Shabbat Shalom ouka ,ca October 25, 2014 1 Heshvan, 5775 Beth David B’nai Israel Beth Am Synagogue Affiliated with The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Mazal Tov to our Bar Mitzvah, Jared Zacks! No’ach Rosh Hodesh Heshvan jb iuaj asuj atr The Haftarah for Shabbat “Rosh Hodesh” has been dedicated by the Weis Family In loving memory of our parents, Harry & Tzipora Weis. The Illumination for Shabbat “Rosh Hodesh” has been dedicated by Simon Daniel on the occasion of my Bar Mitzvah celebration in loving memory of my Grandfather, Simon Fischer after whom I am named The Haftarah for Parashat “No’ach” is dedicated by The Loomer Family in loving memory of Cyril and Lorraine Loomer. Parashah: 41 Maftir: 930 Haftarah: 1220 This issue of the Shabbat Shalom is sponsored in honour of Harry Kraft on his 85th birthday by his loving family. This issue of the Shabbat Shalom is sponsored by Ann & Sol Samson in memory of Rebecca Samson. This issue of the Shabbat Shalom is sponsored by Corinne Berman and Jeffrey Zacks, Hayley and Joshua in honour of Jared Zacks’ Bar Mitzvah. Members are asked to refrain from wearing fragrances in the synagogue Service Times Friday ..................................... Friday Candle Lighting.............. Shabbat Mincha....................... Shabbat ends........................... Sunday -Thursday ................... 6:00 PM 6:03 PM 6:00 PM 7:02 PM 6:00 PM Mornings: Shabbat................................... 9:00 AM Sunday .................................... 8:30 AM Monday- Friday ..............7:00 & 8:00 AM PLEASE TURN OFF ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES WHILE IN THE SYNAGOGUE 55 Yeomans Road, Toronto, Ontario, M3H 3J7 | Phone: 416.633.5500 Fax: 416.633.1740 | www.bethdavid.com Kiddush Sponsor Barry & Lynn Cutler & family Mark & Pearl Gryfe and Sheldon & Arlene Mendlowitz Jeffrey Zacks & Corinne Berman Sisterhood Beth David B’nai Israel Beth Am Sisterhood fashion show new and exciting boutiques! Sunday, November 2nd, 2014 Boutiques at noon Show at 2 PM Silent Auction Corporate $60 and up Sponsor $50 Double Chai $36 Patroness $25 At the door $30 To get your tickets: Noreen Kasman (905) 881-2164 or email kasman@rogers.com or Lisa Levine (416) 787 8887 or email Lisa.levine@rogers.com For reserved tables, you need 10 prepaid patronesses. Deadline for prepaying Patronesses is October 20. We need volunteers for the evening before and day of. Don’t wait for your patroness call, buy your tickets today! We are always looking for sponsors (flowers, our staging, food). All paid patronesses before the event and any sponsorships are fully tax deductible. brotherhood Please join us on Saturday, November 15, 2014 at 10 AM as our Brotherhood honors our resident Jewish veterans with a Shabbat Service. Services will take place at the Sunnybrook Hospital Jewish Chapel and a Kiddush will follow the service. Parking will be validated. Club Chaverut Sunday, October 26th at 1:30 PM Sisterhood Hall Ken Weber - Humorist, Historian & Lecturer Presents: “OTHER MOTHERS OF INVENTION” “The back- story of many popular products” Members: $7.00 Non-members: $10.00 Sunday November 16, 2014 at 1:30 PM Sisterhood Hall RITA, ALEX & FRIEND Members: $7.00 on-members: $10.00 RSVP to Rose Haspel at 905 764 8141 by November 10, 2014. ****This list includes sponsors from September 27th to October 31st. Bess Lome Agulnik Roy Babbin Fanny Baker Abraham Ballington Hirsch Bornstein Yetta Bornstein Simon Bronstein Muriel Brosgold Joseph Chinsky Barry Cohen Chaya Cohen Myron Cooper Abraham Dilman Irwin Duviner Morris Feldman Hyman Forman Lillian Freedman Harry Gan Israel Gelbard Clara Gladstone Irving Goodman Wolf Gordon Masha Haniford Ethel Rivka Helfgott Peter Joseph Hannah Katz Chaya Klaiman David Klaiman Eliezer Klaiman Joseph Klaiman Manish Klaiman Rivka Klaiman David Kleinberg Rose Ladowsky Tommy Lando Louis Langer Morris Levine Saul Levine Ya h r z e i t s c om m e m o r at e d t h i s w e e k : Upcoming Events Seudah Shlishiyt Sponsors Gitta Ganz Joey & Shelli Pollock Harvey Bitterman William Shelson Norman Shelson Barry Reinblatt and Charlotte Reinblatt Enhanced Breakfast Sponsors Elaine Bisgould and Paul & Fran Levine Helen Drutz Rabbi Scheim Harvey Taub Miriam and Marla Orbach Sharon Paskowitz and Sari Steingold Allen Weinberg Breakfast Sponsors Andy Risman Ester Ratz Zane Pruskin Lionel & Betty Sharpe Seymour Iseman Jeff Cooper Lightman Family Regina Jutkowitz Rose Stein Lynda & Allen Weinberg Marilyn & Norm Solomon and Faigie Ritchie Jake & Sheila Kornblum Delores Feldman Harry Moses Lightman Morris Lipshitz Norman Loomer Shaindel Luft Zalman Luft Pearl Marcus Stephen Marmorek Carrie Miller Chaya Faiga Miller Witenoff Harry Modlinsky Sadie Modlinsky Chaya Nayman Zvi Orbach Bertha Ottman Ada Pernica Rebecca Samson Abraham Schwartz Elsie Schwartz Rose Schwartz Bessie Schweitzer Marion Shapiro Frank Sharpe Benjamin Shelson Helen Shiff Joseph Shore Sam Shulman Solomon Shulman Lillian Silver Louis Tator David Weinrib Saul Weinrieb Helen Winters Leslie Wise Anne Wolfe Henry Yuffy Helen Zimmerman Adult Education youth/families Holocaust Education Week GUEST SPEAKER - Dr. Waitman W. Beorn Thursday, November 6th at 7:30 at Beth David Program Title: Ruthlessly and Mercilessly: The German Army and the Holocaust For far too many, the German Army has escaped criticism for its role in the Nazi genocidal project. In this lecture, Dr. Waitman Beorn will discuss the participation of the German Army in the Holocaust in Belarus and Poland. He will focus on the behaviour of individuals at the local level and lay bare the many ways in which the German Army or Wehrmacht was complicit in both the murder and the exploitation of Jews in Eastern Europe. Relying on archival documents, judicial interrogations, oral history and survival testimony, Dr. Beorn paints a disturbing picture of an organization inextricably linked to the extermination of European Jewry. Dr. Waltman Wade Beorn is the Louis and Frances Bluntkin Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and assistant professor of History at the University of Nebraska Omaha. As the host venue, BDBIBA is pleased to share this evening with the Holocaust Education Centre as part of the 34th annual Holocaust Education Week. Generously co-sponsored by the Ganz family, in memory of Sam Ganz, beloved father, grandfather and Holocaust survivor. Sam created a successful new life and left an important legacy in the Toronto Jewish community. Yiddish Literature with Rabbi Edward Goldfarb MONDAYS: This course is comprised of 6 classes, led by Rabbi Edward Goldfarb, devoted to the study of Yiddish literature and language. Beginners are welcome. Classes will meet in the Boardroom on: Nov. 3,10,17 10–11 AM Members $10 Non-members $15 Open to all Yiddish Literature - Self Study MONDAYS: Boardroom, 10-11 AM Open to all Naomi Ragen International best selling author, playwright and journalist Wednesday, November 19 at 7:30 PM « Writing against terrorism : The Covenant » Dessert Reception and book signing to follow Register online at www.bethdavid.com $18 in advance (registration deadline Nov. 9) $25 at the door A selection of her novels will be available for purchase at the event. 55 Yeomans Road, Toronto 416.633.5500 Our Women’s Study Group Led by Rabbi Philip Scheim and Ritual Director Michael Rubin Topic for 5775: “Genesis: The Beginning of Desire” A year-long course (based on the writings of Avivah Zornberg) exploring the roles and traditions of women in the Book of Genesis. Books Classes meet twice monthly. are available for purchase in 1st & 3rd TUESDAYS: from 10:30 AM to the office for 12:00 PM. Next class November 4th $20 Admission Free Open to all S H A B B AT S I D R A L U N C H E O N S a t . N o v. 2 2 n d : Following morning services. Bernard Schimmer will lead a discussion o f To l e d o t a n d t h e a c c o m p a n y i n g H a f t a r a h . Advanced registration for luncheon required: $10.00 by Tuesday Nov.18th. Register online at www.bethdavid.com or call BDBIBA at 416-633-5500 or e-mail info@bethdavid.com This week’s Tora h r e a di ng : Parashah: 41 No’ach Maftir: 930 jb Haftarah: 1220 “B y the tenth generation after Adam, human evil has reached the ultimate depths. The moral pollution is so great that the limits of divine tolerance have been breached. The world must be purged of its corruption.The Flood is a cosmic catastrophe that is actually the undoing of creation.But God’s chastisement and grace operate simultaneously, so that out of the disaster comes renewal. One righteous man, Noah, together with his family and representative animals and birds are to be saved in order to regenerate the world.” (Nahum Sarna) Following the Flood, our reading describes Noah’s planting of a vineyard,his drinking of the wine he produced, and his resulting drunkenness that leads to his humiliation in the presence of his son Ham. Canaan, Ham’s son, is cursed by Noah for this breech of family etiquette. Why Ham himself is not punished is unstated in the text. Some classical commentators have suggested that the text really should be understood as if it read: “Cursed be [the father of] Canaan.” Nahum Sarna suggests that in the fuller version of events (our Torah reading includes only the sketchiest of details) Canaan likely was implicated in his father’s misdeed. Our Torah reading also includes a “table of nations,” a listing of the branching out of the descendants of Noah, encompassing a geographic perspective “that stretches from the Caucasus in the north to Arabia in the south, from the Iranian plateau in the east to the island of Crete and perhaps beyond in the west - all from the perspective of one centered in Canaan, the future Land of Israel.” (Sarna) A logical consequence of this spreading out of the nations is the diversification of language. Thus, our reading concludes with the story of the Tower of Babel, explaining the evolution of different human languages and the resulting breakdown in international communication as a consequence of the sinful attempt to build a tower reaching the heavens, a goal whose arrogance, if nothing else, brings down the wrath of God. Rabbi Philip Scheim with appreciation to Nahum Sarna, JPS Torah Commentary, Genesis. Looking for an exciting and engaging Jewish Beth David Hebrew School ü Small classes, maximum 10 students ü Personal attention based on the individual level ü Hebrew language skills and Judaic content ü Dynamic and experienced teachers ü Unique component offered by young Israeli emissaries When: Mondays: 5:00 – 7:30 PM – **Dinner included!** Classes Start: October 6th 2014 Ages: Grade 3 through Grade 7 Where: Beth David Synagogue - 55 Yeomans Road, Toronto For more information: Call: (416) 633-5500 ext. 23 Email: mrubin@bethdavid.com Dear Members, When calling the office for your various Synagogue activities and needs, please note the extensions listed below for our office staff. This will help make your office experience more efficient. Cari Kozierok Bahar (ext. 22) Robyn Zajac-Cooper (ext. 35) Jeev Logan (ext. 27), Kisanth Sathi (ext. 25) Helene Jacobs (ext.28), Faye Major (ext. 0), Simmi Toby (ext. 24) education for your kids? Judaic Studies for our Youth Philip S. Scheim - Rabbi | Marshall Loomer - Cantor | Michael Rubin - Ritual Director Cari Kozierok Bahar - Executive Director David Bienstock - President Andy Pascoe - Vice President, Finance and Administration Madeleine Sarick -Vice President, Programming and Ritual Steven Risenman - Vice President, House and Property Karen Bernstein - Secretary Jerry Paskowitz - Treasurer Ettie Schimmer - Past President Steven Risenman - Brotherhood President Lisa Levine - Sisterhood President Chairman of the Board - Barry Levine