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Beth Tzedec Bulletin Volume 65, No bulletin 60 Years of Tradition–Building for the Future Beth Tzedec Bulletin volume 65, no. 3 | shevat 5776 • january 2016 | www.beth-tzedec.org Shabbat Shirah Blue Jeans Purim Beatles Purim Carnival and Weekend Shabbat Dinner Sing-Along Family Megillah Reading January 22 to 24 February 5 March 20 p. 2 p. 10 p. 12 March 23 p. 23 Friday, January 22 to Sunday, January 24 Celebrate these four exciting music events with Cantor Simon Spiro and our special musical guest, one of America’s favourite Jewish recording artists, Sam Glaser—direct from California Musical Friday Night Live Shabbat Service Shabbat Shirah Community Concert Friday, January 22 at 6:00 PM Saturday evening, January 23 at 8:00 PM O A lively and frayleikh Carlebach-style service Join Sam Glaser and friends together with Cantor led by Sam Glaser with explanations throughout Simon Spiro for a fabulous evening with a musical Havdalah. O Delicious Shabbat dinner and the opportunity to schmooze and sing along with Sam O A concert of hits from around the world featuring Toronto’s finest vocalists and musicians Cost for dinner: $25 adults; $18 youth (ages 5-14); $6 children (ages 1-4). Dinner by O Encore appearance by the Voices of Tomorrow advance reservation only by Monday, January 18. O Dessert reception following Tickets: $25 in advance; $36 at the door Special Shabbat Shirah Morning Service “Rockin’ with Sam Glaser” Youth Concert Shabbat, January 23—Services at 8:45 AM Sunday, January 24 at 4:00 PM O Sermon-in-song by Sam Glaser on The Join hundreds of young people from around Power of Music in Prayer: Preserving Nus ah Toronto for an exciting, rockin’ event. Great music in a Folk-Song World ˙ and fun for the whole family. Free admission but reservations required. O Special appearance by the Voices of Tomorrow Children’s Choir O Special Kiddush following Services For information, reservations or tickets, contact the Synagogue office at 416-781-3511 or [email protected]. 2 commentary Rabbi Baruch Frydman-Kohl JeWish Challenges The highest level of tzedakah is helping people to become self-sufficient. as jews and canadians, we face many challenges. In addition, We shoUld ask hoW to create a societY in We are called to broaden access to JeWish edUcation, Which fUll-time Workers can earn enoUgh moneY to creatiVelY continUe oUr tradition, attend to oUr elderlY, sUpport a familY. We are pUshed forWard bY the mandate sUpport Israel, and defend democratic and free societies. of oUr sacred tradition: When YoUr kin falls, do not tUrn In addition, We mUst care for poor JeWs and proVide aWaY; Uphold that person. When YoU reap YoUr harVest, hUmanitarian assistance to those Who are oUtside the leaVe a portion for the stranger, the orphan and the borders of oUr commUnitY. WidoW. Then the Eternal Will bless YoU. HaVing groWn Up in poVertY, I am sensitiVe to its Concern for and aboUt refUgees has spread from presence in the Toronto JeWish commUnitY: The children Africa to ItalY, from SYria to Jordan, from the Middle Who go to school hUngrY in the morning. The HolocaUst East to EUrope. It has become a major political issUe in sUrViVors Who coUnt their pennies When shopping. The the United States and Canada. I hear aboUt it from Uber former RUssian JeWs Who came for freedom bUt lack driVers and congregants, from those Who see resettlement food. The Woman Who places kiddUsh crUmbs into her as a mitzvah and those WarY of opening oUr doors. pUrse after serVices. The families Who depend on kosher Those Who are anXioUs often reflect Words packages for their Shabbat tables and spring deliVeries articUlated bY the President of the United States: “The for Pes ah. The single parent holding onto a loW-paYing refUgee has got to be checked becaUse, UnfortUnatelY, job Whil˙e caring for a child. The homeless We feed at OUt among the refUgees there are some spies, as has been of the Cold and the hUngrY Who draW Upon oUr food foUnd in other coUntries.” This Was said bY Franklin banks. The Unseen JeWs Who liVe in the cracks and Delano RooseVelt in 1940, referring to JeWish refUgees. creVices of oUr citY. In Canada, the research of IrVing Abella and Harold The 13 percent of Toronto JeWs Who liVe in poVertY Troper in the Canadian National ArchiVes reVealed are doUblY inVisible: UnrecogniZed bY the general pUblic similar resistance. This letter Was addressed to the Who belieVe that “all JeWs are rich” and Unnoticed bY Immigration Department in 1939: JeWs Who don’t deal With the displaced and doWntrodden In great need and distress, [We] address YoU for help on a dailY basis. As indiVidUals and a commUnitY, We and rescUe. OUr distress, particUlarlY that of oUr haVe an obligation to see the faces of the poor and to children … increases dailY and there is nothing left for recogniZe in them (their faces) the image of God. Us bUt sUicide. … We appeal to YoU for a permit to The Talmud teaches that poVertY “driVes a person enter YoUr coUntrY. SUrelY there are people left in this craZY” bY eroding the hUman being and negatiVelY World, people Who Will haVe pitY on Us, people Who shaping a person’s life eXperiences (TB ErUVin 41b). The Will saVe Us. MY Wife Will refUse no Work. We Will ethical challenge confronts Us: What Will We do? While farm, We Will keep hoUse, We Will do anYthing in order none of Us maY be able to single-handedlY end poVertY, to enter YoUr coUntrY. Please do not let oUr crY for We can plaY a role. help go Unheeded. Please saVe Us before it is too late. To fight poVertY, We mUst be aWare of the problem Jacob and Cecilia Stein and What contribUtes to poVertY, inclUding loW Wages, And to the cream of EUropean JeWish societY, the Stein UnemploYment, limited access to edUcation, discrimina - familY and manY others, the same response Was issUed tion, lack of affordable hoUsing and more. GiVen the from the Department of Immigration: complicated natUre of poVertY, We can Work in concert UnfortUnatelY, thoUgh We greatlY sYmpathise With With UJA Federation and its agencies, federal and YoUr circUmstances, at present the Canadian goVernment proVincial goVernments, other social serVice proViders is not admitting JeWs. Please trY another coUntrY. and generoUs indiVidUals to address compleX caUses and make a dent in the sYmptoms. Of coUrse, as Professors Abella and Troper note, “there Directed bY the Well-knoWn teaching of Maimonides Was no other coUntrY.” detailing eight leVels of tzedakah , We knoW that the In spite of resistance to refUgee resettlement, We JeWs highest leVel is helping people to become self-sUfficient. mUst remember that We too haVe been migrants and 3 beth tzedec bulletin continued Rabbi Baruch Frydman-Kohl Winter refUgees. We haVe learned to care for the stranger, not onlY from the 36 Verses in Volume 65, Number 3 Shevat 5776 • January 2016 the Torah Where We are so commanded, bUt also from oUr oWn recent traUma. We knoW the heart of the stranger. Bulletin Editors: Carolyn Kolers and Terri Humphries Rabbi EmanUel Rackman saYs JUdaism teaches an “empathic jUstice,” Which “seeks to make people identifY themselVes With [the] needs [of others], With each other’s hopes and aspirations, With each other’s defeats and frUstrations. BecaUse JeWs haVe knoWn the distress of slaVes and the loneliness of strangers, We are to project oUrselVes into their soUls and make their plight oUr oWn.” Beth Tzedec Congregation FolloWing World War II, more than siX million Wartime refUgees, displaced 1700 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario persons, Were repatriated, bUt betWeen 1.5 million and tWo million displaced Canada M5P 3K3 persons refUsed to retUrn to eastern EUrope. Most JeWish sUrViVors Were Tel 416-781-3511 / Fax 416-781-0150 www.beth-tzedec.org UnWilling becaUse of postWar antisemitism and the destrUction of their commUnities dUring the HolocaUst. President S. Blake Teichman At its peak in 1947, the JeWish displaced person popUlation reached [email protected] approXimatelY 250,000. JeWs pressed for greater immigration opportUnities and Chair of the Board Sheldon Rotman the creation of a JeWish homeland in Palestine. MY in-laWs Were smUggled into [email protected] France. There Was “illegal” immigration to British Palestine. France, Britain, Rabbi Baruch Frydman-Kohl, Anne and Canada and the United States relUctantlY agreed to accept refUgees. Max Tanenbaum Senior Rabbinic Chair OUr ancestor Abraham Went oUt of his WaY to aid migrants. According to a ext. 228, [email protected] midrash, he set Up shelter on the roads so that the poor and the WaYfarer WoUld Rabbi Adam Cutler haVe access to food and drink When in need. ext. 219, [email protected] ThroUgh the JeWish Coalition for Disaster Relief (JCDR), conVened bY the Cantor Simon Spiro Joint DistribUtion Committee, JeWish organiZations haVe been qUietlY fUnding ext. 223, [email protected] relief efforts for SYrian refUgees for the past tWo Years. This consortiUm of nearlY Cantor Sidney Ezer 50 organiZations pools resoUrces and proVides a coordinated response in keeping ext. 296, [email protected] With the long tradition of JeWish hUmanitarianism. Assistance has been deliVered Ritual Director Lorne Hanick in Jordan, Which has seen more than 625,000 registered refUgees since the start ext. 240, [email protected] of the fighting in SYria. RecentlY, the mandate of aid has been eXpanded to Director of Community Building & Spiritual inclUde refUgees and migrants in EUrope and the Middle East. Engagement Yacov Fruchter CUrrentlY, the CitY of Toronto is planning to accept aboUt 40 percent of all ext.
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