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April 2011
CONTENTS:
- DJC Children's Studies Program OPEN House
- Job & Volunteer Opportunities
- Mark Your Calendar
- In Home Shabbat
- Passover Fun-O-One
- On The Move-DJC Seder
- DJCYG
- DJC B'Nei Mitzvah Program Open House
- DJC Reading Circle Community News
- Green Choices for Faith Communities
- Dear Jazz Lovers
- It's Time To Celebrate
- Toronto/Tel Aviv Swap
As we welcome Spring in all its snowy glory (why not imagine a gentler version), we are pleased to offer a robust slate of activities for the month of April including Creating a Seder workshop, our DJC Community Seder and much more.
And check out the May event listings to mark your calendars!
Read on…
DJC CHILDREN'S JEWISH STUDIES PROGRAM
JK through grade 6 & B'Nei Mitzvah program
The DJC Children's Jewish Studies program offers a program for children to learn not just the "what" but the "why" of Judaism with an emphasis on arts, music, culture and fun.
OPEN HOUSE
Thursday, March 31
Ms Miriam's Stay & Play
583 A Danforth Ave
4:45- 6:00 PM *Rsvp required*
*For more information & to Rsvp: Phone: 416.580.1233; e-mail: info@djctoronto.com
*There will be an opportunity to visit a class in progress, please rsvp to confirm your appointment
Our program is generously supported by UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
JOB & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR DJC TEENS
Do you know someone from age 14-18 who is great with kids?
DJC Children’s Jewish Studies program is looking to hire a few assistants to support our teachers.
We need people with:
- storytelling skills
- leadership qualities to work with ACTIVE children
- students who have completed LIT or CIT camp positions who can bring singing and cheering and group entertaining skills to the classroom
- someone who is great at arts and crafts and can help with art activities and instruction
- team players who can be part of a team work environment
- Enthusiasm and a willingness to learn
VOLUNTEERING: Looking to complete your community service hours? Send us a description of why you would like to complete your hours at our school. What can you bring that will help our program? What would you like to learn about working with children in a school setting?
*Please send all queries to Alysse Rich: Alysse.rich@gmail.com
APRIL NEWS... AT A GLANCE
| DATE | TIME | EVENT/Details | LOCATION | Sunday, April 10 | TBD | DJCYG: grades 10-12 Animal Shelter visit- all details TBD |
*Rsvp by April 5: Mika Gang, e-mail: mika.gang@gmail.com |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, April 10 | 1:30 - 4:30 pm | Passover Fun-O- One: Creating a Seder With Rabbi Miriam |
Eastminster - Auditorium 310 Danforth Ave *JACKMAN ST ENTRANCE* |
| Thursday, April 21 | 5:45 - 9:00 pm | DJC COMMUNITY SEDER With Rabbi Miriam & Cantor Lisa |
Eastminster - Hurndale room 310 Danforth Ave *JACKMAN ST ENTRANCE* |
| Sunday, April 24 | 6:00 - 7:30 pm | DJCYG: grades 8-9 CHOCOLATE SEDER!! |
Home location needed *Rsvp by April 20: Mika Gang, e-mail: mika.gang@gmail.com |
| Thursday, April 28 | 7:30 pm | DJC Reading Circle ABSURDISTAN By Gary Shteyngart |
Location to Rsvps only *Rsvp: info@djctoronto.com |
| Thursday, April 28 | 6:30 - 8:00 pm | B'NEI MITZVAH PROGRAM OPEN HOUSE |
Riverdale Presbyterian - Pioneer room (2nd floor) 662 Pape Avenue *Side door entrance* *Rsvp: info@djctoronto.com |
| Friday, April 29 | 7:00 pm | In Home Shabbat | Host: Karen Robbins, Michael Kanter 238 Withrow Avenue *Rsvp: phone 416.466.5548 or e-mail: karenmrobbins@aol.com |
Down the road… Mark your May calendars!
More details in May News online April 27th
- FRIDAY, MAY 6, 6:00 PM: CHILDREN'S LED SHABBAT with Rabbi Miriam
- *SATURDAY, MAY 14, 9:30 AM: DJC B'NEI MITZVAH PROGRAM Ceremony led by Cantor Lisa
- SATURDAY MORNING MAY 28 (Time TBD): BETHMINSTER SHABBAT led by Rabbi Miriam with Cantor Lisa
- SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 28 (Time TBD): TORAH STUDY led by Rabbi Miriam
- DATE TBD: DJC READING CIRCLE SELECTION: Member led session (details to follow in upcoming e-blast)
APRIL SHABBAT SERVICE
IN-HOME SHABBAT
Led by Emil Sher
When: Friday, April 29
Time: 7:00 pm
Location/Host: Karen Robbins, Michael Kanter: 238 Withrow Avenue*
Details/What to bring: Please bring a nibblie for after service "nosh"
All are welcome. Rsvp is required
*Rsvp: Karen by phone: 416.466.5548 or e-mail: karenmrobbins@aol.com
By car: From the Danforth drive south on Carlaw Avenue to Withrow (one way street westbound) - street parking.
Subway: Pape Subway, southbound Pape bus or walk west to Carlaw Ave and southbound on Carlaw. Withrow is a one-way street (westbound) situated 8 blocks south of the Danforth; #238 is just east of Carlaw and ½ block west of Pape.
APRIL EVENT DETAILS
The DJC wants this Passover to be your most fulfilling one yet!
We have two great events planned to celebrate Pesach together as a community. Check them out below – and then JOIN US!!
Passover Fun-O-One:
How to Create a Fun and Meaningful Passover Seder
with Rabbi Miriam
Join us for a hands-on workshop
in creating a Passover Seder that will get your guests and relatives
singing, discussing, exploring and enjoying
| Where: | Eastminster Auditorium, 310 Danforth Ave, Jackman Ave. Entrance |
| When: | Sunday, April 10 1:30 – 4:30 pm |
| Costs: | Members free; Non-members $5 |
| CDs will be available for sale | |
| *Rsvp required: | info@djctoronto.com by April 5 |
Workshop details…
- Learn new and traditional melodies. Take home a CD of melodies to practice!
- Participate in a craft project that will help us all leave Egypt
- Explore sections of the haggadah, bringing new insights and contemporary relevance to your Seder table
- Connect with the DJC community—familiar friends and new faces
On the Move…
This Passover, as we cross over from slavery to freedom, from narrowness to expanse and celebration, gather with us for our hands-on, interactive, great for all ages…
DJC Community Passover Seder
Exploring… What - gets - us - moving
Thursday, April 21, 5:45 - 9:00 pm
Rsvp required: To view the invitation, event details & to Rsvp, please click on the link:
http://event.pingg.com/DJCpesach
DJCYG
*For grades 10-12
Sunday, April 10: This will be our opportunity to visit an Animal Shelter. We'll be working with some animals and employees in an Animal Shelter learning how respect of animals can translate to how we treat each other. The times and place for this event will be announced soon!
Let me know if you are interested in participating in this event, please Rsvp by April 5th.
Details at a glance...
| What: | ANIMAL SHELTER VISIT - details TBD |
| When: | Sunday, April 10 |
| *RSVP by April 5: | mika.gang@gmail.com 647.444.7291 |
*For grades 8-9
Sunday, April 24th: Join us for our first ever... CHOCOLATE SEDER!!! Excited to celebrate Pesach? You better be excited to celebrate it with milky goodness! The event will begin with us melting down some great core ingredients and making as many different types of chocolate as our hearts desire and dipping in some Passover foods while we read through a short, sweet and cool haggadah together. We will be meeting at 6pm and will continue until 7:30pm together. Please let me know if you have a kitchen you wouldn't mind lending the group! RSVP if you are interested in joining this activity by April 20th.
Details at a glance...
| What: | CHOCOLATE SEDER!!! |
| When: | Sunday, April 24, 6:00- 7:30pm |
| Where: | *HOME LOCATION NEEDED* |
| What to bring: | TBD |
| *RSVP by April 20: | mika.gang@gmail.com 647.444.7291 |
DJC B'NEI MITZVAH PROGRAM
OPEN HOUSE
Thursday, April 28
6:30 - 8:00 PM
Riverdale Presbyterian - Pioneer room (2nd floor)
662 Pape Avenue: *Side door entrance*
Rsvp: info@djctoronto.com
DJC B'NEI MITZVAH PROGRAM
The Danforth Jewish Circle is offering a one-year program culminating in a group B'Nei Mitzvah ceremony held in the spring (May 2012). This program is open to all students wanting to participate in a group Bar or Bat Mitzvah. In keeping with the philosophy and approach of the DJC's Jewish Studies program, the B'Nei Mitzvah class will address issues of Jewish identity, tikun olam and social justice, and will foster connection to Jewish peers and community. The B'Nei students will each prepare a D'var Torah (which involves researching and writing a short speech on a topic related to Judaism) and a Torah Portion/Parasha will be shared among the group.
Please join us at the Open House for any questions and to get more information about next year's program.
*Please note: membership in the Danforth Jewish Circle community is required for participation in the B'Nei Mitzvah program.
Contact: Nadya Burton at nadya.burton@ryerson.ca for more information.
Rsvp: by e-mail: info@djctoronto.com
DJC READING CIRCLE: APRIL 28 SESSION
To Rsvp: info@djctoronto.com
Thursday, April 28, 2011
ABSURDISTAN,
BY GARY SHTEYNGART
FACILITATED BY ANNA SHTERNSIS
With humour and insight into the folly of our modern world, Shteyngart's Absurdistan chronicles the unusual and hazardous life events of Misha Vainberg, the 325-pound son of the 1,238th-richest man in Russia. Amid much socio-political noise, in places where everyone has an angle or a disguise, the book's endearing characters, despite their shabby pursuits, draw the reader in. Shteyngart paints a vivid and brutal picture of the kind of strife that rakes third-world oil-rich countries, and spares no reproach for the American interests that bleed them. And, somehow, in all of this, he gives us a love story that works. Absurdistan, published in 2008, was chosen as one of the 10 best books of the year by The New York Times Book Review and Time Magazine as well as a book of the year by the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune and San Francisco Chronicle. In June 2010 Shteyngart was named as one of The New Yorker magazine's "20 under 40" luminary fiction writers.
Anna Shternsis is the Al and Malka Green Assistant Professor in Yiddish studies at the University of Toronto. She is the author of Soviet and Kosher: Jewish Popular Culture in the Soviet Union, 1923-1939 (Indiana University Press, 2006).
COMMUNITY NEWS
GREEN CHOICES FOR FAITH COMMUNITIES - third Annual Forum
- Rabbi Miriam is a presenter -
Saturday, March 26 & Sunday, March 27
| Where: | Eglinton St George United Church, 35 Lytton Blvd. Toronto |
| Times: | March 26: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm |
| March 27: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm | |
| *For more information visit www.greenawakeningnetwork.ca | |
| Phone: 905.771.5124 x.25 – Email: greenawakening@tucc.ca | |
| Green Choices Forum flyer is here. | |
Dear Jazz lovers,
If April 1st is a day you dread every year, take heart!
Rest assured there will be no salt in your coffee, no nasty tricks up our sleeves.
Just Very Cool Jazz!
We'll be there to soothe your soul
Friday April 1st - 8pm
At THE ANNEX LIVE
296 Brunswick Avenue 416.929.3999.
Reservations recommended, Cover: $5
With the formidably talented MARK KIESWETTER ~ KEYS, KURT NIELSEN ~ BASS, GLENN ANDERSON ~ DRUMS.
I'd love to see you there, Rosalind Kindler
It's time to celebrate!
Link to flyer: "Let's Celebrate"The "Sisters to Sisters" campaign has successfully delivered thousands of relief items to flood-devastated Pakistan!
Join us for a festive appreciation dinner for donors & volunteers from our interfaith communities.
When: Saturday, April 2nd, 2011 7:30-9:00 PM
Where: Pakistani Community Centre, 1470 Gerrard Street East (@ Glen Rhodes United Church, lower level)
A delicious dinner will be served and a half-hour video documentary will be shown including footage of our relief good being distributed in Pakistan.
Suggested donation: $10.00
COME JOIN US & CELEBRATE!
Questions? Contact Karen Robbins (karenmrobbins@aol.com, 416.466.5548) OR
Eve-Lynn Stein (eveal@interlog.com, 416.778.4009)
"Toronto/Tel Aviv Swap"
If you know of anyone who would like to be in Tel Aviv from mid-June to mid-August, I know a couple who have a lovely two bedroom, two bathroom apt in Central Tel Aviv that they will "swap" for a nice place somewhere in "Central Toronto" near a subway, cafes, etc. Their kids and grandkids are in the Yonge/Lawrence area.
Anyone interested can e-mail me: Janice_fricker@hotmail.com with the Subject "Toronto/Tel Aviv Swap" and I'll pass along the contact info.
Kol Tuv, (All Good Things!)
Janice Fricker
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