Shabbat Mas'ei - July 26, 2014

Shabbat Mas'ei Bentsch Rosh Hodesh Av – Monday-Tuesday   July 26, 2014 / 28 Tammuz, 5774     Torah: Numbers 35:9 - 36:9 (Etz P.962) Maftir: Numbers 36:10-13 (Etz P.967) Haftarah: Jeremiah 2:4 - 9; 3:4; 4:1 - 2(Etz Pp. 973, 976, 977) Ba'al Tefillah: Rabbi Julia  D'var Torah: Rabbi Julia   Torah Reader: Barry Frank Haftarah Reader: Jodi Lackman  Parnassim: Audrey Berner, Deborah Kraus

SYNAGOGUE NEWS  MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL The membership renewal packages have been seen out and should be arriving in mailboxes shortly.  Please send back the renewals or contact the office to make your arrangements.    Please note that Erev Rosh Hashanah is Wednesday, September 24, 2014. LOCAL NEWS FROM ISRAEL:  Many of us are following the emerging events in Israel with grave concern. For those who seek additional information, consider the following local news sources: Times of Israel www.timesofisrael.com  I24 http://www.i24news.tv/  Ha'Aretz www.haaretz.com  Jerusalem Post www.jpost.com  PRAYING for PEACE A message from The Jewish Reconstructionist Communities and Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.   Please click here. THANK YOU TO OUR LE CAFE VOLUNTEERS FOR THIS MONTH: Hillel Becker Marvin Orbach Gaby Orbach Andrea Strom Rancourt Mark Medicoff Gloria Doskie Terry Perlman Anna Gonshor Every month, members from Dorshei Emet volunteer to serve meals at Le Café, a local initiative offering free Kosher meals to the community.  Every Tuesday and Thursday from 4:30pm-6:30pm, volunteers gather at the Cummings Centre for Seniors on Westbury to serve hot meals to those in need.  Each evening, over 250 meals are served.   If you would like to volunteer to help, please contact Gloria Doskie gloria.doskie@videotron.ca, or contact the office (514) 486-9400.  MEMBER NEWS MAZAL TOV   To Sima Brockstein on the birth of a beautiful granddaughter Rosa, daughter of Timothy and Melika.  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) Liebe bat Reizel v'Yaakov Miriam bat Tilka v'Schoel Avraham ben Eliyahu v'Enna Ariella bat Meir v'Pesseh Yisroel ben Chaya v'Shlomo (Irv Perlman) Miriam Bat Rachmiel v'Chava (Maureen Holt)   *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 July 26-August 1, 2014/ 28 Tammuz - 5 Av, 5774    Helene Rothschild Asch, mother of David Asch Ruth Bayless, mother of Shelly Bayless Fabian Isidore Berman, father of Laura Schertzer David Boodman, brother of Martin Boodman * Joseph Lazarus Brasloff, brother of Reuben Brasloff Gerald Copeman, father of Russell Copeman Elias Dabby, father of Victor Dabby Bernard Davidow, father of Fran Schaffer * Leon Echenberg, father of Myron Echenberg Isidore Finkelstein, father of Sandra Mitchell * Lonia Furstenberg, mother of Nicole Allio Eva (Kozma) Kery, mother of Marion Kery Stanley Kornacki (Kuper), father of Joe Kornacki Abraham Kornbluth, father of Mrs. JoJo Gelfand Blanche Levine, mother of Sylvia Levine Silver David Litwin, father of Warren Litwin Sarah Mayoff, wife of Moe Mayoff Albert Schanfield, father of Frances Schanfield Alice Singermann, mother of Gabriella Orbach * Veda Tinkoff, mother of Heather Prout Lillian Voronoff, wife of Donald Voronoff, mother of Barry Voronoff 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 AN EVENING OF FICTION & MEMOIR Thursday, August 7 at 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. With Ami Sands Brodoff & Angie Chuang Please join us as Ami reads from In Many Waters, her newly completed novel, and The White Space Between, Winner of the Canadian Jewish Book Award for Fiction  Angie, a journalism professor in from American University, Washington, D.C. shares an excerpt from her debut memoir, The Four Words For Home, about her experiences living with an Afghani family.  The two authors were both early readers and critics of each other's projects, in addition to being great friends.  Both authors will be available to sign copies of their books. Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore 2220 McGill College Avenue Attendance is free! MORNING MINYAN Due to so many regulars being away, the Wednesday minyan will be "on holiday" until September.  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

Shabbat Matot July 19, 2014 / 21 Tammuz, 5774

Shabbat Matot July 19, 2014 / 21 Tammuz, 5774    This week's Kiddush is sponsored by: Terry and Calvin Finkelstein and Gloria and Alan Berish in celebration of their mother Eva Segal's 97th birthday;   Nadene and Jack Solomon in celebration of Jack's birthday;   and Rozie and Joseph Pekar in observance of Yahrzeit for Joseph's mother Zila Pekar z"l.  Torah: Numbers 32:1 - 39 (Etz P.949) Maftir: Numbers 32:40 - 42 (Etz P.953) Haftarah: Jeremiah 1:11 - 2:3 (Etz P. 970) Ba'al Tefillah: David Hill  D'var Torah: Aviva Ravel  Torah Reader: Chava Dienar Haftarah Reader: Chayim Lowen   Parnassim: Naomi Lapin, Doreen Saibil

SYNAGOGUE NEWS  A MESSAGE FROM FEDERATION CJA Resilience of a nation under attack In Their Own Words To read the full article, click the link.   Resolute in our Action  The Montreal Jewish community takes action To read the full article,  click the link. MEMBER NEWS MAZAL TOV   To Sheila Caplan on receiving the Kathleen Laing Award for outstanding contribution to the field of Quebec pottery. To Debby and Matt Newpol on the recent marriage of their daughter Alix to Richie Scheim, and to grandparents Hillel and Mitzi Becker. CONDOLENCES  To Bram Rubinger and Bryna Rosman Rubinger on the passing of their beloved sister-in-law, Frances (Frankie) Rubinger z"l, dear aunt of Eada Rubinger and Pierre Grenier, Clara and Elliot. 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) Liebe bat Reizel v'Yaakov Miriam bat Tilka v'Schoel Avraham ben Eliyahu v'Enna Ariella bat Meir v'Pesseh Yisroel ben Chaya v'Shlomo (Irv Perlman) Miriam Bat Rachmiel v'Chava (Maureen Holt)   *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 July 19-25, 2014/ 21-27 Tammuz, 5774    Sylvia Abish, mother of Sharon Abish Goldie Boodman, mother of Martin Boodman Marthe Burnstein, mother of Janice Rosman Harry Corber, father of David Corber Louis Eidelman, father of David Eidelman Saul Victor Eliosoff, father of Deena Eliosoff Arthur Neville Gilmour, father of Suzanne Herscovitch Sydney Goldberg, brother of Don Goldberg Anita Socoransky Harris, mother of Stewart Harris Leon Jedeikin, brother of Jeannette Singerman, husband of Esti Jedeikin Ruth Kaminsky, mother of Shelley Kaminsky Muriel Kaplan (Heillig), mother of Charles Kaplan * Icer Knobovitch, father of Shirley Wagner Arthur Kupitsky, father of Ronald Kay Zila Pekar, mother of Joseph Pekar Samuel Rabinovitch, father of Robert Rabinovitch Esther Rabinovitch Saltzman, mother of Robert Rabinovitch Shirley Rabinovitch, mother of Mark Rabinovitch  Ruth Helfgott Richler, wife of Howard Richler * Rose Frank Rothman, mother of Kay Wolofsky Mindel Saginur, mother of Vivian Saginur * Harris Shapiro, grandfather of Hillel Becker Sam Shenkier, father of Maurice Shenkier Mort Shulman, father of Mitchell Shulman Nathan Steg, father of Doris Steg William Superstein, father of David Superstein Diane Tannor, mother of Shira Karpati Dobe Zemlyanskaya, mother of Rita Zemlyanskaya 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 THE FLYING CARPET - A JOURNEY TO THE OCEAN OF ORIENTAL FOLKTALES featuring Dr. Yoel Shalom Perez THURSDAY JULY 17, AT 7:30PM at the home of Brigitte Albert, 4088 Kensington Avenue. To RSVP please contact Brigitte at  514-483-2519 or to brigitte_a@hotmail.com. Yoel brings us from far Israel the tastes and the smells of the Oriental art of storytelling, from Turkey to Afghanistan, from Persia to Yemen, through folktales, songs and music. Dr. Yoel Shalom Perez, a researcher of folklore at Ben Gurion, is one of the leaders of the storytelling renaissance in Israel. Yoel's main area is the research of Jewish folktales, but he deals also with Arab and Bedouin folktale research. He manages "The Center of Folktales and Folklore" of which the Hebrew section is the biggest site in Hebrew for folktales and folklore consisting of more than 12,000 pages.   AN EVENING OF FICTION & MEMOIR Thursday, August 7 at 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. With Ami Sands Brodoff & Angie Chuang Please join us as Ami reads from In Many Waters, her newly completed novel, and The White Space Between, Winner of the Canadian Jewish Book Award for Fiction  Angie, a journalism professor in from American University, Washington, D.C. shares an excerpt from her debut memoir, The Four Words For Home, about her experiences living with an Afghani family.  The two authors were both early readers and critics of each other's projects, in addition to being great friends.  Both authors will be available to sign copies of their books. Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore 2220 McGill College Avenue Attendance is free! MORNING MINYAN Due to so many regulars being away, the Wednesday minyan will be "on holiday" until September.  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

July 12, 2014 - Shabbat Pinhas

Shabbat Pinhas July 12, 2014 / 14 Tammuz, 5774    Torah: Numbers 28:16 - 29:34 (Etz P.931) Maftir: Numbers 29:35 - 30:1 (Etz P.936) Haftarah: I Kings 18:46 - 19:12 (Etz P. 938) Ba'alat Tefillah: Rabbi Julia D'var Torah: Rabbi Julia Torah Readers: Sheila Caplan, Neil Caplan Haftarah Reader: Jodi Lackman   Parnassim: Doreen Saibil, Warren Litwin

SYNAGOGUE NEWS  NEW 5775 RRC POCKET CALENDAR This convenient pocket-sized Jewish calendar  has it all! It's a quick, one-stop guide to the Jewish holidays and candle-lighting times for 5775 (2014-15). To order a calendar, please contact the office by July 11. $15 per calendar. 514-486-9400 or admin@dorshei-emet.org    MEMBER NEWS CONDOLENCES  To Todd Shapiro and Chantalle Kudsi-Zadeh on the loss of Todd's mother Faige Gutherz, z"l, grandmother of Elijah and Ezra. REFUAH SHLAIMA Zvi ben Taibel v'Yosef (Harry Fainsilber)  Yehudit bat Shalom v'Frieda (Odette Chonchol)   Eliahu ben Leah v'Yacov (Charley Levy) Frayda Laya bat Devora v'Yaacov  (Linda Camlot) Moshe ben Yaacov v'Gittel (Morris Camlot)     Daniel ben Kalman v'Tziporah (Daniel Roth) Liebe bat Reizel v'Yaakov Miriam bat Tilka v'Schoel Avraham, ben Eliyahu v'Enna Ariella bat Meir v'Pesseh Yisroel ben Chaya v'Shlomo - Irv Perlman Batya bat Eliezer v'Rochel (Brianna Krane) Miriam Bat Rachmiel v'Chava (Maureen Holt)   *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 July 12-18, 2014/ 14-20 Tammuz, 5774    Yosel Vacsman, grandfather of Liliana Trodler Oscar Weinstein, father of Donna Kuzmarov Boruch Cohen, father of Ben Cohen Harold Goldfarb, father of Janice Goldfarb Bessie Goroff, mother of Nina Baker *Etta Ginn Kaplan, mother of Ellayne Kaplan Saul Harris, father of Freida Long Moe Shatenstein, father of Bryna Shatenstein Freda Krelenbaum, sister of Marilyn Krelenbaum *Merle Edith Bassel, mother of Alan Bassel, and Mark Bassel Rose Levine Brender, mother of Bill Brender Mary Gerstel, mother of David Gerstel 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 1001 POTS SATURDAY JULY 12, 10AM-6PM It's that time of year again for the annual ceramics exhibition in Val David. Learn more by going online at www.1001pots.com AN EVENING OF FICTION & MEMOIR Thursday, August 7 at 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. With Ami Sands Brodoff & Angie Chuang Please join us as Ami reads from In Many Waters, her newly completed novel, and The White Space Between, Winner of the Canadian Jewish Book Award for Fiction  Angie, a journalism professor in from American University, Washington, D.C. shares an excerpt from her debut memoir, The Four Words For Home, about her experiences living with an Afghani family.  The two authors were both early readers and critics of each other's projects, in addition to being great friends.  Both authors will be available to sign copies of their books. Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore 2220 McGill College Avenue Attendance is free! MORNING MINYAN Due to so many regulars being away, the Wednesday minyan will be "on holiday" until September.  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

Shabbat Hukkat / Rosh Hodesh Weekly Announcements

Shabbat Hukkat / Rosh Hodesh June 28, 2014 / 30 Sivan, 5774    This week's Kiddush is sponsored by Rabbi Ron and Carmela Aigen  in celebration of their son Nadav's upcoming marriage to Jennifer Alper, daughter of Ron Alper and the late Jacqueline Kraus Alper Torah: Numbers 21:4 - 22:1 (Etz P.888) Maftir: Numbers 28:9 - 15 (Etz P.930) Haftarah: Isaiah 66:10 - 24  (Etz P. 1220) Torah Reader: Barry Frank, Chava Dienar Haftarah Reader: Esther Lowen Parnassim: Roger Antebi

SYNAGOGUE NEWS  Talmud Study Coming to Dorshei Emet! Four-class introductory course on the Talmud starting on Wednesday, July 2 at noon.  For two thousand years the Talmud has guided, captivated and energized the Jewish people. It has been at the core of our values and traditions. Yohanan Lowen, our own brilliant Talmud and Humash scholar, will introduce us to the Talmud`s richness and history.               Session 1: Mishna vs Baraitha: The Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan               Session 2: Gemara; Rebellion in the Ranks               Session 3: Pshat vs Drash in Talmud; Bava Metzia               Session 4: Marriage & Divorce in the Talmud Please call the synagogue 514-486-9400 to register. Course fee is $25 for members. MOTHERS CIRCLE The Mothers Circle is a program for women of different faiths who are raising Jewish children. The program creates a safe space for women to learn about Judaism and explore Jewish Holidays and rituals, and to do so with peers so they're not alone.   Tuition is FREE, and no prior Jewish knowledge is required.  Bi-weekly course begins in the Fall 2014. For more information, please contact Cynthia Weinstein, Program Coordinator at (514)487-9030 cynthiaweinstein@aol.com or Congregation Dorshei Emet at (514)486-9400 or visit www.TheMothersCircle.org NEW 5775 RRC POCKET CALENDAR To order a Reconstructionist Rabbinical College 5775 Pocket Calendars, $15 per calendar, the deadline is July 11. Please contact the office at 514-486-9400 or admin@dorshei-emet.org.  MEMBER NEWS MAZAL TOV To Rabbi Ron, Carmela, Raziel and Gila on Nadav's upcoming wedding and to the bride and groom, Jennifer Alper and Nadav Aigen. REFUAH SHLAIMA Zvi ben Taibel v'Yosef (Harry Fainsilber)  Yehudit bat Shalom v'Frieda (Odette Chonchol)   Eliahu ben Leah v'Yacov (Charley Levy) Frayda Laya bat Devora ve Yaacov  (Linda Camlot) Moshe ben Yaacov ve Gittel (Morris Camlot)     Daniel ben Kalman v'Tziporah (Daniel Roth) Liebe bat Reizel v Yaakov Miriam bat Tilka v Schoel Avraham, ben Eliyahu v Enna Ariella bat Meir v Pesseh Meshullam Zalman Hiyya HaKohen ben Hayyah Gittel  *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 June 28 - July 4, 2014/ 30 Sivan - 6 Tammuz, 5774    Charles Levine, father of Adrianne Sklar    Mala Kornacki, mother of Joe Kornacki Samuel Elman,father of Robert Elman Issie Etcovitch, brother of Betty Spiegel Sylvia Gurevitch, mother of Anne Bellman * Elaine Charkow, mother of Fran Croll Aharon Barsheshat, father of Menahem Barsheshat Abraham Krystal, father of Maurice Krystal * Augusta Becker, mother of Donnie Frank and  Hillel Becker * Bella Freeman Brasloff, mother of Reuben Brasloff Sheila Krolik, mother of Dorothy Stern * Moe Spiegel, husband of Betty Spiegel Nathan Caplan, father of Neil Caplan James Lackman, father of Phillip Lackman  *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 AN EVENING OF FICTION & MEMOIR Thursday, August 7 at 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. With Ami Sands Brodoff & Angie Chuang Please join us as Ami reads from In Many Waters, her newly completed novel, and The White Space Between, Winner of the Canadian Jewish Book Award for Fiction  Angie, a journalism professor in from American University, Washington, D.C. shares an excerpt from her debut memoir, The Four Words For Home, about her experiences living with an Afghani family.  The two authors were both early readers and critics of each other's projects, in addition to being great friends.  Both authors will be available to sign copies of their books. Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore 2220 McGill College Avenue Attendance is free! MORNING MINYAN Due to so many regulars being away, the Wednesday minyan will be "on holiday" until September.  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