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BULLETIN

HIGH HOLY DAYS 2016/5777

VOLUME 89 NUMBER 01
SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 – DECEMBER 10, 2016 | 8 ELUL 5776 – 10 KISLEV 5777

SHAAR FAMILY
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

The Shaar Family Capital Campaign has been under way for over a time of grief brought a sense of comfort and support that was very
year. During this time, our team of fundraisers have met with many much needed, and how the Shaar has provided a social network for
donors and we have come to a conclusion: this campaign is full of someone with no family in Montreal.
surprises.
Some of our donors have a love for the Shaar that was started by
As you know, the primary goal of the Shaar Family Capital Campaign their parents, grandparents and maybe even great-grandparents.
is to raise money to repair our deteriorating infrastructure. Our What is surprising, however, is that many of our donors are also
House Committee examined every nook and cranny of our nearly new members - lacking this multigenerational history that often
100-year-old building and amassed a list of the most urgent and underlines the “Shaar connection.” What’s more, many are young
critical repairs. families and young professionals who are active, engaged and proud
to invest in our future.
Our fundraisers met with the House Committee to learn about these
issues in great detail, so we would be prepared to present our case to Our experiences with members have reinforced the fact that this is
donors as to why our synagogue needs funding. But to our surprise, a family campaign. Their stories get to the heart of the campaign’s
our donors presented their case to us – their case for why the Shaar mission and we are moved by the outpouring of support. Our
is important to them, how it has positively impacted their family, and members inspire us and we look forward to meeting with many more
why its preservation matters. of you.

We heard all types of uplifting stories. We heard a story about how Our deepest gratitude to our Campaign Chair Michael Cape, Marvin
the Bar Mitzvah process inspired a deeper connection to Judaism Corber, and all the members of our fantastic fundraising team.
within the parents; how our after-school youth program motivated
a pre-teen to get involved in more Jewish groups; how our Shabbat
dinners lead to newfound friendships; how visits from the Clergy in a

HOUSE COMMITTEE

WHERE WE ARE SO FAR

COMPLETED IN PROGRESS NEXT

Ventilation, air conditioning and controls Upgrades to security system/ Sanctuary windows and walls
Roofing Closed Circuit TV Sanctuary balcony
Lighting Chapel redesign
Exterior brick work
Upgrades to fire system Côte-Saint-Antoine Lobby
Professional management fees Côte-Saint-Antoine Plaza

Enriched Jewish life and learning

Total Raised to Date: $5 ,200,416 Goal: $8,500,000

For more information on the campaign, or to request a brochure please contact the office at 514.937.9474 ext 135
To view our latest video updates, visit shaarhashomayim.org/campaign

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RABBI’S REFLECTIONS

The story is told about a man who once wrote a As we searched, the above teaching was ever-present. The mandate of
letter to a rabbi. The letter said, “I would like your our clergy team, and the ritual director in particular, is to utilize the ritual
help. I would like to be more successful. I would like moments – be they lifecycle or calendar-based – to make our members
to be a better person. I find it difficult to achieve my feel at home, welcomed, and loved. We live and work by the mandate that
goals. I would appreciate any advice you could give when our congregation has the opportunity to honour others, then we, too,
me.” are honoured.

The rabbi’s response to this letter was insightful and I am thrilled to report that our search committee’s mission was a resounding
penetrating. The rabbi simply circled the first word success. In January, 2017, we will be welcoming Yossi Even-Hen as the
in every sentence, and he sent the letter back to newest member of our Shaar clergy. He is well-known to so many in the
the man. Of course, the words that had been circled broader Montreal Jewish community, and I am confident that his unique
were all the same: ‘I.’ The message was clear: you have a tendency to put combination of dignified professionalism and energetic warmth will be a
yourself first; if you want to succeed, put others before you. wonderful addition to the Shaar family.

The Talmud teaches a similar lesson. It says, “One who prays for one’s friend, Our congregation extends its gratitude to honorary Shaar president,
and is in need of that same request, will be answered first.” That is, the most Jonathan Schneiderman, who chaired the search committee, and to Rabbi
effective way to achieve blessing is to sincerely wish blessing upon another David Woolfson, who – as he prepares to accept the title of Ritual Director
person. Emeritus – continues to be a source of inspiration, integrity, and friendship
amongst our clergy and in the Shaar community at large.
This teaching stands at the core of the Shaar’s history and philosophy.
As a community, we are invested in each other’s successes, and pained In our 170th year, we have been blessed with an extraordinary history and
by the suffering experienced by other members of our community. We a promising future. I look forward to sharing many moments of connection
acknowledge that every moment we share is an opportunity to help and growth in the year ahead, as we embrace the unique opportunities that
someone else, and every service and program we have promotes this value: being a member of our Shaar community affords us.
if I can be there for Someone else, then I, too, will be blessed.
Abby, Aviya, Ayelet, Annael, Allegra, and Arella join me in wishing the Shaar
Over the past few months, our congregation conducted a search for a new family a k’tivah v’chatimah tovah and a year of health, sweetness, and blessing.
Ritual Director. With Rabbi Woolfson’s impending retirement in July, 2017, it
was crucial that we provide a new Ritual Director with a period of overlap Rabbi Adam Scheier
with Rabbi Woolfson to allow for many of the Shaar’s unique traditions and
customs to be shared and continued.

POP-UP RABBI

If you have questions, he has answers!
Meet Rabbi Scheier in a casual environment.
Drop by for a coffee and conversation.
Rain or shine. #popuprabbi

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
3:00 - 4:30 PM @ STARBUCKS
ON SHERBROOKE. ST. W. / CLAREMONT AVE.

It is so, so important for all
members to feel involved and it's
our responsibility to turn it over
to the next generation in the wonderful,
wonderful condition to which it was given
to us.

- Michael Cape

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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

When I began my term as President in November Shaar members travelled to New York City to witness this exceptionally
2014, my plan, as outlined in my first message in moving event. In July, Rabbi Adam Scheier accompanied Prime Minister
the Bulletin, was threefold. I set out to implement Justin Trudeau on his visit to the Auschwitz concentration camps. Through
urgently needed upgrades to our nearly 100-year- news and media coverage, we shared in this extraordinary and emotional
old building and raise the funds to pay for these experience, setting the Shaar, once again, on the world stage.
upgrades; continue to invest and improve our
outreach, programming and membership services; An accountant by trade, numbers speak to me. As such, I would like to share
and further develop our lay leadership and some interesting statistics with you. During my Presidency, I have sat next
professional staff. As I write my last message in the to Rabbi Scheier on Shabbat 76 times; chaired 20 Board ofTrustees meetings
Bulletin as President, I am delighted to report that and 26 Officers meetings; attended hundreds of committee meetings, and
we have made great progress toward these goals. spoke to Penni Kolb, Executive Director, on the phone several hundreds of
times. Also during this period, the Shaar has hosted over 50 Bar and Bar
Firstly, the repairs and upgrades to our building are well under way. On page Mitzvahs, over 80 weddings and close to 35 Brit Milah and baby namings.
2, we present a report card on the status of each renovation project. I extend
my sincere appreciation to Bruce Vineberg and the House Committee for I would be remiss without thanking all those who helped make my
their outstanding work. The Shaar Family Capital Campaign is making huge Presidency a success, and made serving an honour and a blessing. My
strides. Thanks to the efforts of our fundraising committee, we have raised heartfelt gratitude to the Officers and Board members for your leadership
over $5 million toward our campaign goal of $8.5 million. This goal can only and invaluable contributions ; the committees and auxiliary groups for your
be reached through the participation of our membership. A huge thank you dedicated volunteerism; our clergy, Rabbi Adam Scheier, Maharat Rachel
to Michael Cape, Marvin Corber and all our canvassers. In addition, plans for Kohl Finegold, Cantor Gideon Zelermyer, Rabbi David Woolfson and Roï
a donor recognition board are in progress. Azoulay for your friendship and guidance; Penni Kolb for your invaluable
assistance, the administrative and cemetery offices for your hard work
Secondly, membership has significantly increased in the last two years. behind the scenes; Jose Dos Santos and his crew for making sure the
Thanks to the efforts of our member engagement professional in facilities and kitchens run smoothly; and Foundation School for providing
collaboration with the membership committee, we’re proud to welcome 89 an innovative learning environment for our children.
new member families. The Shaar has also initiated many programs with a
focus on outreach and engagement, such as our New Members Shabbat Finally, through my Presidency, I have been privileged to get to know so
Dinners and Pop-Up Rabbi. many members in our congregation. Thanks to all of you for your continued
commitment and support. As we approach our synagogue’s 170th
Thirdly, we have just concluded our hiring process for the Ritual Director anniversary, our Shaar family remains cohesive and strong – a tradition
position. I am pleased to announce that Yosi Even-H en will join the Shaar’s which will perpetuate for another 170 years, God willing.
esteemed clergy team in January 2017. He will have the privilege of working
with Rabbi David Woolfson until his retirement in June 2017. Together with my wife, Susan, our children Aaron, David and Jessica,
and grandchildren, I would like to wish you a Shanah Tovah u’Metukah
This past year, the Shaar has made a big impact – at home and – a happy and sweet New Year.
internationally. Last January, Cantor Gideon Zelermyer, Music Director Roï
Azoulay and the Synagogue Choir performed at the United Nations for MichaelStern, CA, CPA
the annual Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. A contingent of over 50

NOTICE FROM THE 170TH ANNUAL
NOMINATIONS GENERAL MEETING
COMMITTEE
The agenda will include: Installation of new Officers and Board of
Members of the Congregation are hereby informed Trustees, Presidential address, volunteer award presentations and
that the Nominations Committee is considering business of the Congregation.
candidates for positions as Officers and Trustees of
the Congregation for the coming year. Please submit MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28
your suggestions to Dr. Mel Hershenfield – admin@ 7:00 PM
theshaar.org or 514.937.9474 ext. 135.

Please be advised that members of the Board of
Trustees are expected to be actively involved on a
committee during their term on the Board.

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MAHARAT MUSINGS

One of the sweetest parts of my week is the time the “days of yore” can also mean our own early days as individual people.
that I spend with our preschoolers every Friday Hard to believe, but we all were once four-year-olds. We each possessed,
morning. After welcoming Shabbat by singing in the in our own way, an enthusiasm for learning, and an innocent sense of
sanctuary with all our Foundation School students, joy. We were open to new ideas and thirsty for knowledge. We were
I invite our “big kids”, the pre-K class, to join me for authentically ourselves. Of course, no childhood is perfect, and even four-
some special time together. They sit on the floor year-olds experience frustration and suffering. But their sense of awe and
of the bimah, where we discuss the weekly Torah authenticity is especially conducive to rich religious experience. Perhaps the
portion or an upcoming holiday. key to Teshuva, repentance, is remembering the child we once were.

These four- and five-year olds teach me so much. As we approach the High Holy Days, we can learn from our children and our
They show enthusiasm and curiosity. They are proud of their knowledge, grandchildren, and from the children of our congregation. Let’s tap into our
and thirsty to learn more. Most of all, they are authentic. There is no hiding own sense of wonder and curiosity, and reach what is most authentic within
what they feel, (they don’t have many social graces yet!). They are an open us. Teshuvah is literally a return. Perhaps we can return to our younger
book, full of innocence and wonder. selves to discover the path forward to being better adults.

In this time of Teshuva, the repentance of the High Holy Days, we ask Wishing you a sweet new year,
God “Chadesh yameinu k’kedem” - return us to You and renew us as in the
days of yore. This reference to the “days of yore” is understood to be a Maharat Rachel Kohl Finegold
chronological yearning, a wistful thinking of a time when the Jewish people
were unified, and when they possessed a simple faith in God. But perhaps

RITUALLY SPEAKING

It all begins with Abraham who was blessed with Young people have none of the memories of prejudice or rejection. They
"your descendants will be as numerous as the stars cannot relate to the Holocaust nor the fight in 1948 for Israel. So, If we
of the heavens." We did nothing to deserve this want to engage our young people, the next generation, we have to speak
blessing but this is our inherited identity. their language. They look to Judaism, not as an inheritance from our
ancestors, not as having been freed from Egyptian slavery, not as having
Then our people were taken out of slavery and experienced the Holocaust, but to Judaism as a vision of the world, a body
promised: "If you will obey Me faithfully, and keep of ideas, a moral aspiration. Judaism is about remaking the world. They
My covenant, you shall be My treasured possession look to Judaism for equality, pluralism, the pursuit of peace, the pursuit of
... and you shall be to Me, a kingdom of priests and justice, and democracy in the world, for when they do find these qualities,
a holy nation." they will fight passionately for Israel's place in the world.

Well, being chosen also brought with it anti-semitism. One of our fathers of This will be the new language of Jewish life. It is a language we, as parents,
modern political Zionism, Theodor Herzl, saw the Holocaust in his dreams. must learn to speak. If we want our children to be attached to Jewish life, if
He launched a manic effort to secure a state for the Jewish People. Then we want them to feel they have a stake in Israel, we have to engage them.
Ahad Ha-Am, a Hebrew essayist, and one of the foremost pre-state Zionist We need to talk together, and we need to listen.
thinkers, emerged to say that Zionism is not only to save Jews, but also to
save Judaism. What we need is not just a state where Jews live, but a Jewish The significance of Judaism does not lie in mere survival but rather in its
state whose national life, whose policies and whose culture are Jewish. And being a source of spiritual wealth, and source of meaning relevant to all
so, Herzl was right and so too Ahad Ha-Am. peoples.

So today, we have a Jewish homeland and plenty of enemies in that area. Norma joins me in wishing you a Shanah Tovah u’mtukah!
What is really puzzling to me is that in the Qur'an there is a passage that
reads: "The Qur'an recognizes the Land of Israel as the heritage of the Rabbi David L. Woolfson
Jews ... and the Jews will return to dwell there." So why do we have Islamic
enemies today? Their prophesy has come true!

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CANTOR'S CORNER

It’s the time of the year when we renew our Leonard Cohen could have contacted anyone in the music world to sing
connections to family, faith and to Shaar backing vocals on his new recording. Why did he contact us? At this season,
Hashomayim. For some, the attachment to The the answer should be obvious. Eliezer Cohen first heard the words “Who
Shaar is a regular one: the daily minyan, Shabbat by Fire?” in our sanctuary, the same place that he first heard a choir sing
and Festival services, concerts, Tuesday Night “Hallelujah!” and a cantor sing “Hineni” (the word in his new song that he
Learning, and more. For others, the association and I sing together). He remembers where he came from and is proud of
is more occasional: the High Holy Days, yahrzeits his heritage as a Jew and as a Kohein, as a Montrealer and as a member of
and lifecycle events. There is also a segment of our Shaar Hashomayim. His high fidelity to all the aforementioned should be
community who have moved on to other locales, an example to all of us heading into a new year.
but the umbilical pull is so strong that they return to Montreal on these
Holy Days to renew their ties to their roots. Michelle, Max, Ben and I wish you all “Shanah Tovah!”

Late last November, one of the most remarkable emails found its way to PS. I sent this article to Leonard for his reaction and this was his response:
my inbox. “Dear Gideon. Would you be interested in working with me on "Very happy to be mentioned in the Bulletin. I am pleased that my enduring
a new record? I’m looking for the sounds of the synagogue of my youth. association with the Shaar be known to the Congregation, and that our
Fraternally, Eliezer.” The synagogue in question is our very own, and Eliezer work together reflects our love for the place, the people, and the tradition.
is none other than Leonard Cohen. Fast-forward nine months and after – LC"
many subsequent emails, two trips to a studio in the Plateau and lots of
editing, our collaboration has become a reality and by the time you are Cantor Gideon Y. Zelermyer
reading this article, “You Want It Darker” will be publicly available. The title
track (and one other) features background vocals by the Synagogue Choir
and yours truly.

PRE-SLICHOT PROGRAM

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 - 9:00 PM
Film presentation: "FILL THE VOID"
A 2012 Israeli drama about a young Hasidic Jewish woman
being pressured into an arranged levirate marriage to an
older widower. Followed by Choral S'lichot service.

CHORAL S'LICHOT SERVICE

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 - 11:15 PM

Join Cantor Gideon Zelermyer and the Synagogue Choir,
conducted by Roï Azoulay, for a most intense and beautiful
service, as we ring in the new year.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Maestro Kent Nagano
and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

Performing Mendelssohn’s Elijah with Cantor Gideon Zelermyer as tenor soloist
and featuring a “Fanfare for the Shaar”, conducted by Roï Azoulay.

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MUSICAL NOTE

What a wonderful Hebrew year 5775-5776 we had We are especially proud of our Youth Choir selected from Akiva School
with music at the Shaar! students who came back to sing on the Bimah! Not only fresh-faced and
talented, the kids are a great source of pride at both special services and
After meaningful and excellent High Holy Day Shaar concerts. I’m happy to announce to you that next year with the help
and Sukkot services we presented Sacred Echoes, of Heather Sokoloff we will see the Youth Choir on the Bimah many more
a huge production requiring a lot of vision, times.
scrupulous attention to tiny details, team work and
multitasking. The Shaar produced an unforgettable This November 10, as part of the Shaar’s 170th anniversary celebration and
event that will be remembered both at the Shaar Canada's 150th Anniversary (see page 31), we are delighted to once again
and in the community at large for a long time. host the McGill Chamber Orchestra for an amazing multimedia concert,
in collaboration with The Hazzan Nathan Mendelson Music Foundation.
As you will read in Cantor Zelermyer’s article, he, the Dedicated to the theme of Remembrance, the concert will emphasize the
choir and I had the kavod and privilege to be involved in a new CD recording role of unsung Jewish women heros in WWII. The orchestra under both
with Leonard Cohen. Be sure to read the Cantor’s article for details! The new Boris Brott and myself, the Akiva Childrens’ Choir, violinist Lara St. John,
CD will be released this fall. soprano Sharon Azrieli and our beloved Cantor Zelermyer will collaborate
for a concert that only the Shaar can produce. In addition to commissioned
Shabbat Shirah was a great success. After giving our festive performance music by our house composer James Stephenson, there will be music by
during Shabbat services with Cantor Zelermyer and Cantor Berson, we Bloch, Vaughan Williams and John Williams. Another not-to-be-missed
ushered out Shabbat with a musical Havdalah leading into a fun evening of production by the Shaar, continuing its tradition of superlative and touching
beer, wine and music. concert productions.

Just a few days later, we and a large contingent of the Shaar family were off Stay tuned for more exciting concert news coming in 5777!
to New York to perform at the annual Holocaust Memorial Ceremony at the
UN General Assembly. Standing there and representing the Shaar, Montreal L'shanah tovah tikatev v'taihatem!
and symbolically every Jew in the world was a huge milestone for us, and
something we will always remember with tremendous pride. Roï, Jennifer, Ava and Odeliah Roï Azoulay
Music Director
As well, this year we revived the Shaar Choral Society as the Shaar Festival
Singers. We have a core of 25 singers and if you want to sing don’t be shy!
Rehearsals are forthcoming.

SHAAR AFTER-SCHOOL
MUSIC PROGRAM

Pirchi Hashaar "Blossoms Of The Shaar"

Ages 7-12

Do your kids love to sing and perform? So do we!
Let's sing together. No previous experience required.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:
• Singing in three languages
• Learning basic music skills and techniques
• Encouraging young soloists
• Participating in concerts and performances
Led by Music Director, Roï Azoulay

REGISTER NOW! *
514.937.9474 ext. 137 / [email protected]

*Rehearsals schedule to be determined

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HOLIDAYS

HIGH HOLY DAYS PARALLEL SERVICE

EXPERIENCE OUR ENHANCED SERVICE

• Inspirational service led by
RABBI YONAH BERMAN

• A full choir and singing team led by
CANTOR MICHAEL MOSHKOVITZ
and TED LAZARUS, Assistant Music Director
• Intimate seating layout
Contact Sheri Berkovic for tickets:
514.937.9474 ext. 136

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION USHERS NEEDED FOR
HIGH HOLY DAYS
We wish to remind you that during the High Holy Days our security staff needs
your assistance to ensure the safety and security of the large number of people We invite our members, both women
in attendance. As well, our volunteer ushers require your cooperation in order to and men, to serve as ushers in the Main
maintain the decorum of the services. We ask you to kindly refrain from entering Sanctuary during the High Holy Day
the Sanctuary and walking to your seat during the following times: services. Ushers volunteer in shifts to
welcome congregants and direct them
• While the Ark is open • Silent Amidah to their seats.
• Cantor's Hin'ni prayer
• When the Congregation is • Yizkor To volunteer, please email
standing • Repetition of the Amidah until [email protected]
514-937-9474 ext. 135
• When the Clergy or the K'dushah (approx 10:15 – 10:45 AM)
President is speaking • Sermon

• Torah reading

OPEN TASHLICH SERVICE SIMCHAT TORAH
MONDAY, OCTOBER 3 – 5:15 PM
Start the New Year with a clean slate! Join us for Please join us to pay tribute to our honourees.
a meaningful and welcoming tradition to cast off at the HONOURE DINNER
our sins for the Jewish New Year. Meet at the pond following evening Services on
in Westmount Park. No cost. All are welcome! In MONDAY, OCTOBER 24
collaboration with Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom.
and at the HONOUREE LUNCHEON
...................................................... following morning services on
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25
YOM KIPPUR TEACH-IN
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12 – 3:45 PM .....................................................
Moderator: J. STEPHEN LIPPER
Panelists: DR. GERALD BATIST, JONATHAN ALIYOT FOR SIMCHAT TORAH
GOODMAN and VICTORIA KASPI TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25 – UNTIL 11:15 AM
The Teach-In will be followed by Ne'ilah at 5:15 PM It is customary for every member of the Congregation to
be called to the Torah to receive an Aliyah. Aliyot are given
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participate in the hakafot followed by the Torah readings.

David Abrams, Parnass, takes great pleasure in announcing this year’s

SIMCHAT TORAH HONOUREES

CHATAN TORAH CHATAN B’REISHIT EISHET CHAYIL

(Bridegroom of the Law) (Bridegroom of the Beginning) (Woman of Valour)

Called to the reading of the Torah, when the Called to the reading of the A woman who has distinguished herself in
final verses of Deuteronomy are chanted first chapter of Genesis service to God and her fellow congregants

NAHUM GELBER JOEL RABY MARIAN LEVY

Nahum Gelber was born in Quebec City in Joel Raby has enjoyed a successful, wide- Committed to community and deeply
1932. He earned a BA(1954) and a BCL(1957) ranging career in investment management and passionate about Israel, Marian has been
from McGill University. He married Sheila currently acts as financial advisor and consultant. involved in numerous organizations. Currently,
Portigal MD in 1959 and together they have He began his career as a research analyst she is Vice-President of the Board of Trustees of
3 sons, Allan(Wendy), Geoffrey(Isabelle) and with Jones Heward & Company, a boutique Congregation Shaar Hashomayim and Chair of
Derek as well as 3 granddaughters, Casey, Kara brokerage firm. He subsequently joined the CN its Marketing and Communications Task Force.
and Danielle. Nahum practiced law and was Pension Fund, where he administered a multi- She also served as Secretary of the Board of
a senior partner at one of the two precursor million dollar Canadian equity portfolio and Trustees and has been Officer since 2009.
firms to the now merged de Grandpre Chait served on the investment policy committee. Marian has also been active in Federation
LLP. He was appointed to Queen's Counsel in He became a partner of Jarislowsky, Fraser & CJA. She recently completed a 3-year term as
1975. Nahum is the sole founder and principal Company and played a role in growing it to Chair of the Israel and Overseas Department.
benefactor of Gelmont Foundation, a private become Canada’s largest investment counselor She was a member of the Allocations and
Canadian charitable foundation dedicated to at the time. He founded Magna Vista Capital Community Relations Committee. She served
supporting the fine arts, education, health care, Management, which attracted some 600 on the Marketing Committee of the Task Force
and community causes. Among the primary private and institutional clients and grew to $1.6 on Jewish Day Schools and was a member of
beneficiaries have been The National Gallery billion under management, leading to its sale in the Tikun Olam Editorial Board. Marian was the
of Canada, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, mid-2000. Joel has held positions of leadership co-founder of Alliance Weizmann, the Young
The Israel Museum, McGill University, and in numerous community organizations. He Adult Division of the Canadian Society for The
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim. Nahum served as President of The Akiva School, Weizmann Institute of Science and was Vice
served as President of Congregation Shaar where his son and now grandchildren attend. President of the Akiva School Board of Directors
Hashomayim from 1976 to 1979 and his advice He was President of the Jewish Community and Chair of its Fundraising Committee. Marian
continues to be valued to this day in his Foundation, where he initiated a high impact is an independent marketing and branding
capacity as an Honourary President. He served community spending program. He has been consultant in both the corporate and non-profit
as a member of the Executive Committee of the a member of and chaired several community domains. Among her clients are Britton Electric,
Montreal Jewish Community Foundation from investment committees, including the Jewish the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), CBCI
1974 to 1980. He also served on the board of General Hospital, Montreal Children’s Hospital, Telecom, ETelesolv, Canadian Associates of Ben-
the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews . In Strauss Foundation, United Israel Appeal and Gurion University of The Negev, and Hebrew
2007, together with a friend, Nahum donated Congregation Shaar Hashomayim. He has Academy Day School. Previously, Marian was
the first Da Vinci surgical robot to the Jewish served on the board of Federation CJA and le Director of Marketing and Communications
General Hospital. Nahum served as an Advisor Fondation de Grand Montreal. He is currently at Federation CJA and was Vice President
to the Acquisition Committee of the National Chairman of the Investment Committee of of Marketing at Tandberg. She worked with
Gallery of Canada and remains as an Advisor the McGill University Endowment Fund and is Charles Bronfman as his Executive Assistant.
Emeritus to the said committee. He served on a director of CJPAC. In the private sector, he is She held various positions at IBM in Marketing
the Board of Trustees of the Montreal Museum a former Director of Paladin Labs, a Canadian and Sales and for Joseph E. Seagram and Sons
of Fine Arts for 18 years and as Chairman of pharma company since acquired. Joel is a as Assistant Director, Media and Advertising.
its Acquisition Committee for 20th Century recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Marian lives in Montreal with her husband
Non-Canadian Art for 16 years. Nahum has Jubilee Medal for his service to the Vanier Ronald Levy, who is also extremely involved
meaningfully enhanced the collections of these Institute for the Family. He and his wife, Alice, and active in the community, and together
two institutions. In addition, he has supported are amongst a select group of couples, both they are the proud parents of Justin, Alexis and
the Musee d'art contemporain de Montreal. In of whom independently received this honour. Nathaniel, and Cassandra.
1986 he was named a Founding Member of the They have been married 46 years and have two
Israel Museum in Jerusalem and he was named children, Stephanie and Benjamin, and three
an Honorary Fellow in 2011. grandchildren, Samuel, Molly-Beth and Hailey.

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SYNAGOGUE LIFE

SPECIAL REMEMBRANCE SCHOLAR-IN-
DAY CEREMONY RESIDENCE
RABBI AVI WEISS
SHABBAT, NOVEMBER 5 – 10:30 AM
SHABBAT, NOVEMBER 5
Veterans and the Congregation are invited 8:45 AM
to join us for this very special service to
commemorate the sacrifices of people in all Author, teacher, lecturer, and
armed conflicts. activist, Rabbi Weiss is the founder
of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, the alma
........................................... mater of Rabbi Adam Scheier, and
the founder of Yeshivat Maharat for
SERVICEMEN'S AND MARTYRS' Orthodox women, the alma mater
MEMORIAL SERVICE of Maharat Rachel Kohl Finegold. He
will speak at the morning sermon
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6 – 10:30 AM and post-kiddush discussion. As well,
We remember, with reverence, our brave at the New Members Dinner (details
young men who made the supreme sacrifice on page 16).
in World Wars I and II in the service of
Canada and in loyal devotion to their people.
At the Shaar Hashomayim Cemetery, 1250
Chemin de la Forêt, Outremont. Directions
available on shaarhashomayim.org/
cemetery

TORAH CLASSES PARENTS' CORNER

MONDAY MORNING TORAH INSTITUTE WITH MAHARATRACHELKOHLFINEGOLD

WITH RABBA ABBY BROWN SCHEIER BRINGING JUDAISM HOME
"Real Housewives of the Bible: A Look at the Famous
and Infamous Women of the Bible"; Mondays, Gather with other parents to learn about holidays,
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM followed by lunch. festivals and ways to bring Jewish traditions into
Sponsored by the Sisterhood. your family life. Monthly on Wednesdays, 9:15-10:00
AM. September 21, October 19, December 14.
TASTE OF TALMUD
A TIME TO BE BORN
WITH MAHARAT RACHEL KOHL FINEGOLD
New Class Beginning September 28. Weekly on A CLASS FOR EXPECTANT PARENTS
Wednesdays, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM followed by lunch.
Provides information about Jewish birth rituals (bris/
baby naming), choosing a Hebrew name, some
Jewish perspectives on birth, and tips for finding
sanity and spirituality in those early months of
parenthood. Schedule TBD.

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ADULT LEARNING

Info: Robyn Bennett 514.937.9474 ext. 146 / [email protected]

TUESDAY NIGHT LEARNING 8:30 PM JOSH ARONSON, Award-winning TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1
documentarian, author and musician. Topic:
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Speaking on his book "Orchestra of Exiles: 7:30 PM JOYCE GOLDSTEIN, Chef. Topic:
The Story of Bronislaw Huberman, the Israel Her cookbook, "The New Mediterranean
7:30 PM RONALD BALSON, Best-selling Philharmonic Orchestra, and the One Thousand Jewish table: Old world Recipes for the
author of "Once We Were Brothers" and "Saving Jews He Saved from Nazi Horrors". Modern Home."
Sophie". Topic: His book, "Karolina’s Twins"
............................................... RABBA ABBY BROWN SCHEIER
RABBI ADAM SCHEIER, Topic: Maimonides' Topic: Jewish Parenting Guides - Traditional
"Guide to the Perplexed" TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 and Modern.

8:30 PM GIL TROY, Professor of History at 7:30 PM JANICE KAPLAN, Writer, TV 8:30 PM JAY PARINI, Poet, novelist,
McGill University. Topic: "America-and American producer, magazine editor and best-selling biographer, and critic. Topic: "My Life in
Jewry-in Crisis? Putting the 2016 Election in author. Topic: Speaking on her book, “The Poetry"
Historical Perspective" Gratitude Diaries: How a Year on the Bright Side ...............................................
Can Transform Your Life”
............................................... TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15
MAHARAT RACHEL KOHL FINEGOLD,
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 Topic: Elie Wiesel: The Power of Memory 7:30 PM STEVEN ROTHFELD, Chef. Topic:
His cookbook, "Israel Eats”
7:30 PM JESSICA FECHTOR, Blogger and 8:30 PM MAYA BENTON, Curator of the
best-selling author. Topic: Her book, "Stir: My International Center of Photography in New RABBI REUBEN POUPKO, Rabbi,
Broken Brain and Meals That Brought Me York. Topic: "Roman Vishniac Rediscovered: Congregation Beth Israel Beth Aaron. Topic:
Home" Iconic Images of Jewish Life in Pre-World War II Tuvia Tenenbom's "To Catch a Jew "
Eastern Europe"
RABBI MARK FISHMAN, Rabbi, Congregation 8:30 PM JOEL HOFFMAN, Teacher,
Beth Tikvah. Topic: Speaking on Rabbi Judah translator and author. Topic: “The
Halevi's "The Kuzari" Bible Doesn’t Say That: 40 Biblical
Mistranslations, Misconceptions and Other
Misunderstandings”

TUESDAY NIGHT LEARNING hearcome
lecoamern
ENGAGING SPEAKERS • FASCINATING TOPICS

CO-CHAIRS: LEWIS DOBRIN AND MARK CAPLAN

SFSAEEBMLPEFTLGRLEEEIE2NEMCSTPS0UBTUOR1EBEEN6LRSIRC13

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YOUTH AND YOUNG FAMILIES

Chair: Samantha Mintz-Vineberg Info: Faye Rossdeutscher 514.937.9474 ext. 137 / [email protected]

JUNIOR CONGREGATION YOUTH SHABBAT
ROSH HASHANAH/YOM KIPPUR
SHABBAT, NOVEMBER 26
MONDAY /TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3 /4; 8:45 AM
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Shabbat services featuring
participation of high school
Interactive prayer and learning experience students, youth choir, and
Followed by snacks and activities. festive Kiddush reception.
Grades 1-3: Raby Kiddush Room K-Grade 6, Grades 7-11
Grades 4-6: Chapel led by Shaar teens
.................................................. Since we don't
have family
SUKKAH DECORATING BRUNCH here in Montreal, we
like to think of the
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Shaar as our family.
Help decorate the sukkah. Join us for art
activities and brunch. Free and open to all. - The Danino Family
Age 2-Grade 3.
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SIMCHAT TORAH CELEBRATION

MONDAY, OCTOBER 24 – 5:00-6:30 PM
Celebrate the Torah with a light dairy dinner,
songs and activities. Hakafot dancing to follow
in the Main Sanctuary.
Age 2-Grade 6

SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS

Learn more at shaarhashomayim.org

PRE-SCHOOL GRADES K-6 TEENS

• Foundation School • Netivot: Afternoon Jewish • Noam Afternoon School
• Tot Shabbat Mornings Heritage Program • NCSY: Shaar Chapter
• Shabbat in the Park • Bar and Bat Mitzvah
• Parent and Tot programs • Rock Shabbat Mornings • Teens Night Out
• Holidays and Festivals • Youth Choir • Holidays and Festivals
• Family Shabbat Dinners
• Holidays and Festivals

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YP @ THE SHAAR
For young professionals in their 20s and 30s

Chair: Emily Shore Info: Faye Rossdeutscher 514.937.9474 ext. 137 / [email protected]

YP AND TUESDAY NIGHT LEARNING SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR COMMITTEE:
WITH GIUEST SPEAKER
JESSICA FECHTOR Jillian Friedman, Will Malkinson, Jon Mechanic, Evan Paperman, Meir
Rabkin, Loren Shore, Joni Shuchat, and Alivia Wainberg
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 - 7:30 PM
YP STUDY GROUP
Followed by wine and dessert reception
and meet and greet with the author. Free The monthly sessions are
admission. Sponsored by Tuesday Night taught by all the members
Learning. She will be speaking on her of the Shaar clergy, on a
autobiography "Stir: My Broken Brain and rotating basis.
Meals that Brought me Home". Event co-
chairs Emily Shore and Jillian Friedman. The shaar YP Study group
is generously sponsored in
............................................... memory of Julius l. Aber

MAKOM: A MINDFUL PRAYER INFO: Maharat Rachel Kohl
EXPERIENCE Finegold, [email protected],
514.937.9474 ext.174
SHABBAT, NOVEMBER 12 - 10:30 AM
I can come for the High Holy Days, I can
With Maharat Rachel Kohl Finegold. come for Shabbat dinners... The Shaar
Followed by Congregational Kiddush, always feels like home.
Enter on 120 Cote-St. Antoine Road, - Evan Paperman
Westmount. Connect with prayer in a
personal way. Using readings, brief prayers,
and niggunim (wordless melodies), Makom
will offer a space for mindful reflection and
contemplation.

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T.G.I.SHABBAT IN THE SUKKAH

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21- 6:45 PM

Brief Kabbalat Shabbat service followed
by Shabbat dinner outdoors in the Sukkah.
Cost: $25 per person; Enter on 120 Cote-
St. Antoine Road. RSVP REQUIRED by
Wednesday, October 19.

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FILM SCREENING:
THE WANDERING MUSE

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24 –7:30 PM
@ The Museum of Jewish Montreal; RC01,
4040 St Laurent Blvd, H2W 1Y8.
Followed by talk-back with director Tamas
Wormser.

From ram’s horn to beatbox, from Uganda
to Argentina, The Wandering Muse explores
the vibrant array of musical interpretations
of Jewish identity.

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SISTERHOOD

Co-Presidents: Marjorie Kirsch-Heft and Sheryl Shuchat

In Parashat Vayera, Abraham and Sarah receive
three visitors, who are complete strangers. They
drop everything they are doing to welcome these
wanderers into their home. Hospitality is a central
value of Judaism, one of our distinctive mitzvot. The
Shaar Sisterhood provides a sense of community
and friendship. Our Mishloach Manot and Meals-
On-Wheels programs nuture our community.
Companionship and opportunities for learning are
cultivated by upcoming programs such as bible
studies with Rabba Abby, cake decorating, cooking,
playing bridge, as well as an exciting art exposition.
Please join us, we welcome you!

SISTERHOOD SUKKOT CALLING ALL
LUNCHEON ARTISTS

Guest speaker: LYNNE KASSIE Are you a painter, sculptor,
Family Lawer and Litigator photographer? Would you be
interested in displaying and/or
"The Woman's Place? Law, Marriage selling one of your works of art at
and the Monumental Juggling Act" Sisterhood’s upcoming Art Exhibit
and Gift Fair?
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20 - 11:30 AM Please contact the Sisterhood
office 514.937.9474 ext. 145 or
SISTERHOOD BOOKS & TEA ART EXHIBIT AND GIFT FAIR [email protected] for all
of the details. The deadline to
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7 – 1:00 PM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16 participate is November 1, 2016.

"Outline" by Rachel Cusk 1:00 - 4:00 PM; 7:00 - 9:00 PM

In telling her own story, the unconventional Join us as we celebrate local Shaar artists and
narrator tells the story of others, as she filters friends, whose works will be on display, and
their tales through her own lens. Is she merely available for purchase. Shop at our gift fair
a cipher through whom others speak? Or, is and pick up presents for the whole family. Free
Cusk suggesting we are the composite of admission. Proceeds from art sales will go
many stories? The narrator’s ability to have to Meals-on-Wheels ansd other Sisterhood
the strangers she meets reveal intimacies to projects. Refreshments will be served.
her unveils the importance of empathy to
us, and how we share the common human
journey.

Reviewer: LARRY WELLER

$20 per person

shaarhashomayim.org/bookreview-nov7

Reservations: Michael Carreiro 514.937.9474 ext. 139 / [email protected]

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LEISURE INSTITUTE

Chairperson: Naomi Kassie

SUNDAYS AT THE SHAAR OPEN GATE SENIOR DAY PROGRAM
COST: $5 per person
Lecture followed by lunch Our non-sectarian community program offers seniors, 65 to 100+, a
stimulating day out each week. The program includes transportation, music,
RESERVATIONS: exercise, games, crafts, guest speakers and a hot lunch.
Michael Carreiro – 514.937.9474 ext. 139
EVERY WEDNESDAY – 9:15 AM - 2:15 PM
OCTOBER 9 — 12:00 PM
CRAIG MORRISON COST: $10 OR $15* *transportation included
Ethnomusicologist, teacher, author Contact: Susie Berkson Schwartz, Coordinator
and musician; Visual presentation and 514-937-9474 ext.124 or 514.867.1999
performance of "The Life and Music of
George Gershwin"; shaarhashomayim.org/
sundays-oct9

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NOVEMBER 13 — 12:00 PM

DENIS BROTT
Internationally renowned cellist, Founder,
Executive Director and Artistic Director of
the Montreal Chamber Music Festival, and
Professor at the Conservatoire de musique
du Québec à Montrèal. "An Innovative
Discussion About Life, Music and Much
More". shaarhashomayim.org/sundays-nov13

We need a place to go to, we need a place to
be able to share and we need, really, a place for
ourselves to be able to connect with God.
- Jeffrey Wagman

HOLIDAY
CHOCOLATES

Available at the
Sisterhood Gift Shop
shaarhashomayim.org/sisterhood

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MEMBERSHIP

Info: Robyn Bennett –514.937.9474 ext. 146 / [email protected]

Message from our Membership Committee
by Dr. Sam Malkinson

Years ago, when I was in dental school at McGill University, I got into an argument one day with one of my medical school colleagues, a young man
named PC. PC had grown up in an evangelical Christian home, and his father was a missionary. After eight months of having known me, he felt
sufficiently confident to proselytize to me. Being a self-respecting Jew, I was full of righteous indignation at what I viewed to be his presumptuous
notion that I was in need of saving. After all, didn’t my religion pre-date his by a few thousand years? Why did he think my religious and spiritual needs
were any of his business?

PC smiled at me, having heard my clichéd arguments many times before. He calmly asked me to consider things from his perspective. “What if one
had been given a present, and this present was one which made anyone who had it unbelievably powerful, and at the same time bursting with infinite
happiness and love? Would that be a worthwhile present to have?” I replied yes, of course. “Do you care about the people around you, your friends and
family?” Again, I replied yes. “Well,” he said, “I believe I have been given such a present. And because of how much I care about my friends and family,
and everyone else around me, I can’t NOT share this present with them. It’s my ultimate expression of love, to offer them this wonderful gift which has
been offered to me.”

When the call came from one of the co-chairs of the Shaar’s Membership Committee, to see if I was interested in participating, I reflected on this
conversation. Our mandate is quite broad, with responsibilities both to making our existing members happy, and to attracting and retaining new
members. A fourth-generation Shaar member myself, I have been fiercely loyal and dedicated to our shul since my days at the Foundation School,
through to my becoming bar mitzvah and my teen youth group activities, through to my twelve years and counting singing with the Parallel Service
choir on the High Holy Days, through to the recent Young Professionals group’s activities, and finally culminating in our daughter’s recent Hebrew-
naming ceremony on our beautiful Main Sanctuary bimah. Along the way, I have been witness to concerts galore, fun and educational programming
for all ages, rabbis who have become spiritual, educational and political leaders for our community and beyond, a very strong dedication to charity, the
ordination of not one, but two Maharats, a cantor and choir who have become trans-national ambassadors of musical goodwill, and so much more.
The highlight of my first year with the Membership Committee was our New Members Shabbat Dinner, where, in an overwhelming show of support,
existing members and new members came together to welcome and be welcomed. When I think of everything that Congregation Shaar Hashomayim
has to offer, it makes me think of that long-ago conversation with PC, and I ask myself, ‘How can I NOT share this wonderful gift with everyone?’

NEW MEMBERS
WELCOME DINNER

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4 – 6:00 PM

Special Kabbalat Shabbat followed by dinner.

Please join us as we welcome our newest members.
All members welcome.
GUEST SPEAKER: RABBI AVI WEISS

Complimentary for new members.
Adults $36; Students (13-18) $18;
Children (4-12) $12.50 (3 and under) Free
Reservations required by Wednesday, November 2
514.937.9474 ext. 139
shaarhashomayim.org/newmemberdinner-Nov4

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OUR SHAAR FAMILY

We warmly welcome the following new members to our Congregation:

Mara Greenstone and Jason Agulnik • Sandra Agulnik • Lois Simms and Gary Alexander • Audrey Harroch and Thierry Benchimol
Boris Brott • Sheryl and Robert Cohen • Margo and Harvey Elman • Jody Shugar and Mitchell Fersten • Talia Abecassis and Justin
Friedman • Heidi Sternthal and Paul Garellek • Naomi and Murray Goodz • Hillel Greenbaum • Mylene Dayan and David Hamburg
Guita Hyman • Norman Kessner • Eric Lupovich • Marla Knott and Allan Mandell • Jonathan Mechanic • Gail Palevsky and Simon
Mendelson • Sharon Azrieli and Avi Perez • Ron Robins • Jade Sequerra and Trevor Romoff • Beatrice and Hershie Schacter
Pamela Fox and Clifford Singer • Susan and Harry Stein • Gloria and Barry Sternthal • Stephanie Rabinovitch and Gerson Vineberg
Allan Wiener • Melanie Goodz and Philippe Zrihen

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS BIRTHS Josie and Arthur Roskies on the birth of
their great-granddaughter Jordyn Raegan
Adam Wolfe on being awarded the Governor Carol and Allan Levine on the birth of their Gottlieb, daughter of Karina Roskies and Brian
General's Caring Canadian Award. grandson Cooper Matthew Tager, son of Doree Gottlieb, granddaughter of Eleanor Gottlieb
Levine Tager and Aubry Tager, grandson of and Bill Gottlieb and Susan Roskies and Lewis
Sonia Michelle Halpern-Bazar, daughter Rosalie and Sheldon Tager, on January 1, 2016. Cytrynbaum, and great-granddaughter of Ethel
of Sheryl Halpern and Norman Bazar and Roskies, Judy Kirsch and Estelle Cytrynbaum,
granddaughter of Gloria Halpern and the late Jennifer and Matthew Cutler and Gail and on April 28, 2016.
Dr. Norman Halpern, on receiving her Bachelor Elliot Berzan on the birth of their son and
of Fine Arts in Photography from Concordia grandson Jack Morgan Cutler, brother of Evan Norma Block on the birth of her great-
University. This fall, she will start her Master of Errol Marcus, on January 27, 2016. granddaughter Reia Abiela Block, daughter
Fine Arts in Photography at Concordia. of Svea and Moshe Daniel Block and
Dianne Richler on the birth of her great- granddaughter of Trish and John Block, on
Alice Lehrer on being awarded a Master of grandson Jacob Myer Richler, son of Leah February 20, 2016.
Arts in Jewish Studies and the Friedman Prize Richler and Michael Richler, and grandson
for Outstanding Student from Hebrew College, of Diane and Martin Richler and Nancy and Barbara and Leonard Rosen on the birth
Boston. Michael Grodin, on February 14, 2016, in of their grandson Ryan Jackson Byer, son of
Boston. Christina and Robert Byer, and brother of
B'NEI MITZVAH Jarrod, on May 4, 2016.
Monique Douek and Stephen R. Gross and
Elsa and Murray Kotler on the Bat Mitzvah Claire Horwood, on the birth of their grandson Sheri and Sruli Berkovic on the birth of
of their granddaughter Adriana Cimone Kotler, and great-grandson, Myles Spencer Mauer, their grandson Zev Weintraub, son of Shayvie
daughter of Dr. Leslie Kerzer and Stephen son of Emilie Waxman and Brahm Mauer, and Berel Weintraub, and brother of Tzvi and
Kotler, and granddaughter of Joan and Dr. and grandson of Karen Horwood and Gary Shmuli, on May 8, 2016.
Arnold Kerzer of Lowell, MA, on June 4, 2016 in Waxman, on February 18, 2016.
Peabody, MA. Marjorie and Robert Cracower on the birth
Nicole and Richard Kremer on the birth of of their grandson, Leo Isaac Manitt, son of
Carla and Ronnie Vineberg on the Bat their grandson Gabriel Matthew Caron, son of Lauren Cracower and Chris Manitt, brother of
Mitzvah of their granddaughter Emily Cohen, Judy Kremer and Jason Caron, on February 23, Hannah and Alex, grandson of Jennifer and
daughter of Michelle and Steven Cohen, in 2016. Steven Manitt on May 16, 2016.
Florida.
Juliana Aouizerate and Elie Perez on the Janet and Merlin Geller and Joan Lupovitch
Liane Feldman and Hillel Rosen and Sandra birth of their son Sacha Perez on March 1, 2016 on the birth of their grandson and great-
and Ron Feldman on the Bar Mitzvah of their in Paris, France. grandson Brandon Mason Geller, son of
son and grandson Jonah Rosen. Lauren and Ricky Geller, brother of Harry, and
Jess Neat and Dr. Sam Malkinson and grandson of Beverley and Sam Kay, on May 17,
Michelle and Arnold Echenberg on the Bat Monna and Abby Malkinson on the birth of 2016.
Mitzvah of their granddaughter Sadie Batsheva their daughter and granddaughter Alexis Sofia
Sider-Echenberg, daughter of Justine Sider and Malkinson, on March 12, 2016. Jessica and Loren Shore and Barbara and
Alan Echenberg, on June 4, 2016 in Ottawa. Michel Shore on the birth of their son and
Lillian Azoulay Schwartz and Lionel grandson Noah Henry Shore, grandson of
Arlene and Allan Mones on the Bat Mitzvah Schwartz on the birth of her granddaughter Marcy and Ernie Seidman, on May 19, 2016.
of their granddaughter Alexandra Gross, Scarlett Renia Azoulay, daughter of Amanda
daughter of Bonnie and Mitchell Gross, on June Mihaly and Stephane Azoulay, on March 20, Arlene and Jack R. Lazare on the birth of their
9, 2016 in Toronto. 2016 in New York City. great-grandson George Benson Mendrinos,
son of Andrea and James Mendrinos, brother of
Mickey and Stephen Miller on the Bar Judy Wolfe on the birth of her granddaughter Sofia, born on June 9, 2016 in Toronto.
Mitzvah of their grandson Kyle Maxwell Coco Angelica Cavallo, daughter of Rebecca and
Goldberg, son of Jill and Michael Goldberg and Vincenzo Cavallo, on March 29, 2016. Barbara and Mortimer Freiheit on the birth
grandson of Sari Goldberg on June 12, 2016 in of their grandson Ethan William Louis Freiheit,
Jerusalem. son of Marion and David Freiheit, on July 22,
2016.

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Sarah and Allen Rubin on the birth of their of Betty Maldoff, to Matthew Goldsmith, son of Danielle and Adam Greenberg
grandson Aaron Mathew Silverstein, son of Debbie and Fred Goldsmith. Saryl and Stephen Gross
Amanda Rubin and Alan Silverstein, on August Merle and Jack Klam
2, 2016 in New York City. Penni Kolb, Executive Director, on the Michelle and Paul Korne
marriage of her daughter Joanna Kolb, daughter Gloria and Alan Maislin
Enid and Carl Backman on the birth of their of Raphael Kolb, to Matthew Morein, son of Lisa and Dan Milgram
grandson Levi Yitzchak Backman, son of Beth Coviensky and Michael Morein. Elyssa Feldman and Kenneth Minzberg
Rochelle and Bruce Backman, on August 7, 2016 Barbara and Douglas Pascal
in Lawrence, N.Y. Ilona and Murray Pinsky on the marriage Susan and Jeffrey Payne
of their son Daniel Pinsky to Tamara Mosher- Pascale Sasson and David Pisarevsky
Daniella and Jonathan Margel and Joanne Kuczer. Donna and David Schnapp
and Simon Margel on the birth of their son Peggy and Gerry Shapiro
and grandson Devin James Margel, on August PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS Lois and Bernard Shapiro
10, 2016. Beth Prosterman and Fred Shiff
Margo Kaplansky Smith, daughter of the late Selina and Steven Smith
Rachel Stein Berman and Rabbi Yonah Paula Mendelsohn and Leonard Kaplansky, on Elayne and Michael Starr
Berman on the birth of their son Ilan Lior Adin receiving the Woman of Valour Award by The Arielle and Arthur Wechsler
Berman, brother of Lev Baruch, on August 16, Jewish Federation of Greater Austin, Texas. Nelly and Alain Weill
2016, in New York. Linda and Howard Wiseman
Elliot Lifson on receiving the Honorary Life Roslyn and Harvey Wolfe
Orly and Philip Fayer and Elisabeth Fayer on Membership Award from the McGill Alumni Jennifer and Michael Wolfe
the birth of their daughter and granddaughter Association and for being named one of the
Emmy Shai Fayer on September 6, 2016. "Top 20 de la diversité" by Media Mosaique. SPECIAL BIRTHDAYS

ENGAGEMENTS Morris Goodman for being named one of the Norma Block on celebrating her 94th birthday
"Top 20 de la diversité" by Media Mosaique. on May 3, 2016.
Gracia and Ari Kugler on the engagement
of their daughter Perlyne Kugler to Jacques Dr. Gerald Batist on being named to the Rosetta Elkin on celebrating her 102nd
Balayla, son of Simon Balayla and the late National Order of Quebec and Order of Canada. birthday on May 7, 2016.
Juliette Benarroch.
Norman Sternthal on being awarded the Michael White on celebrating his 75th birthday
Sarah and Allen Rubin on the engagement Reuven Feuerstein Award for the Realization of on May 22, 2016.
of their daughter Joanna Rubin to Daniel Human Potential from The Feuerstein Institute
Whitefield of Toronto, son of Valerie and of Jerusalem. Jack R. Lazare on celebrating his 95th birthday
Brian Whitefield. on September 12, 2016.
Rabbi Dr. Bernard Raphael Shuchat on
Janis Levine and Dr. Robert Levine on the being one of 83 academics awarded the 2016 Members who celebrated special birthdays 70+ since
engagement of their son and grandson Joe Israel Science Foundation's research grant for the previous bulletin:
Brier to Samara Perez, daughter of Debbie Humanities in Israel. His research will include
Wexelman, Avi Perez and Sharon Azrieli. Kabbalistic Writings of the Vilna Gaon and his Myrna Abbey, Peter Adeland, William
Disciples. Alexander, Esther Backman, Robin Behar,
Ilona and Murray Pinsky on the engagement William Bell, Florence Berns, Janet Blumer,
of their son Shawn David Pinsky to Elyse Peter Jacobs on being awarded the title Anna Brojde, Charles R. Bronfman, Natalie
Berenbaum, daughter of Lori Kahn and Stephen of Professeur Émérite at the Université de Brownstein, Mark Caplan, Jonathan Carr,
Berenbaum. Montréal Spring convocation. Morris Chaikelson, Morrie Cohen, Gordon
Crelinsten, Eddie Davis, Jonathan Deitcher,
MARRIAGES Dale Boidman on receiving the Kipnis-Wilson/ Samuel Z. Eltes, Elisabeth Fayer, Sybil Ann
Friedland Award from the International Lion of Fleming, Leslie R. Freedman, Norah Lee
Marissa Rosen and Dr. Michael Roskies and Judah for her extraordinary contributions to our Freedman, Judi Gelber, Pauline Gertler, Paul
to his grandparents Josie and Arthur Roskies community. Golbert, Stanley Goldstein, Ronnie Eran
on their marriage. Marissa is the daughter of Gottlieb, Anne Greenberg, Leila Herman,
Arlene Granich and Joel Rosen and Michael is SPECIAL ANNIVERSARIES Hanna Hornstein, Claire Horwood, Paul
the son of Susan and Lewis Cytrynbaum and Hubscher, Leonard Kantor, Nan Kaplan,
Jon Roskies z"l and the grandson of Estelle Suzie and Henry Rosenhek on celebrating Felicia Karp, Cynthia Kay, Neomi Kronish,
Cytrynbaum and Dr. Ethel Roskies. their 40th wedding anniversary on June 6, 2016. Andre Landsman, Martha M. Tapiero Lawee,
Avraham Leneman, Marion Levitt, Michel
Yael and Cantor Sidney Dworkin on the Deanna and David Mendelson on their 55th Librowicz, Herman Lindy, Elio Lumbroso,
marriage of their daughter Nava Dworkin wedding anniversary. Gloria Maislin, Sara Margolese, Louisa
to Yoni Rosenberg, son of Leah and David M. Mendels, Harry Monn, Harold Myers,
Rosenberg. Joan and Larry Wainberg on celebrating their Allan Nadler, Paul H. Niloff, Marissa Nuss,
60th wedding anniversary on July 29, 2016. Susan Palevsky, Edward Richler, Peter
Kathy Myron and Jonathan Sigler on the Rosenbaum, Gary Rosenthal, Elissa Ross-
marriage of their son Max Sigler, grandson of Members who celebrated special anniversaries since Walfish, Ian Rudnikoff, Aida Salzman, Mel
Celine and Josh Myron and Neysa and David the previous bulletin: Segal, Irving Shapiro, Bonnie Shore, Gerald
Sigler, to Jamie Tajfel, daughter of Ricky and Shtull, Jacqueline Siblin, Robert Sinai,
Irving Tajfel and granddaughter of Adele Tajfel. Cynthia Garber-Adam and Alon Adam Judy Kertesz Sinclair, Bernard Stotland,
Alexandra Rubin and Matthew Baer Mae Vosberg, Gerald Z. Weiser, Harriett B.
Barbara Maldoff on the marriage of her Natalie and Harold Brownstein Wener, Sheila Wiesenfeld, Lynn Yaphe
daughter Jacqueline Hopmeyer, daughter of Leslie and Daniel Chazonoff
the late Harry Hopmeyer and granddaughter Linda and Earl Cohen
Carole and Herbert Feifer
Miriam and Martin Friedman

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TODAH RABAH We gratefully acknowledge the following contributions

ENDOWMENT AND MEMORIAL FUNDS HARRIET AND MARVIN CORBER FUND In observance of the yahrzeit for her father
FOR MUSIC Hyman Kostman, from Henrietta Kostman.
MYRNA AND STANLEY ABBEY In appreciation of Harriet and Marvin Corber,
In honour of Myrna Abbey on her special C.M., LL.D., FCPA, from Grace Michelin HELEN VERA PRENTIS AND LAWRENCE
birthday, from Lois and George Fine; Roslyn Matthews. LANDE
Klein and family. In memory of Elliot Glicksman, from Ruth
In appreciation of Marvin Corber, C.M., LL.D., Cohen.
ZELDA AND HARRIS LYON ABER AND FCPA, from Graida Victor.
ANNE SANDRA ABER FUND FOR ESTHER AND ANDRE LANDSMAN
MEALS ON WHEELS JEAN AND NATHAN DIAMOND FUND FOR In honour of Andre Landsman on his special
In memory of her father-in-law George Evin, MEALS ON WHEELS birthday, from Faigie and Harold Borden;
from Doris Evin. In memory of Jenny Tritt Bacal and Nathan Ghislaine and Irwin Brownstein; Bernice
Diamond, from Ron Diamond. Brownstein; Joan Lupovich; Cheryl and
In memory of her husband Harry Evin, Dr. Rick Schreiber.
from Doris Evin. JOYCE AND MYER DEITCHER
In memory of Joyce Deitcher, from Donation from Esther and Andre Landsman
In memory of her father Harris Lyon Aber, Lillian Vineberg. in gratitude for all their blessings.
from Doris Evin.
ROSETTA AND F. VICTOR ELKIN GERTRUDE AND BORIS LEVINE
In memory of her sister Anne Sandra Aber, In honour of Rosetta Elkin on her special In appreciation of Brahm Levine, from
from Doris Evin. birthday, from Sheila Kussner, O.C., O.Q. Graida Victor.

In observance of the yahrzeit for her brother LILLIAN AND MAX FINKELSTEIN In memory of Theodore Polisuk, from Carole-
William Aber and for her sister-in-law Sadie In observance of the yahrzeit for her father-in- Ann and Brahm Levine.
Evin Gelber, from Doris Evin. law Max Finkelstein, from Ursula Finkelstein.
BERTHA AND DAVID LIPPER
THELMA ADELSTEIN FUND FOR YOUTH DOROTHY AND THEODORE FREEDMAN In observance of the yahrzeit for his parents
AND EDUCATION In honour of Lee Miller on her recent Milestone Bertha and David Lipper, from Angela and
In appreciation of Rabbi Adam Scheier, from Bat Mitzvah, from Beverlee Ashmele. Ralph Lipper.
Lorris and Robert Frankfurt.
In honour of Dorothy B. Freedman on IRENE AND J. STEPHEN LIPPER
MARILYN AND ERNEST AVRITH her special birthday, from Rabbi Leslie R. In observance of the yahrzeit for his parents
In observance of the yahrzeit for her father Freedman, Lee Miller and Laurence Freedman. Bertha and David Lipper, from Irene and J.
Harry Silverman, from Marilyn Avrith. Stephen Lipper.
DR. SIMON AND LILLIAN GOLD
NATALIE AND HAROLD BROWNSTEIN In observance of the yahrzeit for her father CANTOR NATHAN MENDELSON
In honour of Natalie and Harold Brownstein Jacob Rosenzweig, from Lillian Gold. MUSIC FOUNDATION
on their special wedding anniversary, from In observance of the yahrzeit for her father-in- In memory of Chazzan Solomon (Tucky)
Bernice Brownstein; Esther and Andre law Hyman Gold, from Lillian Gold. Mendelson of Long Beach New York, from
Landsman. In observance of the yahrzeit for her mother Deanna and David Mendelson.
Fanny Segal, from Lillian Gold.
In honour of Natalie Brownstein on her special ANNE, MORRIS, BARBARA AND BRAHM
birthday, from Shayla and Maurice Wechsler. SOPHIE AND JACK L. GOLDEN MOSCOVITCH
In honour of Sheila Kussner on her birthday, In observance of the yahrzeit for Brahm
BERNICE AND MORTON BROWNSTEIN from Madeleine Ritz. Moscovitch, from Barbara Bronstein and
In observance of the yahrzeit for his brother Stephen Bronstein; David Moscovitch; Saul
Morton Brownstein, from Ghislaine and Irwin PEGGY AND MELVIN GREENBERG Moscovitch.
Brownstein. In honour of Peggy and Melvin Greenberg
on their wedding anniversary, from Sheila SHARON AND GERALD NAIMER
MILDRED AND JULIUS CAPPELL Kussner, O.C., O.Q. In honour of Sharon and Gerald Naimer on the
Donation from Mildred Cappell. Bat Mitzvah of their granddaughter Lianne,
DR. MEL AND ELAINE HERSHENFIELD from Donna and Marvin Kane.
JUNE AND MORRIS CHAIKELSON MUSEUM FUND
In memory of Israel Marovitch, from Dr. June In honour of Dr. Mel Hershenfield on his special SHARON AND GERALD NAIMER FUND FOR
and Morris Chaikelson. birthday, from Marylin and Fred Carsley. MEALS ON WHEELS
In honour of Sharon Naimer on her special
In memory of Albert Haber, from Dr. June and RENATA AND MICHAL HORNSTEIN birthday, from Eileen and Marvyn Yudelson.
Morris Chaikelson. In memory of Michal Hornstein, from Peggy
and Melvin Greenberg. YVONNE AND RAPHAEL RODITI
RUTH AND EDGAR COHEN In memory of Albert Haber, from Cathy
In honour of Ruth Cohen on her birthday, from RUTH AND MOSES O. KIRSCH FUND FOR Rabinovitch; Sandra Rabinovitch and families;
Doctors Maydee and Nelson Lande. YOUTH AND ADULT EDUCATION Terry and Julius Suss.
In memory of Albert Haber, from Marjorie and
SHIRLEY AND MONTROY COHEN Andrew Heft and family. ELIZABETH SHUCHAT SCHWARTZ
In observance of the yahrzeit for their parents MEMORIAL LECTURESHIP
and grandparents Shirley and Montroy Cohen, HENRIETTA AND HARRY KOSTMAN Donation from Rabbi Wilfred Shuchat.
from Avi and Brian H. Cohen and Lissa, Robert In observance of the yahrzeit for her mother
and Jeremy Baum. Ethel Epstein Ein, from Henrietta Kostman.

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SHAAR HASHOMAYIM SISTERHOOD Wolfe and Michael Signer; Marsha and Zavie MEALS ON WHEELS
In honour of Lillian Azoulay Schwartz on the Sokoloff; Margo Wexler. In honour of Marilyn Takefman on her special
birth of her granddaughter Scarlett, from birthday, from Maria and Michael Esar.
Susan Wolfe and Michael Signer; Angela In honour of Judy and Mark Caplan on the
Tietolman. recent marriage of their son David to Essie In honour of Vicky and Michael Feil on the
In observance of the yahrzeit for Michele Sutton, from Marlene Brownstein and Victor recent marriage of their daughter Marisa, from
Weber, from Marjorie and Andrew Heft. Eichenwald. Lise Gallant and Mark Greenberg.
In memory of Albert Haber, from Esther and
Sydney Marovitch; Barbara and Edward Victor, In appreciation of Maharat Rachel Finegold, In honour of Daniel Hamburg on his special
FCPA, FCA. from Fabienne Grenier. birthday, from Beverley Hamburg.
In memory of Israel Marovitch, from Florence
and Dr. Benjamin Mitmaker; Carole Rocklin. In memory of her husband Fred Lackstone, In honour of Judy and Mark Caplan on the
from Dorothy Lackstone. recent marriage of their son David to Essie
EVELYN SHRIER Sutton, from Elaine and Richard Dubrovsky;
In honour of her son Howard Shrier, from In memory of Henriette Becker, from Dulcie Lenore and Paul Harris; Rhonda and
Evelyn Shrier and Henry Geniele. Naimer and Henry Mintzberg. Bernard Herman.
In memory of Harold Seidman, from Evelyn
Shrier and Henry Geniele. In memory of Elliot B. Glicksman, from Judy In honour of Mark Caplan on his special
In observance of the yahrzeit for her father Cohen and Michael Jacobs; Carole Rocklin. birthday, from Esther and Sydney Marovitch.
Issie Seidman, from Evelyn Shrier.
Donation from Judy and Mark Caplan. In honour of Beverly Spanier on her birthday,
JACQUELINE AND HERBERT E. SIBLIN from Rhonda and Bernard Herman.
In memory of Herbert Siblin, C.M., FCA, from BREAKFAST FUND
Carole-Ann and Brahm Levine. In appreciation of Congregation Shaar In honour of Professor Peter Jacobs for being
Hashomayim on the New Year, from Mariam awarded Professor Emeritus of Universite de
SUSAN AND DAVID A. STEIN and Leonard Mintz. Montreal, from Professor Ellen Jacobs and
In memory of Herbert Siblin, C.M., from Susan family.
and David A. Stein, FCA. In memory of his mother Muriel Segal, from
Harriet and Stephen Segal. In honour of Dr. Edith P. Levy on her birthday,
TANIA AND ABRASHA STILMAN ISRAEL from Duane Drover and Gerald Levy.
SCHOLARSHIP In memory of Israel Marovitch, from Monica
In observance of the yahrzeit for his and Barry Shapiro. In honour of Carole Rocklin, from Earl
grandfather Abrasha Stilman, from Arthur Love.
Michael Colson. CANTOR'S FUND
In honour of Suzie and Henry Rosenhek on In honour of Natalie and Harold Brownstein on
EVA FRIEDMAN VINEBERG their special wedding anniversary, from their special wedding anniversary, from
In observance of the yahrzeit for her father- Ursula Finkelstein. Joan Lupovich.
in-law Nathan Solomon, from Augusta (Dusty)
Vineberg Solomon. In honour of Monna and Abby Malkinson on In honour of Natalie Brownstein on her special
the birth of their granddaughter Alexis Sofia, birthday, from Madeleine Ritz.
BARBARA AND EDWARD VICTOR from Alta and Harvey Levenson.
In observance of the yahrzeit for his mother In honour of Helena and Dr. Avrum Sonin on
Anna Salomon Rubin, from Anthony Rubin. In appreciation of Torah Honours, from their special wedding anniversary, from Esther
In observance of the yahrzeit for her mother Bernard Shuster. and Sydney Marovitch.
Anna Salomon Rubin, from Barbara and
Edward Victor, FCPA, FCA. In appreciation of Michelle and Cantor Gideon In honour of Judy Caplan, from Dana and
Zelermyer and family on Purim, from Janis Jonathan Goodman.
SYLVIE AND ALLAN VOSKO FAMILY Brownstein; Maggie Harris; Samara and
In observance of the yahrzeit for his parents Marvin Liebman and family. In honour of Nanie and Isaac Shiroky on their
Elaine and Irving Vosko, from Sylvie and Allan special wedding anniversary, from Sheila and
Vosko and family. In observance of the yahrzeit for his father Lawrence Sckolnick.
Maxwell Katkin, from Nancy and
SHAYLA AND MAURICE WECHSLER Steven Katkin. In honour of Judy Lavy and Nathaniel Kremer
In honour of Maurice Wechsler on his birthday, on their recent marriage, from Barbara and
from Sheila Kussner, O.C., O.Q.; Odette and In observance of the yahrzeit for her parents- Sydney Davidow.
Felix Meloul. in-law Manya and Reverend Louis Palevsky,
In honour of Shayla and Maurice Wechsler from Susan Palevsky. In honour of Monna and Abby Malkinson on
on their wedding anniversary, from Sheila the baby naming of their granddaughter Alexis
Kussner, O.C., O.Q. CEREMONIAL AND RELIGIOUS ARTICLES Sofia, from Susan Wolfe and Michael Signer.
In honour of Rabbi David Woolfson on his
GENERAL FUNDS special birthday, from Brenda and Irving In honour of Norman Shachter on his special
Epstein; Naomi and Murray Goodz; Brenda birthday, from Arlene and Steven Tolensky.
ADULT EDUCATION and Steve Rodier; Rhonda and Ian Rudnikoff.
In honour of Mark Caplan on his special In honour of Carla and Ronald Vineberg on
birthday, from Pearl and Michael Caplan; In honour of Evelyn and Raphael Schachter, the Bat Mitzvah of their granddaughter Emily,
Tina and Fred Dubrovsky; Claire Berger and Q.C. on the marriage of their son Nathaniel, from Arlene and Steven Tolensky.
Alvin Fagen; Lenore and Paul Harris; Susan from Rona and Robert Davis.
and Eddie Levitt; Suzi and Arnie Lipes; Susan In honour of Gayle and Robert Garfinkle on the
In appreciation of Rabbi David Woolfson, B’nei Mitzvah of their granddaughters, from
from Evelyn Shrier. Arlene and Steven Tolensky.

In appreciation of Tanya Mendes and Jose In honour of Mickey and Dr. Stephen Miller on
Dos Santos, from Norma and Rabbi David the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson, from Arlene
Woolfson. and Steven Tolensky.

In memory of Albert Haber, from Norma and In honour of Irving Shapiro on his special
Rabbi David Woolfson. birthday, from Sylvia and Leo Boloten; Judy
Farovitch and Lee Gold.
In memory of her mother-in-law Jessie Evin,
from Doris Evin. In honour of Sarah and Allen Rubin on the
recent engagement of their daughter Joanna
to Dan, from Elaine and Richard Dubrovsky.

In honour of Rhonda Herman on her special
birthday, from Marlene Brownstein.

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In honour of Linda and Charles Balass on Mendel and Wendy Greenberg. In honour of Leila Paperman on her special
the recent marriage of their daughter Dr. birthday, from Roslyn Klein.
Samantha Balass to Dr. Joshua Gurberg, from In memory of her father Elliott Goldwater, from
Lise Gallant and Mark Greenberg. Rona Rochwerg. In honour of Harold Brownstein on his
birthday, from Lona and Joe Lapin.
In honour of Dorothy Bloch on her special In memory of her sister Amelia Ruth
birthday, from Esther and Syd Marovitch. Goldwater, from Rona Rochwerg. In honour of Jennifer Bardin and Roi Azoulay,
from Nubia Yaneth Triana.
In honour of Dr. Paul Niloff on his special In memory of her mother Fanny Goldwater,
birthday, from Bobbie Rubin. from Rona Rochwerg. In honour of Irving Shapiro on his special
birthday, from Sylvia and Leo Boloten.
In honour of Bruce Vineberg on his special In memory of Tobi Klein, from Sheila and
birthday, from Arlene and Steven Tolensky. Lawrence Sckolnick , Elana, Julie and Warren In honour of Bracha Tritt on her birthday, from
and families. Barbara and Paul Dworkin.
In honour of Brian Schneiderman on his special
birthday, from Arlene and Steven Tolensky. In memory of Dr. Lolita Cohen McCollum, from In honour of Myrna Abbey on her special
Barbara and Sassoon Shahmoon. birthday, from Helen Adam; Marian Adam.
In honour of the Meals on Wheels program
and its dedicated volunteers, from the In memory of Alice Hodan, from Earl Veinish. In appreciation of an Aliyah, from L. Michael
Westmount Learning Minyan. Blumenstein.
In memory of Louis M. Bloomfield, from
In appreciation of Torah honours, from K. Justine Cartier. In appreciation of Dora and Avi Morrow, from
David Brody. Ruth Cohen.
In memory of her mother Nettye Klineberg
In appreciation of the Shaar Hashomayim Greenberg, from Dorothy Lackstone. In memory of Joyce Deitcher, from Enid and
Meals on Wheels Staff and Volunteers, from Carl Backman; Natalie and Harold Brownstein;
Colette and Dr. Claude Chomski; Suzanne and In memory of Herbert Siblin, C.M., from Monna Dr. Sandra and David Freedman; Norma
Leo Klag. and Abby Malkinson. Gelfand; Monna and Abby Malkinson and
family.
In appreciation of Doctors Isabelle and In memory of Elaine Sargent Elman, from
Michel Alain Danino, from Esther and Sydney Madeleine Ritz. In memory of Harold Seidman, from Norma
Marovitch. Gelfand.
In memory of her mother Anita Mendelson,
In memory of Ann Radow, from Carol and from Brenda Segal. In memory of Jessica Miller, from Lona and Joe
Jacob Abramson and family. Lapin.
In observance of the yahrzeit for his father
In memory of Tamara Shacter, from Abraham Esar, from Maria and Michael Esar. In memory of Audrey Bitterman Brecher, from
Norma Block. Carole Rocklin.
In observance of the yahrzeit for her mother
In memory of Eileen Goldman, from Molly Felgar, from Faigie and Harold Borden. In memory of Dr. Lolita Cohen McCollum, from
Ruth Cohen; Gloria Klein. Carole Rocklin and Robert Koffend.
In observance of the yahrzeit for her mother
In memory of Elie Hamburg, from Dorothy Rosenstein, from Eleanore Finkelstein. In memory of Lydia Randolph, from Barbara
Phyllis Deitcher. and Irving Shapiro.
In observance of the yahrzeit for her husband
In memory of Gerald Feifer, from Eleanore Lawrence Finkelstein, from Eleanore In observance of the first yahrzeit for her
Finkelstein; Carole Rosenstein. Finkelstein. sister Lorna Greenberg Scherzer, from Marlene
Bourke.
In memory of Albert Haber, from Carole and In observance of the yahrzeit for her father
Burt Gilman; Dr. Ruth Horn; Monna and Abby Moses Rosenstein, from Eleanore Finkelstein. In observance of the yahrzeit for her husband
Malkinson and family. Benjamin Treiser, from Vanda Treiser.
In observance of the yahrzeit for her husband
In memory of Israel Marovitch, from Carole Herbert David Friedman, from Gertrude In observance of the yahrzeit for her parents-
and Burt Gilman. Friedman. in-law Priva and Philip Treiser, from Vanda
Treiser.
In memory of Nettye Steinman, from Carole In observance of the yahrzeit for her father
and Burt Gilman. Louis Goldfine, from Hadassa Gottheil. Donations from Dr. Sheila and Nahum Gelber,
Q.C.; Carol Koffler; Joan and Larry Lieberman.
In memory of Domenico Calla, from Professors In observance of the yahrzeit for her mother
Ellen and Peter Jacobs. Mary Hyman, from Donna and Lewis OPEN GATE
Greenberg.
In memory of Stanley Backman, from In honour of Dr. Peter Rosenbaum on his
Professors Ellen and Peter Jacobs. In observance of the yahrzeit for her husband special birthday, from Peggy Marsh; Joy and
Morris Tryansky, from Marilyn Kaiser Tryansky. Perry Meyer; Froma and Norman Shulman;
In memory of her father Alexander Vineberg Merle Stern and Gerald Miller.
and his father Joseph Jacobs, from Professors In observance of the yahrzeit for her father
Ellen and Peter Jacobs. Alexander Hodan, from Susan Lavy. In honour of Ethel Gold, from Susan and
Harvey Penner.
In memory of Rabbi Ronald Aigen, from Donations from Michael Finkelstein; Beverley
Professors Ellen and Peter Jacobs. Hamburg. In honour of Dr. Paul Niloff on his special
birthday, from Shayla and Maurice Wechsler.
In memory of Doris Palmer, from Professors MUSIC FUND
Ellen and Peter Jacobs. In honour of Tina and Philip Abbey, from In honour of Dr. Gerald Batist, C.M., C.Q. for
Helen Adam. receiving the Order of Canada, from Barbara
In memory of Leo Rosentzveig, from Lily and Sassoon Shahmoon.
and Alex Kotler. In honour of Dr. Mel Hershenfield on his special
birthday, from Linny Blauer. In appreciation of Esther Marovitch for
In memory of her mother-in-law Rose a remarkable and inspiring morning on
Lackstone, from Dorothy Lackstone. In honour of Suzie and Henry Rosenhek Sisterhood Shabbat, from Sisterhood Shaar
on their special wedding anniversary, from Hashomayim.
In memory of Nate Wagner, from Dr. Edith Barbara and Michael Feldman.
P. Levy. In memory of Eileen Goldman, from Ursula
In honour of Norma Gelfand on the recent Finkelstein; Miriam Henderson; Shayla and
In memory of Joyce Deitcher, from Dr. Edith marriage of her daughter Adrienne, from Maurice Wechsler.
P. Levy; Duane Drover and Gerald Levy. Deanna and Sydney Godel.
In memory of Fay Schaffer, from Deanna and
In memory of his mother Esther Izenberg In honour of Lee Miller on her Bat Mitzvah, Sydney Godel.
Marovitch, from Esther and Sydney Marovitch. from Karl Halpert; Barbara and Irving Shapiro.

In memory of Arthur Mendel, from Beverly

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In memory of Philip Salzman, from Shayla and In memory of her father and his father-in- In appreciation of Irving Shapiro, from Eileen
Maurice Wechsler. law Joseph Rosenoff, from Alta and Harvey Solomon.
Levenson.
PASSOVER FUND In appreciation of Dr. Michel Mezrahi, from
In memory of her father Issie Felgar, from In memory of Nettie Steinman, from Nubia Howard Blank.
Faigie and Harold Borden. Yaneth Triana.
In appreciation of Congregation Shaar
In memory of Violette Corcos Abulafia, from In memory of Muriel Kaplan, from Gordana Hashomayim, from Barry Chaim.
Martha Lawee. Jovanovich and Charles Kaplan.
In appreciation of an Aliyah, from Howard
Donations from Cheryl Brownstein and Dr. Rick In observance of the yahrzeit for his father Hamburg; Michael Colson; Susan Wolfe and
Schreiber; Sylvia Cleman; Ursula Finkelstein; Hyman Kaminsky, from Mildred and Ben Michael Signer.
Marilyn Karr; Monna and Abby Malkinson; Kaminsky.
Florence Ortenberg. In appreciation of Dr. Ron Ludman, from
In observance of the yahrzeit for his brother Evelyn Shrier and Henry Geniele.
PURIM PROJECT MISHLOACH MANOT Saul Kaminsky, from Mildred and Ben
In memory of Israel Marovitch, from Kaminsky. In appreciation of Dr. David Langleben, from
Sisterhood Shaar Hashomayim. Evelyn Shrier and Henry Geniele.
In observance of the yahrzeit for his sister
In memory of Albert Haber, from Sisterhood Mary Kugelmass, from Mildred and Ben In appreciation of a tour at Congregation Shaar
Shaar Hashomayim. Kaminsky. Hashomayim, from Shimon Unterman.

RABBI'S DISCRETIONARY FUND In observance of the yahrzeit for her husband In memory of Alfred Manaster, from Ellen Joy
In honour of Maharat Abby Brown Scheier and David Kirshenblatt, from Harriet Kirshenblatt. and Raphael Fleming.
Rabbi Adam Scheier and family on Passover,
from Feige and Sydney Gasco. In observance of the yahrzeit for his mother In memory of Michal Hornstein, from Ellen Joy
Rachel Kaminsky, from Mildred and Ben and Raphael Fleming.
In honour of Maharat Abby Brown Scheier Kaminsky.
and Rabbi Adam Scheier on the birth of their In memory of Fay Schaffer, from Ellen Joy and
daughter Arella Amit, from Doctors Maydee In observance of the yahrzeit for her mother Raphael Fleming.
and Nelson Lande. Rose Lerner, from Mildred Lerner Kaminsky.
In memory of Renata Hornstein, from Ellen Joy
In honour of Dr. Vicky Kaspi for being the first In observance of the yahrzeit for her husband and Raphael Fleming.
female awarded the Gerhard Herzberg Gold Syd Sederoff, from Barbara Sederoff and
Medal, Canada's top science prize, from Rose family. In memory of Edward Blanshay, from Barbara
Langleben. Bronfman.
In observance of the yahrzeit for her
In honour of Dr. Adrian Langleben, from brother Irwin Beutel, from Harriet (Honey) In memory of Joyce Deitcher, from Fran
Marian and Ron Levy. Kirshenblatt. Lutterman and Leonard Kaplansky.

In honour of Barbara and Sassoon Shahmoon Donation from Leonora and Michael White on In memory of Elie Hamburg, from Pamela and
on their wedding anniversary, from Monna and his birthday. Dr. Clifford Singer; Shirley Spunt and family.
Abby Malkinson and family.
Donations from Marilyn Avrith; Norman Katz; In memory of Robin Alexander Schwartz, from
In honour of Ian Rudnikoff on his special Evelyn Shrier; Louis Weider; Orly Schwartz Eleanor Roth Latsky.
birthday, from Judy and Sam Wiseman. Shapira.
In memory of Jessica Miller, from Ellen Joy and
In honour of Barbara Segal on the recent SHAAR ISRAEL PROJECT Raphael Fleming; Eleanor Roth Latsky.
marriage of her daughter Jacqueline to Daniel Donations from the Gewurz Foundation;
Steinberg, from Judy and Mark Caplan. Johanne and Norman Sternthal. In memory of Herbert Siblin, C.M., from
Eleanor Roth Latsky.
In honour of Irving Shapiro on his special SYNAGOGUE FUND
birthday, from Myra and Brian Greenstone. In honour of Dr. Mel Hershenfield on his special In memory of Elaine Sargent Elman, from
birthday, from Carol and Murray Cuttler. Eleanor Roth Latsky.
In honour of Rabbi Adam Scheier on his recent
visit to the Auschwitz Museum, from Arlene In honour of Paul Levine, FCA, FCPA on his In observance of the yahrzeit for his father
and Jack R. Lazare. special birthday, from Sheryl and Jeff Gilman Eddie Hymovitch, from Joseph Hymovitch.

In appreciation of Rabbi Adam Scheier and In honour of Rabbi David Woolfson on his In observance of the yahrzeit for her
family on Purim, from Janis Brownstein; Milestone birthday, from Monna and Abby mother Rachel Beutel, from Harriet (Honey)
Maggie Harris; Anna and Dan Elashvili; Mildred Malkinson and family. Kirshenblatt.
and Ben Kaminsky.
In honour of Susan Roskies and Lewis In observance of the yahrzeit for her father
In appreciation of Rabbi Adam Scheier, from Cytrynbaum on the birth of their children Ben Beutel, from Harriet (Honey) Kirshenblatt.
Linda Lacroix and family. Jonathan and Jordyn, from Susan and Charles In observance of the yahrzeit for his parents
Schwartzman. Frances and Louis Tafler, from Lois and Marvin
In appreciation of a D'Var Torah on the yahrzeit Tafler.
for her father Percy Caplan, from Deenalil In honour of Lee Miller on her Bat Mitzvah,
Caplan. from Nechama and Reuven Tarlow. In observance of the yahrzeit for her father
Alex Shulman, from Lois and Marvin Tafler.
In appreciation of a Torah honour, from Dr. In honour of Marcy and Michael Gurberg on
Calvin Kalman. the recent marriage of their son Joshua to Donation from the daily Minyan in
Samantha Balass, from Angela Tietolman. commemoration of the Half Shekel on Purim.
In appreciation of a Torah honour received
on the yahrzeit for his mother Devorah Baila In honour of Serafine Sigal on her special TZEDAKAH
Kalman, from Dr. Calvin Kalman. birthday, from Constance and Edward Aboudi; In honour of Mel Hoppenheim, C.M., from Lila
Alice A. Aboody; the Dallal family; Andree Ackman.
In appreciation of an Aliyah, from Leonard Haim; Helen A. and Joseph L. Meer and family;
Kaplansky; Sassoon Shahmoon. Desiree Yehuda; Nelly and Isaac Yehuda. In honour of Barbara and Sassoon Shahmoon
on their wedding anniversary, from Judy and
In memory of Linda Bernstein, from Harriet In honour of Mark Caplan on his special Mark Caplan.
and Gerald Bernstein. birthday, from Beverley Hamburg and family.
In honour of Haya and Jennifer Ben-Menashe
In honour of Irving Shapiro on his special on Passover, from Barbara and Paul Dworkin.
birthday, from Howard Roiter.
In honour of Bracha Tritt on Passover, from
Barbara and Paul Dworkin.

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In honour of Edward Figlarz on the High In honour of Monna and Abby Malkinson on In appreciation of Dana and Jonathan
Holidays, from Pearl Gameroff. the birth of their granddaughter Alexis Sofia, Goodman, from Robin Mader.
from Judy and Mark Caplan.
In honour of Irving Shapiro on his special In appreciation of the Shaar Hashomayim
birthday, from Shirley and Phil Silvers. In honour of Joyce Azimov on her special clergy, from Esther and Sydney Marovitch.
birthday, from Barbara Szeicz and Avi
In memory of Fay Schaffer, from Ellen Joy and Gomberg. In appreciation of Dr. Adrian Langleben, from
Raphael Fleming. Esther and Sydney Marovitch.
In honour of Dr. Vicky Kaspi for being awarded
In memory of his father Elie Hamburg, from the Gerhard Herzberg Gold Medal, Canada's In appreciation of Jonathan Goodman, from
Howard Hamburg. top science prize, from Gloria Klein; Lois and Fanny Nemtean; Louisa Rubenstein.
Dr. Fred Vosburg.
In memory of Elie Hamburg, from Monna and In appreciation of Maharat Abby Brown
Abby Malkinson and family. In honour of the Bat Mitzvah of Juliana Gelber Scheier, from Dr. Liane Feldman.
and the Bar Mitzvah of Harry Wiltzer, from
In observance of the yahrzeit for his parents Elsa and Murray Kotler. In memory of Paul Goldin, from Judy Caplan.
Arlene and Moe Gilman, from Sheryl and
Jeffrey Gilman. In honour of Donna and David Schnapp on In memory of Nettie Steinman, from Judy and
their special wedding anniversary and on the Mark Caplan.
In observance of the yahrzeit for her mother Bat Mitzvah of their granddaughter Daniella
Lily Lewis, from Terry and Julius Suss. Lang, from Rhona and Irwin Kramer. In memory of Frances Isenberg, from Carole
Rocklin.
Donation from Howard Cohen. In honour of Philip Abbey on his special
birthday, from Sharon and Paul Levine, FCPA, In memory of Elie Hamburg, from Sheryl and
YAHRZEIT FCA. Elliott Shuchat.
Donations from Sandra and Leslie Adilman;
Claire J. Behar; Marlene Bourke; K. David In honour of Maharat Abby Brown Scheier In memory of Lolita Cohen McCollum, from
Brody; Doris Brott; Maureen and Michael and Rabbi Adam Scheier on the birth of their Sheryl and Elliott Shuchat.
Cape; Ruth Cohen; Vicki Feil; Ursula daughter Arella Amit, from the Levine Family.
Finkelstein; Miriam and Martin Friedman; In memory of her brother Hyman Greenfeld,
Abraham Fuks; Michael Grossman; Sandra In honour of their granddaughter Alexandra from Roslyn and Harvey Wolfe.
Gutherz; Therese Guttman; Beverley Hamburg; Gross on her Bat Mitzvah, from Arlene and
Norman Jaskolka; Leonard Kaplansky; Roslyn Allan Mones. In memory of her brother Nathan Greenfeld,
Klein; Sheila Kussner, O.C., Q.C.; Janice Kussner; from Roslyn and Harvey Wolfe.
Joanne Leopold; Eleanor Roth Latsky; Susan In honour of Donna and David Schnapp on the
Levitt; Marian and Ron Levy; Esther and Syd Bat Mitzvah of their granddaughter Daniella, In memory of Theodore Polisuk, from Sharon
Marovitch; Beatrice C. Mayer; Harriet and from Harriet and Stephen Segal. and Paul Levine, FCPA, FCA.
Dr, Fred Muroff; Dulcie Naimer; Dorothy
Niederhoffer; Dr. Paul Niloff; Eunice Palayew; In honour of Carol and Martin Goldenberg In memory of Herbert Siblin, C.M., from Sharon
Karen Grover Pancer; Judi and Brian Scherzer; on the Bat Mitzvah of their granddaughter and Paul Levine, FCPA, FCA.
Barry Shapiro; Ilsa Shustik; Carla and Lorie Samantha, from Harriet and Stephen Segal.
Stein; Augusta (Dusty) Vineberg Solomon; In observance of the yahrzeit for her mother
Lillian Vineberg. In honour of Barry Yane on his special birthday, Ida Goldfine, from Hadassa Gottheil.
from Terry and Julius Suss.
YOUNG FAMILY PROGRAMS – Donations from Sandra and Lester Adilman;
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS In honour of Lillian Azoulay and Lionel Rosette Cohen; Lisa Steinberg; Dan Wise.
Donations from Dr. Deborah and Mark H. Aber; Schwartz on the birth of a grandchild, from
Ellen Yarrow and David Abrams; Judy and Beverley Hamburg. SPECIAL MENTION:
Mark Caplan; Claire Berger and Alvin Fagen; THE LEILA PAPERMAN BIRTHDAY FUND
Federation CJA; Irene and Stephen Lipper; In honour of Helen Meer on her special has been established by Leila and Herbert
Monna and Abby Malkinson; Joan and Larry birthday, from Hilda Rejwan. Paperman in celebration of Leila Paperman’s
Wainberg. special birthday.
In honour of Shawna Goodman and Todd Sone
YOUTH AND EDUCATION on the Bar Mitzvah of their son Andrew, from
In honour of Judi and Brian Scherzer on the Esther and Sydney Marovitch.
B'nei Mitzvah of their twin grandsons Nathan
and Aaron Scherzer, from Marlene Bourke. In appreciation of Maharat Rachel Finegold on
Purim, from Janis Brownstein; Maggie Harris.
In honour of Lenore and Paul Harris on the
birth of a grandson, from Cheryl Brownstein In appreciation of a tour at Congregation
and Dr. Rick Schreiber. Shaar Hashomayim, from the McGill University
Faculty of Religious Studies.

In appreciation of the Youth and Education
programs, from the Agulnik family.

TO MAKE A DONATION Donations must be made prior to
please call Orit Bueno, 514.937.9474 ext. 165
or online at shaarhashomayim.org/donate FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11

Bulletin publication: min. $25 to be in the next bulletin
Endowment Funds: min. $50
Prayer book and bookplate inscription: min. $100 Congregation Shaar Hashomayim |   | 23

Donations of any amount over $18 will be
acknowledged with a tribute card.

SPONSORSHIPS Honour your loved ones by sponsoring a breakfast or kiddush.

Contact : Stephanie Nagus, Booking Manager 514.937.9474 ext.169/ [email protected]

Congregational Kiddush on February 20 sponsored by Alice and Joel First Passover Congregational Kiddush on April 23 sponsored by Shayla
Raby in observance of the yahrzeit for their daughter Beth Raby. and Maurice Wechsler in honour of his birthday.

Breakfast on February 25 sponsored by Alexandra Rubin and Matthew Breakfast on April 27 sponsored by Betty Maldoff and Family in
Baer in honour of the baby naming of their daughter Clara Lilliana Baer. observance of the yahrzeit for Charles Maldoff.

Breakfast on March 3 sponsored by The Kracauer Family in observance Congregational Kiddush on April 29 sponsored by Joanne and Simon
of the yahrzeit for Leah Kracauer. Margel in observance of the yahrzeit for his mother Hela Margel.

Breakfast on March 4 sponsored by Rose Letovsky, Susan and Michael Breakfast on May 6 sponsored by Eileen Dubrovsky in observance of the
Stern and Sharon and Jaynee Letovsky in observance of the yahrzeit yahrzeit for her husband Louis Dubrovsky.
for their husband and father Julius Letovsky.
Breakfast on May 6 sponsored by Isabelle and Michel Alain Danino in
Rosh Chodesh Fellowship Breakfast on March 10 sponsored by Robert observance of the yahrzeit for her mother Michele Weber.
Swidler in observance of the 30th yahrzeit for his parents Lilyan and
Benjamin Swidler. Congregational Kiddush on May 7 sponsored by The Azimov Family in
honour of Joyce Fellner Azimov's 50th birthday.
Breakfast on March 17 sponsored by Leslie and Berel Hoppenheim in
honour of the Bar Mitzvah call-up of their grandson Jacob Hoppenheim. Rosh Chodesh Fellowship Breakfast on May 8.

Breakfast on March 18 sponsored by Jean-Charles LeBrun in observance Breakfast on May 12 sponsored by Stanley Goldstein in celebration of
of the yahrzeit for his sister Joan Shook. Yom Ha'atzmaut and his special birthday.

Congregational Kiddush on March 19 sponsored by Allison and Robert Congregational Kiddush on May 14 co-sponsored by Shaar Hashomayim
Hoppenheim on the honour of the Bar Mitzvah of their son Jacob Sisterhood, Judy Caplan, Elaine Dubrovsky, Esther Marovitch,
Hoppenheim and by Barbara and Sassoon Shahmoon in celebration of Carole S. Rocklin, Evelyn Schachter, Sheryl Shuchat and Carole
their double chai wedding anniversary. Zuckerman in honour of Sisterhood Shabbat.

Purim Se’udah breakfast on March 24 sponsored by Hessa and Donald Breakfast on May 16 sponsored by Judy Wolfe in honour of the baby
Davis in observance of the yahrzeit for her parents Dorothy and Louis naming of her granddaughter Coco Angelica Cavallo.
Wellen.
Breakfast on May 17 sponsored by The Wiesenfeld and Pinker Families
Breakfast on March 25 sponsored by Colette and Claude D. Chomski in in observance of the yahrzeit for Mark J. Wiesenfeld.
observance of the yahrzeit for his mother Szprintza Lea Chomski.
Breakfast on May 18 sponsored by Susan and Michael Signer in
Congregational Kiddush on April 2 sponsored by Monna and Abby observance of the yahrzeit for her father Dr. Aubie Wolfe and his father
Malkinson in honour of the baby naming of their granddaughter Alexis Bernard Signer.
Sofia Malkinson.
Breakfast on May 19 sponsored by Ruth Berger, Claire Berger and
Breakfast on April 4 sponsored by The Langleben Family in observance David Berger in observance of the yahrzeit for Dr. Emil Berger.
of the yahrzeit for Dr. M. Phillip Langleben.
Congregational Kiddush on May 21 sponsored by The Gelber Family in
Breakfast on April 7 sponsored by Nathalie and Yona Shtern in honour observance of the yahrzeit for Leslee Hope Gelber.
of the Bar Mitzvah call-up of their son Adam Shtern.
Breakfast on May 30 sponsored by Sharron Feifer in observance of the
Breakfast on April 11 sponsored by The Merran and Perez Families in yahrzeit for her husband Mark Feifer.
observance of the yahrzeit for Isaac Merran.
Breakfast on June 3 sponsored by Gail and Dr. David Auerbach in
Breakfast on April 14 sponsored by Michelle and Paul Korne in honour observance of the yahrzeit for his mother Sadie Auerbach.
of the Bar Mitzvah call-ups of their sons Andrew and Ben Korne.
Congregational Kiddush on June 4 sponsored by Michael Bergman in
Breakfast on April 15 sponsored by The Burnett Family marking the honour of the 50th anniversary of his Bar Mitzvah and in memory of his
culmination of the 11 months of kaddish for Peter Burnett. parents Jessie and Irving Bergman.

Congregational Kiddush on April 16 sponsored by Michelle and Paul Breakfast on June 6 sponsored by Myer Deitcher and Family marking
Korne in honour of the B'nei Mitzvah of their sons Andrew and Ben the sheloshim for Joyce Lozinski Deitcher.
Korne and by The Boretsky, Gold, Langleben, and Zlotnik Families in
honour of Diller Teen Fellows from Israel: Noam Day, Lianne Grooper Lev, Rosh Chodesh Fellowship Breakfast on June 7 sponsored by The
Yehonatan Aviram, Itay Bagdadi. Freedman Family marking the culmination of 11 months of kaddish for
Dr. Arthur N. Freedman and by Reuben Croll, Robyn Croll, Tony Croll
Breakfast on April 18 sponsored by Sabine Jakubovic in observance of and Jennifer Croll-Wolfe marking sheloshim for Fran Croll.
the yahrzeit for her husband Ephraim (Fred) Jakubovic.
Breakfast on June 9 sponsored by Toni and Larry Reznick in memory of
Breakfast on April 22 sponsored by Shelleyand Jonathan Schneiderman his mother Freda Burko Reznick.
in memory of his parents Sylvia and Clarence Schneiderman and by Joe
Pearl, Seymour Pearl and Reeven Pearl in observance of the yahrzeit Breakfast sponsored on June 10 in memory of Nat Finkelstein.
for their father Max Pearl.

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Congregational Kiddush co-sponsored by Naomi Finkelstein in Breakfast on August 12 sponsored by Sharon and Salim Mouadeb in
observance of the yahrzeit for her husband Edward Finkelstein, and memory of Sherry Feifer.
by Silvia Kertesz in observance of the yahrzeit for her husband Gabor
Kertesz and by Suzie and Henry Rosenhek in honour of their 40th Congregational Kiddush on August 13 sponsored by The Korda Family in
wedding anniversary. observance of the yahrzeit for Ben Korda.

Congregational Kiddush on June 12 sponsored by Lee Miller and Dr. Breakfast on August 18 sponsored by Cely Schouela in observance of the
Rabbi Leslie Freedman in honour of her Bat Mitzvah and by Myriam yahrzeit for her husband Ezekiel Schouela.
Dahan and Ronald Reuben in the observance of the yahrzeit for her
father Messod Dahan. Congregational Kiddush on August 20 sponsored by Shawna and Todd
Sone in honour of the Bar Mitzvah of their son Andrew Caleb Sone.
Congregational Kiddush on June 13 sponsored by Judy and Mark Caplan
in celebration of his 70th birthday. Breakfast on August 25 sponsored by Peggy Fleming in observance of
the yahrzeit for her husband Stephen Fleming and by Jill and Charles
Breakfast on June 14 sponsored by Susan and Michael Stern in Reitelman, Bonni and Neil Lackstein and Robin and Jerold Kaplan in
observance of the yahrzeit for his father Max Stern. honour of the aufruf of Michael Kaplan and his upcoming marriage to Lara
Lackstein.
Breakfast on June 16 sponsored by Sherry Feifer in honour of the aufruf
of her son Jonathon (J.J.) Feifer and his upcoming marriage to Rachel Breakfast on August 29 sponsored by Alyce Fischer and Marc Boloten
Brenner and by Victoria and David Cape in honour of the Bar Mitzvah in honour of the aufruf of their son Joseph Boloten and his upcoming
call-up of their son Isaac Cape and by Cathie and Bruce Sutton in honour marriage to Liane Rebner.
of the aufruf of David Caplan and his upcoming marriage to their daughter
Essie Sutton. Breakfast on September 1 sponsored by Rachelle and Rick Merovitz in
honour of the Bar Mitzvah call-up of their son Dylan Merovitz.
Breakfast on June 17 sponsored by Juliana Aouizerate and Elie Perez in
honour of the Pidyon Haben of their son Sacha Perez. Breakfast on September 2 sponsored by Terry and Julius Suss in
observance of the yahrzeit for her father Harvey Lewis.
Congregational Kiddush on June 18 sponsored by Pearl and Michael
Caplan and Michael and Maureen Cape in honour of the Bar Mitzvah Congregational Kiddush on September 3 sponsored by Rachelle and
of their grandson Isaac Cape. Rick Merovitz, Aura Tietolman, Suzy and Stanley Merovitz, Paula
Merovitz and Max Sherman and Rose and William Klein in honour of
Breakfast on June 20 sponsored by Bernice Brownstein and Family in the Bar Mitzvah of their son and grandson Dylan Merovitz.
observance of the yahrzeit for Morton Brownstein, C.M.
Rosh Chodesh Fellowship Breakfast on September 4.
Breakfast on June 23 sponsored by Pam and Clifford Singer in honour
of the aufruf of their son Mark Singer and his upcoming marriage to Breakfast on September 8 sponsored by Wendy and Warren Katz in
Marissa Shear. honour of the Bar Mitzvah of their son Benjamin Katz.

Congregational Kiddush on June 25 sponsored by Lynn and Gerald Batist Congregational Kiddush on September 10 sponsored by Dana and
in honour of the anniversary of his Bar Mitzvah. Jonathan Goodman, Mia and David Goodman, Shawna and Todd
Sone and Debbie and Gerry Davis in honour of Morris Goodman's 85th
Breakfast on June 30 sponsored by Leah Siegel in honour of the aufruf birthday and Orly Anne Goodman’s 6th birthday.
of her grandson Joshua Gurberg and his upcoming marriage to Samantha
Balass. Breakfast on September 12 sponsored by Orly and Philip Fayer in
honour of the baby naming of their daughter.
Congregational Kiddush on July 2 sponsored by Irina and Anatoly
Nekhim and Inna and Dmitry Korenblit in honour of the aufruf of David Breakfast on September 15 sponsored by Beverley Hamburg in honour
Isaac Lease and his upcoming marriage to Valeria Nekhim and by Lillian of the Bar Mitzvah call-up of her grandson Ethan Hamburg, son of Mylene
Azoulay Schwartz and Lionel Schwartz in honour of the baby naming and David Hamburg, grandson of Rosette Dayan and the late Charles
of her granddaughter Scarlett Renia Azoulay. Dayan and the late Elie Hamburg.

Rosh Chodesh Fellowship Breakfast on July 6 sponsored by The Balinsky Breakfast on September 16 sponsored by Larry, Danny and Hazel
Family in observance of the yahrzeit for Charles Balinsky. Wainberg in memory of their parents Sally and Benjamin Wainberg.

Breakfast on July 7 sponsored by Carole and Burt Gilman in observance Congregational Kiddush on September 17 sponsored by Stephanie and
of the yahrzeit for her father Paul Poltrack. Ron Oboler in honour of the aufruf of their son Joshua Oboler and his
upcoming marriage to Gillian Reitman.
Congregational Kiddush on July 9 sponsored by Calvin Kalman, Samuel
Kalman and Benjamin Kalman in observance of the yahrzeit for Rica- Breakfast on September 19 sponsored by Lisa Steinberg in observance
Judith d Sola Miller Kalman. of the yahrzeit for her father Charles Steinberg.

Breakfast on July 11 sponsored by Stanley Goldstein in observance of the Breakfast on September 22 sponsored by Corine and Miles Leutner in
yahrzeit for his father David Goldstein. honour of the aufruf of David Spodek and his upcoming marriage to their
daughter Ashley Leutner.
Breakfast on July 14 sponsored by Debbie and Fred Goldsmith in honour
of the aufruf of their son Matthew Goldsmith and his upcoming marriage Breakfast on September 23 sponsored by Oro and Michel Librowicz in
to Jacqueline Hopmeyer, daughter of Barbara Maldoff and the late Harry observance of the yahrzeit for his mother Sophie Librowicz.
Hopmeyer and granddaughter of Betty Maldoff.
Congregational Kiddush on October 1 sponsored by Gregory, Andrea
Congregational Kiddush on July 16 sponsored by Barbara and Irving and David Lipper in honour of Irene Lipper's 75th Birthday.
Shapiro in celebration of his 80th birthday.
Breakfast on October 7 sponsored by Joanne and Simon Margel in
Breakfast on July 20 sponsored by Edith Greenberg, Benita and observance of the yahrzeit for his father Nathan Margel.
Stephen Greenberg, Shelly and Joel Greenberg and Anna-Sue and
Allan Wiltzer and Families in observance of the yahrzeit for Harold Breaking of the fast on October 12 sponsored by Michael Bergman in
Greenberg. observance of the yahrzeit for his mother Jessie Bergman.

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SHAAR B'NEI MITZVAH

KENDALL JAYNE GREENBERG, daughter of Linda and Adam Greenberg, celebrated her Bat Mitzvah on May
27, 2016 when she led the Kabbalat Shabbat service. Sharing in this simcha were her brothers, Riley Jaxon and Colby
Henry and proud grandparents, Ian and Linda Greenberg, Frances Shames and David Shames. Missed at this time
are great-grandparents Abraham and Anne Greenberg, Joe and Ray Winner, Rebecca and Ben Shames, and Annie
Aginsky Adelstein. Kendall is looking forward to starting grade 7 at Lower Canada College. She enjoys swimming,
biking and hanging out with friends. Kendall participated in the Quebec regional science fair and volunteered her
time to raise funds for her grade 6 graduation from Royal Vale Elementary School.

DYLAN JUSTIN MEROVITZ, son of Rachelle and Rick Merovitz, celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on September 3,
2016, Parashat Re'eh, Shabbat Rosh Chodesh Elul. Sharing in this simcha are his sisters Avery and Taylor and his
brother Spencer. Proud grandparents are Aura Tietolman, Paula Merovitz and Max Sherman, Suzy and Stanley
Merovitz and Rose and William Klein. Dylan is a graduate of Akiva School and is currently a grade 8 student at
Selwyn House. He loves participating in many sports, especially baseball, basketball and tennis. His other hobbies
include playing video games, skateboarding, cooking and playing the piano and drums. Dylan enjoys sharing the
summers with his friends at Camp Bnai Brith of Ottawa. For his Mitzvah project, Dylan has been volunteering at
Mada, delivering Shabbat to Share meals. In honour of his Bar Mitzvah, Dylan is making a special donation to Mada
to help sponsor a Bar Mitzvah boy’s upcoming celebration.

BENJAMIN AIDEN KATZ, son of Wendy and Warren Katz, celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on September 8, 2016,
Parashat Shoftim. Proud and happy to be celebrating together is his sister Jory and his grandparents Karen and
Louis Grossbaum and Frances and Solomon Katz. Ben is a graduate of Akiva School and is currently in grade 8 at
Selwyn House. He loves all sports and is active in hockey, basketball, waterskiing and wake surfing. He also enjoys
spending time with friends and especially looks forward to his summers at sleep away camp.

DANA YAEL BORETSKY, daughter of Eve Rochman and Rick Boretsky, celebrated her Bat Mitzvah by leading
Kabbalat Shabbat on September 16, 2016, Parashat Ki Teitzei. Joining in her celebration are her siblings Jonathan,
Jared and Lia and grandparents Sheila Boretsky and Rachel and Simon Rochman. Dearly missed is her Zaide Jerry
Boretsky. Dana is a graduate of Akiva School and is excited to attend Herzliah High School this year. She participates
on the Stingrays swim team at the Y and enjoys crossfit training. She is also a passionate actress and has performed
in many Akiva Players productions. Every year at Purim, Dana volunteers to help bake hamentashen to raise funds
for "Save a Child's Heart Foundation”.

JILLIAN LARA DORSEY, daughter of Kim Prosterman and Daniel Dorsey, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on
September 25, 2016. Sharing in this simcha are her sister Lauren and grandparents Eunice and Leonard Prosterman
and Tanja and Stephen Dorsey. Sadly missed are Jillian’s great-grandparents Kay and Hyman Kirman and Dorothy
and Louis Dorsey. Jillian is entering grade 8 at Lower Canada College. Her summers are spent making lasting
memories at Camp Walden Ontario. She is an avid reader, loyal friend and enjoys basketball, soccer and dance.
Jillian continues her volunteer work at Mada.

BENJAMIN (BEN) MILES ARNOVITZ, son of Nicole Fortin-Salhani and Andrew and Marie-Hélène Arnovitz,
will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on October 15, 2017, Parashat Ha'azinu Inspired and joyful to be celebrating together
are his siblings Max, Noemie and Laurie and his grandparents Barbara and Paul Arnovitz and Fernand Salhani.
Ben is a graduate of Solomon Schechter Academy and is currently in Grade 8 at Collège de Montreal, where he
plays football for the Lions. He also enjoys basketball and skiing and is an avid Denver Broncos fan. Ben regularly
participates in community fundraising events in support of health and education causes close to his heart.

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DAVID WILLIAM LAYMAN, son of Benita Goldin and Ted Pearl and the late Leslie Marc Layman, will celebrate
his Bar Mitzvah on October 29, 2016, Parashat B’reishit. Sharing in his simcha is David’s sister Olivia, his proud
great-aunt and great-uncle Riva and Al Shackman, as well as his aunts, uncles, cousins, and extended family and
friends. Sadly missed at this time are grandparents Estelle and Paul Goldin and Norma Layman. David graduated
from Royal Vale Elementary School and currently attends Selwyn House School. He is a golf addict, talented soccer
player, fearsome skier, and avid baseball player. For his Mitzvah project, David helped prepare seder food for MADA.
He also delivered Mishloah Manot.

DYLAN TELIO, son of Valerie and Patrick Telio, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on November 10, 2016, Parashat
Lech Lecha. Sharing in this celebration are his siblings Sam and Liv, grandparents Monique Abdoo, Eliane Telio,
Corrine and Raymond Telio, as well his aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. Sadly missed is Dylan’s grandfather Albert
Abdoo. Dylan spends his summers at Camp Chateaugay and is in Grade 8 at St. George’s High School. Dylan enjoys
playing tennis, basketball and soccer. He also loves music and hanging out with his friends. Dylan volunteers at
Share the Warmth community group.

ETHAN ABIE GOLDFARB, son of Lenore and Robert Goldfarb, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on November 12,
2016, Parashat Lech Lecha. Ethan’s brother, Adam, and his bubby Shirley Weber, along with friends and relatives,
will be proudly sharing in this joyous occasion. Sadly, his zaide Saul Weber passed away in April and will be missed.
Ethan recently graduated from The Akiva School and is presently enrolled in Grade 7 at St. George’s High School.
His hobbies include sailing both real and remote-controlled sailboats, working with computers and playing video
games. Ethan has a great affinity for soccer, water sports, fishing and marine biology.

HAYLEY SARAH KASPI LANGLEBEN, daughter of Victoria Kaspi and David Langleben, will celebrate her
Bat Mitzvah on November 18, 2016, Parashat Vayeira. Sharing in this simcha are her brother Ian and sister Julia,
and grandparents Rose Langleben and Joseph Kaspi. Sadly missed are Hayley’s grandparents Philip Langleben
and Shirley Kaspi. Hayley is in her first year at Herzliah High School. She loves swimming, basketball, art and math
and is a talented pianist. Her summers are spent making lasting memories at Camp Massad.

AIDAN REUBEN, son of Myriam and Ronald Reuben, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on December 10, 2016,
Parashat Vayeitzei. Proudly celebrating with him are his sister Emma and his grandmother Violette. Sadly missed
are Haskel Reuben and Evelyne and Messod Dahan. Aidan is a graduate of Akiva School and is currently attending
grade 7 at Selwyn House. He enjoys spending time with his friends and family and is active in all sports. He is a kind
and thoughtful person and he is looking forward to taking part in community service activities this year.

A SHAAR BAR AND
BAT MITZVAH
• Inspiring experience for the whole family.
• Meaningful ritual celebration with our

dynamic clergy.

• Warm and welcoming community.
• The foundation for a strong Jewish life.

To reserve a date, contact Stephanie Nagus, Booking Manager
514.937.9474 ext. 169/[email protected]

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SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

Shacharit (Morning Services) 7:30 AM Rosh Chodesh/Chol Hamo'ed 7:15 AM Breakfast following services, except Sundays.

Shabbat/Sunday/Legal Holidays 8:45 AM Sunday Rosh Chodesh/Chol Hamo'ed 8:30 AM Kiddush following morning services on Shabbat.

SHABBAT, SEPTEMBER 10 6:30 PM Parallel Service Sermon - 12:15 PM Parallel Service Yizkor/Sermon – 11:45 PM
Parashat Shoftim 7:59 PM Maharat Rachel K. Finegold 5:15 PM Rabbi Yonah Berman 12:45 PM
Mincha/Se’udah Shlishit/Ma’ariv 6:15 PM 3:45 PM
Havdalah Tashlich after 7:14 PM Musaf 3:45 PM
Mincha/Ma’ariv Mincha
SUNDAY – THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 - 15 Candle Lighting Teach-in 5:15 PM
Ne’ilah 6:40 PM
Mincha/Ma’ariv 6:55 PM TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4 Ma’ariv 6:58 PM
Havdalah/Shofar
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 ROSH HASHANAH – 2nd Day
Candle Lighting
Early Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat 6:44 PM Shacharit 7:30 AM
6:45 PM
Scriptural Readings 8:45 AM THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13
Mincha/Ma’ariv
Shofar 9:30 AM 6:00 PM

SHABBAT, SEPTEMBER 17 Musaf 10:10 AM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14
Parashat Ki Teitzei Candle Lighting
Mincha/Se’udah Shlishit/Ma’ariv Junior Congregation 11:00 AM Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat 5:51 PM
Havdalah 6:00 PM
6:15 PM Sermon - Maharat Rachel K. Finegold 12:15 PM
7:45 PM
Parallel Service Sermon -

Rabbi Adam Scheier 12:15 PM SHABBAT, OCTOBER 15
Parashat Ha’azinu
SUNDAY – THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 - 22 Mincha/Ma’ariv 6:15 PM
Bar Mitzvah of Benjamin Arnovitz, son of Nicole
Mincha/Ma’ariv 6:40 PM Havdalah 7:12 PM Fortin-Salhani, Andrew Arnovitz and Marie-Helene
Laramee
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 6:30 PM WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5
Candle Lighting 6:40 PM FAST OF GEDALIAH 5:42 AM Mincha/Ma’ariv 6:00 PM
Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat Fast begins 7:10 AM Havdalah 6:53 PM
S’lichot/Shacharit 6:15 PM
SHABBAT, SEPTEMBER 24 Mincha/Ma’ariv 6:56 PM SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16
Parashat Ki Tavo Fast concludes EREV SUKKOT
Mincha/Ma’ariv Shacharit
Havdalah 6:40 PM THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6 7:10 AM Candle Lighting 8:45 AM
Choral S’lichot Service 7:31 PM S’lichot/Shacharit 6:15 PM Mincha/Kabbalat Yom Tov 5:48 PM
11:15 PM Mincha/Ma’ariv 5:50 PM

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 6:25 PM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 7:10 AM MONDAY, OCTOBER 17
Mincha/Ma’ariv S’lichot/Shacharit 6:04 PM
Candle Lighting 6:15 PM SUKKOT – 1st Day
MONDAY – THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 - 29 Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat 8:45 AM
Shacharit 5:50 PM
S’lichot/Shacharit 7:10 AM after 6:49 PM
Mincha/Ma’ariv
Mincha/Ma’ariv 6:25 PM SHABBAT, OCTOBER 8
Candle Lighting

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 Parashat Vayeilech, Shabbat Shuva TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18
S’lichot/Shacharit SUKKOT – 2nd Day
Candle Lighting 7:10 AM Mincha/Ma’ariv 6:15 PM Shacharit
Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat 6:17 PM Mincha/Ma’ariv
6:25 PM Havdalah 7:05 PM Havdalah 8:45 AM
5:50 PM
SHABBAT, OCTOBER 1 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9 8:30 AM 6:48 PM
Parashat Nitzavim S’lichot/Shacharit 6:00 PM
Mincha/Ma’ariv Mincha/Ma’ariv WEDNESDAY – THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19 - 20
Havdalah
6:25 PM MONDAY, OCTOBER 10 CHOL HAMO’ED
7:18 PM S’lichot/Shacharit
Mincha/Ma’ariv 8:30 AM Shacharit 7:15 AM
6:00 PM
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2 Mincha/Ma’ariv 5:50 PM
EREV ROSH HASHANAH
S’lichot/Shacharit TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21
Candle Lighting CHOL HAMO’ED
Mincha/Kabbalat Yom Tov 8:15 AM EREV YOM KIPPUR Shacharit
6:13 PM Candle Lighting
6:15 PM S’lichot/Shacharit 7:10 AM Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat 7:15 AM
5:39 PM
Mincha 1:30 PM 5:50 PM

MONDAY, OCTOBER 3 Candle Lighting 5:57 PM
ROSH HASHANAH – 1st Day
Shacharit Kol Nidre 6:00 PM SHABBAT, OCTOBER 22
Scriptural Readings CHOL HAMO’ED
Shofar 7:30 AM Parallel Service Sermon - Rabbi Adam Scheier Mincha/Ma’ariv
Musaf 8:45 AM Havdalah
Junior Congregation 9:30 AM WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12 5:50 PM
Sermon - Rabbi Adam Scheier 10:10 AM 6:41 PM
11:00 AM YOM KIPPUR
12:15 PM
Shacharit 8:45 AM SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23
HOSHANAH RABAH
Scriptural Readings 11:00 AM Shacharit
Candle Lighting
Junior Congregation 11:00 AM Mincha/Kabbalat Yom Tov 8:00 AM
5:36 PM
Yizkor/Sermon - Rabbi Adam Scheier 11:45 PM 5:40 PM

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 24 8:45 AM FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4 5:18 PM SHABBAT, NOVEMBER 26
SHEMINI ATZERET 10:30 AM Candle Lighting 5:30 PM Parashat Chayei Sarah, Shabbat M’varchim
Shacharit 5:40 PM Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat Rosh Chodesh Kislev occurs on Thursday,
Yizkor after 6:38 PM December 1
Mincha/Ma’ariv/Hakafot SHABBAT, NOVEMBER 5
Candle Lighting Parashat Noach 5:30 PM Mincha/Ma’ariv 4:05 PM
Mincha/Ma’ariv 6:22 PM Havdalah 5:04 PM
Havdalah
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25 SUNDAY – WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27 - 30
SIMCHAT TORAH
Shacharit 8:45 AM SUNDAY – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6 - 10 Mincha/Ma’ariv 4:05 PM
Hakafot 9:30 AM
Mincha/Ma’ariv 5:40 PM Mincha/Ma’ariv 4:20 PM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1
Havdalah 6:37 PM Rosh Chodesh Kislev
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 4:09 PM Shacharit 7:15 AM
WEDNESDAY – THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26 - 27 Candle Lighting 4:20 PM Mincha/Ma’ariv 4:05 PM
Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat

Mincha/Ma’ariv 5:40 PM SHABBAT, NOVEMBER 12 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2
Parashat Lech Lecha Candle Lighting
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28 5:28 PM Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat 3:53 PM
Candle Lighting 5:40 PM Bar Mitzvah of Ethan Goldfarb, son of Lenore 4:05 PM
Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat and Robert Goldfarb
SHABBAT, DECEMBER 3
SHABBAT, OCTOBER 29 Mincha/Ma’ariv 4:20 PM Parashat Toldot 4:05 PM
Parashat Breishit, Shabbat M’varchim Havdalah 5:14 PM Mincha/Ma’ariv 5:01 PM
Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan occurs on Tuesday Havdalah
and Wednesday, November 1 and 2
SUNDAY – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13 - 17 SUNDAY – THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4 - 8

Mincha/Ma’ariv 4:10 PM Mincha/Ma’ariv 4:00 PM

Bar Mitzvah of David Layman, son of Benita FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18 4:02 PM FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9 3:52 PM
Goldin and Ted Pearl and the late Leslie Marc Candle Lighting 4:10 PM Candle Lighting 4:00 PM
Layman Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat

Mincha/Ma’ariv 5:40 PM SHABBAT, NOVEMBER 19 SHABBAT, DECEMBER 10
Havdalah 6:31 PM Parashat Vayeira Parashat Vayeitzei
Mincha/Ma’ariv
SUNDAY – MONDAY, OCTOBER 30 - 31 Havdalah 4:10 PM
5:08 PM
Mincha/Ma’ariv 5:30 PM Bar Mitzvah of Aidan Reuben, son of Myriam
and Ronald Reuben
TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 - 2 SUNDAY – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20 - 24

Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan Mincha/Ma’ariv 4:05 PM Mincha/Ma’ariv 4:00 PM
Havdalah 5:01 PM
Shacharit 7:15 AM

Mincha/Ma’ariv 5:30 PM FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25
Candle Lighting
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3 5:30 PM Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat 3:57 PM
Mincha/Ma’ariv 4:05 PM

CONTACT Monday - Thursday 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

450 Kensington Avenue, Westmount, QC H3Y 3A2 T 514.937.9471 / 514.937.9474 F 514.937.2067 Friday 8:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Schedule of Services (166) Eruv Hotline (109) Foundation School 514.937.9475

ADAM J. SCHEIER (143) Rabbi [email protected] SUSAN GREENSPOON ZEMEL (182)
Creative Director/Bulletin
[email protected]

MAHARAT RACHEL KOHL FINEGOLD (174) [email protected] ROBYN BENNETT (146)
Director of Education and Spiritual Enrichment Member Engagement/Program Manager [email protected]

DR. WILFRED SHUCHAT (138) Rabbi Emeritus

STEPHANIE NAGUS (169) Booking Manager [email protected]

GIDEON Y. ZELERMYER (101) Cantor [email protected]

RABBI DAVID L. WOOLFSON (123) Ritual Director [email protected] FAYE ROSSDEUTSCHER (137) [email protected]
Youth and Family Life Coordinator

ROÏ AZOULAY (122) Music Director [email protected] SHERRY SMITH (163)Director, Foundation School [email protected]

DAVID ABRAMS (143) Parnass ADELIA BENSOUSSAN (142) Director, Netivot School [email protected]

MICHAEL STERN, CPA, CA (135) President [email protected] STEWART LEIBOVITCH (171) Cemetery Manager [email protected]

PENNI KOLB (133) Executive Director [email protected] MARJORIE KIRSCH-HEFT and SHERYL SHUCHAT (145)

Sisterhood Co-Presidents [email protected]

MARTIN BINDMAN, CPA, CA (215) [email protected] NAOMI KASSIE (124) Leisure Institute Chairperson
Director of Finance

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CONDOLENCES May the Almighty grant His divine comfort to the bereaved in their sorrow.

We extend condolences to the families of the following who have recently passed:

Our member Morton Barmish. Israel Marovitch, brother and brother-in-law of our members Sydney and
Esther Marovitch.
Our member Manuel G. Batshaw.
Our members, Jessica Miller and William I. Miller, parents and parents-in-law
Our member Margaret Bernstein. of our members Farrel Miller and Lisa Singer, Sheryl Miller and Mark Adessky, and
sister, sister-in-law and brother-in-law of our members Nahum and Sheila Gelber,
Elliott Raymond Besner, brother and brother-in-law of our members Alan and Carl and Riva Gelber.
Mona Besner.
Our member Dorothy Niederhoffer.
Our member Edward Blanshay.
Our member Theodore Polisuk, husband of Susan Polisuk.
Anita Brownstein, mother and mother-in-law of our members Arlene Chinks
and Gerald Stotland. Ann Radow, mother and mother-in-law of our members Trudy and
Lawrence Rutenberg.
Fran Croll, mother and mother-in-law of our members Jennifer and Michael
Wolfe. Our member Leo Rosentzveig, Q.C., husband of Shirley Rosentzveig.

Our member A. Mortimer (Morty) Davis. Our member Phillip Salzman, husband of Aida Salzman, father and father-in-law
of our members Ronald and Pam Salzman.
Our member, Joyce Deitcher, wife of Myer Deitcher, mother and mother-in-law
of our members Jordan Deitcher, Rosalind Deitcher and Avraham Leneman, Don Elaine Leopold Sargent, mother and mother-in-law of our members John
Nathaniel Deitcher. Leopold and Joanne Kussner Leopold.

Our member Sherry Feifer. Our member Fay Schaffer, wife of Joseph Schaffer, mother and mother-in-law of
our members Carol and Elliot Lifson and mother of our member Michael Schaffer.
Michael Ming Feldman, nephew of our members Marla Feldman Cooper and
Lloyd Cooper. Robin Schwartz, wife of Andrew Schwartz, daughter of William and Rhoda
Alexander, sister and sister-in-law of our members Gary and Lois Alexander,
Elliot B. Glicksman, brother and brother-in-law of our members Maydee James and Lisa Alexander.
and Nelson Lande.
Harold Seidman, brother and brother-in-law of our members Evelyn Shrier and
Our member, Eileen Goldman, sister of our member Madeleine Ritz. Henry Geniele.

Our member Elie Hamburg, husband of Beverley Hamburg, father of our Our member Herbert Siblin, husband of Jacqueline Siblin, father and father-in-
member Howard Hamburg. law of our members Steven Siblin, Jane and Alen Brandman.

Alice Hodan, mother and mother-in-law of our members Susan and Danny Lavy. Our member Carol Simmerman.

Our members Michal Hornstein and Renata Hornstein. Nettie Steinman, mother and mother-in-law of our members Seymour and
Linda Steinman.
Our member, Paul Ivanier, husband of Lily Ivanier, brother and brother-in-law of
Sydney and Fernanda Ivanier. Sam Stermer, father and father-in-law of our members Lila and Stephen Simco.

Our member Norma Rosenberg Kirsch. Tibby Teblum, mother and mother-in-law of our members Terry and
Barry Sheiner.
Sonya Kozlov, mother and mother-in-law of our members William Rosenberg
and Heather Avrith. Sidney Jack Wasserman, father and father-in-law of our members Sharon and
Paul Levine.
Lola Laks, grandmother of Rabbi Yonah Berman.
Shirley Waxman, mother and mother-in-law of our members Michael and
Betty Lavut, mother and mother-in-law of our members Marlene and Regina Waxman.
Fred Cantor.
Saul Weber, father and father-in-law of our members Lenore and Robert Goldfarb
Our member Raizel Macklovitch, wife of Kenneth Macklovitch. and sister and sister-in-law of our members Harriet and Murray Waxman.

Our member Alfred Manaster, husband of Charlotte Manaster. Our member Mary Weiss, wife of Harry Weiss.

Merle-Eve Margles, mother and mother-in-law of our members Melissa Lillian Regina Weisz, sister of our member Elinor Cohen.
Margles and Michael Libman.

Sign up at shaarhashomayim.org/cemetery to receive bereavement notices by e-mail.

CEMETERY SERVICES

Now taking orders for Fall decorations.

The Shaar Cemetery offers many flower and landscaping
options to serve as dignified and beautiful tributes to the
memory of loved ones. We also offer perpetual care programs
that simplify the process of providing flower care over years.

ALSO AVAILABLE: Monument cleaning service – renew the
look of older monuments.

Info: Stewart Leibovitch, Cemetery Manager
514.937.9474 ext. 171 / [email protected]

SPECIAL PAYMENT PROGRAM FOR CEMETERY PLOTS
Members under the age of 65 who wish to reserve plots in the Shaar Cemetery now have the option to lock in the current rate and pay in 10 equal
payments over a 10 year period. The first payment is due upon reservation and subsequent payments will be invoiced annually in January.

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In celebration of
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM’S 170TH

AND CANADA’S 150TH ANNIVERSARIES

SHAAR HASHOMAYIM

MUSIC & ARTS

SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSIC & ARTS presents

A MULTI-MEDIA CONCERT EXPERIENCE

honouring the courage and deeds of women during the war

The Unsung

WOMEN WARTIME HEROES

Featuring the World Premiere of

Cantata for the Unsung, by James M. Stephenson

for soprano, tenor, children’s choir and chamber orchestra

Also featuring works by

Samuel Barber | Ernest Bloch | Vaughan Williams | John Williams

With performances by

The McGill Chamber Orchestra
Boris Brott and Roï Azoulay Conductors
Lara St. John Violin
Sharon Azrieli-Perez Soprano
Cantor Gideon Zelermyer Tenor

November 10, 2016 • 7:30 PM Reserved Seating $80
General Admission $40
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim
120 Chemin Côte-St. Antoine, Westmount, QC For tickets & information
shaarhashomayim.org 514.937.9471

shaarhashomayim.org/theunsungconcert

In collaboration with
Hazzan Nathan Mendelson

Music Foundation

CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM THIS IS WHERE WE COME
450 KENSINGTON AVENUE
WESTMOUNT, QUEBEC This is where we come ...
H3Y 3A2 To pray and to reflect.
To get married and to celebrate,
To seek support in times of sadness and loss,
To honour our parents and to bless our children,
To be spiritual and also to be human.
This is where we come ...
To mark the holiest of days and to rejoice in Shabbat,
To study and to understand; to teach and to learn.
To show our eternal support for Israel and to stand with our community,
To embrace our Jewish identity, and to discover ourselves.
This is where we come ...
To connect and to unplug; to sing and to listen,
To be together or alone with our thoughts,
To welcome new traditions and to uphold ancient ones,
To be inspired and, in turn, to inspire,
To make the world a better place, for now and forever.

THIS IS WHERE WE COME.
THIS IS WHO WE ARE.

THE SHAAR FAMILY CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

CANADA POST CORPORATION
PUBLICATION MAIL AGREEMENT NUMBER

40026378