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November 2010
CONTENTS:
The DJC Responds to Members' Needs
The DJC volunteers are joining together in new ways to support members through difficult times. At the High Holidays services we heard about the Life Cycle Events Supports Steering Committee that was asked by the Board to figure out how to engage volunteers to meet more members' needs.
We also heard from the Chesed committee which is the first working group and is focusing on providing practical supports and information to people around serious illness and mourning. For example, they have already reached out to members of our community who lost loved ones and provided them our condolences and practical supports during the first weeks of mourning. Next, they will be looking at what information, education, and practical supports can be offered to people experiencing serious illnesses. In future DJC Newsletters, the Chesed committee will share more about their volunteer requirements.
Based on the success of the Chesed committee, the Steering Committee is considering how to address the needs of families around events like marriage, birth, bris, bar mitzvah, and divorce. We'll be looking at information, education and support that can meet the diverse needs our community. Our intention is to break these down into manageable groupings and over time, develop a rich resource.
*If you would be interested in helping with all or part of this working group, please email us at info@djctoronto.com.
In the months to come, we will keep you posted about information and supports that are being developed by our volunteers and suggest other ways for you to get more involved.
Allen Flaming
NOVEMBER NEWS... AT A GLANCE
| DATE | TIME | EVENT/Details | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, November 3 | 7:30 pm | DJC Reading Circle |
Location sent to Rsvps Contact: info@djctoronto.com to Rsvp or for more information |
| Sunday, November 7 | 2:30-5:00 pm | Global Day of Jewish Learning | Miles Nadal JCC 750 Spadina Ave at Bloor Info: 416.924.6211 x 154 www.mnjcc.org |
| Friday, November 12 | 7:00 pm | In-Home Shabbat Host: Sheri Cohen |
4 Austin Crescent *Rsvp: shericohen@rogers.com or phone: 416.516.8330 |
| Friday, November 12 | 6:15 pm | DJCYG: Grades 10, 11, 12 "OUT OF THE COLD" + documentary |
Eastminster - 310 Danforth **JACKMAN ST ENTRANCE** Documentary location TBD* Rsvp: Mika Gang 647.444.7291, mika.gang@Gmail.com |
| Friday-Sunday, November 19-21 | 6:00 pm - mid-afternoon Sunday | DJC Women's Retreat weekend | Ecology Retreat Centre *TO REGISTER: contact Rosie Beitel: rosiebeitel@sympatico.ca or 416. 465.9627 |
| Sunday, November 21 | 11:00 am - 7:00 pm | DJCYG: Grades 10, 11, 12 Scavenger Hunt |
MEET NE Corner Spadina/Bloor Rsvp: Mika Gang 647.444.7291, mika.gang@Gmail.com *Bring $30 & snacks |
| Friday, November 26 | 7:00 pm | Bethminster Shabbat Led by Cantor Lisa |
Eastminster - 310 Danforth: Auditorium **JACKMAN ST ENTRANCE** Kiddush to follow service Free Child care provided |
| Sataurday, November 27 | 6:00 pm | DJCYG: Grades 8 & 9 Dinner + Cavalcade of Lights at Nathan Phillips Square |
MEET NE Corner University/Queen
Rsvp: Mika Gang 647.444.7291, mika.gang@Gmail.com *Bring $15 & dress warmly! |
STAY TUNED… MARK YOUR CALENDARS
(More details in this edition and/or in December News)
- Dec. 2nd: DJC CHANUKAH PARTY
- Dec. 4th: MOVIE CLUB
- Dec. 11th: DJCYG (all grades): Chanukah themed cook-off (Iron Chef!)
- Jan. 26th: DJC READING CIRCLE: NATIVE REALM, by Czeslaw Milosz. For more detailed information on this session, click on link at DJC website: http://djctoronto.com/explore/education.php
NOVEMBER SHABBAT SERVICE
IN - HOME SHABBAT
Led by Emil Sher
When: Friday, November 12
Time: 7:00 pm
Location/Host: Sheri Cohen: 4 Austin Crescent
Details/What to bring: Sheri is preparing a salmon dish, please bring a potluck dish for the meal. Children are welcome.
Rsvps required
**To Rsvp, call Sheri: 416.516.8330 or e-mail: shericohen@rogers.com
BETHMINSTER SHABBAT
Led by Cantor Lisa
Eastminster: 310 Danforth Avenue - Auditorium
When: Friday, November 26
Time: 7:00 PM
*Free childcare; Dessert Kiddush following services
*Please use Jackman St. entrance; Hurndale entrance is closed
NOVEMBER EVENT DETAILS
DANFORTH JEWISH READING CIRCLE
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
LIGHT FELL, BY EVAN FALLENBERG
FACILITATED BY CYNTHIA GOOD
"Evan Fallenberg's novel, Light Fell, centres on the preparation for a family reunion. Twenty years have passed since Joseph left behind his entire life – his wife Rebecca, his five sons, his father and the religious Israeli farming community where he grew up – when he fell in love with a man, the genius rabbi Yoel Rozenzweig. Their affair is long over, but its echoes continue to reverberate through the lives of Joseph, Rebecca, and their sons in ways that none of them could have predicted. Now, for his fiftieth birthday, Joseph is preparing to have his five sons and the daughter-in-law he has never met spend the Sabbath with him in the Tel Aviv apartment penthouse he shares with a man. "Light Fell…raises brave questions about the nature of family and betrayal, rupture and healing." (San Francisco Chronicle) Light Fell won the American Library Association's Stonewall Book Award, and the Edmund White Award for debut fiction.
Cynthia Good is director of the Creative Book Publishing Program at Humber College, and former president of Penguin Group (Canada). At Penguin she originated the Penguin's Canadian Program, which has grown to one of the most successful in Canada, boasting a list of premier Canadian writers. She has taught in both Ryerson University's and Centennial College's publishing certificate programs, and been a featured speaker on cultural, literary and business subjects at many universities and colleges across Canada.
* For 2010/11 Reading circle dates and information, click on our website link: http://djctoronto.com/explore/education.php
Global Day of Jewish Learning
Sunday, November 7
2:30-5:00pm
At the Miles Nadal JCC - 750 Spadina Ave at Bloor
Info: 416.924.6211 x 154
More information here.
Come listen, come learn! Join in a conversation that has spanned millennia, celebrating the gifts of Jewish thought, tradition and community. Whether you're totally up on your Talmud or just exploring it for the first time, share an afternoon of Jewish dialogue and exploration at the Miles Nadal JCC.
Featuring Rabbi Miriam Margles, Rabbi Ed Elkin, Rabbi Michael Stroh, Annie Gilbert, Rhonda Rosenheck, and many more! Turn the Talmud over from different angles in interactive sessions suitable for all backgrounds and all levels. Be part of this historic, worldwide event! Suggested donation $10.
Co-presented by the Miles Nadal JCC, Congregation Shir Libeynu, Makom, The First Narayever Congregation, Congregation Shir Libeynu, Danforth Jewish Circle, Limmud Toronto, and Kolel.
Our 4th DJC Women's Retreat
Our retreats are about connection…
Connection with each other,
Connection with our broader community.
Connection with our spirituality and Judaism.
Our theme this year is: "finding your voice through song, speech and sound".
It is hugely exciting and we are very fortunate to have Rabbi Miriam lead this year's retreat. Rabbi Miriam will lead us in a magical weekend of Jewish study, friendship and musical exploration. We will be listening to new melodies, raising our voices in song and discovering how best to hear our spiritual voices. There is limited capacity and so we ask that you confirm your participation as soon as possible.
Here's what you need to know:
Date: November 19-21st, 2010
Please arrive before 6pm on Friday evening
Departure will be mid-afternoon on Sunday
Fee: $310 per person for members, $360 for non members
Location: Ecology Retreat Centre in the Hockley Valley
http://ecologyretreatcentre.com (approximately a 1 hour drive from Toronto and directions will be provided)
Don't hesitate, sign up today! It's a wonderful break in a great venue with an inspiring program…
To register or if you have questions, please contact:
Rosie Beitel: rosiebeitel@sympatico.ca or 416.465.9627
Janine Cutler: cutlerj@rogers.com or 416.697.8061
DJCYG
GRADE 10, 11 & 12s Activities
Our kick off event was a lot of fun with pizza eating and apples to apples playing we planned out the year calendar for this group which covers a wide range of educational, exciting, fun and hilarious activities.
Here are our upcoming dates to mark off in your calendars:
November 12th the group will be going to volunteer at its first Out of the Cold session of the year at Eastminster Church 6:15pm, afterwards we'll order some pizza and watch a neat documentary together at a place TBD.
Please Rsvp so I know you'll be coming. Mika Gang 647.444.7291, mika.gang@Gmail.com
November 21st Scavenger hunt around Toronto! We'll meet at Spadina and Bloor at the North East corner at 11am for the day until 7pm. Everyone should bring $30 for this event to pay for their TTC day pass, a snack and to pitch in for the winning teams prize!
Please Rsvp so I know you'll be coming. Mika Gang 647.444.7291, mika.gang@Gmail.com
Details at a glance…
What: "Out of the Cold" volunteering + documentary
When: Friday, November 12 @ 6:15 pm at Eastminster
Where: 310 Danforth, Jackman St. entrance
* Location TBD for documentary + pizza after volunteering
What: Scavenger Hunt
When: Sunday, November 21 @ 11:00 am
Where: NE corner Spadina/Bloor
What to bring: $30 for a TTC pass, snack & contribution to buy prizes
GRADE 8 & 9s Activities
We had a wonderful time at the haunted tour of Toronto last Sunday and thank you to everyone who came out! Here are our upcoming dates to mark off in your calendars:
November 27th we'll be meeting 6pm at the North East corner of the University and Queen intersection at to go out for dinner and then to the Cavalcade of Lights festival at Nathan Phillips Square where we'll be dazzled by the lights. Remember to bundle up for this event as we'll be outdoors for it. Everyone should bring about $15 for dinner. Please Rsvp so I know you'll be coming.
Mika Gang 647.444.7291or by e-mail: mika.gang@gmail.com
Here is a little snippet of what it'll be like!!! http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xa6d2w_the-cavalcade-of-lights-in-toronto_travel
Details at a glance...
What: Dinner + Cavalcade of Lights in Nathan Phillips Square
When: Saturday, November 27 @ 6:00 pm
Where: Meet at NE corner of University/Queen
What to bring: $15 for dinner and dress warmly!
**A preview of 2 Events for December…
December 2nd CHANUKAH PARTY with Rabbi Miriam & Cantor Lisa....more details to follow in November e-blasts and December news.
December 4th
COMMUNITY NEWS
Shalom to all - it's Lindi Papoff here, and I am hoping that someone would be able to help me.... If anyone - or you know anyone - going to and/or returning from Israel in the very near future - I URGENTLY need to get an important document from my sister in Israel to me here in Toronto, and it is not able to be mailed. (Important that it be carried on person). My niece was supposed to be coming in Nov. but I just found out that she will not be coming after all.
If anyone is able to help, could you please contact me asap, in order to arrange to bring me this document that my sister will hand deliver to you... and I will pick up from on this end.
PLEASE - contact me asap either via email lgpdreams@yahoo.com or feel free to call me anytime - my cell number: 647.838.3992.
Thank you,
Lindi Papoff
The 10th International Diaspora Film Festival
Opens with a Tribute to
The Green Movement of Iran
Back to the Roots is the theme of the 10th anniversary of the IDFF as we pay tribute to the Iranian roots of our festival. What began in 2001 as the Iranian Diaspora Film Festival quickly evolved into the International Diaspora Film Festival.
The festival opens with The Twenty Days that Shook Tehran, an underground documentary with an original twist. The film looks at the final twenty days leading to the much-disputed presidential election through the eyes of an Iranian theatre group. The screening will be followed by a lively panel discussion on the Green Movement with well-known political analysts.
For complete film descriptions and schedule please visit our website www.diasporafilmfest.com
The festival runs from 2 to 7 November 2010, at Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave.,Toronto M5S 1J5 (off St. George, one block south of Bloor, Subway St. George).
Admission is $10/$8 students and seniors. A festival pass ($80) includes the closing concert. To reserve tickets please email (recommended) info@diasporafilmfest.com or call 416.571.2150.
DJC member Alison Pick needs your help to make her novel, Far to Go, a Canada Reads Top Book of the Decade. Far to Go tells the story of a Czech Jewish family during the lead-up to WWII. Rights have been sold in five countries, and the novel has appeared here in Canada to rave reviews (see below). If you'd like to vote for Far to Go just follow this link to the Canada Reads website. Thanks so much!
http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/generic-pages/top40recommend.html
What the Critics are Saying About Far to Go: "[...] very deftly structured and the storytelling is seamless. [...] Far to Go appears poised to gain a wide and significant readership, and deservedly so." - 'The Globe and Mail'
"A novel that should have made the just released Giller longlist...it is not only essential reading; it is further proof that Alison Pick is one of Canada's outstanding authors, no matter her age." - The Owen Sound Sun Times
"I read Far to Go straight through and thought it one of the very best of the new books published this fall...a brilliantly written, beautifully paced novel, by a writer who knows how to hold the readers attention – and heart." - www.parrysoundbooks.com www.alisonpick.com
ROSALIND KINDLER @ THE "JEWEL IN THE ANNEX FOR JAZZ LOVERS":
THE ANNEX LIVE, 296 BRUNSWICK AVENUE (416) 929-3999
DATE: THURSDAY NOVEMBER 25TH
TIME: 8 - 10:30PM
THE ANNEX LIVE IS A WONDERFUL JAZZ VENUE WITH GREAT FOOD, AN INVITING AMBIENCE, AND WARM AND FRIENDLY STAFF.
- AMANDA TOSOFF ON KEYS
- JORDAN O'CONNOR ON BASS
- WITH SPECIAL GUEST, MULTI-TALENTED MUSICIAN/VOCALIST, COLEMAN TINSLEY.
RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED
INTERFAITH COUPLES
My name is Miriam Cross & I'm a student at Ryerson University's School of Continuing Education, working towards my certificate in Magazine and Web Publishing.
I am looking for interfaith couples in the GTA to interview for a parenting article. The story will explore how parents of two different faiths deal with decisions on how to raise their children, and how they make the collision of cultures and faiths work. If you are interested or need more information, please contact Miriam Cross at cross.miriam@gmail.com or 416.841.1556 as soon as possible.
The article is for my Advanced Feature Writing class at Ryerson, with the aim of later publishing it in a Canadian magazine.
Thank you very much!
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