Weekly announcement for March 30, 2013

Hol Hamoed Passover March 30, 2013 / 19 Nisan 5773 Parnassim: Roger Antebi and Warren Litwin Torah: Exodus 33:12-34:26 (Etz P.538) Maftir: Numbers 28:19-25 (Etz P.932)  Haftarah: Ezekial 37:1-14 (Etz P.1308) Torah Reading:Chava Dienar Haftarah Reading: Paul Horowitz This week's Kiddush is sponsored by the Fish Family  Candle Lighting: 7:01 PM Havdalah: 8:10 PM    (office will be closed on Monday and Tuesday) Monday, April 1, 2013 Passover Yizkor Services at 10:00 am

Speaker: Each year on the final day of Passover Yizkor we expand our Yizkor service to include a Yom Ha-Shoah Memorial. Remembering the Holocaust at Passover is fitting since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising took place on the eve of the first Seder, 1943.  Our decision to connect our remembrance of the Shoah with Passover emerged from the deeper questions: How do we celebrate the Festival of Freedom and deliverance from slavery in the post-Holocaust age? How should the Shoah be remembered? What is the message we want to give to future generations? This year our speaker will be Mr. Leo Dortort. Born in Gratz, Austria, Leo survived the war in Yugoslavia. In 1941, just before the Nazis invaded he managed to make his way to Palestine. While he survived, Leo's entire family perished in the Shoah.  Following the end of WW II and the birth of the State of Israel, Leo returned to Austria in order to reclaim his property according to the restitution agreements. In the early 1950's he made his way to Canada, where he continued his life as a businessman, married and raised a family. Leo will reflect on the role of Israel in redeeming the devastation of the Shoah.   SYNAGOGUE NEWS EMPTY BOWLS SPEAKER: Special Guest Chad Lubelsky of Café Santropol will be at Dorshei Emet's on this Shabbat, March 30, speaking about his organization, that is being supported by our Empty Bowls Project.  YOM HA'ATZMAUT BASH: HARTMAN'S I-ENGAGE ISRAEL CLASS RE-ENGAGE WITH ISRAEL with the acclaimed Shalom Hartman Institute's video lecture series,"iEngage Israel". The iEngage curriculum elevates the conversation about Israel -- rooting it in Jewish values and ideas rather than in a response to crisis. Next Session will star on Monday, April 8  from 7:30-9:00 pm and will run for 5 weeksat Congregation Dorshei Emet, 18 Cleve Road, Hampstead. Registration: $36 (plus $20 for a comprehensive source guide) For more info or to register please call 514-486- 9400 or email info@dorshei-emet.org. EMPTY BOWLS EVENT: Sunda,y April 14th, 11 am to 2 pm Join us and bring your friends. MEMBER NEWS We wish our members who are going on the March of the Living a safe and successful journey. MAZEL TOV  To Lewis Lurie on the occasion of his recent marriage to Nicole. KOL HAKAVOD  To Professor Morton Weinfeld of McGill University who won the 2013 Marshall Sklare Award. The Sklare Award is an annual honor of the Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry (ASSJ) which seeks to recognize "a senior scholar who has made a significant scholarly contribution to the social scientific study of Jewry." Weinfeld will give his Sklare scholarly address at the annual meeting of the Association for Jewish Studies in Boston in December, 2013.       REFUAH SHLAIMA Zvi ben Taibel v'Yosef (Harry Fainsilber);  Rachmiel ben Miriam v'Isacc (Ralph Schwartz); Yehudit bat Shalom v'Frieda (Odette Chonchol)   Yasmin bat Galila (Jasmin Peleg) Moshe ben Pia v'Shlomo (Murray Perelman) Eliahu ben Leah v'Yacov (Charley Levy) Faivel ben Esther v'Shmuel (Paul Ostroff) Chaim Zvi ben Gitel v'Avraham (David Pinto)     *if someone needs and extra blessing for someone who is sick, please emailbarbi@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 March 30-April 5, 2013 / 19-25 Nisan 5773    Ida Rosman , mother of Bryna Rosman Rubinger  Eva Douek , 1st wife of Joseph Douek Bessie Helman , mother of Claire Helman Jay Spolan , father of Roberta Young Julian Szeicz , brother of Barbara Szeicz Harry Ghetler , brother of David Ghetler Max Sigler , father of David Sigler Judy Frank , sister of Barbara Rosenthal Libby Merson Spevack , mother of Dorothy Spevack Betty Miller , mother of Mark Medicoff Ray Shiroky Ship , sister of Isaac Shiroky Anita Silverman , sister of Abigail Hirsch Hélene Levy , mother of Charley Levy Gertrude Hyman , mother of Joan Charlap Hilda Sigall , mother of Judy Gradinger Isaac Tannenbaum , husband of Ada Gertrude Tannenbaum Shirley Altman , sister of Ada Gertrude Tannenbaum *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. COMMUNITY NEWS   HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY COMMEMORATION Yom HaShoah, also known as Holocaust Rememberance day occurs on the 27 of Nisan. This is a memorial day for those who died in the Shoah. This year it will be observed on Sunday, April 7 and Monday, April 8. A Yom HaShoah Commemoration Service will take place on Sunday, April 7 at 7:30 pm at Tifereth Beth David Jerusalem, 6519 Baily Road.  ABOUT TOWN  BONE MARROW REGISTRY DRIVE: April 3 & 4, 2013 11am-4pm, Please Help.    SYNAPSES BRAIN CONNECTIONS DE PNINA COHEN GAGNON La Maison de la Culture Marie-Uguay invites you to a vernissage of the works of our member Pnina Cohen Gagnon. Wednesday, April 3 at 5 pm there will be a reception in her honour. For more info 514-872-2044 or ville.montreal.qc.ca/sud-ouest/marie-uguay. GIVE YOUR CHILD THE ADVENTURE OF THEIR LIFE: At Jewish camp, kids are free to have amazing adventures, try out new skills, and explore who they are and who they want to become, in a nurturing, fun-filled place. If your child is a first time camper, they might be eligible for a $1,000 grant! onehappycamper.org WEXNER LECTURE SERIES 2013-Where Have All The Leaders Gone? with Dr. Erica Brown-educator and author of   books including "spiritual boredom"   Tuesday, April 30 at 8:00pm- Congregation Tifereth Beth David Jerusalem, 6519 Baily Road. genj@genj.ca or 514-345-2645 ext. 3375 SEMINAR SERIES AT MCGILL  ISGAP | The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy presents: Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective. Apr. 9 - Nora Gold  Associate Scholar at the Centre for Women's Studies, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto "'I Don't Know Why They Hate Us - I Don't Think We Did Anything Bad To Hurt Them': Jewish Girls (Aged 10-12) Reflect on Their Experiences of Antisemitism".      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 yahrtzeit, 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 or irv.perlman@gmail.com