Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Shemini
April 6, 2013 / 26 Nisan, 5773
Bentsh Rosh Hodesh Iyar - Wednesday & Thursday
Family Shabbat / Farbrengen following Kiddush
Baby Naming for Daughter of Dan and Liat Goldstein
Parnassim:Maurice Krystal and Deborah Kraus

Torah: Leviticus 10:8-11:19 (Etz P. 635)
Maftir: Leviticus 11:45-47 (Etz P. 642) 
Haftorah: II Samuel 6:1-21 (Etz P.645)

Torah Reading: Beth Blackmore, Laura Yaros, Janice Goldfard, Barry Frank
Haftorah Reading: Lois Lieff
  
This week's Kiddush is sponsored by Dan and Liat Goldstein 
in celebration of their daughter's baby naming  

Candle Lighting: 7:10 PM
Havdalah: 8:19 PM      

SYNAGOGUE NEWS
  
FARBRENGEN-PROFESSOR EUGENE ORNSTEIN
Following Shabbat Kiddush on April 6
The title of the story Professor Eugene Ornstein will discuss is "Behind the Mask" featuring a short story and songs by An-Ski, the well known author of the Dybbuk. Professor Eugene Ornstein is a Yiddish scholar who taught in the Jewish Studies at McGill for many years. He will also be speaking about the life and thought of An-Ski during services.

CAMP JRF 
Thanks to the generosity of the Becker Family Foundation, Dorshei Emet children and teens have the opportunity to attend Camp JRF - the Reconstructionist movement's fabulous summer camp in South Sterling, Pennsylvania, at a fraction of the normal cost.
To find out more about this unique opportunity to give your child a summer that will enrich their Jewish lives for years to come, please contact Cantor Heather and check out their website for more info: http://www.campjrf.org.


  
EMPTY BOWLS IS CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS!
Please help us make Dorshei Emet's next 'Empty Bowls' event, Sunday April 14th, 11 am to 2 pm, another rousing success.This year's beneficiaries include our own Hannukah Food Baskets project and CafĂ© Santropol. 
'Empty Bowls' started in 1990 when a Michigan art teacher hit on a way to help students support a food drive: a class project to make ceramic bowls for a fund raising meal. Come one and all, and help us make this year's event the best one ever! Music, art, and camaraderie for one and all.
Please contact Marsha Heyman at heyman@videotron.ca or 514 488-3270
  

Join us and bring your friends.
To read about one of this year's recipients: www.santropolroulant.org.
 

 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 start on Monday, April 8  from 7:30-9:00 pm and will run for
5 weeks at 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.

MEMBER NEWS  
  
MAZEL TOV
To Charley Levy and Lori Rabinovitch on the engagement of Charley's daughter, Karyn Levy, to Michael Rotter.

To Charley Levy and Lori Rabinovitch on the engagement of Lori's son, Ira Dubinsky, to Jessica Litwin.

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)
Eliahu ben Leah v'Yacov (Charley Levy)
Faivel ben Esther v'Shmuel (Paul Ostroff)
Chaim Zvi ben Gitel v'Avraham (David Pinto) 
Zipporah bat Rivka v'Avraham (Neysa Sigler) 
*if someone needs and 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
April 6-12, 2013 / 26 Nisan - 2 Iyar, 5773 
Shirley Altman , sister of Ada Gertrude Tannenbaum
Anne Doskie , mother of Gloria Doskie
Edna Aronoff Moss , mother of Rosanne Moss
Murray Rosman , father of Michael Rosman
Issie Coleman , father of Leonard Coleman
Ida Cohen , mother of Norman Cohen
Gertrude Camlot , mother of Morris Camlot
Anne Shapiro Mencow , mother of Ruth Hundert
Rebecca Goldberg , mother of Don Goldberg
Murray Bowen , father of Mariam Bowen
* Samuel David Gross , father of Helen Amsel
William Sirota , father-in-law of Myra Sirota -Rabinovitch
Ida Perlman , mother of Irv Perlman
Hinda Shiroky , mother of Isaac Shiroky
Annie Strezavsky , mother of Selma Corobow and Jenny Shiroky
Geza Szeicz , father of Barbara Szeicz 
*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
A Yom HaShoah Commemoration Service will take place on Sunday, April 7 at 7:30 pm at Tifereth Beth David Jerusalem, 6519 Baily Road. 

WHY CHOOSE A JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL?
BJEC is hosting anevening to inspire families to enroll their children in a Jewish high school on May 6 at  7-9 pm at Federation CJA. Alumni will speak about the powerful impact a Jewish education has had on their own lives. This evening will be highly relevant for parents with children in Grades 4, 5 and 6. For more info go towww.bjec.org
  
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! 

ABOUT TOWN 


BONE MARROW REGISTRY DRIVE:  

April 3 & 4, 2013 11am-4pm,
 Please Help.
  

EVA STACHNIAK ON "THE WINTER PALACE" 
The internationally best-selling author discusses her novel of Catherine the Great at a Canada Council Reading with Wine Reception at the Jewish Public Library.  Introduced by Leanore Lieblein.  Monday, April 8th, 5:30 pm.  Admission free, but seating limited and registration required.  (514) 345-2627, ext. 3017.
ISRAEL AT 65 CONCERT
Beit Halochem is having a concert on June 4th, 2013 at 7:30 pm at Oscar Peterson Hall. for more info go to www.beithalochem.ca or call 514-484-2151.
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


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 Lois Lieff at 514 -733 -1874 or loislieff@sympatico.ca