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EI-RU’IM
EVENTS
Adar II/Nisan 5779 • April 2019 • Volume 12, Number 6 • www.templesinai.net
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CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2019
Each golfer receives $400 value
Lebovic Golf in gifts including a premium golf
Club, Aurora laser range finder (retail value
$299), plus a voucher for a future
golf date, including dinner and
18 Holes of Golf with Golf Cart wine, at the beautiful Lebovic
Gift Bags | BBQ Lunch | Dinner Golf course.
Registration: 10.00 a.m.
Lunch: 11.00 a.m. On-Course Activities
• 2 x Hole in one ($10,000 each)
Tee Off: 12.30 p.m.
• 1 x Hole in one grand prize
Dinner: 5.30 p.m.
• Longest drive for men and ladies
• Closest to the pin for men and
Cost: ladies
Early Bird Prices (Until April 15) • Straightest drive
Foursome: $1000 • Putting contest
Single Golfer: $250
Dinner Only: $75 Can’t join us?
Sponsorship opportunities
available!
To register, for information on sponsorship opportunities
or questions about the tournament, please contact Marcie at
416.487.4161 or visit templesinai.net/give/charity-golf-tournament.
Thursday, April 4 at 7.00 p.m.
STANDING ON A PRECIPICE
PROGRESSIVE SOCIAL ISSUES IN DANGER AS ISRAELIS FACE AN ELECTION
KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY PROMINENT ISRAELI SOCIAL ACTIVIST
ANAT HOFFMAN
Named "Person of the Year" (2013) by Israeli newspaper Haaretz
Listed fifth by the Jerusalem Post among its list of 50 Most Influential Jews.
Just five days before Israelis head Ms. Hoffman also served as a Jerusa-
to the polls, Anat Hoffman, Executive lem City Council woman for 14 years,
Director of the Israel Religious Action carving out a niche for herself as an
Center — the leading civil and hu- untiring warrior for justice and equal-
man rights organization addressing ity. She has dedicated her adult life
issues of religion and state in Israel to the Jewish principle of tikkun olam,
— will take a close look at what which literally means repairing the
progressive Reform Jews can expect world. It is this commitment to social
from a new Israeli government. action and justice that has formed her
The make up of the new government career. She is the founding member of
will have serious consequences for Women of the Wall.
various social issues including inclusiv- Anat will also deliver a d’var Torah at
ity of minorities, gender equality and our Shabbat morning service on Sat-
religious pluralism. Anat’s presentation urday morning April 6th, which will in-
follows some of the landmark victories clude the Temple Sinai Ensemble and
over segregation and exclusion and Youth Choirs.
looks at the challenges that remain.
Thank you to Laurie & Barry Green for their support of this program.
For more information and to register,
please call Marcie at 416.487.4161 or email programs@templesinai.net.
Message from the Rabbi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 President
Jeffrey A. Nightingale
In this Edition . . .
Sinai Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Executive Vice-President
Shari Zuckerman
Vice-Presidents
Michael B. Fraleigh
T’fillah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeffrey M. Singer
Treasurer
T’fillah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Brian I. Simon
Torah Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Immediate Past President
Neil M. Abramson
Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Board of Directors
Shabbat Mishpachah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Anna Ballon
Mariana Catz
Passover Concert at the Terraces of Baycrest . . . 8 Rhonda Cohen
Adam Cooper
Madeleine Cooper
Erev Seventh Day Pesach Musical Service . . . . . . 9 Abraham (Bram) Costin
Larry Filler
March of the Living Sendoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Jordan Gould
Arla Hamer
Lori Miller Pike
Alexandra (Ali) Spinner
Education and Culture . . . . . . Jessica Taylor
Marci Trachter-Shane
Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Suzanne Witkin
doc&desserts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Rabbis
Michael N. Dolgin
Hebrew Classes with Carmella Cohen . . . . . . . . 11 Daniel J. Mikelberg
Lawrence Englander
Omer Study Dear Zealots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Founding Rabbi
Jordan Pearlson
Billy Elliott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Cantors
Charles D. Osborne
2019 Ben Steinberg Musical Legacy Award . . . 15 Katie Oringel
Thursday Afternoon Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Cantor Emeritus
Severin Weingort
Executive Director
Rayner Conway
Communal Home . . . . . . . . . . .
Director of Development
Ann Rosenfield
Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Director of Congregational
Sunnybrook Veterans’ Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Learning
Carrie A. Swartz
Temple Sinai Mitzvah Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Composer-in-Residence
Ben Steinberg
Farewell to Cantor Katie Oringel . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Contact Us
Saying Goodbye to Rabbi Daniel Mikelberg . . 21 210 Wilson Avenue
Toronto Ontario M5M 3B1
Temple Sinai Community Preschool . . . . . . . . . . 22 Office: 416.487.4161
School: 416.487.3281
Temple Sinai Summer Camp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
For information about
In the Sinai Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 programs and events, please
call 416.487.4161 or email
programs@templesinai.net.
Sometimes synagogue life is like gardening, we plant seeds
and then have the opportunity to see what grows. Five years
Message from the Rabbi ago, Rhonda Singer, past president, had the vision to bring
our community closer together by exploring all that we share
in common. After all, we are quite similar to the person we’re
praying next to, but often, we have no idea. She recruited
Marilyn Cukier and I to dream about ways we could help our
members connect. We named our endeavour Sinai Connections
and set about engaging and empowering our community in
ways that have become a special contribution to Temple life.
Collaborating with our members, we now boast knitting groups,
exercise groups such as Power of Posture, Pilates, and Nordic
pole walking, a group for native Spanish speakers, and various
card groups, to name a few . . . even a group of four makes for
a Sinai Connection. People began to associate their passion
for synagogue life with various hobbies and qualities that they
generally did not associate with Temple.
Many of you will remember that Rabbi Pearlson would greet
congregants with his signature line, “Welcome back home,” and
Sinai Connections has continued that tradition as many have
found a renewed sense of home, community and belonging
through their participation in our groups. There is a regular
buzz in the building, and at all hours of the day, people are
gathering for a variety of activities and fun.
The impact of Sinai Connections has gone far beyond the
activities themselves, because participants also share in each
other’s lives. Through the ups and downs, they discover how
much they appreciate having their Temple family close by and
even Temple staff have prioritized participating themselves.
Five years is an opportunity to reflect on our triumphs and
celebrate new directions. Perhaps you would like to join a
group or even start a group? We welcome your participation
and any ideas you have for contributing to Temple life. It’s
easy, and we can never have enough ways to connect our
Rabbi Daniel Mikelberg
special community. When a tree grows, we cannot predict the
direction of its branches. But when a tree blossoms, we can
count on the sweetness of the fruit. Let’s grow together, let’s
continue to connect.
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Join us and make
your next connection!
Canasta Nordic Pole Walking
Mondays at 1.00 p.m. and Sundays at 10.00 a.m. and
Thursdays at 1.00 p.m. Mondays at 10.00 a.m.
Nordic Pole Walking is a low-impact
NEW! Learn Mahjong or Canasta exercise that provides the highest
From 1.00 p.m. to 3.00 p.m. benefits for health, wellness and
2 sessions available fitness. Come walk with us, enjoy the
Mondays, April 29 to May 27 outdoors and make new friends.
OR Thursdays, May 2 to May 23
Pilates Studio
There is a small fee of $40 for Tuesdays at 9.00 a.m.
Canasta lessons. Led by our member Bonnie Tepperman
Israel Connections Wake up your body and mind with
Are you a champion of Israel? If this gentle mixed-level mat workout.
you are passionate about Israel and All levels are welcome. (Cost: $60/
want to further your Israel connec- spring session)
tion, join us for an open discussion on
Power of Posture
how and when we will connect! Thursdays at 1.30 p.m. and 2.45 p.m.
La Connexion Francaise Led by Natasha Leeson-Cooke
Whether you speak French fluently A mix of core strengthening, aerobic
or are looking for an opportunity to exercise and stretching, the Power of
practice and improve your French Posture focuses on improving health
join the conversation, socialize, meet and vitality. (Cost: $50/spring session)
new people and connect in French. Sinai Stitchers
Wednesdays at 1.00 p.m.
Lawyers Connections
Monday, April 8 at 7.30 p.m.
Dates to be announced
Grab your knitting needles and take
Mahjongg Connections part in community projects or pieces
Mondays at 1.00 p.m. of your own design.
For more information and to register for any of these programs, please
call Marcie at 416.487.4161 or email programs@templesinai.net. 3
T’fillah
SHACHARIT SERVICES MA’ARIV SERVICES
SHABBAT SERVICES
Monday to Friday: 7.30 a.m. Monday, Tuesday: 6.30 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat services:
Sundays and statutory holidays: (Except on Jewish festivals 8.00 p.m.
9.45 a.m. and statutory holidays) Shabbat morning services:
Prayers for healing: Monday, 10.00 a.m.
Thursday, and Saturday
morning Torah readings
Shabbat Hachodesh-Tazria | ַ ַשׁבָּ ת הַ ח ֹ ֶד
ַתּזְ ִריע-שׁ
This parashah presents the rituals of purification for a woman after childbirth and the methods
for diagnosing and treating a variety of skin diseases.
Friday, April 5
5.45 p.m. Shabbat Mishpachah
8.00 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Saturday, April 6
10.00 a.m. Musical Shabbat Morning Service
with Special Guest Anat Hoffman
Temple Sinai Ensemble and Youth Choirs
Participating
Chanting Torah: Eric Mares
Shabbat Hagadol-Metzora| מצ ֹ ָרע-ל
ְ ַשׁבָּ ת הַ גָד ֹו
Metzora continues the discussion of skin diseases and the purification rituals for a person cured
of them. Attention is also given to the appearance and treatment of fungus or mildew in the
home and to the ritual impurity resulting from contact with the discharge of sexual organs.
Friday, April 12
8.00 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Bat Mitzvah
Gabby, daughter of Sarah & Jason Zitsow
Chanting Torah: Gabby Zitsow
Saturday, April 13
10.00 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service
D’var Israel with ShinShinim
Chanting Torah: Michael Litvak
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Pesach | פֶּ סַ ח
Friday, April 19
Erev Pesach First Seder
Saturday, April 20
10.00 a.m. First Day Pesach Service
Chanting Torah: Glenn Cohen, Marsha Kideckel,
Wendy Lavine, Rickey Miller,
Larry Robbins and Lana Rottenberg
(Please note: There will be no Kabbalat Shabbat service.)
Seventh Day Pesach | ְשׁבִ ִיעי ֶשׁל פֶּ סַ ח
Thursday, April 25
3.30 p.m. Erev Seventh Day Pesach Musical Service
Sunrise of Thornhill
(Please note: There will be no Erev Seventh Day Pesach service at Temple.)
Friday, April 26
10.00 a.m. Seventh Day Pesach Service with Yizkor
Temple Sinai Ensemble Choir Participating
Chanting Torah: Fern Gitter, Lance Gitter, Michael Litvak,
Judith Miller
8.00 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Saturday, April 27
10.00 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service
Chanting Torah: Glenn Cohen
Shabbat Achare Mot | ַשׁבָּ ת אַ חֲ ֵרי מ ֹות
Friday, May 3
8.00 p.m. Celebration of Youth Shabbat Dinner
8.00 p.m. Celebration of Youth Shabbat Service
Saturday, May 4
10.00 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service
D’var Israel with ShinShinim
Bar Mitzvah
Noah, son of Rhian & David Lowe
Chanting Torah: Noah Lowe and Glenn Cohen
April 2019 | 5
Torah Reading By Risa Ennis and John Furnish
Sometimes, the be negatively affected and become
wisdom we gain impure. To repair and strengthen this
in certain Torah type of behavioural impurity, just
portions need like the Priest who confronted the
our time and afflictions and fungus directly, we must
thoughtfulness to truly understand confront others in difficult situations
what is being offered to us, like appropriately, instead of maligning
Parashat Tazria. There are parts covertly.
we read that do not provide clarity The Jewish symbols we have in our
at first, but upon deeper reflection, homes are reminders that guide us in
there is much to offer us in our growing our spiritual maturity. When
learning. we take the time to reflect on what it
Parashat Tazria talks about the means to appreciate and celebrate
concept of “defilement” in many Shabbat and Yom Tovim, we continue
forms. The definition of defile is “to to strengthen ourselves, and reinforce
spoil something or someone so that the feelings of emotional safety, love
thing or person is less beautiful or and peace inside our homes. By
pure.” The wisdom of Parashat continually studying and applying
Tazria is for us to understand we the wisdom of Torah we strengthen
may bring these impurities or our walls. By proudly displaying our
afflictions upon ourselves with our mezuzot and menorahs in our homes,
words and actions and then must live we are reminded of the covenant
with the metaphorical consequences, we made with God and experience
like fungus and skin afflictions. Shalom Bayit.
We may believe that one’s own home With this strengthening of our
represents our private space which own walls, we are now able to
justifies badmouthing, backstabbing purposefully fulfill another essential
or evil gossiping, “lashon hara”. But, responsibility, “tikkun olam”, “repair
if we persist with this lack of spiritual of the world”.
maturity even in our own private spaces,
our walls and our environments will
6 | Volume 12, Issue 6 • April 2019Calling ALL Let’s tell the
FAMILIES: Pharaoh, “Let my
people go to Temple!
PassOVER It’s so much fun!” Surround yourself with
to Temple family and friends as we learn about
Sinai for a the 10 plagues, the seder plate, matzah,
and so much more. Don’t miss this fun
SPECIAL and magical evening, as we celebrate
Shabbat and Pesach.
Pesach-themed
SHABBAT Make a kippah with your child to wear
on Shabbat and during Passover.
Mishpachah
Friday, April 5 CONNECT, SING, LEARN, PRAY and EAT
5.45 p.m. — A warm and welcoming environment
for everyone.
To reserve for
• Aleph Group: Grade 1 and under:
dinner, register
Sing, learn and have fun with our in-
online please
credible clergy
call Marcie at
416.487.4161 or • Bet Group: Grade 2 to 5: Explore,
email programs@ grow and engage with our clergy and
templesinai.net by ShinShinim
Monday, April 1st • Gimmel Group: Grade 6+ in the LOFT
at noon. — Hang out and welcome Shabbat
with a community, Youth Advisor Jesse
and clergy
Members
Adults: $18; • Shabbat Dinner with your family
Children: $10
We at temple Sinai want to make our events
Non-Members:
accessible to all. Please notify us of any
Adults: $22;
severe food allergies so that we can do our
Children: $12
best to accommodate you and your family.
Children under 3: Free
April 2019 | 7PASSOVER CONCERT
AT THE TERRACES OF BAYCREST
Sunday, April 14 at 1.30 p.m.
Let’s get in the Passover spirit. Join our clergy and Temple Sinai Ensemble
Choir for a festive concert focusing on the theme of emerging from slavery
and embracing our freedom. You will leave eager for matzah and inspired
for the approaching festival!
Terraces of Baycrest, 55 Ameer Avenue
If you require assistance with transportation, please contact Fran at 416.487.4161
or e-mail fran@templesinai.net.
A PLACE AT YOUR SEDER TABLE?
Are there smells of chicken soup and gefilte fish wafting through your house?
This year, consider connecting with a member from our Temple family. You
can help to turn someone’s table for one into a warm and festive experience
with your friends and family. For more information about inviting a Temple
member to share a seder with you, please contact Marcie at 416.487.4161
or e-mail programs@templesinai.net.
8 | Volume 12, Issue 6 • April 2019Erev Seventh Day Pesach
MUSICAL SERVICE
THURSDAY, APRIL 25 AT 3.30 P.M.
Sunrise of Thornhill, 484 Steeles Ave West, Thornhill
As we get ready to put away the matzah for another year, let’s join our
friends at Thornhill for a musical service marking the end of Passover. With
prayer and song, we’ll celebrate the festival of freedom alongside our
clergy and Temple Sinai Ensemble Choir.
March of the Living Sendoff
Friday, April 26 at 10.00 a.m.
We’re proud at Temple Sinai of our commitment to the March of the Living.
Each year we send a delegation of participants ranging in age from high
school, to young adults, to our more seasoned members. We will welcome all
our 2019 participants to the bimah for a tefillat haderech as they get ready
for this important journey. Let’s send them off as a Temple family.
April 2019 | 9“You’ll kvell.” — Hollywood Reporter
“This heartening, unexpected story shows
what happens when a group of Hasidic
women decided to create the first
all-female volunteer ambulance corps
in all of New York City.” — LA Times
Renaissance Group
TEMPLE SINAI TORONTO
Sunday, April 28
Discussion led
by Dr. Rachael
Turkienicz
Dr. Turkienicz
holds a Ph.D. in
Talmudic and
Midrashic Studies from 93QUEEN
Brandeis University. She is
93QUEEN follows Rachel “Ruchie” Freier, a
the founder and director of
Rachael’s Centre for Torah, no-nonsense Hasidic lawyer and mother of six who
Mussar & Ethics, which is determined to shake up the “boys club” in her
promotes learning of Jewish Hasidic community by creating Ezras Nashim, the
texts, interfaith programmes first all-female ambulance corps in NYC.
and building online Ruchie and an engaging cast of Hasidic women
communities. are risking their reputations by taking matters into
6.45 p.m.: Wine and Cheese, their own hands to provide dignified emergency
Dessert and Coffee medical care to the Hasidic women and girls of
7.30 p.m.: Speaker and Film Borough Park.
In the midst of this already ground-breaking
Cost: Members: $20
endeavour, Ruchie announces that she had decided
Non-members: $25
to take her burgeoning feminism even further: She
Priority registration for entered the race for civil court judge in Brooklyn’s
Temple members up to 5th Municipal Court District.
Thursday, March 28.
Register online at www.templesinai.net,
After that date, registration
call Marcie at 416.487.4161 or email
is open to all.
programs@templesinai.net.
10 | Volume 12, Issue 6 • April 2019Hebrew Classes
with Carmella Cohen
Conversational:
Mondays from 1.30 p.m. to 2.45 p.m.
April 29 to June 24 (8 Sessions)
Surprise your family and friends as you learn how to navigate going to
a restaurant, shopping or the bank, all in Hebrew. Enjoy a relaxed and
friendly atmosphere while learning the language of our ancient people.
This class is open to those who are basic readers.
Intermediate:
Thursdays from 7.30 p.m. to 8.45 p.m.
May 2 to June 20 (8 sessions)
Let’s take the next step, building on your foundational skills. With the
siddur as our text book, you’ll be navigating services with greater ease.
Last year’s class wowed the community as they led us in prayer in June —
this could be you!
Cost for any of the Hebrew classes:
Members: $120, Non-members: $200
Register online, call Marcie at 416.487.4161
or email programs@templesinai.net.
April 2019 | 11Sunday Monday Tuesday We
25 Adar II 26 Adar II
1 2 3
Nordic Pole Walking: Pilates Connections: 9.00 a.m. TSSC T
10.00 a.m. LOTSSY LOFT: 5.30 p.m. — TS
Music with James Funnyhat: Temple Sinai Ensemble Choir 11.00
11.00 a.m. Rehearsal: 7.30 p.m. Temple
Canasta/Mahjongg: 1.00 p.m. Renaiss
Wellspring Support Group: 7.00
1.30 p.m.
2 Nisan 3 Nisan 4 Nisan
7 8 9 10
Mitzvah Day with Special Guest, Nordic Pole Walking: 10.00 a.m. Pilates Connections: 9.00 a.m. Temple
Rachel Zelunka: 9.00 a.m. Music with James Funnyhat: LOTSSY LOFT: 5.30 p.m.
Nordic Pole Walking: 11.00 a.m. Contemporary Perspectives and
10.00 a.m. Canasta/Mahjongg: 1.00 p.m. Traditional Sources: 7.00 p.m.
Circle of Care: Pesach Program Temple Sinai Ensemble Choir
for Holocaust Survivors: Rehearsal: 7.30 p.m.
1.00 p.m.
Wellspring Support Group:
1.30 p.m.
Temple Sinai Stitchers: 7.30 p.m.
Adar II / Nisan 5779
9 Nisan 10 Nisan 11 Nisan
14 15 16 17
Nordic Pole Walking: Nordic Pole Walking: Pilates Connections: 9.00 a.m. Temple
10.00 a.m. 10.00 a.m. LOTSSY LOFT: 5.30 p.m.
Family Learning Program — Music with James Funnyhat: Temple Sinai Ensemble Choir
Grade 6: 10.30 a.m. 11.00 a.m. Rehearsal: 7.30 p.m.
Passover Concert at Baycrest: Canasta/Mahjongg: 1.00 p.m.
1.30 p.m. Wellspring Support Group:
1.30 p.m.
16 Nisan 17 Nisan 18 Nisan
21 22 23 24
Nordic Pole Walking: Nordic Pole Walking: Pilates Connections: 9.00 a.m. Temple
10.00 a.m. 10.00 a.m. LOTSSY LOFT: 5.30 p.m.
Canasta/Mahjongg: 1.00 p.m. Temple Sinai Ensemble Choir
Wellspring Support Group: Rehearsal: 7.30 p.m.
April
1.30 p.m.
Pesach — April 20 t
23 Nisan 24 Nisan 25 Nisan
28 29 30 Sha
Nordic Pole Walking: Nordic Pole Walking: Pilates Connections: 9.00 a.m. Mon
10.00 a.m. 10.00 a.m. LOTSSY LOFT: 5.30 p.m.
Grade 4 Family Learning Adult Beginner Hebrew: Temple Sinai Ensemble Choir Sund
Program: 10.30 a.m. 11.00 a.m. Rehearsal: 7.30 p.m.
doc&desserts: 6.45 p.m. Canasta/Mahjongg: 1.00 p.m. Pray
Adult Conversational Hebrew:
1.30 p.m.
Wellspring Support Group: Ma
1.30 p.m.
Monednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
27 Adar II 28 Adar II 29 Adar II 1 Nisan
4 5 6 Rosh Chodesh Nisan
Shabbat Hachodesh-Tazria
Trip — Best of Hollywood Canasta: 1.00 p.m. Sense-ational Tot Shabbat: Musical Shabbat Service with
SO, Roy Thompson Hall: Power of Posture: 1.30 p.m. and 10.30 a.m. Anat Hoffmann and Temple Si-
0 a.m. 2.45 p.m. Shabbat Mishpachah: 5.45 p.m. nai Ensemble and Youth Choirs
e Sinai Stitchers: 1.00 p.m. Standing on a Precipice with Kabbalat Shabbat Service: Participating: 10.00 a.m.
sance Group Meeting: Anat Hoffman: 7.00 p.m. 8.00 p.m. Followed by Chevrat Torah
p.m. Study
5 Nisan 6 Nisan 7 Nisan 8 Nisan
11 12 13 Shabbat Hagadol
Metzora
e Sinai Stitchers: 1.00 p.m. Canasta: 1.00 p.m. Sense-ational Tot Shabbat: Sunnybrook Veterans’ Service:
Power of Posture: 1.30 p.m. and 10.30 a.m. 9.45 a.m.
2.45 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat Service: Shabbat Service with D’var
Sinai Connections Meeting: 8.00 p.m. Israel with ShinShinim:
4.00 p.m. 10.00 a.m.
Followed by Chevrat Torah
Study
12 Nisan 13 Nisan 14 Nisan 15 Nisan
18 19 Statutory Holiday —
Temple Office Closed
20 First Day of Pesach
Erev Pesach
e Sinai Stitchers: 1.00 p.m. Temple Sinai Social Club Shacharit Services: 9.45 a.m. First Day Pesach Service:
Committee Meeting: 10.30 a.m. 10.00 a.m.
Canasta: 1.00 p.m.
Power of Posture: 1.30 p.m. and
2.45 p.m.
Pesach — April 20 to 26
19 Nisan 20 Nisan 21 Nisan 22 Nisan
4 25 26 Seventh Day Pesach — 27
Temple Office Closed
e Sinai Stitchers: 1.00 p.m. Canasta: 1.00 p.m. Seventh Day Pesach Service Shabbat Service: 10.00 a.m.
Power of Posture: 1.30 p.m. and with Yizkor and March of the Followed by Omer Study
2.45 p.m. Living Sendoff: 10.00 a.m. Program — Dear Zealots:
Erev Seventh Day Pesach Musical Kabbalat Shabbat Service: Letters From a Divided Land
Service Sunrise of Thornhill: 8.00 p.m.
3.30 p.m. (Please note: There
will be no Erev Seventh Day
Pesach service at Temple.)
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acharit Services Lewis David
nday to Friday: 7.30 a.m. Katzman Library
days and statutory holidays: 9.45 a.m.
Tuesday: 7.00 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
yers for healing: Monday, Thursday and Saturday morning Torah readings
Wednesday: 10.00 a.m. to Noon
a’ariv Services Saturday at 9.00 a.m. to 9.50 a.m.
ndays, Tuesdays: 6.30 p.m. (Except on statutory and Jewish holidays)
Sunday: 9.00 a.m. to 12.00 p.m.Omer Study
DEAR ZEALOTS
Letters From a Divided Land
Saturdays, April 27 to June 8
Following Chevrat Torah Lunch
Just weeks before his passing, acclaimed author Amos Oz released an
incomparable series of essays on the universal nature of fanaticism and its
possible cures, Jewish roots of humanism and the need for a secular pride
in Israel, and the geopolitical standing of Israel in the wider Middle East
and internationally. Dear Zealots is classic Amos Oz — fluid, rich, masterly,
and perfectly timed for a world in which polarization and extremism are
rising everywhere. Please join our clergy as we work through these important
literary pieces in honour of Oz’s memory.
The book is available to purchase at Temple for $25 or for download.
BILLY ELLIOTT
S t r a t f o r d F e s t i v al
Wednesday, June 26
With its inspirational story, breathtaking dance numbers and music by pop
legend Elton John, this fresh new take on the smash-hit show — reimagined
for Stratford — will appeal to all.
Temple Members: $105; Guests: $115 (includes bus transportation)
Register online at www.templesinai.net, call Marcie at 416.487.4161 or
email programs@templesinai.net by Friday, May 10.
A Temple Sinai Social Club initiative
14 | Volume 12, Issue 6 • April 2019Ben Steinberg
Musical Legacy
Award Concert
Monday, May 13 at 8.00 p.m.
We Proudly Announce the Winner of the
2 0 19 B en St e i n b e r g Mu s i c a l Lega c y Awa rd
DANIEL TEMNIK, VIOLIN
Praised by audiences and musicians Vadim Gluzman, Ilya Kaler, Valery
alike for his radiant tone, command- Gergiev, Miriam Fried, Qian Zhou
ing technique and musical depth, and Donald Weilerstein.
Israeli-Canadian, award-winning Daniel currently studies with dis-
violinist Daniel Temnik is swiftly es- tinguished concert violinists Barry
tablishing himself at the forefront of Shiffman and Victor Danchenko at
prominent young Canadian musical The Glenn Gould School of Music in
artists. Toronto. He currently performs on a
Daniel is a recipient of numerous 1785 Lorenzo Storioni violin gener-
awards, scholarships and diplomas ously on loan from Florian Leonhard.
in national and international violin In its 35th year, the Ben Steinberg Mu-
competitions. As a soloist, Daniel has sical Legacy Award was established to
concertized in such notable venues as encourage the careers of young Jew-
Carnegie Hall, The Metropolitan Op- ish artists in the Canadian community
era House, Koerner Hall and the Tel as well as the performance of music
Aviv Performing Arts Center. Daniel by Jewish composers. Daniel was cho-
has received musical tutelage from sen this year because of his gifted
various prominent musicians including musical talent, instrumental technique
Pinchas Zukerman, Yefim Bronfman, and overall musicianship.
The concert is made possible through the gifts of Helen and
Joseph Berman and the Darren Kendal Memorial Endowment Fund.
April 2019 | 15THURSDAY AFTERNOON MOVIES
with Larry Anklewicz
Thursdays at 1.30 p.m. from May 9 to June 27
Thursday, May 9
BANG! THE BERT BERNS STORY
(United States) 2016, 94 minutes
The life and times of ’60s composer, record producer and hit
maker Bernie Berns. Berns created hits like “Twist and Shout”
and “Hang On Sloopy”.
Thursday, May 16
HAVA NAGILA THE MOVIE
(United States) 2012, 75 minutes
A romp through the history, mystery and meaning of the great
Jewish party song from its beginnings in the shtetl of Eastern
Europe to the Kibbutzim of Palestine to the bar mitzvah and
wedding celebrations in America.
Thursday, May 23
THE SECOND TIME AROUND
(Canada) 2016, 107 minutes
Feel good Canadian drama about romance between two
older people, one of whom is Jewish, that shows that love can
happen at any age.
Thursday, May 30
SAMUEL’S PROJECT
(United States) 2018, 93 minutes
Eli gets to know his grandfather Samuel when he makes him
the subject of a senior year animated art project, discovering
how his grandpa was heroically saved from Nazi capture in
Germany by a young woman.
16 | Volume 12, Issue 6 • April 2019Come and bring your friends for a fun afternoon.
Admission: $5
Open to the public | Free parking
Wheelchair Accessible
A Temple Sinai Social Club initiative
Thursday, June 6
DOUGH
(United Kingdom) 2014, 95 minutes
Comedy, about a Jewish baker in Britain struggling to keep
his business alive, who hires a Muslim refugee from Darfur as
his new apprentice.
Thursday, June 13
BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY
(United States) 2017, 90 minutes
Hedy Lamarr was one of Hollywood's top leading ladies in
the 1940s. But behind the glamour was a talented inventor
who created a radio system that is now considered the basis
of Bluetooth technology.
Thursday, June 20
SAMMY DAVIS JR: I’VE GOT TO BE ME
(United States) 2017, 81 minutes
This is the first major film to examine Sammy Davis Jr.’s vast
talent and his journey for identity through the shifting tides
of civil rights and racial progress during the 20th century in
America.
Thursday, June 27
THE OUTRAGEOUS SOPHIE TUCKER
(United States) 2014, 96 minutes
Biographical documentary, about the iconic Jewish vaudeville
superstar who ruled the 1920s. Tucker was the first woman to
infatuate her audiences with a bold, bawdy and brassy style.
For more information: Call Marcie at 416.487.4161 or email programs@templesinai.net | 17Communal
HOME
Sunnybrook
Saturday,
Veterans’Service April 13
9.45 a.m.
We will be hosting a Shabbat
service for veterans at
Sunnybrook Hospital. If you
know someone at Sunnybrook
who would like to join our heart-
warming Shabbat morning,
led by Larry Robbins and
Marsha Kideckel, please
contact Frank Berns at
fberns@cleanworldwide.com.
A light lunch will be served
following the service.
9.45 a.m.: Assemble at the Jewish Chapel E Wing Ground Floor
10.00 a.m.: Service begins
11.30 a.m.: Light lunch
18 | Volume 12, Issue 6 • April 2019Temple Sinai
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M pril 7 at 9.00 a.m. a y
Sunday, A
Take p
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tikkun rt in
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Get in
spired
! with special guest speaker
Rachel Zelunka, Peer to Peer
Manager at Chailifeline
:
tik ku n ola m pr oje cts tha t will impact our local community
Take part in bile response van
aBake muffins for Ve’ahavta’s mo
at Kayla’s Children’s Centre
aAssemble craft kits for children
s from Jewish Family and Child
aMake simchah baskets for familie
rnhill, a seniors’ residence
aPerform songs at Sunrise of Tho
st sur vivors from Circle of Care
aSpend time visiting with Holocau
residents at Baycrest
aPerform a dance show for senior
s at Ronald McDonald House
aPack household items for familie ting
ool, please register by contac
For families not in religious sch
plesinai.net.
BobbieLynn at bobbielynn@tem April 2019 | 19Farewell to Cantor
Katie Oringel
At the end of June, Cantor Katie
Oringel will be leaving our
Temple home. Please join us for
an evening of goodbyes and
new beginnings as we honour
our spiritual leader and wish her
well on her future endeavours.
To make a donation in honour
of Cantor Oringel to the Youth
Travel Fund give online at
templesinai.net/give/donate,
call 416.487.4161, or email
office@templesinai.net.
Sunday, May 26
at 7.00 p.m.
20 | Volume 12, Issue 6 • April 2019Friday, June 14 at 8.00 p.m.
Saying Goodbye to
Rabbi Daniel Mikelberg
Rabbi Daniel Mikelberg will be moving to the next stage
of his rabbinate and taking on the challenge of rabbinic
leadership as senior rabbi of Temple Israel in Ottawa
at the end of June. Please join us to honour our spiritual
leader and wish him well on on this exciting new step.
To make a donation in honour of Rabbi Mikelberg to the
Social Action Fund or Next Generation Fund give online
at templesinai.net/give/donate, call 416.487.4161 or
email office@templesinai.net.
April 2019 | 212019
Summer
Adventures
Licensed under
Ontario’s new child
care legislation
Playground
Pals
(2 years old)
Mini Fun Five mornings/days a week
Friends 9.00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.
(12 to 24 months)
or 9.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
Tuesdays and Thursdays Nutritious snacks provided
9.30 a.m. to 11.00 a.m.
Designed for you and
your toddler
Summer
Buddies
(3 to 4 years)
Five days a week
9.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
or 9.00 a.m. to 2.30 p.m.
Nutritious snacks and lunch
provided. Optional swim
program
Register online at
www.templesinai.net,
or call BobbieLynn at
416.487.3281
22 | Volume 12, Issue 6 • April 2019Experience
a bold new
education model!
Don’t just speak Hebrew, live it this
summer at Centre Camp!
July 29 to August 23
In partnership with the Jack and Pat Kay Centre Camp’s Kochavim program,
Temple Sinai children and grandchildren currently enrolled in JK to Grade 3
can participate in a specialized Hebrew day camp that includes depot busing at a
subsidized rate of 50% — just under $220 a week!
Experience Lifelong Benefits
• Create memories that will last a life- • Be part of a community experience
time and introduce your child to our that promotes lifelong learning for our
children.
rich Jewish traditions and Hebrew
language with a daily mix of engaging • Enjoy the expertise of well-trained
activities counsellors who can help our children
understand what they hear and teach
• Enjoy all the benefits of summer fun them how to respond, converse and
while learning a new language. practice new skills every day.
• Guided by Hebrew-speaking • Experienced-based learning is
reinforced every day through new and
counsellors, discover a sense of pride
exciting activities.
and accomplishment at learning new
Questions?
words and phrases daily.
Please reach out to Carrie Swartz, our
• Gain a greater appreciation of Jewish Director of Congregational Learning,
traditions and connection to Israel. at carrie@templesinai.net with any
questions that you have.
Register online: centrecamp.campintouch.com/ui/forms/application/camper/App
This leading-edge educational initiative is underwritten
through the generosity of Bev & Laurie Fein.
April 2019 | 23Israel Special
Projects Fund
Are You a Temple Member of
HONOURING High School or College Age?
Are You Planning
OR REMEMBERING a Reform Educational
Family and Friends Experience in Israel?
If you can answer “yes” to the above
If you would like to honour a questions or if you know someone
loved one, Temple Sinai accepts who can, please call the Education
donations online at templesinai. Office (416.487.3281) to enquire
net/give/donate. about scholarships available from
You can also call, 416.487.4161 or the Israel Special Projects Fund
email, office@templesinai.net, and (ISPF).
leave your name and number and Over the past years, we have been
someone will get back to you. able to offer significant financial
assistance to youth who participated
in an Israel summer program as well
as support our biennial March break
trip to Israel with our young Temple
members. The ISPF has also funded
many other students for a wide
variety of programmes ranging from
one week to one year in Israel. Some
trips include The March of the Living
and Hebrew University.
24 | Volume 12, Issue 6 • May 2019Kitty and Paul Tepperman Fund
SUPPORTS YOUTH HOLOCAUST EDUCATION
hy is youth
W As survivors pass on, the
Holocaust education important question is,
important to you? How will Holocaust
As the only child of education be effectively
Holocaust survivors, I grew taught?
up with no extended hat makes Temple
W
family. The horrors of our family chose
Y
Sinai special for your
the Holocaust always to honour you with
family?
lingered in every corner a fund for your 50th
of our home.
For 65 years, and from wedding anniversary.
generation to genera- What are your hopes
Current statistics attest tion, Temple Sinai has for future generations?
the level of knowledge been our family home.
about the Holocaust The respect, love and
Four generations of
amongst Millennials and understanding shown
family members, 11 of
younger in the general by our children in
us in total, take great
public is deplorable. creating this fund has
pride in sitting together
Only pervasive and had a tremendous
in the same row for High
impactful Holocaust impact on both of us.
Holy Days services.
education will correct We want to ensure
this issue. future generations will
NEVER FORGET.
To support the Kitty and
Paul Tepperman Youth
Holocaust Education
Fund, or to learn more
about establishing your
own fund, you can give
online at templesinai.
net/give/donate or
contact Ann Rosenfield
416.487.4161 or
ann@templesinai.net.
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