. Dolphin Aid Canada Film Fundraiser Event is featuring the award winning film, "Dolphin Boy". Tickets on sale through the link:https://dolphinaidtherapy.eventbrite.com/  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 Roger Antebi: 514-483-6952  antebi@videotron.ca

Weekly announcement-Shabbat: May 25, 2013

Ki Tavo August 24, 2013 / 18 Elul, 5773 Bat Mitzvah: Esther Lowen Parnassim: Warren Litwin and Roger Antebi Torah: Deuteronomy 28:7-69 (Etz P. 1149) Maftir: Deuteronomy 29:6-8 (Etz P. 1159) Haftorah: Isaiah 60:1-10 (Etz P.1161) Torah Reading: Esther Lowen Haftorah Reading: Esther Lowen Shifra and Yochanan Lowen invite you to celebrate their daughter  Esther's Bat Mitzvah by joining them at this morning's Kiddush. Candle Lighting: 8:30 PM Havdalah: 8:36 PM  MEMBER NEWS MAZEL TOV To Dr. Timothy Lymberiou, son of Sima Brockstein, on his fellowship in Oncology /Radiation at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto.    To Jack and Nadene Solomon on their 40th wedding anniversary.      To Shifra and Yochanan Lowen on the upcoming Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Esther Lowen. 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) Aaron ben David v'Esther (Henry Ades) Mattityahu ben Fraida (Matthew Selling) Haim Zvi ben Vitel (Haim Kotler) Hava bat Antonina v'Zygmunt (Helena Kisilevsky) Hersh ben Rose (Harold Lecker) Avraham ben Shmuel v'Elisheva (Bram Freedman) *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. 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 24-30, 2013/ 18-24 Elul 5773  Phyllis Richler , mother of Howard Richler * Moses Jonathan Wolfe , 1st husband of Lila Wolfe-Druckman, father of Audrey Berner Sala Bonder , mother of Ely Bonder Yitzhak Faitelis , father of Eyal Faitelis Moses Stolow , father of Ben Stolow Barbara Bornstein , mother of Lisa Bornstein Molly Fallis , mother of Rita Singer Sara Sela , mother of Carmela Aigen Nusan Ferdman , father of Sara Tauben Lucien Levitsky , father of Sydney Levitsky * Sydney Shapiro , husband of Merle Wolofsky Philip Corber , brother of David Corber Isaac Rocklin , father of Brian Rocklin Ruth Sohmer , mother of David Sohmer Rachel Tarter , mother of Jackie Yarosky Irving Zaves , father of Janet Dwoskin Meyer Israel Kastner , father of Reva Bercovitch Sabina Slater Rosenthal , mother of Jean Goldberg Arnold Weinfeld , father of Morton Weinfeld Samuel Witkowski , father of Uzi Witkowski     *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 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 CALL FOR HIGH HOLIDAY USHERS-WE NEED YOU! Please help us to ensure that the High Holidays at Dorshei Emet are safe for everyone.  We are looking for volunteers to usher for 1 ½ and/or 2 hour time slot during the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services.  Please contact Mark Chernin if you would like to volunteer - mchernin@videotron.ca. There will be an usher's meeting on August 28 at 7pm at the synagogue. All ushers are asked to attend. HIGH HOLIDAYS-JUST AROUND THE CORNER The High Holidays are quickly approaching so if you haven't sent in your membership renewal form, please return the completed form to the office or the contact the office to make your arrangements (514) 486-9400.  High Holiday passes will be sent out once the information has been received by the office.  Thank you for your cooperation.  We look forward to celebrating the holidays with you.   HONEY CAKE AFTER NE'ILAH Everyone is invited to bake (or buy) their favorite honey cake and bring it to share with the congregation. Please contact Sheindl Rothman if you plan to bring a cake. 514-489-4735 or sheindl@videotron.ca. GETTING READY FOR SUKKOT Please call the office to order your Lulav & Etrog**, $40 per set. (514) 486-9400 barbi@dorshei-emet.org **order deadline September 7th  FARBRENGEN We are pleased to present another year of wonderful Farbrengen with reading and discussion of Yiddish literature. Translation will be followed with Yiddish songs.! Please save the dates. Additional details to follow. October 26 -Y.L. Peretz, Sholem Bayis, "Domestic Bliss" presented by Anna Gonshor November 30-Sholem Aleichem, Hanukkah Gelt, presented by Raizel Candib January 25-Dan Goldstein and the Urban Shtetl will lead us in Yiddish Songs on the theme of "Justice" March 29-Sholem Aleichem, Farshterter  Pesah, A Ruined Pesah, presented by Anna Gonshor June 7 -Women Yiddish Poets-details TBA ABOUT TOWN FROSHER ON THE ROOF Frosh at McGill is meant to welcome new Jewish students to McGill and help the them to connect and be introduced to the student Jewish community. This is the second year that Ghetto Shul, a student run downtown community, is running a Jewish frosh at McGill. It will take place August 29 - September 1.  frosherontheroof.wix.com/thejewishfrosh2013    A YIDDISH TALE OF SURVIVAL at the Montreal World Film Festival Thursday August 29 at 7:30pm and Sunday September 1 at 10:00am at the Cinema Quartier Latin. 350 rue Emery http://www.ffm-montreal.org/en/map-of-rooms.html HUMAN RIGHTS TOUR IN ISRAEL October 2-9 There are still a few places on the Rabbis for Human Rights Tour for Jewish Leadership:  7 days of touring, experiencing and Torah study that will challenge and inspire.  For information: http://rhr.org.il/eng/2013/06/three-days-left-to-register-at-this-price-join-our-human-rights-tour-for-jewish-leadership-october-2nd-9th/ or Ayala Levy ayala@rhr.israel.net . MONTREAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER BOOK FAIR Sunday, August 25th click to see poster MHMC will be recording names of Holocaust victims for Yad Vashem's Shoah Victims' Names Recovery Project as indicated in the attachments. This is a race against time! Please help  preserve their memories.  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. ISRAEL AS A JEWISH & DEMOCRATIC STATE  Monday, September 23, 7-9pm at Temple Emanu-El Beth Shalom, 4100 Sherbrooke. Like Canada, Israel is a democratic state, committed to human dignity and freedom. Israel is also a Jewish state, tied with roots in a distinct tradition. How do Jewish values strengthen democracy today? Where is there tension?  As a vibrant and dynamic society, Israel is grappling with this duality everywhere. TO REGISTER: Visit www.nifcan.org or call us at 1-855-781-4322. Event is FREE 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.

Weekly announcement-Shabbat: August 17, 2013

Ki Teitzei August 17, 2013 / 11 Elul, 5773 Torah: Deuteronomy 22:22-23:24 (Etz P.1120) Maftir: Deuteronomy 25:17-19 (Etz P.1135) Haftorah: Isaiah 54:1-10 (Etz P.1138) Torah Reading: Roger Antebi, Sheila Caplan, Neil Caplan Haftorah Reading: Nili Berner Parnassim: Roger Antebi and Eyal Faitelis Greeter: Andrei Kelner     This week's Kiddush is co-sponsored by Mitzi and Hillel Becker  in memory of Mitzi's mother- Edith Shulimson z"l.  Candle Lighting: 7:42 PM Havdalah: 8:48 PM MEMBER NEWS MAZEL TOV To Ilana Frank and Tal Mor on the upcoming Bar Mitzvah of their son Ayal Mor. To Barry and Donni Frank on the upcoming Bar Mitzvah of their grandson Ayal Mor. To Liliana Turecki and Pedro Miranda on the upcoming Bar Mitzvah of their son Liam Turecki-Miranda. To Eric Caplan on the occasion of his 50th birthday.  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) Aaron ben David v'Esther (Henry Ades) Mattityahu ben Fraida (Matthew Selling) Haim Zvi ben Vitel (Haim Kotler) Hava bat Antonina v'Zygmunt (Helena Kisilevsky) Hersh ben Rose (Harold Lecker) *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. 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 17-23, 2013/ 11-17 Elul 5773  Marion Caplan , mother of Sheila Caplan Aharon Shmuel Fish , father of Morris Fish Abraham Moses Klein , father of Sandor Klein Bernard Gradinger , father of Charles Gradinger Celia Gilmour Nathanson , mother of Suzanne Herscovitch Bessie Ewen - Morowitz ,sister of Avrum Morrow Aladar Katz , father of Ilana Shiller Sarah Klein Stepner , mother of Syd Stepner Bayla Gomberg , mother of Avi Gomberg and sister of Neysa Sigler Bella Kwavnick ,sister of Ernest Rashkovan Benny Wattenberg , father of Anne Levitsky    *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 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 HIGH HOLIDAYS-JUST AROUND THE CORNER The High Holidays are quickly approaching so if you haven't sent in your membership renewal form, please return the completed form to the office or the contact the office to make your arrangements (514) 486-9400.  High Holiday passes will be sent out once the information has been received by the office.  Thank you for your cooperation.  We look forward to celebrating the holidays with you. ABOUT TOWN ANNUAL HOLOCAUST EDUCATION SERIES October 23 - November 4 at The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre. This year, Various events will also explore the spiritual strength and resiliency through which individuals and families preserved their humanity and their dignity when faced with physical and spiritual annihilation.The program consists of various events in English and French - i.e. the launch of Azrieli Survivor Memoirs and short films at the Gésu Centre, Open House & guided tours of the Museum, films, discussions, lectures and a closing musical event. MONTREAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER BOOK FAIR Sunday, August 25th click to see poster MHMC will be recording names of Holocaust victims for Yad Vashem's Shoah Victims' Names Recovery Project as indicated in the attachments. This is a race against time! Please help  preserve their memories.  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. ISRAEL AS A JEWISH & DEMOCRATIC STATE  Monday, September 23, 7-9pm at Temple Emanu-El Beth Shalom, 4100 Sherbrooke. Like Canada, Israel is a democratic state, committed to human dignity and freedom. Israel is also a Jewish state, tied with roots in a distinct tradition. How do Jewish values strengthen democracy today? Where is there tension?  As a vibrant and dynamic society, Israel is grappling with this duality everywhere. TO REGISTER: Visit www.nifcan.org or call us at 1-855-781-4322. Event is FREE 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.  Congregation Dorshei Emet 514-486-9400 www.dorsheiemet.com info@dorshei-emet.org http://www.facebook.com/people/Dorshei-Emet/1536853845 follow us on twitter -twitter@dorsheiemet Our Bulletin: http://dorsheiemet.com/pdf/dorshei_emet_bulletin.pdf