BH Gold Coast Hebrew Congregation Newsletter Menachem-Av/Elul 5775 - August, 2015 Holy Temple & Jerusalem by Artist Baruch Nachshon MAIN CONTENT PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE We are now very close to PAGE 2 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE our AGM and I hope that you have already renewed PAGE 3 SYNAGOGUE NOTICES your membership for this PAGE 3 GUIDE FOR JEWISH EDUCATION coming year, if not, please call our office ASAP. PAGE 4 A WORD FROM OUR RABBI Prior to our AGM, it would PAGE 5 WOMEN’S BREAKFAST EVENT be great if some of you PAGE 6 MOVIE NIGHT AT OUR HALL decide to join our board of management this year. We still have no nominations for PAGE 7 ISRAEL - THE IRAN DEAL Treasurer and Vice-President so please put your hand up PAGE 8 ASK THE RABBI for the job. PAGE 9 JONATHAN POLLARD This year again I will make myself available for the position of President, this is of course if there is nobody PAGE 9 ARTS & CULTURE - JERRY LEWIS else to take this position. It has been a privilege for me PAGE 10 INTERNET FOR SENIORS to serve our Congregation during all these years. PAGE 11 SPIRITUALITY - MONEY TALKS This year will be a very eventful year for us all. Starting with, I believe the most exciting of all, our Shule hosting PAGE 12 FAMILY - KIDS TO LOVE OTHERS the 'Anne Frank Exhibition'. The exhibition will be on PAGE 13 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT display at our Katranski Hall for 5 weeks, from the end of October to the 1st of December. You will soon receive a PAGE 14 HEROES IN OUR MIDST personal invitation as a member of the Congregation for the official opening event of the exhibition. PAGE 16 ANNE FRANK EXHIBITION PAGE 18 CHARLIE CHAPLIN JEWISH IDENTITY Our evening with our dear friend Ari Sacher who related to us about the 'Iron Dome' Missile defence system was PAGE 19 OMAR SHARIF & THE JEWS a great success, we thank Ari for his inspiring PAGE 20 HEALTH - SLEEP DISORDER presentation. PAGE 22 MI-SHEBERECH PRAYER LIST We also held a fun and educational Camp Gan Izzy for our communal children over the school holiday. We PAGE 23 NEW LECTURE SERIES thank our youth leaders Shterna Gurevitch and Chana PAGE 24 LAUGHTER - THE BEST MEDICINE Ben-Amu for their dedication and giving the children a memorable experience. PAGE 25 CHEF’S CORNER The upcoming function for the ladies in our community PAGE 26 BOOK REVIEW is our "Annual Mikveh Breakfast" to be held on Sunday PAGE 27 ADVERTISEMENTS the 9th of August at 8:00am. Please check the flyer on page 5 for more information. PAGE 28 SUNSHINE CLUB FOR SENIORS On Sunday the 16th August we are holding our AGM PAGE 29 PHOTO PAGES followed by a very inspiring movie ‘Above and Beyond PAGE 31 SHULE ANNOUNCEMENTS un Boy Run’ and a light supper. This will follow the New Year Chagim period with Rosh-Hashanah, Yom-Kippur, Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah. As you can see, Baruch Hashem, we have plenty of Simchas ahead. The articles printed in this magazine are not necessarily the views or policies of the GCHC David Rebibou pyright © 2015 President GCHC The Gold Coast Hebrew Congregation Newsletter 2 Menachem–Av 5775 - August 2015 Edition SYNAGOGUE NOTICES THE GUIDE FOR JEWISH EDUCATION FOR ALL AGES OFFICE HOURS Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: 8:30am – 1:00pm Monday - weekly at 7:30pm - Assorted Topics and Kabbalah @ the Shule’s Katranski Hall SHOP HOURS Shop is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday: Thursday Talmud class - 7:00pm at the Rabbi’s 9:30am – 1:00pm home. SERVICE TIMES Shabbat afternoon Topical insights: @ 6:00pm WEEKDAYS Personalised learning with the Rabbi - Please tel. Shacharit: Monday & Thursday - 6:30am Rabbi Gurevitch 0419 392 818 Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday - 6:55am Women Learning Classes with RebbetZin Dina SHABBAT Gurevitch- Please tel. 0405 100 149 Kabbalat Shabbat: Friday at 5:15pm Shacharit: 9:00am. Shiur class at 8:40am Women Rosh Chodesh Group - takes place every Mincha and Ma’ariv: 5:15pm Jewish new month where women of all SUNDAY AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS backgrounds and affiliation come together to Shacharit: 8:00am learn, schmooze and enjoy a scrumptious supper Mincha and Ma’ariv: 5:15pm and interesting speaker. To join us please contact our office on 5570 1851 or Rebbetzin Dina Gurevitch on 0405 100 149 THE GOLD COAST HEBREW CONGREGATION After School Cheder - Every Sunday during school term from 9:30am - 11:30am. For ages ADDRESS 5-13 34 Hamilton Ave, Surfers Paradise P.O. Box 133. Surfers Paradise Q 4217 At Gold Coast Hebrew Congregation. 35 Markwell Ave entrance, Surfers Paradise OFFICE Administrator - Belinda Werb During your school hours - We come to you Phone: 5570 1851 Fax 5538 6712 Email: [email protected] Surfers Paradise State School - Every Wednesday @ 11:50am RABBI NIR GUREVITCH Mobile: 0419 392 818 Benowa State School - Every Friday @ 10:00am Email: [email protected] Bellevue Park State School - Every Thursday @ PRESIDENT 1:55pm David Rebibou Email: [email protected] Phone: 0449 988 398 WEBSITE: http://www.goldcoasthc.org.au 3 Precision Measurements For a builder, the tape measure is critical; so too when we are building G-dliness and goodness into the world, we must use the tape measure of the soul. What does this mean? It means we have to be careful with our abilities and talents, to be conscientious with our opportunities, not to waste the smallest particular of who we are and what we can do. We must use what G-d has given us in the fullest measure, to the last iota, and for the G-d given purpose of serving the Creator. When fulfilling a mitzva (commandment), it must be done down to the last detail, going the extra step ( known as hiddur, or beautifying, the mitzva). The same precise measurements apply to our use of time - whatever we're doing, we can use every moment to serve G-d. We can conduct our business in an ethical manner, we can converse without speaking badly of another person, we can eat and drink kosher food after Have you ever tried to build a bookcase? What about having recited a blessing over the food. We can relax and put a bike together? Maybe you're trying to replace sleep knowing that after resting we will be reinvigorated some widget in an appliance. Hang wallpaper or retile a to serve G-d in a complete and precise manner. room. Maybe you're more ambitious, and you're putting an addition on your house. If we've measured out our activities for twenty three hours and fifty-nine minutes - allotting exactly the right Whatever you're building or repairing, you know that to portion of it to prayer, to study, to mitzvos, to work, to build or construct properly, you need to measure eating, sleeping and relaxing, as necessary - we still can't precisely. Very precisely. If the measurements are off allow ourselves to waste that last minute. even a fraction of an inch, a smidgen of a millimeter, the whole project could fall apart. This applies not only to ourselves, but to our part of the world, our sphere of influence and contact with others, Edges have to match; nuts-washers-screws have to be and our activity with and use of the material of the earth. the same size and the right size. A misaligned window, even slightly, and all sorts of leaks can start. When each of us uses our G-d-given abilities precisely and accu-rately, to elevate ourselves and our surroundings, so In a sense, every Jew is a master builder, and a precision that no speck or scrap is left over, superfluous, extra or engineer. For we are commanded "build Me a sanctuary, unused, then we, and others, and the world itself fulfill that I may dwell among them." Just as the sanctuary the mission and task of creation, to transform the world made of stone and other material had to be built to the into a dwelling place - a properly and precisely built exact measurements and specific detail, so too each of dwelling place - for G-dliness. us must build our "mini-Sanctuary" - our lives and our section of the world according to the specifications in our "instruction manual," the Torah. 4 5 Sunday night at the movies Screening one of the most uplifting movies of hope and spirit. Would you risk everything - your future, your citiZenship, even your life - to help a brother in need? In 1948, just three years after the liberation of Nazi death camps, a group of Jewish American pilots answered a call for help. In secret and at great personal risk, they smuggled planes out of the U.S., trained behind the Iron Curtain in Czechoslovakia and flew for Israel in its War of Independence. As members of Machal – “volunteers from abroad” – this ragtag band of brothers not only turned the tide of the war; they also embarked on personal journeys of discovery and renewed Jewish pride. ABOVE AND BEYOND is their story. Sunday, 16 August, 2015 Time: 6:00pm Following the AGM For information & Booking please contact our office: Tel. 5570 1851 ABOVE AND BEYOND In 1948, a group of World War II pilots volunteered to fight for Israel in the War of Independence. As members of 'Machal' -- volunteers from abroad -- this ragtag band of brothers not only turned the tide of the war, preventing the possible annihilation of Israel at the very moment of its birth; they also laid the groundwork for the Israeli Air Force.