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June 2011
Dear DJC Members:
We will offer 2 newsletters for the month of June, the current edition followed by a posting in late June. This edition has the latest offerings from the DJC including Movie Night, Children's Jewish Studies program registration & a call for volunteers!
The second newsletter near the end of June will be more informative in nature wrapping up our current year, introducing a few new initiatives & some "news to note" for 2011 High Holidays. As always, we welcome hearing from you! Feel free to drop us a note: info@djctoronto.com
Kind regards,
Kathy Miller
DJC Administrator
MOVIE NIGHT! DJC STYLE...
A TIME FOR DRUNKEN HORSES
After their father dies, a family of five are forced to survive on their own in a Kurdish village on the border of Iran and Iraq. Matters are made worse when 12 year old Ayoub, the new head of the family, is told that his handicapped brother, Madi, needs an immediate operation in order to remain alive.
A TIME FOR DRUNKEN HORSES
This heartbreaking tale shows the lengths to which a family will go in order to survive in the harshest of conditions, where even the horses are fed liquor in order to work. A co-winner of the Caméra d'Or award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. Subtitles will be provided for those who don't speak Kurdish.
| WHEN |
SATURDAY, JUNE 4 @ 7 PM |
| WHERE: |
 Home of Vlad Bregman, 15 Bayfield Crescent |
| WHAT TO BRING: |
Your favourite snack! |
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| *RSVP: Emil Sher: |
416.423.1668 emilsher@gmail.com |
IN-HOME SHABBAT
Led by Cantor Lisa
When: Friday, June 10
Time: 7:00 pm
Location/Host: Diane Wise & Larry Till, 36 Keystone Avenue
Details/What to bring: Please bring a nibblie for after service "nosh"
All are welcome. Rsvp is required
*RSVP: Diane by phone: 416.686.4032 or e-mail: diane.wise@edu.gov.on.ca
By car: Keystone Ave is located west of Woodbine & 1 block south of the Danforth. Keystone Ave is situated between Cedarvale Av and Patricia Dr. If driving west along the Danforth, turn left down Patricia and proceed west to #36; if driving east, turn right down Cedarvale and proceed east to #36.
Subway: TTC to Woodbine station, walk south to the Danforth & 2 blocks to Cedarvale Ave, turn right, walk 2 blocks south to Keystone, turn left, walk ˝ block to #36.
DJC CHILDREN'S JEWISH STUDIES PROGRAM
JK/SK to grade 6: 2011- 2012 REGISTRATION
Registration is now underway for our 2011/12 school year. We'd like to invite any new and returning families to register at this time.
Currently, all grades are open for enrolment.
Classes begin mid-September (TBA) - before High Holidays.
*For more information or to register your children in our Children's Jewish Studies program please write to Kathy: info@djctoronto.com. *Fee discounts offered if registering before or by June 29, 2011.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
THE DJC READING CIRCLE NEEDS VOLUNTEERS!
The DJC Reading Circle is looking for volunteers for our committee.
Because you've always wanted to know what the committee does, here it is! We contact facilitators, choose books, locate venues, and introduce our speakers. And feel good about our contribution!
Not a lot of work for a very valuable part of the DJC.
If interested, please contact Kathy at info@djctoronto.com. She'll pass your name on to us!
Fond of 'friending' on Facebook? Tickled to 'tweet' on Twitter?
If you are a social-networking maven – or someone in your family is – why not help the DJC join the socially-connected sphere! We're looking for a volunteer to help communicate our news and happenings via the various online social media – keeping us 'virtually' in touch with one another, and hopefully 'widening our circle' by getting us out there to friends of our friends.
This would be a great opportunity for a Communications/Marketing major who might be looking for some work experience for their resume. If you, or someone you know, are willing and able to volunteer a small amount of time each month to keeping the DJC current and connected, we'd love to hear from you. All information would be supplied – we just need someone to post it in a timely manner, and keep things 'humming'.
*Please contact: kjbern@sympatico.ca if you can help out.
COMMUNITY NEWS
Sunday, May 29, 7:30pm
Congregation Darchei Noam
864 Sheppard Avenue West, Toronto, Canada
Sisters in Arms is a 2010 documentary by Beth Freeman, daughter of Darchei Noam founding members Gilda and Harvey, that profiles three Canadian women in combat positions who deploy to Afganistan. One of then is Corporal Tamar Freeman, a patrol medic and Beth's sister. The film was recently broadcast on a BC network and screened at the UN on International Women's Day.
See the film and meet Darchei Noam daughters Beth and Tamar Freeman. As well, hear perspectives on women in the military provided by Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Karen D. Davis, the senior defence scientist at the Canadian Forces Leadership Instiute at Kingston's Canadian Defence Academy. Karen has published numerous papers related to gender and leadership in the Canadian Forces, including research on the experiences of the first women to serve in the combat arms of our military.
Tikkun Leil Shavuot - All-Night Learning Fest
Tuesday, June 7, 9:00 PM – 6:00 AM
Sharoni Sibony 416.924.6211x154 sharonis@mnjcc.org
WHERE SINAI MEETS SPADINA
Join with the downtown community for our third annual all night learning festival for the holiday of Shavuot. Come for an hour or two or stay the whole night and enjoy a variety of classes.
Special programs for Kids and Teens!
FREE. All are welcome.
Presenters confirmed... a growing list that includes:
Dr. Jay Brodbar, Aviva Chernick, Mark Clamen, Risa Alyson Cooper, Yacov Fruchter, Dr. Aviva Goldberg, Rabbi Elyse Goldstein, Rabbi Tina Grimberg, Ilana Hirt, Rabbi Aaron Levy, Dr. Aurora Mendelsohn, Dr. Andrea Most, Eden Nameri, Jessica Radin, Baruch Sienna, Noam Sienna, Tema Smith, Rabbi Michael Stroh, Dr. Harold "Hesh" Troper, Dr. Kalman Weiser, Harriet Wichin
*Presented in partnership with the Annex Shul, Camp Gesher and Habonim Dror, Congregation Darchei Noam, Congregation Shir Libeynu, Downtown Jewish Community School, First Narayever Congregation, Jewish Family and Child, Kolel and the Prosserman JCC, Limmud Toronto, Makom, Paul Penna Downtown Jewish Day School, Shoresh*
*Live Jazz Sunday nights with Lara Solnicki and special guests at Pan*
516 Danforth Ave: 416.466.8158
Celebrate the new season with great music and Mediterranean Cuisine!
www.larasolnicki.com www.panonthedanforth.com
September 4—10 2011
"In the Path of Abraham"
Join the first Toronto based Jewish-Christian-Muslim encounter of the Holy Land.
Rabbi Baruch Frydman-Kohl, Rev. Dr. Karen Hamilton, Father Damian MacPherson and Imam Hai Patel will lead the group.
Depart Sunday, September 4 (Labour Day weekend) and return the following Sunday.
Questions? Travel arrangements?
Please call Aufgang Travel – Tel. 905.771.7800
7077 Bathurst St. # 204 Thornhill, ON
Download these PDF documents: Interfaith Itinerary and Interfaith Registration Form
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