Mishpatim / Shekalim
February 9, 2013 / 29 Shevat, 5773
Bentsh Rosh Hodesh Adar - Sunday
Parnassim: Maurice Krystal and Nicole
Allio
Ba'al Tefillah: Mark Bassel
D'var Torah: Rabbi Julia Appel
Torah:Exodus 22:4-23:5 (Etz P.465)
Maftir::Exodus 30:11-16 (Etz P.523)
Haftarah: II Kings 12:5-16 (Etz P.1277)
Torah Reading: Sheila Caplan, Neil
Caplan
Haftarah Reading: Archie Fineberg
Candle Lighting:
4:54 PM
Havdalah: 6:03 PM
SYNAGOGUE NEWS
KEHILLAH
CONVERSATIONS
Saturday,
February 9, following services.
Please
join us at the next Kehillah Conversation, when our theme will be ISRAEL.
Everyone is welcome to attend. We look forward to hearing form you.
*NO
SHABBAT MORNING STUDY GROUP
The
Shabbat Morning Study group with Carmela Aigen will resume on February 23, 2013.
FIRE AND
ICE-HAVDALAH & SKATING AT BEAVER LAKE
Saturday,
February 9th, 6:30pm
Bring your
family and friends for an enchanting evening. We will begin with a short
Havdalah service followed by skating. Bring your skates and helmet, or rent
equipment at the rink. Bring your own hot cocoa and marshmallows. Cookies will
be provided.
Please
RSVP to Cynthia Weinstein at cynthiaweinstein@aol.com or (514) 487-9030.
JEWISH
HEROES CLASS:
Thursday, February
7 at 7:30pm
This class
will be held at the home of Peter Margo: 3555 Cote des
Neiges, #2203, please call or email to confirm 514-937-3117 or phoenix@vif.com The subject for the class will be: EMIL FACKENHEIM, Rabbi, Professor, Theologian, Survivor.
Neiges, #2203, please call or email to confirm 514-937-3117 or phoenix@vif.com The subject for the class will be: EMIL FACKENHEIM, Rabbi, Professor, Theologian, Survivor.
The
Kehillah committee will be holding its first meeting the 2nd week of
February.
The
mandate of this committee is to strengthen communication and the bonds of community
among us. If you are interested in participating please call Beth Blackmore
514-279-5742 orbeth.emunah@gmail.com.
SHABBAT
MINI-SERIES: speaker: Professor Marc Silverman
February
15 and 16, 2013 When Judaism Met Israel: Israeli Jewish Culture's
Uniqueness, Strengths and Challenges. Dr. Marc Silverman is a senior lecturer
at Hebrew University's School of Education and Melton Centre for Jewish
Education.
Friday
Night Talk: "'The New Jew'/the 'Hebrew-man': The Cultural
Ideal of the Zionist Movement's Founding Parents and its Destiny"
Shabbat
Morning Talk: "New or Renewed 'New Jews': Faces of the
Jewish Renaissance Movement in Israel Today and of its Opponents".
Friday
Night
6:00pm Kabbalat Shabbat
6:45pm Potluck Dinner
8:15pm Lecture
Please
contact Yolande Martel to reserve your place for dinner and to coordinate your
contribution to the dinner: yomar@videotron.ca
Please
bring a vegetarian or dairy dish to share (no meat), cut and ready to serve, to
feed at least 10 people. Also, please bring hallah, candlesticks
and kiddush wine for your family.
Saturday
10:00am Services
MESSAGE
FROM NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Are
you or someone you know interested in making a meaningful leadership
contribution to our shul? Whether you're a seasoned veteran of other boards or
someone who has never been part of a formal governance structure, there are
leadership opportunities at Dorshei Emet. Our Nominating Committee will soon
begin
work in anticipation of the Shul's AGM in June . Anticipated Board vacancies
include four Directors, as well as First Vice president, Treasurer, and Chief
Parnass. Recommendations can be sent to the attention of Sara Saber-Freedman,
Chair, Nominating Committee, via the shul office at 514-468-9400.
ANNUAL GIVING CAMPAIGN
Thank
you to everyone who has contributed so far to this year's Annual
Giving Campaign. To date the participation
rate is up
to 38%. Having 100% participation is our mark of success. Please join us at the
close if this year's campaign which will coincide with our annual Purim
celebration on Saturday, February 23. New for this year, everyone who makes a
contribution towards the Annual Campaign, will be entered into a special door
prize draw and will have the chance to win one of two sets of Canadian Hockey
tickets. The hottest tickets in town! We look forward to celebrating with you!
Please contact the office at 514-486-9400 to make your contribution.
PURIM PARTY 2013
Dorshei
Emet presents The Queen of Persia
Saturday,
February 23, 2013
6:30pm Children's Carnival
7:00pm Purim Shpiel
7:15pm Megillah Reading / Costume
Contest
8:45pm Party!
Everyone
is welcome.
MEMBER NEWS
THANK
YOU
The
following Shul members volunteered at Le Cafe on Tuesday, February 5th
Irwin
Tauben
Marilyn
Caplan
Neil
Caplan
Shara
Rosen
Raizel
Candib
Mark
Medicoff
Mort
Weinfeld
Gaby
Orbach
MAZEL
TOV
To
Peggi Cohen and Mark Rabinovitch on the birth of their first
grandchild, Samson Hananiah Roth, son of Arielle and Yaacov Roth of
Washington, D.C.
To
Helen and Irv Binik and family on the marriage of their daughter Ariela Binik
to Ryan Samaroo.
CONDOLENCES
To
Rochelle Lieberman and family on the death of her beloved father, Hersz (Harry)
Lieberman z"l.
KOL
HAKAVOD
Monette
Malewski on receiving the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
REFUAH
SHLAIMA
Zvi
ben Taibel v'Yosef (Harry Fainsilber);
Rachmiel
ben Miriam v'Isacc (Ralph Schwartz);
Yehudit
bat Shalom v'Frieda (Odette Chonchol)
Zlate
bat Fishel v'Miriam (Charlotte Wertheimer)
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)
Yehudit
bat Zipporah v'David
Chaim
Zvi ben Irmgard v'Avraham (David Pinto)
YAHRTZEITEN
FOR THIS WEEK
February
9-15, 2013 / 29 Shevat-5 Adar
Joseph Lewis , father of Anne Lewis
* Moe Amsel , brother-in-law of Helen Amsel
Oscar Helfer , father of Peter Helfer
Steve Kery , father of Marion Kery
Esther Mayoff , mother of Moe Mayoff
Bernard Caplan , father of Sheila Caplan
Bessie Klein , mother of Sandor Klein
Charles Bacal , father of Ethel Horowitz
Abraham Israel Gans , father of Freda Rashkovan
Tibby Sheres , sister of Peter Harmon
Nathan Berkson , brother of Dora Morrow
* Lillian Marcovitz , aunt of Heather Prout
Moses Gabriel Shainbaum , father of Toby Shainbaum-PollakSheindl Cohen , mother of Ben Cohen
Hannah Helfer , mother of Peter Helfer
Henrietta Sybil Shapiro , sister of David Asch
Reuben Burnstein , father of Janice Rosman
Saul Klarer , father of Howard Klarer
Samuel Shiroky , father of Isaac Shiroky
Jack Soicher , husband of Sylvia Soicher
Joseph Lewis , father of Anne Lewis
* Moe Amsel , brother-in-law of Helen Amsel
Oscar Helfer , father of Peter Helfer
Steve Kery , father of Marion Kery
Esther Mayoff , mother of Moe Mayoff
Bernard Caplan , father of Sheila Caplan
Bessie Klein , mother of Sandor Klein
Charles Bacal , father of Ethel Horowitz
Abraham Israel Gans , father of Freda Rashkovan
Tibby Sheres , sister of Peter Harmon
Nathan Berkson , brother of Dora Morrow
* Lillian Marcovitz , aunt of Heather Prout
Moses Gabriel Shainbaum , father of Toby Shainbaum-PollakSheindl Cohen , mother of Ben Cohen
Hannah Helfer , mother of Peter Helfer
Henrietta Sybil Shapiro , sister of David Asch
Reuben Burnstein , father of Janice Rosman
Saul Klarer , father of Howard Klarer
Samuel Shiroky , father of Isaac Shiroky
Jack Soicher , husband of Sylvia Soicher
*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.
ABOUT TOWN
JEWISH
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Thursday,
March 7 at 2:00 p.m.
Ami
Sands Brodoff,
Montreal novelist, will kick off the Jewish Public Library's Afternoon Book
Review Series with a talk and discussion of the compelling new novel, The
Twelve Tribes of Hattie, by Ayana Mathis.
Jewish
Public Library, 5151 Cote Ste-Catherine. Advance tickets: (514)-345-6416
Website http://amisandsbrodoff.com Blogsite http://chez-ami.blogspot.com/
SEMINAR
SERIES AT MCGILL
ISGAP |
The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy
presents: Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective.
McGill
University , Tuesdays 5:30 to 8:00 PM, Leacock Building,
Rm. 738
Feb.
12 at 5:30 pm in Leacock Room 738. David Matas
International
Human Rights Lawyer, Winnipeg "Antisemitism and the Peace
Process".
Feb.
26 -
Shalem Coulibaly
Professor
of Philosophy and Secretary General, Université de Ouagadougou (Burkina
Faso) "Sub-Saharan Africa, Globalization and
Antisemitism".
Mar.
12 -
Yigal Carmon
Founder
and Director, MEMRI.
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".
THE
CANADIAN ASSOCIATES of BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY SPEAKER SERIES
Wednesday,
February 20, 2013 at 7:30pm-Victoria Hall, Congregation Shaar Hashamayim-425
Metcalfe Avenue, Westmount.
Speaker: Professor Ilan Troen, Director,
Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, Brandeis University.
Topic: Resettlers or Recent Settlers: Who Are
The Israelies - To The World, To Palestinians And To
Themselves? Free public lecture shaarhashomayim.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 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
