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April 2009
A ROARING SUCCESS!
The second Danforth Jewish Circle Coffeehouse, held on Saturday, March 7, was a roaring success!
With about 100 people attending, the Trane Studio was standing room only and the audience was treated to an evening of poetry, script and song.
Emcee extraordinaire Rex Hagon kept the evening and raffle prizes moving, and the show highlighted the impressive range of talent that is found in the DJC community. Everyone was left with a renewed sense of our wonderful community. And best of all, we raised a handsome sum that will go directly into DJC coffers!
Many thanks go to Rex, all of the performers – you were amazing! – and the DJC Adult Programming Committee.
Most of all, thank you to those who attended the event and helped to make it an evening that we’ll be sure to remember… and hopefully repeat next year!
A Special invitation: DJC Community Passover Seder
You are invited to a community Seder on Wednesday evening, April 15, 2009
A unique opportunity to
- Meet Pharaoh
- Hear Moses Preach
- Cross the Red Sea
- Join the Frogs and Locusts
-And REVEL in your newfound freedom as you sit slouched at the Seder table!
Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2009, 5:30 pm
Location: Eastminster United Church
Address: 310 Danforth Avenue - meet in the Hurndale room
*Rsvp required- please visit the website page to Rsvp and for more details:
APRIL CALENDAR…At a glance
| date | time | event/details | location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, April 13 | TBA | DJC Youth Group: Iron Chef: Passover Edition | For more information or to join us, please email us at djcyouthgroup@gmail.com or join the Facebook group. |
| Wednesday, April 15 | 5:30 - 8:00 pm | DJC COMMUNITY PASSOVER SEDER *See AD in news |
Eastminster - *Rsvp required: please visit website to Rsvp and for more details |
| Friday, April 17 | 7:00- 9:00 pm | Shabbat service Dessert Kiddush to follow |
Eastminster - 310 Danforth Avenue- Jackman Ave entrance - Auditorium |
| Saturday, April 18 | 10:00 am- 12:00 pm | Aging & Saging Study Session*See description in news | Eastminster - Jackman Ave entrance- Board Room (follow signs) |
| Tuesday, April 21 | 7:30 pm | DJC Book Club meeting The Orientalist by Tom Reiss |
*Rsvp required Jill Solnicki- jnsolnicki@gmail.com |
| Saturday, April 25 | 12:00 - 3:00 pm | DJC Youth Group: Outdoor Adventure (for Earth Day) |
For more information or to join us, please email us at djcyouthgroup@gmail.com or join the Facebook group. |
| Saturdeay, May 2 | 10:00 am | Bar Mitzvah service Kiddush following service *See more details in news |
Eastminster - Sanctuary
Kiddush in Hurndale Please Rsvp: paulaklein@sympatico.ca |
Aging and Saging: Approaches to wisdom as we move along the path of life
In the aging process, three factors are associated with longevity:
Control over one's decision
Continuing engagement with new challenges
Bonds of intimacy
Other factors that help us retain our clarity and vitality:
Daily movement or exercise
Adaptability to loss
Sense of humour
Adventurousness
Willingness to try new things
Flexibility
Engagement with an outside interest
Optimism
In short, at every stage of aging, life provides us with new possibilities. Rather than focusing on our losses, we may instead embrace what is unfolding as another way of being that can yield new experiences and expand our sense of life.
Remembering and passing on family story as well as piecing and knitting together components of our histories to the next generation is another element that can be very meaningful. Remembering also helps sew family ties and bring a community of remembrance together. Bar or Bat Mitzvah is a perfect time for the elders in the community to share stories about their grandparents and their childhood experiences.
Finally, real losses do come with aging including death of loved ones, serious health problems, decreased mobility and autonomy. Finding ways to honour that process while remaining forward looking is the challenge of aging and saging.
We will gather on Shabbat morning and share the Torah of Aging and Saging together, drawing on our personal experience, expectations and sources of strength and wisdom for the journey.
When: Saturday, April 18, 10:00 am- 12:00 noon
Where: Eastminster, 310 Danforth Avenue, Board Room (enter Jackman Avenue entrance and follow the signs)
FINAL DJC BOOK CLUB MEETING FOR THIS YEAR!
Please Rsvp Jill Solnicki - jnsolnicki@gmail.com if you’d like to attend.
Spring greetings From DJC YG!
This month, the DJCYG volunteered at its last Out of the Cold event of the year! It has been another wonderful year with the great people from Eastminster Church.
Earlier in the month, Nogah Kornburg, of Leadership Education Ambassadors: Darfur (LEAD) ran an interactive educational program about the atrocities taking place right now in Sudan. We learned the real meaning of choice-less choices while navigating through the lives of a fictional Darfuri family.
Coming up for the end of March is a potluck Shabbat! We are getting together for a night of fun and alternative Jewish youth culture.
In April, we will be having our second annual 'Iron Chef: Passover Edition.' The youth group is getting together for a night of competitive cooking (and of course eating!) and will enjoy an outdoor adventure in the spirit of Earth Day!
Enjoy the Sun!
DJC YG Events for April
**For more information or to join us, please email us at djcyouthgroup@gmail.com or join the Facebook group.
April 13th: Iron Chef - Passover edition
Remember last year? Well this year it will be even better. Bring your best Passover dish (make sure it is all kosher for Passover...) and have it be judged.
April 25th: Outdoor adventure 12:00-3:00
An outdoor adventure in Toronto in commemoration of Earth Day!
A request for B’Nei Mitzvah students, re: "Holocaust Twinning"
I am looking for Holocaust survivors to meet with the B'Nei Mitzvah students from the Danforth Jewish Circle. This is part of a program called "Holocaust Twinning". The idea is that they meet with a survivor one-on-one for an interview (only once). They ask the survivor for a story about a person they knew who died before being able to have a Bar/Bat Mitzvah, and then at the ceremony, the student dedicates their Bar/Bat Mitzvah to that child.
We are having trouble finding survivors to talk to the students, and the Holocaust Centre is unable to help with this. If anyone has any contact with a survivor who might want to share a story, please feel free to contact me directly: alysse.rich@gmail.com. They don't necessarily have to be survivors of camps, etc....anyone who had a personal connection to the Holocaust would be great.
Thanks,
Alysse Rich
Bar Mitzvah - A Community Invitation
We would like to invite the Danforth Jewish Circle community to join with our family and friends as our son, David Klein, is called to Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, May 2, 2009, at 10:00 a. m. at the Eastminster United Church.
The Shabbat morning service will be led by Rabbi Michael Marmur - presently the Dean of Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem, and Debbie Friedman - the inspirational American Jewish composer and singer.
There will be a Kiddush in the Hurndale room following the service. Please contact paulaklein@sympatico.ca to Rsvp. It would be most meaningful to have our congregation join with us for this momentous occasion in our family's life.
Paula Klein and MaryLou Fassel
Our first DJC In-home Shabbat for Families and young children was a great success!
There were several families in attendance and numerous young people from baby to about age 9. Some brought candles, we did a prayer for children, and everyone did brachot together.
We all enjoyed the food and socializing and had a wonderful evening.
Please look for more news about our next event in upcoming newsletters.
COMMUNITY NEWS
ARK COLLECTIVE PRESENTS
Mourning Dove
by Emil Sher
Offering a 15% discount to the DJC community from April 3-12, read on…
A play about love (in all its complexities) and death (the murky waters of mercy killing), punctuated with humour. Seriously.
A play that's been hailed as 'transcendent', 'thought-provoking' and 'a powerful little gem.'
A play that's affordable: tickets are all under $30, and as low as $15.
A play we hope you'll experience for yourself, as experienced by one audience member who wrote,
"I do not remember ever being so emotionally touched by a play."
Previews begin on April 3. Please book early, as our second week is 50% sold out.
Call the Tarragon box office at 416.531.1827 for more details. If you want to learn more about the Mourning Dove, visit Emil’s website at www.emilsher.com and follow the Stage Plays link.
*Thanks to DJC member David Wyman at wymandesign.ca for the beautiful poster design.
NATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY
For further information and bus reservations
Please call Gillian Weintraub at 416.785.1333
970 Lawrence Ave. W. Suite 211, Toronto, ON M6A 3B6
The Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’
Remembrance Authority
Remembering the Past, Shaping the Future
PARLIAMENT HILL
OTTAWA
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
3:00 P.M.
Canadian Society for Yad Vashem
Buses from Toronto and Montreal sponsored by the Canadian society for Yad Vashem
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