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Tammuz/Av/Elul 5769 Vol. 19, No. 6 July/August 2009 BWebsite:ULLETIN www.saskatoon.uscjhost.net THE Congregation Agudas Israel 715 McKinnon Ave, Saskatoon S7H 2G2 (306) 343-7023 Fax: (306) 343-1244 Rabbi Emeritus Roger V. Pavey Hazzan Neil Schwartz President: David Katzman DR. STEVEN GOLUBOFF Receives B'nai Brith Gerry Rose Volunteer Award May 22nd, 2009 by Gladys Rose Once again – it is so good to be with all any anniversary? It is of you. Old friends and new. And to have important because the my son, David, joining me is an added mitzvah of zachor or Dr. David Rose, Steven Goluboff, Gladys Rose, pleasure. remembrance is a Jewish B'nai Brith President Randy Katzman Each year all of us have many milestones value. It is important because that commemorate significant events in our it gives us the opportunity of reflecting on are the names of the volunteers who have personal, national or international stories. significant persons and events in our lives. been recognized so far: after Gerry and me, This year marks the 10th anniversary of the It gives us the opportunity to review what came Linda Shaw, Bert Gladstone, June and B’nai Brith Gerry Rose Volunteer Award has come before and possibly to pledge our Abe Avivi, David Kaplan, Petty and Sam Dinner. An unbelievable number of years commitment to a better future. Landa, Walter, Lois and Susanne Gumprich, without Gerry. In reviewing what has come before, at Jan and Ron Gitlin and Heather Fenyes. All, Why is it important for us to highlight previous Award Dinners, here to remind us continued on page 16 B'nai Brith's Shalom to our Shlichim Joe Rosenberg Memorial by Noga and Ziv Golf Tournament After a long process of tests, interviews, discussions and contemplations- we’re proud to Sunday, , August 16th, 2009 introduce ourselves as the designated next Shlichim from Israel to the Agudas Yisrael community in Riverside Golf Club Saskatoon. Actually, as members of the global village, as they Golf - $85 (Cart extra) introduced us with the option of flying to Saskatoon, Dinner - $30 the first thing we did was to ‘Google’ it, which quickly led us to the community’s bulletin, which RSVP – [email protected] continued on page 11 FolkFest 2009, August 13-15 Our pavilion will be open on Thursday, August 13, 5:00-12:00 and Saturday, August 15, 8:00-12:00 Please contact us if you can come and help at any of those times, an hour or two makes a huge difference!!! Thanks, the Folkfest committee 343-7023 ex.4 [email protected] Celebrating its 30th Anniversary Signs,will depict some of the most important and Sherwood Sharfe and our Youth Ambas- Year,Saskatoon FolkFest has initiated an En- symbols of Judaism. Various committees sadors are Erin Henry and Jonathan Katzman. hancement Grants Program.As a result,the have been at work planning their activities What a great team we have! Come join us to Jewish Pavilion will display new hanging and of course they welcome your involve- make this 30th Year a most memorable one. panels on either side of the stage.These ment. June Avivi and David Kaplan panels,beautifully produced by Pelican Our 2009 Pavilion Ambassadors are Elaine This page is sponsored by Naomi Rose and Stan Sinai of Toronto. Deadline for the next Bulletin is August 10, 2009 Shalom from Perth by Noa and Nattan Recht We hope you are all well at the beginning made lots of close of the summer while we are at the beginning relationship with many of the winter. Despite the very far distance students from the school that and the culture shock that we have had at we invite for Shabbat dinner the beginning we found the life in Australia every week. We host a lot interesting and the experience for us as and the house full of shlichim is unbelievable. We came here to youngsters all the time. As Perth Australia two years and six months you all know ago only because of the positive experience we love it. For we had in Saskatoon. We wanted to be those of you teachers-shlichim and teach Judaism, who forgot Tanach (bible studies), Jewish history etc..in we have two a Jewish high school. We went to the Jewish sweet Agency and asked for a small community daughters. It with a high school. The truth is that it is is hard to almost impossible to find a small Jewish believe that community which is capable of maintaining they are its own high school. Perth probably was almost six. They are fluent English almost the only place we could find. The speakers with a mixture of Australian- community here is not as small as Saskatoon South African accent. Since we are but compared to the big cities in the east also the coordinators of Bnei Akiva coast such as Melbourne and Sydney it is a (the local youth movement) Keshet tiny community. Although it is not a big and Keren-or (our daughters) are also community yet it is very active. We can taking part in it. They sing the songs define the community as a Zionist traditional of the youth movement, they are a one. There is only one Jewish day school, very important part of the camps and which gathers all the Jewish kids from they are the “young sisters” of all the leaders we met Jen Scharfstein it was great to see kindergarten to Grade 12. It is a big task to in the movement. Very soon we are how mature she became and didn’t lose her teach in such a school since we have in the expecting another addition to our family friendly sweet personality that we never same class the child of a Rabbi and a child (this time only one). We are due in the middle forgot. We are still in close contact with Jeff that comes from a totally secular family. of August and will update you as soon as it Petroff and we met him in Israel as well. We Despite all of that it is challenging and we happens. were proud to see him wearing his army feel that we are making a difference. We Last year when we came for a visit in Israel continued on page 17 The LuckyCemetery Winners, Terry && Jerry Chevra Katz Kadisha Committee Report by Ralph Katzman slough behind us. We have you can see in the second picture, we have had to bring in over a some other very nice new friends at the hundred loads of fill dirt. cemetery. Leon Newmeyer is our We are seeking additional volunteers, employee again this year, male and female, for both the Cemetery and we will be getting a committee and Chevra Kadisha. Contact summer student shortly. either myself or June Avivi for further We are still information. receiving help from Remember when you go out to the Urban Camp, who cemetery, to make sure that the lock is locked are doing most of when you leave; please test it. We are still As the picture above indicates, the work of finding the gate open. we are back taking off curbing removing the around the grave sites. When I cement. started this years ago, we had over In the space of 350 curbs. So far this year, we have several days, two taken out 49. There are 88 to go. long term members Then there will just be the cement over the passed away. Clarice Buckwold was buried graves and everything else will be grass. on June 12th and Frances Bernbaum on June Shortly, the rest of the fence around the 15th. cemetery will be erected. If you look at the The cost of funerals will be going up picture of the ground Ralph is standing on, shortly due to an increase from Saskatoon it used to be a slough. You can see the old Funeral Home and other expenditures. As This page is sponsored by Leona Wasserman 2 FROM OUR CONGREGATIONAL FAMILY Editorial The Mission Statement of Congregation Agudas Israel by Steven Congregation Agudas Israel is a spiritual, religious, educational and social home com- mitted to deepening the quality of Jewish life in Saskatoon and district. We are an Goluboff evolving link in the historical traditions of the Jewish people. We are a progressive, democratic and sensitive congregation responding to the widest spectrum of Jew- Many of us will ish thought and practice. be away for parts of Written at the 2002 Kallah by the members of Congregation Agudas Israel the summer. CONDOLENCES TO: Shabbat evening Linda Shaw and the entire Shaw – Buckwold extended family upon the death of Linda’s services will occur mother, Clarice Buckwold on June 11th, 2009. every second Friday at 8 pm and Shabbat Mel Bernbaum and his sisters Sherna from Winnipeg and Lorna from Ottawa and the morning services will continue weekly at 10 entire Bernbaum and Posner family on the death of long time Saskatoon resident and am. It will be a challenge to maintain CAI member, Frances Bernbaum in Winnipeg on June 13th, 2009. minyans but hopefully this will be met Elaine Sharfe and family on the death of her uncle Dr. Abraham Hoffer of Victoria, B.C. successfully. We are entering the last few months of the present tour of duty of this MAZEL TOV AND CONGRATULATIONS TO: Board of Trustees under the exemplary Ned Garstad upon the artistic accomplishments of his husband Zach Logan. Upon the leadership of David Katzman, who has completion of Zach’s Master’s Degree in Fine Arts, he was invited to show his work in served for four years, a feat only matched Paris.