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February 2008
CONTENTS:
From our members: REPORTS ON 2 WONDERFUL DJC GATHERINGS!
Challah Chappiness: We laughed, We kneaded, We conquered!
On Sunday, January 27th, 10 brave DJC women met at the home of Marilyn Minden to conquer their fear of challah baking. When DJC Women's "Retreatees" 'fessed up to a life free from challah baking, this event was born.
Organized by Nikki Weiss and Diane Wise (relative challah neophytes themselves), DJCers "rose" to the occasion producing dozens of loaves of braided beauty. Participants raved "My challah was wonderful!
Sweet and just the right density. We had challah for dinner!"
…more baking coming soon to an oven near you.
DJC BOOK CLUB
Our January meeting (The History of Love) of the DJC Book Club was one of our most stimulating and lively evenings. It was led by Cynthia Good, Director of the Creative Book Publishing Program at Humber College. Her passion for the book and insights into the author created much discussion and we all came away feeling it was a great evening.
**Special thanks to our hosts Linda and Alvin Shadlyn for allowing us to use their lovely home.
Please see more details to follow in this newsletter about our upcoming meetings…read on!
AND NOW...UPCOMING DJC MEETINGS & NEWS
AGM UPDATE:
Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) has been rescheduled for Sunday, March 30, 2008.
The Annual General Meeting will be held on March 30th rather than February 23rd as communicated in the last DJC newsletter. We hope many members join us for this important gathering. Further details containing time, location, agenda, and proposed Board slate will be sent out at the beginning of March.
And thank you to...
...Allie Lehmann, Paul Bender, Gail Dobbs, Barry Silverman and Linda Wells for helping us to SURPASS our $10, 000 fundraising goal for our Hillbilly campaign!
Well done DJC members and friends!
Hey, DJC Youth (or your parents)!
The DJC Youth Group (DJCYG) kicked off their inaugural event in December with a movie night and gab session, and it was lots of fun. Since then more planning has been underway and there is a full range of ideas for events to occur throughout the year - and beyond.
Plans include social action and volunteer involvement (...you can rack up those hours!); fundraising efforts for various causes; inter-faith events with other youth groups...and more! And of course, lots more social gatherings strictly for fun. Come on out and get involved!
Next up is an event geared to get the group better acquainted with one another, and more unified.
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When: | Saturday, February 2 |
| Time: | 2:00 - 5:00 PM | |
| Where | 662 Pape- Riverdale Presbyterian Church (large room in the basement) |
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| Join us for an afternoon of getting to know each other and strengthening the bond and power of the group. After that, stay tuned for more info about volunteering for "Out of the Cold" with the DJCYG on both Friday, February 8th and 22nd. | ||
For more info and to Rsvp for the upcoming events, please email: djcyouthgroup@gmail.com
Mark Your Calendars!
The Diversity Committee House meeting
The next meeting of the Diversity Committee will be on Tuesday, February 5th at the home of DJC member, Sheri Cohen (directions below). Please join us as we continue to share our stories and discuss how the DJC can better respond to the diverse nature of our membership.
Hope to see you there!
| When: | Tuesday, February 5 |
| Time: | 7:30 PM |
| Location: | 4 Austin Crescent [map] |
| Directions: north on Bathurst past Davenport. Make a right on Austin Terrace & then an immediate right onto Austin Crescent. There's a Buddha out front! | |
February Shabbat service and Torah Study
- Friday, February 15 - Shabbat Service (Melissa Heller leading) - Eastminster (310 Danforth Avenue) Auditorium at 7:00 PM. Child care is available, followed by a dessert Kiddush. Please enter via the Hurndale Entrance as the “Out of the Cold” is using the Jackman entrance.
- Saturday, February 16 - Torah Study - Eastminster- Room C 17 at 10:30 AM. Room directions will be posted at the Jackman entrance.
Interested in hosting a Shabbat? Please contact Diana Chastain dianach@allstream.net for more information.
Is there a book you've been dying to read?!
And discuss informally with friends? Now's your chance! The final session of the Danforth Jewish Circle Book Club for the 2007-2008 season, held in May, will be conducted informally, without a speaker.
And, so far, without a book! What would you like to read?
Kindly e-mail your suggestions to Jill Solnicki jnsolnicki@hotmail.com
The book with the most number of requests, wins!
PLEASE READ ON...
.... for details of our April 3rd Book Club meeting; (you may Rsvp anytime: info@djctoronto.com)
Green Bayit/House Tips And Tools
Every month, we will share a tip or tool in the newsletter that helps reduce energy in the home, the focus of the DJC's Green House/Bayit Campaign for the Jewish Year 5768. This month, we look to saving energy consumption and costs from electronic devices.
Tip #1: Plant leafy (deciduous) trees on the sunny side of your house. During the summer they provide shade and in the winter they will shed their leaves to let the warming sunshine through.
Tip #2: Plant pine or fir trees on the north side of your house to provide an energy saving windbreak.
United Jewish Appeal
"The UJA's mission is to preserve and strengthen the quality of Jewish Life in Greater Toronto, Canada, Israel and around the world through philanthropic, volunteer and professional leadership" including a generous grant to the DJC Children's Jewish Studies program through the Board of Jewish Education.
Please consider a donation to the UJA this year as more than half the money you donate stays in Canada helping Jewish institutions and families.
http://www.jewishtoronto.net/
COMMUNITY EVENTS
DJC’s Ilana Waldston’s upcoming performances:
Friday, February 1st
BRENDA CAROL RENAISSANCE JAZZ FAIR (various musicians)
Renaissance Café - 1938 Danforth Avenue
- Nathan Hiltz on guitar and Ross MacIntyre on bass
Tickets: $12 in advance or $15 at the door
Weekend passes also available Contact me (jazznlaughs@yahoo.ca) for tickets or visit http://www.brendacarol.com/bcrjf.html
ALMOST EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT:
GIRLS NIGHT OUT VOCAL FRIENDLY JAZZ JAM
Chalkers Pub
247 Marlee Avenue (W. of Allen expressway, north of Eglinton)
I'm there almost every week along with a terrific trio and a pot-pouri of singers.
-Send me an e-mail to let me know you're planning attend and I'll ensure that I get up to sing while you're there (the singers take turns!).
Ilana Waldston: jazznlaughs@yahoo.ca
ASHKENAZ presents…
AN EVENING WITH THEODORE BIKEL
In his first Toronto appearance in over 20 years!
Saturday, February 2, 8:00 pm
George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge Street
Theodore Bikel is quite simply a living legend, an icon of film, television, theatre, folk music, social activism and more. At 83 years young, Bikel remains a vital performer, continuing to sing and act prolifically around the world. After more than 20 years he is returning to Toronto for a not-to-be-missed concert performance. Accompanied by his longtime musical director Tamara Brooks, and Toronto's own award-winning klezmer/folk fusion band Beyond the Pale, audiences will be treated to a very special evening of songs in Yiddish, Hebrew, Ladino, Russian and English. Concert proceeds will support the ongoing programming of the Ashkenaz Foundation, including the 7th biennial Ashkenaz Festival.
Tickets: $45, $60 and $75 (plus GST) through Ticketmaster.
Call 416-872-1111 or buy online at www.ticketmaster.ca
For more information, visit www.ashkenazfestival.com
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