Thevoice-Purim2019 WEB

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

Thevoice-Purim2019 WEB The JANUARY/FEBRUARY/MARCH 2019 TEVET/SH'VAT/ADAR I/ADAR II 5779 VOL. 99, Nº 2 HAPPY PURIM! January/February/March 2019 Tevet/Sh'vat/Adar I/Adar II 5779 Senior Rabbi Officers 2018-2019 Lisa J. Grushcow, D. Phil President [email protected] In3 | ThisFrom theIssue Rabbi’s Study Susan Greenberg 4 | En provenance du bureau d’études du rabbin Rabbi Educator [email protected] Ellen Greenspan 5 | President’s Message / Le message de la présidente Immediate Past President [email protected] SP I R itU A L E N G A G E M E N T Denise Grossman 6 | Schedule of Services Rabbi Emeritus Vice Presidents 7 | Just Between Us Leigh Lerner Robert Katz 12 | Shabbat Specials [email protected] Nancy Maklan COMMUN it Y Executive Director Kayla Samuels 8 | News from our Rabbi Educator Shellie Ettinger Neil Wiener 9 | Inclusion at Temple | Purim Carnival [email protected] 10 | Purim | Passover Treasurer 16 | Capital Campaign Assistant to Rabbi Grushcow Michael Tinkler 17 | Next Dor: Temple's Young Adult Group Sally Ayrton Financial Secretary 19 | MoFTY: Temple's Youth Group [email protected] Glen Grossman 21 | Temple Means Music! | Aron Museum Director of Community Engagement Member Connections Honourary Secretary Sari Roston 22 | Temple Snapshots Jewel Lowenstein [email protected] Advisory Representative COMMUNAL CONN E C ti ON S Director of Marketing and 11 | Social Action at Temple Merv Kerman Communications Le ARN I N G A N D G ROW T H Barbara Peisajovich Board of Trustees 13 | Open Doors Institute for Judaism [email protected] David Abramson 14 | Mind, Body & Spirits Aaron Akerman 15 | Intergenerational Programs Music Director Harold Bergman 18 | Programs and Activities at a Glance Rona Nadler Susyn Borer [email protected] Chantal Cohen te MPL E FA M I LY Andrea Forgacs 24 | B'nei Mitzvah Accounting Nicole Ginsberg 26 | New Arrivals | Wedding Couples Emma Cohen Marla Greenspoon Special Birthdays [email protected] Gail Issenman 27 | Milestone Anniversaries | Congratulations Maggie Jacobs New Members | Gift Shop Administrative Assistant Jonathan Levine Adela Muszynska Jean-Claude Levy 28 | Donations Rick Liverman 30 | Yahrzeits [email protected] Mia Mendelssohn 34 | Yizkor Administrative Assistant A.J. Rubineau Advertisers Stephen Schneider Rosie Zizek Hon. Joel Silcoff [email protected] Jordanna Vamos Kenny Wolfe Food Services Rabbi Lisa Grushcow SubmissionsPlease send deadline all submi forssions our fornext the issue Maria Leszuzynska Rabbi Ellen Greenspan Shellie Ettinger next edition of THE VOICE to Building Manager [email protected] Ricky Muise by February 4, 2019. [email protected] TEMPLE EMANU-EL-BETH SHOLOM 4100 Sherbrooke Street West Westmount, QC H3Z 1A5 Telephone: 514-937-3575 Affiliated with the Union Fax: 514-937-7058 for Reform Judaism Email: [email protected] Artwork and layout designed by www.templemontreal.ca Evan Lupovici [email protected] Founded in 1882 / 5642 2 The Voice • hakol JANUARY - MARCH 2019 From the ur Jewish calendar contains four different New ORabbi'sYear’s days: Rosh Hashanah Study is the one that comes first to mind, but there are also three others, designated for cattle, trees, and taxes. I like to think this is because we need new beginnings more than once every twelve months. As I write this, I am feeling that need for a new beginning. You’ll be reading this right around our secular New Year, January 1st, but I’m writing at the very end of October, just after the horrific synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh. It is a sad and disheartening time, and the only comfort is to be found in the solidarity of the Jewish community as we come together, and in the support that is being extended to us from our neighbours of different faiths – including our Syrian families, who were among the first to reach out with their condolences. In difficult times, it is easy to feel powerless. But I am inspired by everyone who continues to show up at Temple and at synagogues around the world for Shabbat, classes, and events; who will not be scared away from their synagogue homes. Because the fact is, synagogues wouldn’t exist without Jews and the people who love them. We wouldn’t be here if you didn’t show up, if you didn’t make this community your own. So we need you. But not just to show up. We need volunteers, people who can help spread the spirit of Temple that has kept us strong for 136 years. Whatever your interests or abilities may be, we have a place and a need for you. Maybe you’d like to bake for our celebrations after services. Maybe you want to visit sick people in hospital, or homebound seniors at home - especially in these long winter months. Maybe you want to lead (or learn how to lead) shiva minyans to comfort mourners, or help organize our spring Mitzvah Morning; to be an usher or greeter at services; or welcome people for classes and events, and sign them in with a smile. Maybe you want to call new members or invite a Jew-by-choice to sit with you at services, or eat at your Shabbat table. Maybe you love stories, and are willing to interview some of our “super seniors,” as we collect their oral histories. Maybe you want to be a docent at the museum or for the educational tour groups that come to Temple, or to volunteer at our gift shop. It’s even not too late to help with our Purim shpiel for those who are dramatically inclined, or our Purim carnival, for those who have always wanted to learn to operate a cotton- candy machine! There are countless ways you can make a real difference in the life of the synagogue, our members, and our community beyond the Temple’s walls. It would be an honour for me, Rabbi Greenspan, Sari Roston (our Director of Community Engagement), or any member of the Temple team to sit down with you for a conversation, and to help you find the right place to get involved. In this new year of 2019, it could be a whole new beginning. The synagogue which was attacked in Pittsburgh is called Tree of Life – etzchayim. The name comes from the line in our Torah service: “[Torah] is a tree of life to those who hold on to it.” As the days stay short and we feel the darkness, I encourage you to add life and light. B’shalom, Rabbi Lisa J. Grushcow. D. Phil [email protected] www.templemontreal.ca Dedicated. Dynamic. Diverse. 3 En provenance du bureau d’études du otre calendrier juif contient quatre différentes journées consacrées au Nouvel An : NrabbinRosh Hashanah est bien entendu celle à laquelle nous pensons d’abord, mais il y en a trois autres. Une dédiée aux bétails, une autre aux arbres et enfin une dernière aux impôts. J’aime à penser que c’est parce que nous avons besoin de renouveaux, et ce, plus d’une fois tous les douze mois. En écrivant ces lignes, je ressens le besoin d’un nouveau départ. Lorsque vous lirez ceci, ce sera autour du 1er janvier, le Nouvel An séculier. Or, je rédige ces lignes à la toute fin du mois d’octobre à la suite de la terrible fusillade qui a eu lieu dans une synagogue de Pittsburgh. L’époque dans laquelle nous vivons est triste et désolante, notre seul réconfort réside dans la création de liens de solidarité entre les différentes communautés juives ainsi qu’avec le soutien offert par nos voisins provenant de différentes croyances et appartenances. Parmi ceux-ci, je souligne que nos familles syriennes ont été parmi les premières à nous transmettre leurs condoléances. En période difficile, il nous arrive de nous sentir impuissants et dépassés. Mais les gens, qui continuent à venir célébrer Shabbat, à suivre des cours et à participer à différents événements que ce soit à notre Temple ou dans d’autres synagogues autour du monde, m’inspirent et me motivent, car la peur ne les empêche pas de fréquenter leurs synagogues. Car le fait est que sans la présence des Juifs et des gens qui les aiment, les synagogues n’existeraient tout simplement pas. Nous n’aurions pas de raison d’être sans votre présence et sans votre participation à la création de notre communauté. Alors, nous avons besoin de vous. Non seulement de votre présence, mais aussi, et sinon plus, de votre engagement. Nous avons besoin de bénévoles, de gens prêts à faire rayonner et à diffuser l’esprit qui nous renforce depuis les 137 années d’existence du Temple. Peu importe vos champs d’intérêts et vos habiletés, nous avons une place pour vous et nous avons besoin de vous. Peut-être avez-vous envie de préparer de petites douceurs qui agrémenteront nos célébrations se tenant après les services ? Peut-être que visiter des personnes malades et esseulées dans les hôpitaux ou dans les centres de soins de longue durée pour personnes âgées vous rejoint davantage, spécialement durant les longs mois d’hiver à venir ? Aimeriez-vous guider ou apprendre à guider un Shiva minyans afin de réconforter les personnes endeuillées ? Donner un coup de main à l’organisation et au bon fonctionnement de nos Mitzvah Matin au printemps ? Ou encore accueillir et placer dans les gens durant les services ? Accueillir les visiteurs participant à nos cours et à nos événements est une belle occasion d’ouvrir nos portes avec un large sourire. Et ce n’est pas tout ! Vous pouvez également demander à un nouveau membre ou à un nouveau Juif-par-choix de s’asseoir à vos côtés durant le service ou de manger à votre table de Shabbat.
Recommended publications
  • Dorot: the Mcgill Undergraduate Journal of Jewish Studies Volume 15
    Dorot: The McGill Undergraduate Journal of Jewish Studies Volume 15 – 2016 D O R O T: The McGill Undergraduate Journal of Jewish Studies D O R O T: The McGill Undergraduate Journal of Jewish Studies Published by The Jewish Studies Students’ Association of McGill University Volume 15 2016 Copyright © 2016 by the Jewish Studies Students’ Association of McGill University. All rights reserved. Printed in Canada. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. The opinions expressed herein are solely those of the authors included. They do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Jewish Studies or the Jewish Studies Students’ Association. ISSN 1913-2409 This is an annual publication of the Jewish Studies Students’ Association of McGill University. All correspondence should be sent to: 855 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2T7 Editor in Chief Caroline Bedard Assistant Editors Akiva Blander Rayna Lew Copy Editors Lindsay MacInnis Patricia Neijens Cover Page Art Jennifer Guan 12 Table of Contents Preface i Introduction v To Emerge From the Ghetto Twice: Anti-Semitism and 1 the Search for Jewish Identity in Post-War Montreal Literature Madeleine Gomery The Origins of Mizrahi Socio-Political Consciousness 21 Alon Faitelis The “Israelization” of Rock Music and Political Dissent 38 Through Song Mason Brenhouse Grace Paley’s Exploration of Identity 54 Madeleine Gottesman The Failure of Liberal Politics in Vienna: 71 Alienation and Jewish Responses at the Fin-de-Siècle Jesse Kaminski Author Profiles 105 Preface Editor-in-chief, Caroline Bedard, and five contributors put together a terrific new issue of Dorot, the undergraduate journal of McGill’s Department of Jewish Studies.
    [Show full text]
  • Federation to Hold “Conversation with Michael Oren” on Nov. 30
    November 6-19, 2020 Published by the Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton Volume XLIX, Number 36 BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK Federation to hold “Conversation with Michael Oren” on Nov. 30 By Reporter staff said Shelley Hubal, executive “delightful.” Liel Leibovitz, an Oren served as Israel’s ambassador to The Jewish Federation of Greater Bing- director of the Federation. “I Israeli-American journalist and the United States for almost five years hamton will hold a virtual “Conversation look forward to learning how author, wrote that “Oren delivers before becoming a member of Knesset and with Michael Oren” about his new book of he came to write the many sto- a heartfelt and heartbreaking deputy minister in the Prime Minister’s short stories, “The Night Archer and Other ries that appear in his book. I account of who we are as a spe- Office. Oren is a graduate of Princeton Stories,” on Monday, November 30, at would also like to thank Rabbi cies – flawed, fearful, and lonely and Columbia universities. He has been noon. Dora Polachek, associate professor of Barbara Goldman-Wartell for but always open-hearted, always a visiting professor at Harvard, Yale and romance languages and literatures at Bing- alerting us to this opportunity.” trusting that transcendence is Georgetown universities. In addition to hamton University, will moderate. There is Best-selling author Daniel possible, if not imminent.” (For holding four honorary doctorates, he was no cost for the event, but pre-registration Silva called “The Night Archer The Reporter’s review of the awarded the Statesman of the Year Medal is required and can be made at the Feder- and Other Stories” “an extraor- book, see page 4.) by the Washington Institute for Near East ation website, www.jfgb.org.
    [Show full text]
  • Yoni Rechter
    Yoni Rechter Teev Events Inc. 16501 Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA 91436 Tel (818) 483-8818, Fax (818) 482-2708 www.teev.com Biography Composer, pianist, singer and arranger, Yoni Rechter has made a major contribution to Israeli music in a career spanning more than 40 years, and is considered among Israel’s most important musicians. In the dozens of songs that Yoni composed, he created a wide variety of styles, incorporating numerous influences, from Sixties pop (mostly Beatles) to Jazz, Israeli to classical, east and west, into a fascinating personal statement. Rechter always composes with originality, great sensitivity to text, and for the best performers. He is considered the mark of quality and integrity in Israeli music. Yoni’s music is sophisticated and ever unexpected, constantly shifts tones and beats, and his classical piano training is evident. Many of his compositions have become staples of Israeli music, and one has on several occasions been voted the most popular Israeli song of all times. Yoni has worked closely with many of Israel’s top artists, including Arik Einstein, Gidi Gov, and Yehudit Ravitz. Perhaps his two most well-known collaborations are the legendary Kaveret group (a.k.a. Poogy), and Hakeves Ha-16 (The 16th Sheep), released in 1978 and still Israel’s most-popular album of children’s songs. A sought-after musical director, producer and arranger, Yoni has worked on numerous musicals, films, dance and albums. Rechter has also written classical music, and the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra performed a concert dedicated to his songs and compositions. Hebrew University, Honoris causa Born in Tel Aviv, Yoni started playing piano at the age of 7, and decided to be a musician at age 12 when he discovered the Beatles.
    [Show full text]
  • 9, 2015 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom Abstracts
    Volume 23 Supplement 1 June 2015 www.nature.com/ejhg European Human Genetics Conference 2015 June 6 - 9, 2015 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom Abstracts EJHG_OFC.indd 1 4/1/2006 10:58:05 AM ABSTRACTS European Human Genetics Conference joint with the British Society of Genetics Medicine June 6 - 9, 2015 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom Abstracts ESHG 2015 | GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, UK | WWW.ESHG.ORG 1 ABSTRACTS Committees – Board - Organisation European Society of Human Genetics ESHG Office Executive Board 2014-2015 Scientific Programme Committee European Society President Chair of Human Genetics Helena Kääriäinen, FI Brunhilde Wirth, DE Andrea Robinson Vice-President Members Karin Knob Han Brunner, NL Tara Clancy, UK c/o Vienna Medical Academy Martina Cornel, NL Alser Strasse 4 President-Elect Yanick Crow, FR 1090 Vienna Feliciano Ramos, ES Paul de Bakker, NL Austria Secretary-General Helene Dollfus, FR T: 0043 1 405 13 83 20 or 35 Gunnar Houge, NO David FitzPatrick, UK F: 0043 1 407 82 74 Maurizio Genuardi, IT E: [email protected] Deputy-Secretary-General Daniel Grinberg, ES www.eshg.org Karin Writzl, SI Gunnar Houge, NO Treasurer Erik Iwarsson, SE Andrew Read, UK Xavier Jeunemaitre, FR Mark Longmuir, UK Executive Officer Jose C. Machado, PT Jerome del Picchia, AT Dominic McMullan, UK Giovanni Neri, IT William Newman, UK Minna Nyström, FI Pia Ostergaard, UK Francesc Palau, ES Anita Rauch, CH Samuli Ripatti, FI Peter N. Robinson, DE Kristel van Steen, BE Joris Veltman, NL Joris Vermeesch, BE Emma Woodward, UK Karin Writzl, SI Board Members Liaison Members Yasemin Alanay, TR Stan Lyonnet, FR Martina Cornel, NL Martijn Breuning, NL Julie McGaughran, AU Ulf Kristoffersson, SE Pascal Borry, BE Bela Melegh, HU Thomas Liehr, DE Nina Canki-Klain, HR Will Newman, UK Milan Macek Jr., CZ Ana Carrió, ES Markus Nöthen, DE Tayfun Ozcelik, TR Isabella Ceccherini, IT Markus Perola, FI Milena Paneque, PT Angus John Clarke, UK Dijana Plaseska-Karanfilska, MK Hans Scheffer, NL Koen Devriendt, BE Trine E.
    [Show full text]
  • RRC Annual Report 2008 Layout
    Ex panding Our Dialogue Colleagues of Other Faiths “House of Israel” in Ghana Spiritual Searchers in Northern California Also: RRC Launches Mission, Vision, Values Statement 2008 Annual Report A Message From the President By Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz uring the time I served as the rabbi for Bnai Keshet in Montclair, NJ, a local Baptist church closed its doors. Our synagogue had just put up a new building, and the church decided to donate some of their cash assets to us. I remember thinking at the time how astounded my ancestors would have D been. I had grown up with family stories of pogroms, with Christian symbols used to incite violence. And now, not so many years later, my synagogue was receiving a large cash gift from, of all places, a church. Yet now, for Reconstructionist Jews, that turn of events may seem fairly natural. In the movement’s foundational years, Mordecai M. Kaplan shaped the ideological basis for a changed relationship with other peoples and other religions: Judaism is not God’s chosen religion, and Jews are not the chosen people. Because we don’t have a monopoly on truth, we should seek to learn from diverse religious traditions and communities. Our special obligations toward the Jewish community should inspire us to work for the betterment of others. And so we actively seek to bring our message—a message of religious tolerance combined with religious passion—to others. We seek to be emissaries for peaceful, creative and engaged coexistence among peoples and religions. And we seek to bring cultural change to the Jewish community by sharing our unique approach to Jewish life.
    [Show full text]
  • ¿La Hora De La Diplomacia?
    Año 63 | # 974 | Diciembre 2013/Enero 2014 | $ 10,00.- ATENTADO A LA AMIA: 232 MESES SIN JUSTICIA Periodismo judeoargentino con compromiso Fundado en 1948 Relaciones Occidente-Irán- Medio Oriente ¿La hora de la Diplomacia? Escriben: Ricardo Aronskind, Damián Svalb y Carlos Escudé 30 años de democracia en Argentina “Entre esperanzas, explosiones, festejos y dilemas” por Guillermo Levy | Pag. 10 Entrevista a Luis Tonelli, director de la carrera de Ciencia Política de la UBA Pag. 9 “El día en que Hashomer Hatzair copó la plaza” , por Jonatan Lipsky | Pag. 14 “En Israel: muchos Madibas, ningún Mandela” , por Rodrigo “Afro” Remenik | Pag. 20 Diciembre 2013 - Enero 2014 Periodismo judeoargentino con compromiso | Staff-Humor 2 NUEVA SION #974 Sumario Chau 2013, otro año STAFF/HUMOR 2 EDITORIAL 3 que pasó y no volverá MEDIO ORIENTE 4 | 6 ARGENTINA 7 | 11 Por Por Roberto Moldavsky ISRAEL 12 | 13 relato contra la grieta, Lilita contra Moreno, Ventura contra Lanata y para terminar de hundir - COMUNITARIAS 14 | 16 Sacando los comerciantes del Once y Flores, todo nos la inconcebible separación de Wanda Nara y CULTURA 16 | 19 el resto de los humanos intentamos hacer un Maxi, el país esta dividido en 2 y encima Icardi balance en esta época del año y tratar de entender profundiza la división. REFLEXIONES 20 que pasó y donde estamos parados o acostados como mi caso. En el ámbito judío seguimos luchando, acá entre Duran Barba y los descerebrados que Sin duda, la noticia mas importante del irrumpieron en la catedral le dieron laburo a la año vino de Roma
    [Show full text]
  • From the Rabbi
    WINTER NOVEMBER 2017-FEBRUARY 2018 Chai Lights CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL • BERKELEY From the Rabbi Questions & Answers: Halakha This year during our very joyous celebrations of Simchat Torah, we had the unique P.9-10 opportunity to honor some of our shul’s most devoted life-long learners: Bella Barany, Yaakov Harari, Jory Gessow, and Preston Grant. Each has exemplified an unrelenting Preston Grant has been an independ- Laws of Chanukah attachment to Torah learning and ex- ent learner of Tanach for many years. P.11-12 hibited their resolute commitment to If you visit his home office, you will mastering areas of Torah study. quickly be struck by various charts, hanging around the room, which out- In my eleven years at CBI, I can line the literary structure of several hardly identify a single class that was chapters and books of Tanach. This not attended by Bella Barany as well is in keeping with Preston’s deep in- as by Yaakov Harari. Bella, as some volvement in CBI’s class on Psalms Gan Shalom P.04 know, learns at CBI’s Beit Midrash on that took place in our community long a daily basis, sometimes with a study ago, as well as Preston’s critical in- New Members P.06-07 partner and sometimes on her own. volvement in helping to create and launch M. Victoria Sutton’s classes on CBI Classes P.14-15 Besides attending classes at CBI, it the books of Tanach. seems like Yaakov attends any Jew- Calendar P.16-18 ish-related lecture at UC Berkeley as On the Shabbat right after Simchat well as other local Jewish institutions.
    [Show full text]
  • Identity, Spectacle and Representation: Israeli Entries at the Eurovision
    Identity, spectacle and representation: Israeli entries at the Eurovision Song Contest1 Identidad, espectáculo y representación: las candidaturas de Israel en el Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión José Luis Panea holds a Degree in Fine Arts (University of Salamanca, 2013), and has interchange stays at Univer- sity of Lisbon and University of Barcelona. Master’s degree in Art and Visual Practices Research at University of Castilla-La Mancha with End of Studies Special Prize (2014) and Pre-PhD contract in the research project ARES (www.aresvisuals.net). Editor of the volume Secuencias de la experiencia, estadios de lo visible. Aproximaciones al videoarte español 2017) with Ana Martínez-Collado. Aesthetic of Modernity teacher and writer in several re- views especially about his research line ‘Identity politics at the Eurovision Song Contest’. Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, España. [email protected] ORCID: 0000-0002-8989-9547 Recibido: 01/08/2018 - Aceptado: 14/11/2018 Received: 01/08/2018 - Accepted: 14/11/2018 Abstract: Resumen: Through a sophisticated investment, both capital and symbolic, A partir de una sofisticada inversión, capital y simbólica, el Festival the Eurovision Song Contest generates annually a unique audio- de Eurovisión genera anualmente un espectáculo audiovisual en la ISSN: 1696-019X / e-ISSN: 2386-3978 visual spectacle, debating concepts as well as community, televisión pública problematizando conceptos como “comunidad”, Europeanness or cultural identity. Following the recent researches “Europeidad” e “identidad cultural”. Siguiendo las investigaciones re- from the An-glo-Saxon ambit, we will research different editions of cientes en el ámbito anglosajón, recorreremos sus distintas ediciones the show.
    [Show full text]
  • Transdenominational MA in Jewish Music Program, Preparing
    THIS IS THE INSIDE FRONT COVER EDITOR: Joseph A. Levine ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Richard Berlin EDITORIAL BOARD Rona Black, Shoshana Brown, Geoffrey Goldberg, Charles Heller, Kimberly Komrad, Sheldon Levin, Laurence Loeb, Judy Meyersberg, Ruth Ross, Neil Schwartz, Anita Schubert, Sam Weiss, Yossi Zucker TheJournal of Synagogue Music is published annually by the Cantors As- sembly. It offers articles and music of broad interest to theh azzan and other Jewish professionals. Submissions of any length from 1,000 to 10,000 words will be consid ered. GUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTING MATERIAL All contributions and communications should be sent to the Editor, Dr. Joseph A. Levine—[email protected]—as a Word docu- ment, with a brief biography of the author appended. Musical and/or graphic material should be formatted and inserted within the Word document. Footnotes are used rather than endnotes, and should conform to the fol- lowing style: A - Abraham Idelsohn, Jewish Liturgy (New York: Henry Holt), 1932: 244. B - Samuel Rosenbaum, “Congregational Singing”; Proceedings of the Cantors Assembly Convention (New York: Jewish Theological Seminary), February 22, 1949: 9-11. Layout by Prose & Con Spirito, Inc., Cover design and Printing by Replica. © Copyright 2009 by the Cantors Assembly. ISSN 0449-5128 ii FROM THE EDITOR: The Issue of Niggunim in Worship: Too Much of a Good Thing? ..................................................4 THE NEO-HASIDIC REVIVAL AT 50 Music as a Spiritual Process in the Teachings of Rav Nahman of Bratslav Chani Haran Smith. 8 The Hasidic Niggun: Ethos and Melos of a Folk Liturgy Hanoch Avenary . 48 Carlebach, Neo-Hasidic Music and Liturgical Practice Sam Weiss.
    [Show full text]
  • Town Crier Upton & Mendon, Massachusetts
    PRSRT STD PRSRT PAID US POSTAGE #35 PERMIT MA UPTON, 01568 TOWN CRIER UPTON & MENDON, MASSACHUSETTS January 17, 2020 | Vol. 29 No. 1 | www.TownCrier.us | 508-529-7791 POSTAL PATRON POSTAL CAR-RT-SORT WS MA 01568 UPTON, The Upton & Mendon Town Crier Town Mendon & Upton The Inc. Crier Publications, Town Street 48 Mechanic MA 01568 Upton, Est. 1993 • Mailed FREE to all 5,800 addresses in Upton and Mendon Where Has Winter Gone? Basking in warm, almost summer like temperatures occur in mid- and late January and early February.” the weekend of January 11-12, area residents could be Looking ahead to spring, the almanac predicts, asking what happened to winter this year? The local “April and May will be warmer than normal, with area experienced its deepest snowfall of the season precipitation near normal in the north [southern New during the first few days of December accumulating England] and above normal in the south.” about a foot of the white stuff. Since then there have The heat and rain continues in for the rest of the been small snow storms, ice and a lot of rain. year. It states, “Summer will be hotter and rainier than According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac the rest normal, with the hottest periods in mid-July and early of the winter weather will be similar to what has to mid-August. September and October will be warmer already occurred. Its prediction for the next few and rainier than normal, with a tropical storm threat weeks in southern New England and the Atlantic in early to mid-October.” corridor, which stretches from Boston down the coast So if the predictions are right, get ready for snow to Richmond, Va., states, “Winter temperatures will during the next couple of weeks and then be prepared be much above normal, on average, with the coldest for a rainy 2020.
    [Show full text]
  • Poles Who Rescued Jews During the Holocaust Recalling Forgotten History
    Poles who rescued Jews Polacy ratujàcy ˚ydówduring the Holocaust Album towarzyszy ceremonii uhonorowania Sprawiedliwych organizowanej w Warszawie przez Kancelari´ Prezydenta w czasie Zag∏ady Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej we wspó∏pracy z Ministerstwem Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego oraz Muzeum Historii ˚ydów Polskich Recalling Forgotten This publication accompanies the ceremony of honouring the Righteous, organized by the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Museum of the History of Polish Jews PrzywracanieHistory pami´ci Chancellery Kancelariaof the President Prezydentaof the Republic Rzeczypospolitejof Poland PolskiejWarsaw WarszawaNovember Listopad2008 2008 r. 20 08 Muzeum Historii ˚ydów Polskich Museum of the History of Polish Jews Medal: 1992. Osoby, którym udzieli∏a pomocy: / Medal: 1992. People she helped: Poles who rescued Jews Polacy ratujàcy ˚ydówduring the Holocaust w czasie Zag∏ady Recalling Forgotten PrzywracanieHistory pami´ci Medal: 1992. Osoby, którym udzieli∏a pomocy: / Medal: 1992. People she helped: Poles who rescued Jews Polacy ratujàcy ˚ydówduring the Holocaust w czasie Zag∏ady Recalling Forgotten PrzywracanieHistory pami´ci Chancellery Kancelariaof the President Prezydentaof the Republic Rzeczypospolitejof Poland PolskiejWarsaw WarszawaNovember Listopad2008 2008 r. Muzeum Historii ˚ydów Polskich Museum of the History of Polish Jews Szanowni Paƒstwo, Ladies and Gentlemen, 5. Po raz drugi spotykamy si´ w Warszawie, by przywróciç pami´ç It is now the second time that we meet in Warsaw to revive the memory of Poles saving Jews o Polakach ratujàcych ˚ydów w czasie Zag∏ady. Podczas II wojny during the Holocaust. In World War II, when each Pole was faced with deadly threat in the occupied Êwiatowej, kiedy ka˝dy Polak móg∏ zginàç w okupowanej Polsce, a ka˝dy Poland and any Jewish person was as good as sentenced to death there were the Rescuers, the saviors.
    [Show full text]
  • Habonim Dror Shnat UK 2016-17 Information Booklet
    Habonim Dror Shnat UK 2016-17 Information Booklet Shnat 14/15 Shnat 15/16 2 Habonim Dror Shnat UK 2016-17 Information Booklet TABLE OF CONTENTS WHAT IS SHNAT & WHY GO ON IT? .................................................................................................................... 5 Program Component: Boneh............................................................................................................................... 7 Central Educational Contents and Components ............................................................................................ 8 Special programming ..................................................................................................................................... 10 Community, Group AND RESPONSIBILITY .................................................................................................... 11 Program Component: Kaveret .......................................................................................................................... 13 Messima ......................................................................................................................................................... 14 KvutZah ........................................................................................................................................................... 15 Program Component: Poland ............................................................................................................................ 17 Yearly Events and Program Innovations ..........................................................................................................
    [Show full text]