UPCOMING SERVICES AND PROGRAMS
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Shabbat Morning Service
Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre (MNJCC) Chapel and Rm. 318, 3rd floor
Saturday, September 1, 2018
10:30 a.m.
Our Pre-Yontif Shabbat morning service. Rabbi Goldberg will lead, with Paula Wolfson as cantorial soloist. We thank Alice Newman for chanting the Torah portion.
Please bring your children. They are welcome in the chapel and/or may enjoy activities in the children's room (suitable for ages three to seven years old). A special treat this month: meet our supplemental Shir Libeynu School teacher, Dana Rubinshtein, who will present the activities in preparation for the new year,
A very light kiddish lunch will follow the service.
The Difficulties & Rewards of Tshuvah: Adult Education Program
at 9:15 a.m. (new time)
Get ready for the High Holy Days (starting on September 9, with erev Rosh Hashanah): Rabbi Goldberg will present and lead our September 1st adult-education study group on tshuvah ("repentance").
This participatory discussion will focus on how to prepare for the High Holy Days and, specifically, feature a dialogue among friends of what the word tshuvah means to each person.
(Please do not bring any food or beverages, other than water, into the chapel.)
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2018/5779 HIGH HOLY DAYS-Less than two weeks away!!
Services for the High Holy Days will take place on September 9-11 (Rosh Hashanah) and September 18-19 (Yom Kippur) at our First Unitarian Toronto site, 175 St. Clair Ave. W, near Avenue Rd. All services will be led by Rabbi Goldberg and Chazzan Gesundheit.
Memberships (which include High Holy Days' tickets) and single-service tickets are now on sale.
Membership and Tickets will be on sale
online
until Friday, September 7th at noon. Online sales (subject to availability) for Yom Kippur (including Kol Nidrei) will resume on Wednesday, September 12th at 9 pm. Tickets will also be for sale at the door at all High Holy Days services, subject to availability.
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Other Upcoming Services
All services begin at 10:30 a.m. at the MNJCC, 3rd floor chapel.
A kiddish always follows in Rm. 318.
Saturday, October 6
Shabbat Morning Service
Saturday, November 3
Shabbat Morning Service
We are very pleased to announce our 2018 Neuberger Holocaust Education Week (HEW) program,
Enduring Witness: David Olère's Visual Testimony,
presented by
Shir Libeynu member and York University
Professor Emerita,
Carol Zemel. It will take place at 1:30 p.m. (after the kiddish).
A co-presentation with the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre.
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Shir Libeynu Film Series
519 Church Street Community Centre
Our very successful film series will begin again in October.
All films will start at 1:30 p.m.followed by a question/answer session. The program will conclude by 4:00 p.m.
Please mark your calendars with the following Sunday afternoons:
Late Marriage - Oct. 21, 2018
Walk on Water - Nov. 18, 2018
Dough - Dec. 16, 2018
Harmonists - Jan. 6, 2019
Rosenstrasse -
Mar. 24, 2019
No Where in Africa - Apr. 14, 2019
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SAVE THE DATE:
OUR ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: DECEMBER 9 AT 10:00 a.m.
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We send our condolences to Adrienne Rosen, Myra White and Sally Rosenwhite upon the death of Alana Rosenwhite, their beloved daughter and sister.
Adrienne and Myra were part of the five-women group that founded Congregation Shir Libeynu more than two decades ago. Our shul is grateful to them for the many ways they enriched and strengthened our community. We share in their heartbreak over the tragic and untimely loss of their daughter, and we send our love and support. May Alana's memory be a blessing.
https://benjaminsparkmemorialchapel.ca/ServiceDetails.aspx?snum=134769&fg=0
We send our condolences to Dan Yashinsky and Carol Zavitz on the death of their beloved son Jacob Yashinsky-Zavitz, in July.
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SHIR LIBEYNU SCHOOL AND B'NEI MITZVAH PROGRAM
Great news: we have a school venue in the Annex for both programs!
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Our recent bnei mitzvah cohort with Rabbi Goldberg and their teacher, Elise Eisenkraft Klein, at graduation
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Rabbi Goldberg with some members of the 2017 cohort |
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| The Shir Libeynu School teacher, Dana Rubinshtein with the graduates of our Jewish Stories session, November 2017 |
A Few Spaces Still Available in Both Programs. Sign your Children Up
NOW!
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Join our Communications Team
We are looking for volunteers to join our communications team. We need those who can assist with editing, writing, proofreading, and other tasks related to the content of our website, the newsletter, and social media. Your involvement could depend on your interests and availability. If you think you can help or want more information, please contact our president, Shlomo Gleibman at
[email protected].
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Beit Olam: Interfaith Burial Site
We are very pleased to be affiliated with a group of visionary Toronto shuls that are part of this beautiful initiative. Beit Olam has been established as a Jewish section within Glendale Memorial Gardens, and is intended for persons of Jewish faith, interfaith families and those with Jewish connections. All burials and monuments at Beit Olam will be respectful of the Jewish nature of the gardens. Stay tuned for more information, at our services and through our missives to you, about Shir Libeynu's participation, and what it means for you and your family.
http://www.cjnews.com/news/canada/new-cemetery-for-interfaith-couples-opens-in-the-gta
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