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INTRODUCING OUR NEW
DIGITAL LISTING OF DONATIONS

FEBRUARY 16 - JULY 22, 2021
4 ADAR – 13 AV 5781

Every gift to Congregation Shaar Hashomayim is greatly appreciated.
These gifts help us continue to provide worship, learning, and community
engagement opportunities to over 1,300 member families.

ENDOWMENT FUNDS

BERNICE AND MORTON SYDNEY GODEL HENRIETTA AND HARRY
BROWNSTEIN Jean and Marvin Rosenbloom in KOSTMAN
Ghislaine and Irwin Brownstein honour of Deanna Godel on the Judith Kostman in observance of
in honour of Janis Brownstein occasion of the Bar Mitzvah of her the yahrzeit for Henrietta Kostman;
and family on the High Holy grandson Charlie Godel. Harry Kostman; Sarah Ein.
Days.
Sandi and Steve Lash; Stephanie BUNNY AND MORTIMER
HELEN AND PERCY and Ron Oboler; Danielle Pollack; LECHTER
CAPLAN Barbara and Walter Stein; The Sima and David Blitzer; Marlene
Deenalil Caplan in observance Greta Tarshis Family in memory of Bourke; Deenalil Caplan; Brenda
of the yahrzeit for Helen and Sydney Godel. Phyllis and Gary Victor Caplan;
Percy Caplan. Susan and Monroe Charlap;
SOPHIE AND JACK L. Rona and Robert Davis; the
RUTH AND EDGAR COHEN GOLDEN Dorsey Boys Club; Elaine and
Drs. Maydee and Nelson Lande Ursula Finkelstein in honour of Richard Dubrovsky; Helen Frank;
in memory of Sol Goldberg. Sheila Kussner, O.C., O.Q., C.O.M. Colette and Alan Z. Golden; Lillian
on her birthday. Vineberg and Morris Goodman,
HARRIET AND MARVIN C.M.; Marlene Kalin; Helen Kogan;
CORBER FUND FOR MUSIC PEGGY AND MELVIN Sheila Kussner O.C., O.Q., C.O.M.;
Donna and Lewis Greenberg in GREENBERG Roberta and Mayer Lawee; Linda
honour of Harriet and Marvin Shayla and Maurice Wechsler Levy and Harold Leiberman;
Corber, C.M., LL.D., FCPA on the in memory of Peggy and Melvin Angela and Ralph Lipper; Connie
High Holy Days. Greenberg. and Steven Levy; Helen and
Andre Levy; Ilsa Matalon; Bentall,
DOROTHY AND THEODORE ELLEN AND PETER JACOBS Green, Oak; Barbara and Douglas
FREEDMAN Geri and Larry Cramer in memory Pascal; Susan and Joseph Portnoy;
Lee Miller and Rabbi Leslie of Joan Alexander Samuels. Alice and Joel Raby; Shelley
Freedman in observance of the and Jonathan Schneiderman;
yahrzeit for his parents Dorothy Gloria and Allan Tannenbaum;
and Theodore Freedman. Joyce and Marvin Tanner; Sara

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and Irwin Tauben; Carole and SHAAR HASHOMAYIM TANIA AND ABRASHA
Richard Venor; Rhoda and Robert SISTERHOOD STILMAN ISRAEL
Vineberg; Randa and Marvin Yael Abargil in appreciation of SCHOLARSHIP
Wexler; Rhoda Wise; Gail Gold and Rabba Rachel Kohl Finegold. Michael Colson; Elisabeth Colson;
Norman Zavalkoff in memory of Dr. Robert Colson in observance of the
Mortimer Lechter. Malvina Klag and Andrew yahrzeit for their father Kenneth
Adessky; Angela and Edward Colson.
GERTRUDE AND BORIS Aronson; Enid and Carl Backman;
LEVINE Julia Gersovitz O.C. and Mark BARBARA AND EDWARD
Sharon and Paul Levine; Carole- Boretsky; Connie Isenberg; Susan VICTOR
Ann and Brahm Levine and and Edward Levitt; Lillian and Anthony Rubin in observance of
families in observance of the Ronnie Mangel; Susan Schwartz; the yahrzeit for John H. Rubin.
yahrzeit for Gertrude Levine; Gail Barbara and Edward Victor, FCPA,
Helen Levine. FCA in memory of Lillian Azoulay Barbara and Edward Victor FCPA,
Schwartz. FCA in observance of the yahrzeit
IRENE AND STEPHEN LIPPER for her father John H. Rubin.
Helen and Andre Levy in honour LOIS AND BERNARD
of Irene Lipper on her special SHAPIRO RHODA AND ROBERT
birthday. Lise Gallant and Mark Greenberg VINEBERG
in honour of Lois and Dr. Bernard Rhoda and Robert Vineberg in
SAM AND WILLIAM Shapiro, O.C., G.O.Q. on the High memory of their parents Pauline
MALKINSON FOR YOUTH Holy Days. and Joseph Rosenoff and Miriam
AND EDUCATION and Philip Vineberg.
Irma Sachs and family in honour of BETTY AND MELVIN SIMAK
Monna Malkinson on her special Anthony Rubin; Sherril
birthday. Siminovitch in memory of Melvin
Simak.
Monna and Abby Malkinson in
observance of the yahrzeit for his
mother Lillie Malkinson.

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GENERAL FUNDS

ADULT EDUCATION The Resnick and Newman Cheryl Brownstein and Dr. Rick
Dana and Jonathan Goodman in families in honour of Cantor Schreiber; Karen and Barry Segal;
honour of Mark Caplan. Gideon Zelermyer on his birthday. Lois and Dr. Bernard Shapiro,
O.C., G.O.Q.; Alain Tovel in honour
Marilyn H. Cooperman and Calvin Judith Rosenthal and Antonio of Marvin Corber, CM., LL.D.,
S. Kalman; Jackie and Richard Rapaport in appreciation of FCPA on his special birthday.
Margolese in appreciation of Cantor Gideon Zelermyer.
Lewis Dobrin. Anne and Gordon Kugler in
Anna and Aaron Gonshor; honour of Lona Lapin on her
DONATIONS FROM: Norma Joseph; Eleanor and special birthday.
Maxwell Cummings Family Peter Loebel; Jackie and Richard
Foundation; Dr. Isabelle Benoit Margolese; Sandra Rabinovitch; Lona and Joe Lapin in honour
and Geoffrey Gelber; Gewurz Barbara Sederoff; Carole Shiller; of Anne Kugler on her special
Family Foundation; Lillian Susan and David A. Stein; Elca birthday.
Vineberg and Morris Goodman, Taras; Rita Tenenbaum; Barbara
C.M.; Marlene and Joel King; and Edward Victor FCPA, FCA in Barbara and Michael Feldman in
Irene and Stephen Lipper; appreciation of Cantor Gideon honour of Michelle and Cantor
Richard Pedvis; Alvin Segal Zelermyer and the Night at the Gideon Zelermyer and family
Family Foundation; Johanne and Opera online program. on the Bar Mitzvah call-up of
Norman Sternthal Foundation; their son Max; Suzie and Henry
Leesa Steinberg in appreciation CEREMONIAL AND Rosenhek on the Bar Mitzvah
of Tuesday Night Learning. RELIGIOUS ARTICLES call-up of their grandson Max.
Susan and Doug Zelikovitz in
BREAKFAST FUND honour of Manuel Shacter, Q.C. Donna and Jacques Shore in
Stephanie and Ron Oboler in on his birthday. honour of Sharon Levine on her
honour of Yosi Even-Hen and in special birthday.
observance of the yahrzeit for Michael Chernick in observance
her father Frank Holcroft and his of the yahrzeit for Melvin A. Essie Schubert in honour of Basil
father Woolf Oboler. Chernick. Ballon on his special birthday.

Ursula Finkelstein in observance Donations from: Orit Bueno; Feige Gasco in honour of Essie
of the yahrzeit for Seymour Hessa and Donald Davis; Schubert on the birth of her
Finkelstein. Raphael Ruimy. great-granddaughter Laura.

CANTOR'S FUND MUSIC M.B MacDonald in honour of
Marilyn Avrith; Natalie and Michael and David Cape Criic Turcotte and Conor O'Neil
Harold Brownstein; Susan Family Foundation; Mollie on the birth of their son Benjamin
Palevsky; Miriam Roland; Marion Corber; Julian Foldes; Donna Turcotte O'Neil.
and Michael Usher in honour and Lewis Greenberg; Linda
of Michelle and Cantor Gideon Israel; Dorothy Lackstone; Phyllis Deitcher in honour of
Zelermyer and family on the High Sharon and Paul Levine; Grace Rozelle and Hal Meyers on their
Holy Days. Michelin Matthews; Shelley recent marriage.
and Jonathan Schneiderman;

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Ruth Cohen in honour of Marvin Marilyn Avrith; Natalie and Harold Linda Stein Steinman in
Corber, C.M., LL.D., FCPA on his Brownstein in honour of Rabba observance of the yahrzeit for
special birthday; Shirley Goldfarb Abby and Rabbi Adam Scheier Ann and Gerald Stein.
on her special birthday. and family on the High Holy Days.
Renna Bassel; Marcy Gurburg;
Susan Wolfe and Michael Signer Susan and Edward Levitt in Iona Siegel in observance of the
in honour of Elaine and Richard honour of Arthur Levitt on his yahrzeit for their mother Leah
Dubrovsky on the High Holy special birthday. Costom.
Days.
Sandra Agulnik; Judith and Mark Harriet Kirshenblatt in
Judith Bilefsky in appreciation Bercuvitz; Norma Joseph; Susan observance of the yahrzeit for
of the Night at the Opera online and David A. Stein; Jeffrey Stutz Irwin Beutel.
program at the Shaar. in appreciation of Rabbi Adam
Scheier. Donations from
Helen Adam in memory of Rita and Charles Bronfman;
Marian Adam. Linda Sigal and Irwin Zelniker Dr. Adrian Langleben; Susan
in appreciation of Rabbi Adam Libman and Barry Pascal; Gloria
Tina Goodin in memory of Scheier on the recent marriage of and George Reinhart.
Larry Kolodny. their daughter Samara and Tzur.
SHAAR CARES
Jean-Charles LeBrun in memory Rhona Pearl Thauvette in Jackie Rosenhek and Dan
of Jini Nejmaa Mezrahi. appreciation of Rabbi Adam Wolfenson in appreciation of
Scheier on the Bar Mitzvah call- Rabbi Adam Scheier; Yosi
Esther and Sydney Marovitch in up of Alexandre Thauvette. Even-Hen.
observance of the yahrzeit for
her parents Jeannette Steinberg Eleanor and Peter Loebel in Wendy Raich Biderman in
Katz and William Max Katz; her appreciation of Rabbi Adam observance of the yahrzeit for
brother Robert Glazer. Scheier. Jack Raich.

Donation from Drs. Maydee and Nelson Lande Harriett and Stephen Segal in
Heske and Gerald Zelermyer. in memory of Barbara Bronfman. observance of the yahrzeit for
Morris Archie Bernstein.
NETIVOT Malvina and Andrew Adessky;
Eva and Gabor Jellinek in Janis Brownstein; Lorris and SYNAGOGUE
memory of Michael Jellinek. Robert Frankfurt; Gloria and Neil Sylvia Ryback Sklar in honour
Mintz in memory of Stephanie of Penni Kolb on the High Holy
RABBI’S FUND Mayers. Days.
Louise Teitelbaum in honour
of Melissa Bedard and Harry Alta and Harvey Levenson in Diane and Salvatore Guerrera in
Morgan on their recent marriage. observance of the yahrzeit for honour of Malvina Klag on her
her parents Pauline and Joseph special birthday.
Rosenoff and for his mother
Sylvia Levenson.

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Judy Gardos and Tom Bergman Harriet and Dr. Fred Muroff in The Hamburg Family; Angela
in honour of Marvin Corber, C.M., memory of Eli Moscovitz. and Ralph Lipper; Susan Wolfe
LL.D., FCPA on his special birthday. and Michael Signer in memory
Edith Lifshitz in memory of Ann of Lillian Azoulay Schwartz.
Laurie and Richard Samuelson in Marcus.
honour of Stephanie Oboler on her K. David Brody in observance
special birthday. Monna and Abby Malkinson in of the yahrzeit for Reverend
memory of Mel Simak. Maurice Brody.
Natalie and Harold Brownstein in
honour of Brigitte and Yosi Even- The Study Group Chen in memory Pearl Sperber Gameroff in
Hen and family. of Joan Samuels. observance of the yahrzeit for
Monique and Ronald Raisman Marvin Gameroff.
Lise Gallant and Mark Greenberg in observance of the yahrzeit for
in honour of Michelle and Cantor his parents Sylvia and Montague Howard Hamburg in observance
Gideon Zelermyer on the High Holy Raisman. of the yahrzeit for Deborah
Days. Helen Kogan in observance of the Vineberg Hamburg.
yahrzeit for Shia Calvert Kogan. Donations from
Penny and Gordon L. Echenberg Dr. Adrian Langleben; Terry and
in honour of Randa and Marvin Michael Chernick in observance of Julius Suss.
Wexler. the yahrzeit for Shirley Chernick.
YAHRZEIT
Wendy and Gary Wechsler in Lillian Vineberg-Goodman in Ann and Albert Leibovitch in
honour of Susan Libman and Barry observance of the yahrzeit for memory of Tamara Kussner
Pascal on their recent marriage. Stephen Vineberg. Fine; Ernest Leibovitch.
Donations from
Dianne and Aldo Bensadoun in Sandra Agulnik; Robyn Bennett; Colette Dolman in memory of Dr.
honour of the Bat Mitzvah of their Rosalie Charlat; Harriet and Marvin Barry Dolman.
granddaughter Sloan. Corber, C.M., LL.D., FCPA; Elaine
and Richard Dubrovsky; Carol and Merle and Jack Klam in memory
Robert Fishbein in honour of Martin Goldenberg; Mia and David of Joseph Klam.
Rachel Fishbein; Jonah Fishbein: Goodman; Vicki and Michael Feil;
Aharon Fishbein. Brigid Scullion and Brian Karol; Dr. Myriam Dahan and Ronald
Kerry Kaufman and Laurence Reuben in memory of Joseph
K. David Brody in appreciation of Paperman. Kaspi.
Normand Robert.
TZEDAKAH Sandra and Lester Adilman in
Laura and Ron Lavy in Caryn Shacter in honour of Ruth memory of Pamela Gail Adilman;
appreciation of the High Holy Days. and Manuel Schacter, Q.C. on their Mona Elaine Adilman.
special wedding anniversary.
Marilyn Hayes; Tsyvia Steinberg Drs. Zoey Rabinovitz and Daniel
in appreciation of the ongoing Peggy Ross Bybelezer in honour of Borsuk in memory of her father
online programming at Shaar Terry and Julius Suss. Dr. Mervyn Rabinovitz.
Hashomayim.
Marilyn Belzberg in appreciation of Dianne and Aldo Bensadoun in
Dorothy Lackstone in memory of Dr. Adrian Langleben. observance of the yahrzeit for
Abe Lackstone. his parents Julie and Emile Ichoa
Bensadoun.

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Beverley Hamburg in observance YIZKOR Madeleine Ritz in honour of Michelle
of the yahrzeit for Hyman Levitt. Donation from Judi Gelber. and Cantor Gideon Zelermyer and
family on the Bar Mitzvah call-up of
Carol Amro in observance of the YOUTH AND EDUCATION their son Max; Rabba Rachel Kohl
yahrzeit for Edna Greenfeld. Alta and Harvey Levenson in Finegold and Rabbi Avi Finegold
honour of Kelly Whitlock and Eric and family on the Bat Mitzvah of
Erica Goldstein in observance of Gilman on their recent marriage. their daughter Kinneret.
the yahrzeit for Ize Goldstein.
Eileen and Herb Borsuk; K. Julia Gersovitz, O.C. and Mark
Linda Stein Steinman in David Brody; Natalie and Harold Boretsky in honour of Philip Baltuch
observance of the yahrzeit for Brownstein; Bernice Cohen; on his Bar Mitzvah.
Seymour Steinman. Suzanne Costom and Paul Cutler;
Elaine and Dr. Eric Davis; Feige Jean and Marvin Rosenbloom in
Maureen and Michael Cape in Gasco; Anna and Aaron Gonshor; honour of Judy and Mark Caplan on
observance of the yahrzeit for Janis Levine; Helen, Andre and the birth of their grandson, Nathan
his father Victor Cape and for his David Levy; Marian and Ron Levy; Scott Caplan.
brother Ronald Cape. Lisa and Farrel Miller; Bea and
Hershie Schachter; Norma and Louise and Sam Segal in honour of
Monica and Barry Shapiro in Rabbi David Woolfson; Jennifer and Rabba Abby Brown Scheier on the
observance of the yahrzeit for her John Young and family in honour conversion of Megan Mulholland.
mother Gertrude Birchwood and of Rabba Rachel Kohl Finegold and
for his mother Janet Shapiro. Rabbi Avi Finegold and family on Sharon Steinberg in appreciation of
the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter Rabba Rachel Finegold.
Shirley Goldfarb in observance of Kinneret.
the yahrzeit for Samuel Greenfeld. Marlene Brownstein; Cheryl
Danielle Pollack in honour of Brownstein and Dr. Rick Schreiber;
Sandra and Lester Adilman in Heather and Lev Bukhman on the Terry and Julius Suss in memory of
observance of the yahrzeit for his Bar Mitzvah of their son Jacob. Lillian Azoulay Schwartz.
parents
Anna and Norman Adilman. Esther and Sydney Marovitch in Erica Goldstein in memory of Aaron
honour of Judy and Mark Caplan Glicksman.
Susan Levitt in observance of the on the birth of their grandson
yahrzeit for Herby Strohl. Nathan Scott Caplan; Dr. Adrian Nancy and Steven Katkin in
Langleben and family on the High observance of the yahrzeit for his
Ruth Shacter in observance of the Holy Days; Morris Goodman, C.M. sister, Susan Wendy Katkin and for
yahrzeit for Mildred and Morris for receiving the Order of Canada; his mother Ruth Katkin.
Zagerman; Herbert Zagerman; Rabba Rachel Kohl Finegold and
Shirley Cohen; Joel Zagerman; Rabbi Avi Finegold and family on Donations from
Norman Zagerman. the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter Dr. Miriam Skelker and Professor
Donations from Kinneret; in appreciation of Rabba David Aberbach; Mimi and David
Miriam and Martin Friedman; Abby and Rabbi Adam Scheier; Aberbach; Renee and Edmund
Eunice Palayew; Ilsa Shustik. in memory of Lillian Azoulay Baltuch; Sara Bernard; Jon Breslaw.
Schwartz; Saul Singer.

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