Temple the BULLETIN November/December 2018 Cheshvan/Kislev/ 5779

Annual General Meeting Monday November 19, 2018 -7pm

Happy Chanukah 2018 December 2 - December 10 Worship Schedule

Holiday Dates Times

SHABBAT Friday, November 2 6:15 pm Kabbalat Service Solidarity Shabbat Saturday, November 3 10:15 am Shabbat Service, Parsha Chaye Bar of Jonah Wilbur

SHABBAT Thursday, November 8 7:30 am Morning Minyan Friday, November 9 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service 7:00 pm Bring your Own Dinner Saturday, November 10 10:15 am Shabbat Service, Parsha Toldot 10:30 am JBABY Program

Friday, November 16 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service SHABBAT Saturday, November 17 10:15 am Shabbat Service, Parsha New Member Shabbat 10:30am Junior Congregation Program

SHABBAT Thursday, November 22 7:30 am Morning Minyan Friday, November 23 5:30 pm TOTally Shabbat 6:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service Saturday, November 24 10:15 am Shabbat Service, Parsha

SHABBAT Friday, November 30 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service Saturday, December 1 10:15 am Shabbat Service, Parsha

SHABBAT Friday, December 7 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service 7:00 pm Bring your own Chanukah dinner Saturday, December 8 10:15 am Shabbat Service, Parsha

Thursday, December 13 7:30 am Morning Minyan SHABBAT Friday, December 14 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service (No Bring Your Own see Dec 7) Saturday, December 15 10:15 am Shabbat Service, Parsha 10:30am Junior Congregation Program

SHABBAT Friday, December 21 5:30 pm TOTally Shabbat Saturday, December 22 6:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service 10:15 am Shabbat Service, Parsha Veyechi

SHABBAT Thursday, December 27 7:30 am Morning Minyan Friday, December 28 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service Saturday, December 29 10:15 am Shabbat Service, Parsha

SHABBAT Friday, January 4 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service Saturday, January 5 10:15 am Shabbat Service, Parsha Va’era

2 | TEMPLE ISRAEL BULLETIN - November/December 2018 From the Pulpit President’s Message

November already? Almost a year On Saturday Oct 27th temple was ago, I became Temple’s President. filled with people celebrating The time has flown by, filled with Shabbat. A time to let the cares many activities and some chal- of the world recede and embrace lenges. With the involvement of the promise and beauty of God’s our Temple staff, volunteers, and creation. On this particular fellow Board members, we have moved Temple forward and will Shabbat, the beauty and calm continue to do so. I am proud to was shattered as we heard the be a member of the Temple Israel news of the shooting and tragic team. deaths at the Tree of Life Syna- gogue in Pittsburgh. Words cannot We are working hard to continue to express the depth of our sorrow and feedback from you, the congregation, through sur- our hearts are with the Pittsburgh Jewish commu- veys and other means regarding High Holy Days, Ren- nity and especially the members of the Tree of Life ovation Vision, and Rabbinic transition, as well as other Synagogue. activities to come. We want the lines of communication to be open. Thank you for your input. We are no strangers to violence. We have survived countless attacks and attempts at geno- As you are aware from a recent notice, there are four Visioning sessions in the month of November. These ses- cide. Yet we continue to prevail. The inherited sions, animated by Patsy Royer and Morais, will of our tradition has taught us to be resilient. help provide input for our Vision for the future for Tem- ple. This relates to our members’ needs, how we want Jewish communities around the world have come to be measured against known Jewish values, and also together in solidarity with families of those who to ways of improving our building so that it will be the were killed in Pittsburgh. Our response is not to best possible facility for all of our activities, our events, seek revenge on the perpetrator. Our revenge is and our outreach. Have your say. Be there!! far sweeter, far more meaningful. Our revenge is to show those who would hate us that we are strong. Our Rabbinic Search Committee (RSC), under co-chairs That we will not be deterred from living Jewish lives. Tamara Taub and Lorne Rachlis, is a great team and is Our response is to call for a Shabbat of Unity! To dealing diligently with the many aspects of this vital ac- encourage everyone, we know, Jew and non-Jew tivity. Your input to the recent survey has provided key alike, to attend our services. information that greatly assisted in the application pro- cess. Timely RSC updates will be provided. Stay tuned.

Ron Wolfson who wrote Relational says: November will continue to be an important month. A “People will come to synagogues, Jewish community new Board will be installed at our November 19th AGM. centers, federations, and other organizations for There are some proposed constitutional amendments programs, but they will stay for relationships.” and other important changes to be dealt with. Updates on key activities will be provided. I urge you to be at the It is though the power of our relationships that we AGM: it is important. will draw strength from one another and continue to build Jewish life here in Ottawa and around the On completion of her two year term, I say thank you world. We can defeat hate by showing those who to Board member Pam Cogan for her contributions to hate us how incredibly precious Jewish wisdom Temple as Social Action chair and for MAID and pallia- is. How it can lead us to live lives of meaning and tive care activities. I would also like to thank Board and Executive member Cotsman for his four years as purpose! Lives dedicated to pursuit of what is right Board Secretary and other duties. A very special thank and good in the world. you and acknowledgement to Steve Mendelsohn for his decades of service to Temple as Board and Executive With hopes and prayers for peace and healing for member including as President and Treasurer. Thank you everyone. all for being part of the Temple Israel team.

Shalom, Enjoy the joys of . Hanukkah Sameach.

Rabbi S. Robert Morais Stephen Asherman, President

Special Chanukah Bring Your Own Dinner Celebrating a milestone, simcha or a special Friday December 7 event? Please note we have changed the week of our monthly If you would like to make a donation in honour of this Friday night dinner so we can celebrate it during Chanu- occasion, please see our website, contact our volun- kah. We hope you will join us, we will provide the teers (see TIOF page 12 or Temple information page latkes! 13) or the office and we will make it easy for you!

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Officially, we have 95 students enrolled programs can be found in this bulletin, on the Temple in TIRS including children from 7 new Israel website, and on the TIRS Facebook page. families. As in other years, I expect a few more to register throughout the Enjoy the rest of 2018! school year. Sue Potechin, TIRS Principal With all of the Tishrei holidays in September, it made for a rocky start for our students, especially the new ones. Other students who thrive on routine were affected by the “chop- piness” of the schedule including a Sunday off due to the tornado. The good news is that we can now coast through all the way to the Winter Break.

Our Grade 6 class led a beautiful service on October 12th. What a great way to start off the year! Grade 7 will be leading our Kabbalat Shabbat service on November 9th and our Gan Yeladim (Kindergarten) will be leading our Chanukah celebration service on December 7th. All of our class-led services on Friday nights are followed by a “Bring Your Own Dinner” where families are able to get to know other families over a meal and share in community. It is a great way for new families to meet and for the children to TIRS goes apple picking! be together outside of school. Please check our calendar on the Temple Israel website for information on upcoming class-led services.

By now, some of you have met Liam, our new ShinShin who is here from Israel for the year between high school and the Israeli army. Liam will be doing activities with our students on Sundays and Mondays and some Wednesdays for this school year as TIRS is his base school. Likewise, Temple Israel is his base synagogue and we welcome his Divrei Yisrael, his insight into Israeli events, holidays and notable Israeli figures. Liam is a very outgoing and warm addition to our school and shul. Introduce yourself to him --- if he doesn’t introduce himself first!

November is Holocaust Education Month. TIRS and Temple Israel have been entrusted with artifacts by members of the Ottawa Jewish community to create a Pop-Up Museum at Temple Israel. The Pop-Up Museum is open to the community on Sunday, Nov. 4th from 12:30 – 4:00 pm and Monday, Nov. 5th from 6:30 – 7:15 pm. At 7:30 pm on Nov. 5th, Dr. Robert Ehrenreich from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) will present, “Let the Artifacts Speak: Returning Humanity to Holocaust Victims.” We are proud to bring this to you in collabora- tion with Carleton University’s Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies and Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholar- ship (CHES), as well as Jewish Federation of Ottawa, and USHMM. Everyone is welcome.

There are many events scheduled for families with young children, tweens and teens including TOTally Shabbat, TIRS 2019 Dates JBaby Shabbat Play Group, Jr. Youth Group (JYG) and School resumes in the new year FROSTY. In addition, we have added new programs such on the following dates: as JBaby Oneg Shabbat at Hillel Lodge with children under Monday January 7 the age of 4, Jr. Congregation for children ages 5-10, and Wednesday January 9 Jr. Choir for children of all ages. Information on these Sunday January 13

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November/December 2018 - TEMPLE ISRAEL BULLETIN | 5 Temple Programs

Save the Date!

Building Understanding: Sky Woman and Chanukah

Tuesday December 4, 2018 7-9 pm

Watch the weekly e-bulletin for further details. Gesherim V’ Kesherim Bridges and Connections

Inspired by the recommendations of the Truth and Recon- Seniors ciliation Commission, this Chanukah, Temple Israel will launch a series of programs of relationship building and Chanukah Luncheon mutual learning together with Ottawa-area indigenous peoples. Thursday, December 6 11am - 1pm As Rabbi Morais highlighted in his Yom Kippur sermon, this is a perfect time for our congregation to embrace the Commission’s messages, in particular Recommendation If you are at least 80 years young we request that you #49 which calls upon “all religious denominations and honour the Temple Israel community with your presence faith groups who have not already done so to repudiate and wisdom. concepts used to justify European sovereignty over Indig- enous lands and peoples, such as the Doctrine of Discov- If you’re a few years under 80 no one is checking… ery and terra nullius” your presence is honoured as well!

We are honoured to be working with Dr. Kahente Horn- And no matter what age you are: Miller, Assistant Professor in the School of Indigenous and Are you celebrating Chanukah alone? Canadian Studies and Co-Director of the Centre for Indig- Do you find it difficult connecting with others? enous. Research, Language and Education at Carleton Would you like to make new friends? University. She has been providing excellent advice and Join us. input to a Task Force established by Temple Israel to reflect upon and respond to the Truth and Reconciliation If, at the very least, you like Latkes Commission recommendations. and good company – be there!

The Task Force has agreed that in addition to learning Please RSVP to the office by email, more about First Nations histories and cultures, there is [email protected] a need to build, in an ongoing and open ended manner, or by phone at 613-224-1802 by November 29th. sacred community with Ottawa-area indigenous peoples. To this end, the Task Force will lead the planning and implementation of an on-going series of programs and Sisterz ‘n The Hood/ encounters. We begin with Dr. Horn-Miller’s performance aka Temple Israel Sisterhood of Sky Woman on December 4th, as well as reflections from Rabbi Morais about the ways in which Chanukah is Hold the date ! an appropriate opportunity for the launching of this initia- tive. The drawing of connections with Jewish life will be Sunday December 2, 2018 an important component of each such event and it is also hoped that the Temple Israel Religious School will become 11am involved in appropriate activities.

If you are interested in participating in the work of the Task Bake Force please contact Anne Alper [email protected] or Fran Klodawsky [email protected]. Demonstration We look forward to seeing you on December 4. Details to follow. Put your business card size ad in the Temple Israel Bulletin, only $180 for Janet Cohen [email protected] six issues. Please contact the office at 613-224-1802 for information.

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A bagel breakfast at 9:30 a.m. is followed by the book review and discussion. Pre-registration is not required, nor is it necessary to have read the book to enjoy the session. There is no charge but a voluntary donation to cover the cost of breakfast is appreciated.

Sunday, November 18, 2018 Sunday, December 9, 2018 DOUBLE COMPARATIVE REVIEW! Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Bellevue Square by Redhill and Dinner at the Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern Center of the Earth-A Novel by Nathan Englander will History by Telushkin will be reviewed by Rabbi be reviewed by Rubin Friedman who has written many Idan Scher. Rabbi Scher was born and raised in humour columns and book reviews for the Ottawa Jewish Chicago, Illinois, but frequent trips to Ottawa to visit his Bulletin. With degrees in French and Russian languages large extended family always made the Nation’s Capital and literatures and Linguistics and Diplomas in Transla- feel like his second home. He earned an undergradu- tion/Interpretation and Speech Pathology, he has had a ate degree from Yeshiva Shaar HaTorah in New York, varied career both inside the government and in Jewish a Masters degree in Talmudic Law from the Ner Israel and non-Jewish NGOs. Rabbinical College in Baltimore, and an M.A. in Public Policy and Management from John’s Hopkins University. Bellevue Square: a darkly comic literary thriller about a woman who fears for her Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of sanity—and then her life—when she learns Menachem M. Schneerson: In this that her doppelganger has appeared in a enlightening biography, Joseph Telushkin local park. (Amazon.com) Winner of the 2017 offers a captivating portrait of the late Giller Prize. Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, a towering figure who saw beyond conven- Dinner at the Center of the Earth - tional boundaries to turn his movement, A Novel: a political thriller that unfolds in Chabad-Lubavitch, into one of the most the highly charged territory of the Israe- dynamic and widespread organizations li-Palestinian conflict and pivots on the ever seen in the Jewish world. At once complex relationship between a secret pris- an incisive work of history and a compendium of Rabbi oner and his guard. (Chapters.Indigo.ca) Schneerson’s teachings, Rebbe is the definitive guide to understanding one of the most vital, intriguing figures of the last centuries. (Amazon.ca)

Most books are available through the Ottawa Public Library and the Greenberg Families Library at the JCC and the Temple library. For more information please contact Shayla Mindell at [email protected]

An Refugee Placement Committee Introduction to The newly formed Refugee Placement committee has been meet- ing in person and via email. Temple Israel has been granted a with Rabbi Garten family of two - a young mother and her child from South Sudan. We need to find housing for them, furnishings, English training, Sunday medical care and other supports. November 4, 2018 We are working closely and as necessary with JFS (Jewish Family Services) and other refugee services in the city, including Refu- 10-11am at Temple Israel gee613.

You hear it talked about all the time When will our little family arrive? Approximately mid December. but you don’t actually know what it is? If congregation members are interested in helping out, please Come to Temple and find out more! contact Merle Haltrecht-Matte at [email protected] or be in touch with the Temple office. Please contact the office to sign up. Watch for updates in the weekly Temple email.

November/December 2018 - TEMPLE ISRAEL BULLETIN | 7 Shabbat Oneg

Condolences Temple Shabbat Oneg is a wonderful time to catch up with friends and maybe meet some new ones.

Did you know that you can help sponsor an Oneg?

Some good reasons to sponsor a kiddush lunch or oneg Shabbat:

•It’s your birthday, or your friend’s or your pet’s etc. May their memory forever •It’s an anniversary of a special event •In memory of a loved one be a . •To celebrate special event •Because you are a swell person who likes to support Condolences are extended to the families of: your favorite synagogue

Seymour Levine, beloved father of (Jim) Your sponsorship helps to offset the cost of providing the Farrow weekly basics and more.

Marie-Renee Sladowski, beloved mother of George Kiddush sponsors are thanked in our newsletter unless Sladowski, grandmother of Karli Speevak-Sladowski and you choose to remain anonymous. Sarah Speevak Thanks to our past Oneg/Kiddush sponsors Jacqueline Sahlen and co-sponsors:

Yahrzeit Plaques Mark & Debbie Holzman in honour of the 50th anni- versary of Mark’s Bar Mitzvah Memorialize your loved ones with a purchase of a Yahrzeit Plaque. Ranit Braun & Jason Demorest and Sue Potechin & Donation is $400 (tax receipt is Mark Kamins in honour of Gideon’s 1st birthday issued for this amount). Mark Kamins & Sue Potechin in observance of the New plaques are installed annually at our 7th day of yahrzeit of Kamins service. Contact the office for more information or to order.

Temple New Member Shabbat

Please join us on Saturday, November 17, 2018 as we welcome new and returning members to our Temple Family

Junior Youth Group visits Saunders Farm

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November Anniversaries

Sandra & George Forester Mazal Tov to Lynne Oreck-Wener and Alanna & Joe McGeough Robert Wener on the birth of their grand- Deidre Butler & Martin Landry son, Carter Sammy Itzkow. Also to the Patsy & Georges Royer parents Eleni Wener and Benji Itzkow Anne & Sol Shmelzer (Winnipeg). Alison Harding-Shogilev & Matthew Shogilev

Mazal Tov to Patsy & Georges Royer on December Anniversaries the birth of their granddaugher Teela. Also to mom Sylvie (Vancouver). Ellen & Stephen Asherman AC & Marc Dolgin Sandra & Stephen Goldstein Catherine & Ron Loves Maxine & Enoch Padolsky Shelley & Allan Shusterman Cathy & Sigler Phyllis & Marvin Silverman Lisa Rosenkrantz & Michael Walsh Ernie Potechin (one of Temple founding members) helping to conclude Yom Kippur services with Hava- dallah

B’nai Mitzvah

Saturday November 3, 2018

Board of directors from TIoF were on hand to present the annual disbursement cheque to the Temple Israel board of JONAH WILBUR directors. President of TIOF, Mark Klyman makes the presenta- Son of Dina Schneider & Matt Wilbur tion to Stephen Asherman, president of Temple board. In honour of his Bar Mitzvah, Jonah will donate to Suncoast Primate Sanctuary http://suncoastprimates.com Mort Bercovitch read- ing at Mark Holzman’s 2nd Bar Is your child born in 2007? Mitzvah We are now booking Bar/Bat dates through the end of December 2020.

If the answer is yes, and you have not yet booked a Bar/ Bat Mitzvah date, please contact Heather at [email protected] to request an appli- cation form. Complete information will be provided and requirements noted on the application form.

November/December 2018 - TEMPLE ISRAEL BULLETIN | 9 Holocaust Education Temple Programs at Temple Pop-up Museum at Temple Nov 4 - 12:30-4:00 pm Nov 5 from 6:30 to 7:15 pm

Explore this Pop-up Museum and meet families who have contributed treasured objects from their family’s history of the Shoah.

Join in a conversation about the history of these objects with The Grumach Family Tallit, rescued from a survivors, the 2nd generation and burning scholars. synagogue during Kristallnacht

Lecture with Robert M. Ehrenreich

Let the Artifacts Speak: Returning Humanity to Holocaust Victims

Nov 5 at 7:30 pm at Temple

Six million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust. The number is staggering. How do we convey that these were real people with real lives and families? Mr. Ehrenreich will discuss how personal Revision and items can turn the huge numbers of victims back into Renovation Update individuals and return their humanity, based on three case studies: personal items discovered near shooting pits in Ukraine; We are studying ways to improve damaged photographs from ; and a piece of mica our physical building so that it will be the best possi- from the Theresienstadt Glimmerwerke (mica works). ble facility for all of our activities, our events, and our outreach. In order to get it right, we need YOUR INPUT now on the new Vision Statement so that it reflects what Robert M. Ehrenreich is the Director of National Academic we want to do and how we want to be measured against Programs at the United States Holocaust Memorial known Jewish values AS WELL AS WE CAN. Museum. To this end, we are inviting Temple members to any of FOUR gatherings to discuss our VISION FOR THE FUTURE. These will be open and friendly discussions Morning Minyan with Rabbi Morais and Patsy Royer animating, and YOUR VIEWS ARE IMPORTANT. Please arrange to attend one of Join us semi-monthly for our Thursday morning minyan these meetings so that we can have a Vision Statement ready for the approval of the whole congregation in early We begin at 7:30am and conclude by 8:15 am and December. allows us to start the day with a strong boost of and prayer. NOVEMBER 1, Thursday, at 7 pm. NOVEMBER 7, Wednesday, at 11am. Some people choose to leave immediately after, but we NOVEMBER 12, Monday, at 7:30 pm. also offer a caffeine boost, a bagel and a little conversa- NOVEMBER 18, Sunday, at 10 am. tion for those that choose to stick around and ease into the morning. There will be coffee and cookies to fuel the discussion. Please make every effort to attend. The next minyans will be held: November 8 & 22 Patsy Royer December 13 & 27 Building Renovation Chair

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November/December 2018 - TEMPLE ISRAEL BULLETIN | 11 TIOF Temple Israel Ottawa Foundation In Our Hands, Our Future Mark Klyman President . Annette Paquin

To support one of these funds with a donation, call Bobbi Soderstrom 613 230-5865 or email [email protected]

Endowment Funds: FREEMAN/BURGESS FAMILY FUND Abbey In memory of Marie Renee Sladowski Remy & Alain Albagli Martin Freeman & Joanne Burgess Anne and Howard Alper Bercovitch HALPERN FUND Gale Blank In memory of Marie Renee Sladowski B’nai Mitzvah Fund & Gerald Halpern Bradbury/Klyman Evelyne Dreyfus HALTRECHT-MATTE FUND Finkelstein/Scales Mazal Tov to Patsy & Georges Royer on the birth of Hugo & Gretl Keren Fischer their granddaughter Freeman/Burgess Family Merle Haltrecht-Matte & Guy Matte Joseph Ginsberg Brian and Susan Gold Mazal Tov to Laya Jacobsen & Howard Caplan on Halpern their engagement Halton/Weiss Merle Haltrecht-Matte Haltrecht-Matte Holzman Mazal Tov to Salamon & Bob Moon on Lepine/Lyons Emily’s engagement to Josh Weins Levitan Merle Haltrecht-Matte Maddams/Weiner Maslove HOLZMAN FUND Miller/Saipe In honour of Mark Holzman 2nd Bar Mitzvah Royer/Mallek Sara Holzman Salamon/Moon Linda Slotin & Jonathan Fisher Shentow Singer SALAMON/MOON ENDOWMENT FUND Sokoloff/Sabourin In observance of the yahrzeit of Gyula Salamon Spergel Miriam Salamon & Bob Moon Spunt/Mendel Steingarten Taub WALSH/ROSENKRANTZ FUND Friends of Temple Israel In memory of Marie Renee Sladowski Friends of T.I.(O).F. Lisa Rosenkrantz & Michael Walsh Anne-Laure Levain Viner Memorial Gary & Debra Viner In memory of Seymour Levine Wall Family Lisa Rosenkrantz & Michael Walsh Walsh/Rosenkrantz

AGM ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Celebrating a milestone, simcha or a special event? The Annual General Meeting of Temple Israel will be held on Monday November 19, 2018 starting at If you would like to make a donation in 7:00 pm. honour of this occasion, please see our website, contact our volunteers (see TIOF ALL FULL MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING ARE this page or Temple information next page) ASKED TO ATTEND AND ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE. or the office and we will make it easy for you!

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Temple donation cards are a lovely way to wish someone ADULT EDUCATION FUND mazel tov, celebrate a birth, extend condolences, and for In honour of the birth of Lynne Oreck-Wener & Bob any and all occasions. Wener’s grandson, Carter Fran Klodawsky & Aron Spector Please choose from one of various funds for Temple Israel; In memory of Marie Renee Sladowski Bernard Pearl Landscaping Fran Klodawsky & Aron Spector Capital CCRJ Camp George ONEG FUND Library In appreciation to Temple Joseph Ginsberg Educational Paula Speevak Liturgical Resource Library Outreach POTECHIN ACCESSIBILITY FUND Pentateuch Prayerbook In memory of Marie Renee Sladowski Piano Sue Potechin, Mark Kamins, Sam & Maya Rabbi’s Discretionary Rabbi Steven Garten Fund for Jewish Living and In memory of Seymour Levine Education Sue Potechin, Mark Kamins, Sam & Maya Dr. Imre Rosenberg Memorial Social Action In appreciation to Rabbi Morais Potechin Accessibility Fund Sue Potechin, Mark Kamins, Sam & Maya Sylvia Goldblatt Leadership Youth Development Temple Israel Youth Scholarship RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND In observance of the yahrzeit of David Rotstein, Please note: donations are $18 minimum. Tax receipts Lilian Rotstein and C. Harry Rotstein are given. Ann & Terry Smutylo

A package of 10 cards/envelopes may also be purcha- RABBI STEVEN GARTEN FUND FOR JEWISH LIVING sed for you to send yourself. Please contact the office AND EDUCATION to arrange, cost is $175 for the package. A tax receipt In appreciation to Rabbi Garten is given for this donation. If you provide card details to Gabriella Goliger the office, the information will be included in our bulletin. Debbie Gorham

You can also call either Sandy or Diane (contact info In memory of Marie Renee Sladowski below and they will send out a card on your behalf. Micah Garten

Sandy Bennett tel 613-435-5842 SOCIAL ACTION FUND email [email protected] In memory of Betty Marks Laura Marks Diane Parkin tel 613-729-9163 email [email protected] TEMPLE ISRAEL FUND In appreciation to Temple Israel Paula & Michael Geigerman Pearl & Stuart Freedman Neil Fine & Kelsey Burns Rossman

SIDDURIM DONATIONS

Siddurim have been donated:

In observance of the yarhzeit of Mildred Merson Jim Merson

Barbara Crook and Andrea Freedman presenting Temple quilts to the mayor of Meve’ot HaHermon, Beni Muvchaar for distri- bution.

November/December 2018 - TEMPLE ISRAEL BULLETIN | 13 November 2 - 3 January 4-5 Chaye Sarah Va’era Madeleine Alexandor Yahrzeits Maurice David Brownstein Frederick Cook Phillip Dubinsky Linton Crook November 23-24 December 14-15 Olga Engel Helen Ekler (continued) Vayigash Florence Finberg Rose Frank Joe Shabsove Bercovitch Esther Gelfand Frieda Ruth Goliger Mary Shaffer Theodore Brickell Gerald Gilman Pauline Eleanor Hodgins Ruth Shane Michael Feldman Max Gross Aaron Kamins Euan Smith Samuel Friedman Karen Gunn Sylvia Kaufman Yosef Tureanu Gus Garber Harry Halpern Sarah Levenstein Gladys Weinstein Gencher Steffi Halton Ray Eva Lipetz Estelle Weiss Sydney Gordon Frieda Lillian Lauterman Shifra Lubell Larry (Louis) Winikoff Rena Harris Frank Loves Sophia Magory Georgine Ilunga Alex McKeague Judith Rosberg Michael Bruce Kronick Nicholas Michelson Goratsij Shapiro November 30- Louis Lemkow Goldie Moraff Morris Tesher December 1 Francis Frank McDonnell Arthur Ramsay Weitzman Vayeshev Carole McGeough June Rybak Gloria Weldon Jean Avram Beatrice Morgan Joseph Schrier Maurice Beare Bella Salamon Linda Marcia Silverman Pierrette Burke Jack Schneiderman Jay Sokoloff November 9-10 Rose Cooper Michael Shabsove Eva Waldman Toldot Ester Shifra Dubinsky Harry Shapiro Lillian Webber Clare Bennett Deborah Edelstein Anna Trattner Veszi Max Webber Jack Gerson Sally Feldman Reta Gold Gretl Keren Fischer December 21-22 Yahrzeit: Sara Holzman Harry Halton Vayechi Remembering on Gerald Ratner Josephine Izenberg Morris C. Bercovitch the Anniversary of a Alexander D Schatz Hyman Kaufman Abram Bolker Death Hugh Shabsove Claire Kerner Klein Charlotte Noar Fingerhut Lighting candles and say- Norman Silverman Kuhnreich Leib Finkelstein Wendy Thomas Irene Leckie Arnold Fradkin ing Kaddish each year in George Vinokur Jennie Leibach Marion Gordon memory of a loved one. Gerta Wolff David Loeb Arthur Gottdank Hymie (Harry) Maslove Esther Hacker Yahrzeit is a Yiddish word Cecile Honig Michaelson Howard Hacker meaning anniversary of November 16-17 Kenneth Morgan William Holzman Vayetze George Mundt Ruth Isaacs a death. It is the yearly Marvin Blauer Gwenda Nemerofsky Shirley Parker anniversary of a loved Eva Blankstein Dolgin Mary Nozick Jean Shmelzer one’s death. Jews observe Chwola Finkelstein Parker Beverly Mary Smeltzer yahrzeit at home by light- Beulah Frankel Lily Paul Bernard Van der Hoff ing a special long-burning Ethel Bloom Gorham Bernard Sylvan Pearl Jack Weinberg Alfred Laube Elaine Scales Leo Weiner candle in memory of the Stan Lean Sarah Sokoloff Saamario Wolfson deceased and at Temple Nessa Leckie Arthur Sparks Abraham Zelikovitz yahrzeit is observed Lilian Rotstein Jack Taller by reciting the Mourn- Sarah Spergel Oscar Zuker December 28-29 ’s Kaddish at services. Joseph Viner Shemot Sarah Zuker Alan Leslie Bernstein The names of deceased December 7-8 Goodman Cohen with yahrzeit during the Miketz Kenneth Dunphy preceeding week are read November 23-24 Claude Abrams Alan Evenchick at our services on Friday Vayishlach Frema Alper Myrna Fivel nights and Saturdays. Julius Berkowitz Frank Brodie Marilyn Goldstein Billy Bloom Harold Burnham Gustav Hecht Sam (Shloimo) Feder Fern Butler Teena Hendelman In addition to lighting Elimelech Glucksman Mary Chernick Margot Hoexter yahrzeit candle many Sharon Gold Theodore David Conway John Holzman individuals choose to Albert Holtzman Helena Augusta Craig Jessie Kalin make a donation to mark Fanny Holtzman Fannie Garten Bluma Klodawski Samuel David Kalin Joe Ginsberg Mose Korn the observance of a yahr- Olga Laube Cynthia Hartman Chaim Miller zeit. If you would like to Gordon Lauterman Isaac Wolf Jacobson Bert Phillips make a donation to Temple Jane McKeague Stanley Kell Abraham Saslove or sponsor a Kiddush in Thora Pomerantz Raymond Lepine Becky Schrier observance of a loved one, Barney Portigal Tessie Ticktin Mendel Sybil Smith Muriel Rothschild Samuel Noble Aaron Sobel please contact the office. Antoinette Schneiderman Ralph Sternberg Jack Thomas Florence Seligman Fanny Zimmer

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1 23 Cheshvan 2 24 Cheshvan 3 25 Cheshvan

Kabbalat Shabbat Torah Study Shabbat Services Solidarity Shabbat Jonah Wilbur

Bar Mitzvah

26 Cheshvan 27 Cheshvan 28 Cheshvan 29 Cheshvan 30 Cheshvan 1 Kislev 2 Kislev 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Torah Study TIRS TIRS TIRS Kabbalat Shabbat Shabbat Services Morning Minyan Grade 7 leading

Rabbi Garten Pop up Museum TALMUD CLASS JBABY Intro to Talmud 6:30 pm-7:15pm Bring your Own Dinner

Pop up Museum 12:30pm-4pm

3 Kislev Kislevi 5 Kislev 6 Kislev 7 Kislev 8 Kislev Kislev 11 12 4 13 14 15 16 17 9

TIRS Torah Study Kabbalat Shabbat Shabbat Services TIRS TIRS Junior Congregation TALMUD CLASS

18 10 Kislev 19 11 Kislev 20 12 Kislev 21 13 Kislev 22 14 Kislev 23 15 Kislev 24 16 Kislev

Kabbalat Shabbat

TIRS TIRS Morning Minyan TIRS Torah Study AGM 7pm TOTally Shabbat Shabbat Services Books n Bagels TALMUD CLASS

25 17 Kislev 26 18 Kislev 27 19 Kislev 28 20 Kislev 29 21 Kislev 30 22 Kislev

TIRS TIRS TIRS Kabbalat Shabbat

Music Concert TALMUD CLASS 2pm

OUR VISION STATEMENT

Temple Israel is a vibrant and inclusive Jewish community that welcomes all who seek spiritual connection through the sacred values of Torah, prayer, learning, music, Gemilut Chasadim (acts of loving kindness), Tze- dakah (Charity) and Tikkun Olam (healing the world).

As an active member of the , Temple is linked to the Reform movement in North America, Israel and around the world.

Our Sunday Adult Jewish Exploration Program will start again in January Watch the Temple website for more information

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1 23 Kislev

Torah Study

Shabbat Services

2 24 Kislev 3 25 Kislev 4 26 Kislev 5 27 Kislev 6 28 Kislev 7 29 Kislev 8 30 Kislev Torah Study Sky Woman & Senior’s Kabbalat Shabbat Shabbat Services TIRS TIRS TIRS Chanukah 7pm Sisterhood Luncheon 11-1 JK/SC Leading JBABY Challah Bake TALMUD CLASS Bring your Own Dinner

9 1 Tevet 10 2 Tevet 11 3 Tevet 12 4 Tevet 13 5 Tevet 14 6 Tevet 15 7 Tevet

TIRS Torah Study Books n TIRS Morning Minyan Bagels TIRS Kabbalat Shabbat Shabbat Services TALMUD CLASS Junior Congregation

16 8 Tevet 17 9 Tevet 18 10 Tevet 19 11 Tevet 20 12 Tevet 21 13 Tevet 22 14 Tevet

TIRS TIRS TIRS Kabbalat Shabbat Torah Study

TOTally Shabbat Shabbat Services TALMUD CLASS

23 15 Tevet 24 16 Tevet 25 17 Tevet 26 18 Tevet 27 19 Tevet 28 20 Tevet 29 21 Tevet NO SCHOOL NO SCHOOL Morning Minyan NO SCHOOL

30 22 Tevet 31 23 Tevet

Contact us: Temple Israel - 1301 Prince of Wales Drive, Ottawa, ON K2C 1N2 Tel: 613-224-1802 Fax: 613-224-0707 Website: www.templeisraelottawa.ca Senior Rabbi: S. Robert Morais Administration Officer: Cathy Loves [email protected] [email protected]

Rabbi Emeritus: Steven H. Garten TIRS Principal : Sue Potechin [email protected] [email protected]

Executive Director: Heather Parker Cohen Caretaker: Steve Elliott [email protected]

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