Holy Blossom TEMPLE
Bulletin
September 2013
Hear
the
Voices
of the Shofar
High Holy Days 2013 (5774)
Selichot - Sat. Aug. 31
9:00 p.m. at Temple Emanu-El
Erev Rosh Hashanah - Wed. Sept. 4
First Service - 6:00 p.m.
Family Service - 6:00 p.m.
Second Service - 8:30 p.m.
First Day Rosh Hashanah - Thurs. Sept. 5
First Service - 8:30 a.m.
Early Family Service - 9:00 a.m. Second Service - 11:30 a.m.
Late Family Service - 11:30 a.m.
Little Blossoms’ Service - 3:30 p.m.
(children five and younger)
Young Readers Service - 3:30 p.m.
(children six through eight)
Second Day Rosh Hashanah - Fri. Sept. 6
Service - 10:00 a.m.
Tashlich - 4:00 p.m., Markdale entrance to Cedarvale Pk.
Kol Nidre - Fri. Sept. 13
First Service - 6:00 p.m.
Family Service - 6:00 p.m.
Second Service - 9:00 p.m.
Teen Service - 9:00 p.m.
Yom Kippur - Sat. Sept. 14
Early Family Service - 9:00 a.m.
Morning Service - 10:00 a.m.
Generation Aleph Service - 11:00 a.m.
(20 & 30 somethings)
Late Family Service - 11:30 a.m.
Multiple Study Sessions - 1:30 p.m.
Little Blossoms’ Service - 2:00 p.m.
(children five and younger)
Young Readers Service - 2:00 p.m.
(children six through eight) Afternoon Service/Yizkor/Neilah - 3:30 p.m.
Locations of individual Services are listed on the back of your High Holy Days ticket.
Jewish Holidays and Festivals 2013/2014 (5774)
2013 Sukkot
Erev Sukkot Service - Wed. Sept. 18 - 6:00 p.m.
First Day Sukkot Service - Thurs. Sept. 19 - 10 a.m.
Simchat Torah
Consecration - Thurs. Sept. 26 - 6:00 p.m.
Flagmaking - Thurs. Sept. 26 - 6:15 p.m.
Service and Celebration - Thurs. Sept. 26 - 7:00 p.m.
Shemini Atzeret
Erev Shemini Atzeret Service - Wed. Sept. 25 - 6:00 p.m. Shemini Atzeret/Yizkor Service - Thurs. Sept. 26 - 10:00 a.m.
Chanukah
First Candle Lighting - Wed. Nov. 27, evening
Congregational Chanukah Celebration - Fri. Nov. 29 - 4:30 p.m.
2014
Yom HaZikaron
Service - Mon. May 5 - 6:00 p.m.
Shabbat Shira
Service - Sat. Jan. 11, 2014 - 10:30 a.m.
Purim
Teen Celebration - Sat. Mar. 15 - 7:30 p.m.
Adult Megillah Reading - Sat. Mar. 15 - 7:30 p.m.
Family Megillah Reading - Sun. Mar. 16 - 11:00 a.m.
Carnival - Sun. Mar. 16 - 12:00 p.m.
Pesach
Erev Pesach Service - Mon. Apr. 14 - 6:00 p.m.
First Day Pesach Service - Tues. Apr. 15 - 10:00 a.m.
Erev Seventh Day Pesach Service - Sun. Apr. 20 - 6:00 p.m.
Seventh Day Pesach/Yizkor Service - Mon. Apr. 21 - 10:00 a.m.
Yom HaShoah
Commemoration - Sun. April 7 - 7:00 p.m.
Yom Ha’Atzma’ut
Celebration - Mon. May 5 - 6:30 p.m.
Confirmation
Shabbat Service - Sat. May 31 - 10:30 a.m.
Shavuot
Erev Shavuot Service - Tues. June 3 - 8:00 p.m.
Tikkun Leil Shavuot - Tues. June 3 - 9:00 p.m.
Yom Tov Service including Yizkor and Baby Blessing
- Wed. Jun. 4, - 10:00 a.m.
Tisha B’Av
Services - Thurs. Aug. 5 - 7:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Holy
Blossom
TEMPLE
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Bulletin
contents
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Come Inside to Really Hear
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It Is Good to See Us Together
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Listen and Respond to the Sound of the – Shofar 6
Our hopes and concerns for future generations of our Temple 7
Volunteering: it’s time to give 8
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Israel Engagement Update 10
Congregational Survey 11
Transition 12
AGM Notice 11
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Join the Conversation 14
Our Congregational Family 15
Holy Blossom Calendar 19
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Come Inside to
Really Hear
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Reflections
The primary mitzvah of the shofar is not blowing
it, but hearing its sound. The blessing we say
before the shofar is: “Baruch Atah, Praised are
You... lishmoah kol shofar, who commands us to
listen to the voice of the shofar.”
The Mishnah (Rosh Hashanah 3) explores
where the act of listening begins and ends. For
example, the question is posed -- What if a Jew is
passing by the outside of the synagogue on Rosh
Hashanah just at the moment when the shofar
is being blown? He hears the sound, but was not
listening with any intention of hearing. Has he
fulfilled the mitzvah or not? Judaism usually
puts the emphasis on deed over creed, so we
might expect the Rabbis to say, yes, the mitzvah
is fulfilled. But the medieval commentators
are divided on the matter. If the Jew heard the
shofar without listening for it, does it count? The
majority view is no, he has not yet fulfilled the
mitzvah of “listening to the voice of the shofar.”
But all is not lost. The Rabbis advise that now
that the Jew is paying attention, he should simply
listen again in order to fulfill the mitzvah of
intentional listening.
What does this come to teach?
First, sometimes it all comes down to intention.
Intention can make or break the moment. And
second, usually in Jewish life we are blessed with
many chances to try again and get it right.
Over the past year we have launched a number
of simultaneous listening campaigns. People have
been listening with care and sincere intension.
Congregants and professionals – both in-house
and outside experts – have taken the mitzvah
of listening very seriously. And hundreds and
hundreds of congregants – young and old, new
and multi-generational members – have taken the
invitation to be heard very seriously.
Rabbi Yael Splansky
ysplansky@holyblossom.org
What have we heard?
Like the sound of tekiah, some voices speak of
our strengths and much pride. Like the sound of
shevarim, some voices sound sad or longing. Like
the sound of t’ruah, others point out where we are
broken and in need of repair. Like the Tekiah
Gedolah, others come forward with a loud and
clear call for action.
“Those who come in through
our doors with the intention of
connecting, are more likely to
connect.”
And like the many calls of the shofar, patterns are
beginning to emerge. Across the range of listening
exercises, key findings are coming through with
remarkable consistency. You’ll read about some
of them in the following pages.
One key finding is no surprise at all.
Congregants who come into our building more
often have more positive and fulfilling experiences
than those who don’t. This insight
was first taught in our Mishnah -- the passerby
who inadvertently catches an echo of the shofar
from the outside is not fulfilled, because intension
matters. Whether for learning, prayer or good
deeds, those who come in through our doors with
the intention of connecting, are more likely to
connect.
It will be so good to be together again for the
High Holy Days. We’ll stand together – inside
these sacred walls – and we’ll listen with intension
for the many voices of the shofar and for the
many voices among us, too.
L’Shanah Tovah!
Holy Blossom Temple
It is good to see us
together
As I write this High Holiday greeting to you, two
stories come to mind, one very large and of global
import, and the other a small family vignette. Both
speak to the sanctity of these Days of Awe.
The large story is the Yom Kippur War, named for
the day it started in 1973. The decisions by Egypt
and Syria to open hostilities, and Israel's blunted
early response were shaped by the sanctity of the
day. Who would have the audacity to attack on our
holiest day? I remember well the hush in the
synagogue when the rabbi shared the existentially
frightening news during his Yom Kippur sermon.
The second, years later, was for us equally
memorable from quite the opposite perspective.
Our elder daughter, Rachel, then in her early
twenties had been working in rural Utah. Our
younger daughter, Elyse, had flown out to visit,
planning to join her for a leisurely eastward drive
across the continent, back to Toronto. We had
spoken with them Erev Rosh Hashanah. They
were in Lincoln Nebraska and figured to be home
in a week. They were having a wonderful time
sharing an adventure. We came home from Temple
the next day, a little bit rushed because twenty
relatives were coming over to celebrate Yom Tov. I
remember Karen and I talking about the hosting
logistics as we turned into the driveway...
“As you come through our
doors and into our spaces,
feel welcome.”
The Holidays are a time of ingathering and have
been since our earliest days as a faith. We come
together. Some of us attend Temple but once a
year. Others only come to some of our educational
events, regulars who hardly ever enter our
Sanctuary. Yet others are worship regulars, even
daily. We hold different views, and often express
“The Holidays are a time of
ingathering and have
been since our earliest days
as a faith.”
them without hesitation – except on these days.
We are a diverse congregational family who,
underneath all the apparent differences and
perspectives, share a common visceral
understanding. We are Reform Jews and members
of the Holy Blossom family.
The past year has been one of internal reflection,
reawakening and renewal. Many things we had, for
years, tacitly believed about Temple have been
brought forward into open conversation. Our
passions, our differences and our uncertainties
about our future direction have become the subject
of focused planning. Jacob's Tower is one of the
first visible manifestations of our internal energy
and our future vision. There is much more to
come.
...There was 'Clifford', our daughter's travel weary
Jeep! The girls had driven for 30 hours straight,
stopping only to fill the tank and keep up the
caffeine levels. They wanted to surprise us for Rosh
Hashannah.
As you come through our doors and into our
spaces, feel welcome. Reach out to those you know
well and to those less familiar. L'Shana Tova is
about coming together and joining together. It is
the reflective silence of Amidah and the call to our
heritage of Yizkor. It is the energy of our voices in
prayer and the resonance of the shofar as it reminds
us of our roots and values.
Beyond the powerful spiritual messages of pause,
internal reflection, and our obligations both to God
and one another stands another theme: welcoming.
We, your leaders, lay and professional, wish you a
good year, and a welcome. It is good to see us
together.
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From the Board
Dr. Harvey Schipper
president@holyblossom.org
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Listening and Responding
to the Sound of the
Shofar
I am a teacher. Sometimes, my students listen to me. I am a
parent. Sometimes, my children listen to me. I am not always
sure when I am being listened to and when I’m being ignored.
But there is one time during the year when I know that I am
being listened to. When, on Rosh Hashana morning, standing
before a packed congregation, I pick up the shofar and blow, I
know that people are listening to me.
I know that some people are listening only to hear how long I
will extend my tekiah gedolah. (For many years, one congregant,
who always sat in the same seat in the balcony, would report to
me on how many seconds it lasted.) However, I know that for
most of the congregation, the sound of the shofar is what it is
meant to be: a wake-up call, a call to look inside ourselves, a call
to repent our past misdeeds, and a call to improve our behavior.
When I was in the elementary grades of Religious School during
the 1950s, a few of us asked Cantor Stolnitz to teach us to blow
the shofar. At the time, he was the only one at Temple who did
that. (At one point in our history, no one blew the shofar: the
organist sounded a note in imitation of the shofar!)
One of Cantor Stolnitz’s students was Lloyd Duckman. In 1953,
on Rosh Hashana, he became the first ‘non-professional ‘ to blow
the shofar from the bima when, on a moment’s notice, Rabbi
article by
Michael Cole
via templemail@holyblossom.org
Feinberg conscripted him to fill in for an absent professional.
Lloyd had celebrated his bar mitzvah only a few months before!
He continued as a shofar blower at Holy Blossom for many
years.
My own career as a ba’al tekiah began around 1969, when
Cantor Merel asked me to participate during the first service
on Rosh Hashana morning, which my parents and I had always
attended. Later, he asked me to blow a tekiah gedolah at
the conclusion of our newly-established selichot service, and to
blow another single blast at the end of neilah (the first time that
that sounding had occurred). For many years, the conclusion of
Yom Kippur consisted of one person (me) giving one long
blast to let people know that it was time to go home and end
their fast. Today, at neilah, I am joined by many shofar blowers.
In recent years, Cantor Maissner has instituted the practice of
shofar blowing during daily services in Elul as a means of
preparing us for the High Holy Days.
I have been proud over these many years to be a shofar blower at
Holy Blossom. Now one of many ba’alei tekia, I hope for many
years to rouse our congregation to the mitzva of l’shmoa kol
shofar: to listen – and to respond – to the sound of the shofar.
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Holy Blossom Temple
Our hopes and concerns
for future generations
of our Temple A year ago June, inspired by my confirmation
class trip to Israel, and about to embark on
a two month Israel experience with NFTY
EIE, I met with Rabbi Thomashow to
discuss the prospects of what is, today, the
Campaign for Youth Engagement (CYE).
After that summer, I joined this awesome
team, and we began reflecting deeply about
our hopes and concerns for the future
generations of our temple, and how to reach
out to the community! And thus was born
the CYE Listening Campaign.
Through the campaign, we held
conversations with youth, parents, educators,
and our clergy, hearing, in total, from over
300 community members. And we collected
over 120 post-it notes with dreams for youth
on our Listening Wall.
We listened, and we heard that what we offer
as a congregation does not meet all needs
and expectations for youth. There is a strong
desire for change, and an interest in greater
relationships and sense of community. Our
community’s vision for the future includes:
• a greater commitment to youth, where
youth are involved at all levels, and
consideration of youth is embedded in all
decision-making.
• diversity and differentiation – where
youth are supported on their own unique,
personalized Jewish journey through
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diversified programming, education, and
volunteer offerings, worship choices, and
connections with external organizations.
• deeper community relationships – a temple
where all clergy are actively engaged with
youth, and the congregation supports
building a meaningful community for all
youth.
Our CYE Team has been sharing these
wisdoms with the Holy Blossom Temple
Board, Senior Staff, and various committees
including Education, Renewal, Transition,
Worship, and receiving a positive response!
I am so grateful to have been included in
such a meaningful learning experience.
This process has helped me, personally, to
identify what it means to be Reform – part
of an ever-evolving Judaism – and to take
responsibility for expressing my desires as a
part of a large congregation, and embodying
these desires in all facets of my life. Thank
you CYE Team, for including youth like
myself in your endeavours!
Emily Albert, on behalf of the Campaign
for Youth Engagement:
Erin O’Connor – Vision Team Co-Chair, Sandi
Smith – Vision Team Co-Chair,
Rabbi Karen Thomashow, Rabbi Jordan
Helfman, Emily Albert, Josh Berger,
Michael Cincinatus, Jeff Dicker – Board
Member, Karen Kollins, Sandra Rotholc-King,
Barbara Sandler and Cheryl Sylvester.
article by
Emily Albert
Campaign for Youth Engagement
via templemail@holyblossom.org
We need your imaginative
approach to create this future. We
are developing task forces to make
your dreams happen:
Early Attachment:
Early Childhood, Preschool and
Parenting Jewishly
Building the Relationship:
The broad Jewish education
experience (widening the a menu
that already includes religious
school and day school)
B’nei Mitzvah Experience:
Making a meaningful, personal
journey to becoming a Jewish
adult
Teens & Beyond: Deepening
opportunities for Jewish
attachment through a diversity of
options
Building Community:
Ongoing family engagement and
making this into a sacred caring
community
Task Force Coordination Team:
Working with the task forces to
move into the pilot program and
evaluation stage.
If you have questions or want to
help shape the future of youth at
Holy Blossom, please email us at
cye@holyblossom.org.
The
Boomer
Project
While everyone knows that volunteers are a vital source of
talent for Jewish organizations and we all realize that Boomers
are an untapped resource, it turns out the volunteer experience
can be better for everyone involved. It turns out it’s more than a
matter of time.
With that in mind, the UJA undertook an in-depth study of
volunteerism and Holy Blossom Temple was one of eleven
organizations chosen to participate in the initiative. The goal:
determining how to engage Boomers more meaningfully.
Our initial project collected qualitative and quantitative data
about Boomers and volunteerism at HBT. We held a number
of small gatherings to learn from our Boomers where they
volunteered and why, what makes for satisfying experiences and
how we can improve.
Janice Babins
and Rabbi Teri Appleby
article by
tappleby@holyblossom.org
talented, engaged and experienced volunteers to fill well
defined, meaningful and necessary roles – and contribute to our
feeling of community.
Based on the success of our initial findings, we know we can
build a vibrant volunteer program at HBT and we’re ready to
expand our scope beyond the Boomer cohort.
To create a new and invigorated volunteer bureau, our next
step is to establish a task force to finalize a new vision for
volunteerism at HBT and build an implementation plan and
timetable. They’ll start with a data collection phase to identify
volunteer opportunities and move on to create a roster of
potential volunteers that catalogues their specific skills, interests
and experiences, and matches them with meaningful and
enriching opportunities.
We asked lots of questions and received a wealth of revealing
information. As we hoped, participants were eager to be heard
and had a lot to tell us. Our conversations were enlightening
and a number of eye-opening insights helped us re-think the
role of volunteers at HBT.
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Overall, a diverse group of committed volunteers – boomers
and not – expressed consistently similar opinions and ideas. The
predominant view was that we need to “professionalize” and
centralize our volunteer department. Volunteers need to know
their time is valued as an essential contribution.
Another consistent comment was the importance of rebuilding
a strong community at Holy Blossom. It’s clear we need
We’ll invite staff, committee chairs and auxiliaries to identify
volunteer roles and re-imagine and reinvigorate volunteerism
at HBT. We envision a whole new process of volunteer
orientation, training and supervision as well as ongoing support
and appreciation. We’ll promote respectful and real partnerships
among lay leaders, congregants and staff.
And we need you.
Your volunteer contribution is more than a matter of time and
we invite you to be a part of this exciting initiative.
For further information please contact Janice Babins at
templemail@holyblossom.org or Rabbi Teri Appleby at
tappleby@holyblossom.org or at 416.789.3291 ext. 231.
Holy Blossom Temple
Israel Engagement Update
...
Learnings, Process and Vision
We previously reported that we had embarked on a process
called Israel Engagement, sponsored by UJA Federation, with
a facilitator from the Jewish Agency in Israel. Our objective is
to raise the profile of Israel among our members and give you
more opportunities to engage with Israel through HBT. Here’s
an update.
Through the Israel Engagement process, our project team has
surveyed the current profile of Israel throughout the Temple,
obtained input through a member survey, and developed a
vision of Israel Engagement for HBT.
Over 200 members responded to our on-line survey. Here are
some highlights:
• Our members see Israel primarily as a place of great modern
achievements (a “start up nation”) and as the land of our
heritage, even more than as a country at war or a safe haven
for Jews.
• The interests of our members in Israel are varied, the most
common being history, politics, science/technology and arts/
culture.
• Most commonly suggested ways that Holy Blossom can help
to engage with Israel: lectures and education, travel to Israel,
social and cultural programs
• Key areas of interest: politics (including the political process),
influence of ultra-Orthodox, the place of liberal Judaism,
relations with the Palestinians and the peace process, antiZionism, and culture (arts, music, everyday life)
• About half of the respondents think of Israel as a home.
• Just under 10% of respondents say they speak Hebrew.
Jeff Denaburg
and Rivanne Sandler
article by
co-chairs of the Israel Committee
templemail@holyblossom.org
Based on our research, survey results and feedback from
informal meetings, the team developed the following vision:
The vision of Holy Blossom Temple’s engagement with
Israel is two sided: we will bring Holy Blossom, as a Reform
congregation, to Israel and bring Israel to Holy Blossom. Our
aim is to build complex, lifelong relationships between our
congregants, Israel and Israelis.
In order to achieve this aim, Holy Blossom will become a
bridge for, and a hub of, Toronto-Israel connections. If you are
interested in engaging with Israel on any level, you will think
first of Holy Blossom; if you are not thinking of engaging
with Israel, Holy Blossom will show you why you should. This
engagement will be reflected in all areas of congregational life.
Through cultural, intellectual, political, religious, social, travel,
and social action experiences, the synagogue will encourage
inter- and intra-communal conversations that express a
diversity of views and ideas. The result will be an active
commitment of Holy Blossom with Israel.
The team is currently developing an action plan based on this
vision and your input. Over the coming year you’ll see the
results of this plan.
Good news - UJA Federation awarded Holy Blossom Temple
the second annual Israel Engagement Award, as a result of the
work that HBT has done on the Israel Engagement project, our
Shinshinim program (young Israeli envoys) and other Israelbased programming. Congratulations to us all - organizers and
participants in Israel-related activities at HBT.
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Congregational Survey
Through this survey, we have heard you. And in many
areas of synagogue life, it is time for change
R
Rabbi Helfman
and Dr. Harvey Schipper
article by
templemail@holyblossom.org
This has turned out to be a quite remarkable year at Holy
Blossom. We are coming together, listening to and hearing one
another. Now we are taking stock of what we have learned.
In the past six months we sense our mood is lifting. As these
High Holy Days approach, there is an excitement around the
place.
New leadership roles, the on-time progress toward selecting our
Senior Rabbi, the restored and renewed building (with Jacob’s
Tower as a first visible step), the Campaign for Youth
Engagement, exciting new ways to deliver education and adult
programs and the steady reengagement of the volunteers who
make this place live all say that we are embracing change.
The sheer number of us who have entered the conversation
speaks to our re-engagement, and expresses a substantial
expectation. We have heard from you in many ways: the
transition process, the congregational survey, annual campaign
calls and countless conversations. They have provided a
consistent theme – we are ready for change.
Speaking specifically about the congregational survey, over
forty percent of the members of this congregation whose e-mail
addresses are in our database (and thus receive Life at Holy
Blossom) participated in the Measuring Success survey. Forty
percent is a truly tremendous response rate. Thank you for
taking the time to share your views on our temple family, which
will help us in the future to help this community become one
even more valued by its members.
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We now have data in support of anecdote. The information you
provided us in this survey, gives us a much clearer idea of what
we should prioritize, what we can celebrate and in what areas
changes are necessary.
to recommend our programming to their friends. We need
to better articulate our mission and vision of Holy Blossom
as a special place within the Reform Movement. We can take
pride in our adult education program,which is so central to the
identity and purpose of our congregation.
Measuring Success, our consultancy firm, has found five focus
areas which can lead to a healthier and happier synagogue. They
are that, for the congregation as a whole and for individual
congregants:
• the vision and values of the synagogue resonate
• the rabbis’ vision of Jewish life resonates
• the synagogue helps in developing meaningful social
connections
• the rabbis are welcoming
• the lay leadership is welcoming and effective
The High Holy Days are a time when change is all around
us and also within us. This is a season when we have always
assessed what it is that enriches us, what we need to strengthen,
and how to live our lives as better individuals.
Our congregation lives in a sacred partnership, a
uniquepartnership between the congregation and its leaders as a
whole as well as between the congregation and every individual
who is part of it. This relationship isconstantly evolving. What
we have learned from these conversations allows us to continue
to build on the extraordinary legacy of Holy Blossom and to
view our future with enthusiasm.
ShanahTovah.
For instance, we have learned that we have to make this a more
welcoming place. We have to build on the Campaign for Youth
Engagement so students that have become b’nei mitzvahcome
Holy Blossom Temple
AGM
Holy Blossom Temple’s Annual General Meeting of members
will be held on Sun. Nov. 17, 2013 at 10 a.m. The meeting
provides opportunity for every Holy Blossom Temple member to
obtain information concerning the affairs of the congregation.
The following slate of candidates has been put forward by the
Nominating Committee and will be presented for election at the
meeting:
President:
Harvey Schipper
Notice
The Committee nominates the following as new directors for a
two year term:
Erin O’Connor, Avra Rosen
The Committee nominates the following directors for a second
two year term:
Janice Babins, Owen Duckman, Eric Roher, Philip Smith
The Committee nominates the following directors who are
completing a one year term for a further term of two years:
Jonathan King, Carole Sterling
Vice President: Joan Garson
Financial Secretary: Ronna Rubin
The following directors will be continuing to serve the second
year of their elected two year term:
Jeff Dicker, Tom Friedland, Rick Howard, Merle Kriss,
Treasurer: Cary Solomon
Recording Secretary: Lisa Taylor
Alberto Quiroz, Vanessa Yakobson
Pursuant to the Temple Bylaw, additional candidates for
any position may be nominated by members of the Temple.
Nominations must be submitted in writing to the administrative
office of the Temple no later than 60 days (Wednesday,
September 18, 2013) prior to the Annual General Meeting,
signed by at least 10 Temple members in good standing and by
the nominated member.
Our Year in Photos
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Transition
Next steps in the Rabbinic
Transition Process
Barry Campbell
Chair: Transition Steering Committee
transition@holyblossom.org
May’s eBlast and post on the Holy Blossom website announced the Looking Forward Committee’s
outreach to our members, the next step in our HBT Transition process. Thank you to all of our
members who offered their opinions, comments and suggestions about the attributes of our next Senior
Rabbi. The participation of so many Temple congregants has made this outreach an unprecedented
success, giving our Temple membership a unique opportunity to have their voices heard.
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Transition
Using different approaches (online and written suggestion boxes, the Congregational survey question on
rabbinic attributes and targeted meetings with many of Temple’s special purpose groups), we asked two
questions about members’ hopes and expectations of our future Senior Rabbi.
In a remarkable involvement rate, over 1500 unique Temple visitors reviewed the materials online.
Some 75 responses were filed on the Temple’s website and 16 more were dropped into the suggestion
box. Almost 700 HBT members responded to the Rabbinic Attribute survey question. We have held
eight group outreach discussions: Mondays@Temple; Service leaders and Gabbaim; Bikur Cholim;
Sisterhood; Family Service; Religious School Education Committee; Tot Shabbat; and Youth
Engagement leaders; and have gained further insights from interviews with all of our clergy. More
meetings have been scheduled with groups and individuals including past Presidents and Temple leaders
who have come forward in order to ensure that all the different demographics and interests of our
community are consulted.
In summarizing the broad themes of the survey results and outreach efforts to date, we identified two
categories that captured almost all of the attributes that members want to see in their Senior Rabbi:
1) Skills - inspiring, educator, leadership, communication across generations and a skilled orator;
2) Personality Traits – welcoming, approachable, engaging, compassionate and charismatic;
While it is not realistic to expect that the next Senior Rabbi will be able to fulfill every attribute desired
by the Congregation, HBT members have given a clear signal about their expectations and needs.
All your perspectives have been synthesized, summarized and submitted to the Search Committee. In
preparation for their search activities, the Search Committee has already reached out to congregations
across North America and leading Rabbis in our Reform movement to learn about the best practices of
conducting a rabbinic search.
The Search Committee is responsible for presenting a Senior Rabbi Position Description for the Board’s
review and approval this summer. This document will contain a comprehensive description of the most
important qualities and expectations that our congregation is seeking in a new Senior Rabbi. It
will also contain preliminary information prepared by the Board as part of a forthcoming consultation
Holy Blossom Temple
process regarding congregational aspirations about HBT’s goals, missions and values. Once approved, the final Position Description,
which will be used in both the recruitment and interview phases of the search, will also be shared with all members of the Temple.
This Position Description will be posted by the CCAR and circulated to potential Rabbinic candidates in North America and
abroad. As outlined in our earlier September 2013 Bulletin communication, candidate sourcing and interviews will take place
through the fall of 2013, with a final selection anticipated in early 2014.
Your comments, questions and suggestions about
the Transition process are always welcome.
Please contact us at transition@holyblossom.org or leave a voice-mail message at 416.789.3291 ext.518
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Visit www.holyblossom.org and join the conversation?
Over the last year we have received many comments online about all that is happening at Holy
Blossom Temple. Included below are a few examples from members joining the conversation.
From: Helen Lyon
On: Launching our Renewal from Jacob’s Tower.
About 40 years ago, when I was a teacher of grade 3 Religious School, we treated the Tower as a
mysterious secret room. It was Heinz Warschauer’s private office but as the Director of Education he
used a more accessible office in the school department. For one of many director-teacher meetings,
I was called to the tower and I looked forward to that with great anticipation. Like belonging to a
secret society, having been up in the tower was one of the highlights of my teaching career! I will be one of the climbers on
September 7th, to renew a pleasant old memory.
Reply: Joan Garson
Chair, Renewal Project Engagement Committee
Thank you for sharing this lovely comment. I joined Temple after the Tower was no longer open. Your recollection brings
the history of the Tower and of Temple alive for me (and I am sure for everyone who read your comment). I look forward to
climbing with you on September 7.
From: Pnina Margolese
On: Join the Renewal Conversation
When this project began, many years ago, a number of us did formal proposals. One such proposal
was for a walk-in Judaica Shop. Does this still stand! It needs to be in the Atrium space, and can be
a source of “community” gathering. Also, I feel that there should be a gathering space in the Atrium,
not just a space where children wait for their car to drive up to pick them up, but a space where
those picking up children have a chance to meet each other over a cup of coffee or whatever. A very friendly enviorment
that people will want to come to.
Reply: Eric Klein
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Renewal Project Engagement Committee
My name is Eric Klein (you may know me better as Gillian Helfield’s husband!!). I am a member of the Temple’s Renewal
Project Engagement Committee. I wanted to take a moment and thank you for your comments posted on the website with
respect to the renewal project. Your comments will be forwarded to the Building Committee where they can be considered
in an appropriate manner. As well in the fall there will be discussions with the many committees who commented on their
particular wishes and of course Sisterhood will be consulted to continue the discussion from an earlier plan. Your comments
about the Atrium resonate with many congregants who are also seeking that warm community feel from the new space.
Again thank you for taking the time to respond.
Holy Blossom Temple
Our Year in Photos
Welcome to Our
Congregational Family
Welcome
We are delighted to welcome the
following new members to Holy
Blossom Temple:
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obert Dorsey
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Andrea McKellar
Joanna Perlmutar, Cameron & Lilah
Rosenberg
June & Byron Sonberg
Peter Weinwurm
Mazal Tov
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lliott Jacobson who has just been notified of
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his election as an FCPA/FCA, a Fellow of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario.
Marvin Sadowski who was recently elected
Chairman of the Board of the Canadian Friends
of Haifa University.
Congratulations to Dr. Gillian Gardner
Rosenberg for receiving a PhD in education
from the University of Toronto.
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Births
n Carolin and Jerry Michaels on
the birth of a grandson, Casey
Jack Osler. Proud parents are Jo
Michaels and Jason Osler. Other
proud grandparents are Deborah
Osler Bianco and Stephen Bianco,
and great grandmother is Joan
Kalesky.
n Teresa Milke & Jesse Steinman
on the birth of a son, Jordan
Robert Steinman, and brother to
Isabelle. Proud grandparents
are Kathleen & Fred Milke and
Valerie & Cary Steinman. Proud
great grandmother is June
Campbell.
n Rosie & John Uster on the
birth of a grandson, Evan Harry
Uster. Proud parents are Melissa &
Steven Uster and brother to Hailey.
Other proud grandparents are
Myriam & Robert Klein.
n Kaeli Macdonald & Jordan
Shiffman on the birth of a daughter,
Phoebe Liya Esme Shiffman and
sister to Miles. Proud
grandparents are Diane (Dee-Dee)
& Gary Shiffman; and Moira &
Bob Macdonald.
n Julia & Michael Sax, on the
birth of a granddaughter, Noa Yael
Sax. Proud parents are Lauren
Malach and David Sax. Other
proud grandmother is Fran Malach.
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B’nei Mitzvah
n
Sept. 21, 2013
17 Tishrei 5774
Reuben King, son of
Sandra Rotholc-King
& Jonathan King
n
Sept. 22, 2013
18 Tishrei 5774
Spencer Otis, son of
Judith & Philip Otis
n
Sept. 28, 2013
24 Tishrei 5774
Carly Baldachin,
daughter of Jennifer
& Larry Baldachin
n Sept. 28, 2013
24 Tishrei 5774
Eden Manly,
daughter of Sharon
Domb & Stephen
Manly
n
Oct. 5, 2013
1 Cheshvan 5774
Ezra Kirsh, son of
Shelley Greene &
Joel Kirsh
n
Oct. 5, 2013
1 Cheshvan 5774
Harrison Wilder,
son of Lori &
Lawrence Wilder
n
Oct. 7, 2013
3 Cheshvan 5774
Benny Wengle, son
of Sharona Masson &
Danny Wengle
n
Oct. 19, 2013
15 Cheshvan 5774
Eli Offman, son of
Randi Rose & Craig
Offman
n Oct. 26, 2013
22 Cheshvan 5774
Sarah Poch, daughter
of Heidi & Neil Poch
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Oct. 26, 2013 22
Cheshvan 5774
Clare Radnoff,
daughter of Nancy
& Jeffrey Radnoff
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Nov. 7, 2013
4 Kislev 5774
Georgia Blatt,
daughter of Joanne
Godel & Warren
Blatt
n
Nov. 9, 2013
6 Kislev 5774
Liam Vrooman, son
of Corinne Black &
Richard Vrooman
n
Nov. 23, 2013
20 Kislev 5774
Ajanta Bernstein,
daughter of Nandini
Dasgupta & Michael
Bernstein
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Nov. 30, 2013
27 Kislev 5774
Avery Beutel,
daughter of Deborah
Siegel & Eric Beutel
Engagements &
Weddings
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n
Rose
Marie and Sheldon Gold are pleased to
announce the marriage of their son, Zachary
Robin Gold, to Stephanie Bess Wertkin,
daughter of Sandra and Dr. Martin Wertkin, on
May 18, 2013, in New York.
n
Audrey
Karlinsky & Richard Anderson are
delighted to announce the engagement of their
daughter, Rachel Anderson, to Kyle Harris,
son of Janet & Jay Harris. Proud grandparents
are Julius Karlinsky and Lawford & Frances
Harris and Ralph & Nancy Florence.
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Gail
& Barry Silver and Elaine & Mark Atlin
are pleased to announce the engagement of their
children, Joshua Silver and Stacey Atlin.
Proud Grandparents are Sandy and Gordon
Atlin, Myrtle Wise; the late Judy Jordan-Austin,
and the late Rhoda Silver
In Memoriam
n Murray
Allen, father of Michael Allen, Terri Carr,
Lawrence Allen and Richard Allen
n Jerry Banks, husband of Evelyne Banks, father
of Judith Otis, Carolyn Cohen, Nancy Banks and
Laura Banks
n Edith Barruch, mother of Peter Barruch, Lois
Barruch and Barbara Barruch
n Sheldon Biback, husband of Reva Biback, brother
of Phyllis Spivak father of Cheryl Piha, Greta
Biback-Ballard, and Deborah Biback-Williams
n Sylvia Chris, mother of Stephen Chris, Paul Chris
and John Chris
n Anita Diamond,, sister of Adele Mamott, mother
of Barbara Heller and Paul Diamond
n Ben Jacobson, father of Iris Jacobson, Rose
Jacobson, and Lynne Gilles
n Elisabeth Jaye, wife of Ivan Jaye, mother of Paul
Jaye and Naomi Jaye
n Abraham Kazman, husband of Virginia Kazman,
father of Andy Kazman, Joel Kazman, Larry
Kazman, and Les Kazman, brother of Gertie
Kazman and Hilda Kazman.
n Meta Koblin, mother of Mary Rosset and Pamela
Sendrovich
n Seema Leon, mother of Barry Leon, Jeffrey Leon
and Lawrie Leon
n Ruth Lipson-Nathan, mother of Tim Lipson,
Robert Lipson and Martin Lipson
n Joel Mason, son of Roz Mason, father of Michelle
Mason, Amanda Mason, brother of Steven Mason,
Lori Molloy and Mark Mason
n Lorraine Marrus, mother of Susie Marrus and
Joanna Marrus, sister of Dorothy Garfinkel
n Archie Meilach, husband of Helen Meilach,
father of Jeffrey Meilach, Linda Meilach-Gould,
and Marty Meilach, brother of Eddie Meilach and
Howard Meilach
n Walter
Moos, husband of Martha Moos, father of
David Moos and Michel Moos
n Arthur Meyer Morrow, husband of Pauline
Morrow, brother of Nathan Morrow, father of
David Morrow, Gary Morrow, Bernie Morrow and
Marlene Morrow
n Liesl Neuburger, mother of Peter Wolfe and Sandi
Bricker, sister of Ellen Stock
n Frances Parks, mother of Joanne Ovsey and Karen
Zalan
n Clara Rosen, mother of Earl Rosen, Nathan
Rosen, sister of Pinnie Saiger and Lillian Saiger
n Sidney Roth, father of Arlene Roth, Myles Roth
and Carol Saltzman
n Alisa Satchel, mother of Jane Marvy
n Benjamin Shekter, father of Richard Shekter, Lori
Shekter-Wolfson, Mark Shekter, Rhona ShekterMuirhead
n Elana Waldman, wife of Mark Waldman, mother
of Sydney, sister of Rhonda Lipstein and Todd
Lipstein, daughter of Jerry & Elaine Lipstein
n Stanley Weigen, husband of Frances Birshtein
Weigen, father of Janet Shiner and Maureen
Weigen-Liebovitz
n Evan Weiner, brother of Stuart Warner and Lorne
Weiner
n Eva Woolf, mother of Gary Freeman and John
Freeman
n Harold Zener, father of William Zener and Jim
Zener, brother of Ethel Walton
Holy Blossom Temple
We thank our generous donors
Accessibility Fund
Sandy & Gordon Atlin, In Honour:
Sheila & David Freeman
Bikur Cholim Fund
Janie Bale, In Honour: Ronna Rubin
& Phil Smith
Susan Chernow, In Honour: Ronna
Rubin & Phil Smith
Phyllis Denaburg, In Honour: Ronna
Rubin & Phil Smith
Nancy & Owen Duckman, In
Honour: Ronna Rubin & Phil Smith
Judith Freedman, In Honour: Ronna
Rubin & Phil Smith
Lynn Gluckman, In Honour: Ronna
Rubin & Phil Smith
Margot Greenberg, In Honour:
Ronna Rubin & Phil Smith
Marla Lehberg, In Honour: Ronna
Rubin & Phil Smith
Annalee Schnurr, In Honour: Ronna
Rubin & Phil Smith
Janet Shiner, In Honour: Ronna
Rubin & Phil Smith
Cindy Stein, In Honour: Ronna Rubin
& Phil Smith
Liz Tarshis, In Honour: Ronna Rubin
& Phil Smith
Lisa Taylor, In Honour: Ronna Rubin
& Phil Smith
Joy Wagner Arbus, In Honour: Ronna
Rubin & Phil Smith
Kimberley Walters, In Honour:
Ronna Rubin & Phil Smith
Joyce & Fred Zemans, In Honour:
Ronna Rubin & Phil Smith
The Ruth Borden Memorial Fund
Harvey Borden, In Honour: Susan &
Barry Borden; Francie & Martin Storm
Ethel Solomon, In Honour: Susan &
Barry Borden
Gloria Wunder, In Honour: Susan &
Barry Borden
Brotherhood Mitzvah Fund
Michael Morgulis, In Honour:
Corinne Black & Richard Vrooman and
Family
Joshua & Henrietta Chesnie Temple
Endowment Fund
Henrietta Chesnie, In Honour:
Sharon Herman; Judy & Gerald Slan
Jean Fine Seniors Fund
Dr. Sheldon Biback, In Memory: Sybil
& Jack Geller
Bev Borins, In Honour: The Urback/
Shamis Family
Marilyn Farber, In Honour: Mondays
@ the Temple
Daisy & Syd Jacobs, In Honour:
Shelly Berenbaum & Chuck Litman;
Toby & Gordon Ciglen; Barb & Ira
Jacobs; Cantor Benjamin & Hope
Maissner; Joan & Ray Moses; Linda &
Abe Neufeld; Fern & Donny Resnick;
Marlene & Robert Ruderman; Helen &
Edward Sheffman; Sheila Smolkin
Sally & Ben Jacobson, In Memory:
Joan & Ray Moses
Edith Kirzner, In Honour: Mondays @
the Temple
Mondays @ the Temple
Coordinators, In Honour: Mondays @
the Temple
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Mondays @ the Temple Volunteers,
In Honour: Mondays @ the Temple
Jack Newman, In Honour: Mondays
@ the Temple
Sheila Smolkin, In Honour: Shelly
Berenbaum & Chuck Litman; The
Birthday Girls
Ralph Summerfield, In Memory:
Corinne Black & Richard Vrooman and
Family
Alice Theimer, Yahrzeit: Nancy &
Peter Theimer
Holy Blossom Temple Renewal
Project
General Donation: Nancy Draper,
Donna & Daniel Wise
Henrietta Chesnie, In Honour: Diana
& Marvin Goodman
Joan Garson, In Honour: Nancy Ruth;
Fredzia & Dow Marmur
Judy Malkin, In Honour: Diana &
Marvin Goodman
Esther & Marvin Tile, In Honour:
Diana & Marvin Goodman
Floral Fund
Sandra Rotholc & Jonathan King on
the occasion of the Bar Mitzvah of their
son Reuben
Philip & Judith Otis on the occasion
of the Bar Mitzvah of their son Otis
Isenberg Family Endowment Fund
Cindy & David Brand, In Honour:
Carol & Steve Pilon
Mark Joseph, In Memory: Carol &
Steve, Sheryl & Michael, Tami & Perry,
and Annette
Annette Mincer, In Honour: Carol &
Steve Pilon
Rose Patchen, Yahrzeit: Marilyn Hahn
Andy Pollack, In Honour: Carol &
Steve Pilon
Gardner Family Fund
Mrs. Zita Gardner, In Honour: The
Birthday Girls
Rabbi Edward & Fagi Goldfarb
Fund For Jewish Literacy
Raisa Berkowitz, In Honour: Rabbi
Edward & Fagi Goldbarb
Joan Garson, In Honour: Rabbi
Edward & Fagi Goldfarb
Fred Levitt, In Honour: Rabbi Edward
& Fagi Goldfarb
Esther & Marvin Tile, In Honour:
Rabbi Edward & Fagi Goldfarb
Holy Blossom Temple Foundation
General Donation: Anonymous
Sheldon Biback, In Memory: Gloria
Pollock
Debra Campbell, In Honour: Barbara
& Richard Conway
Elana Fehler, In Honour: The Family
of Sally & Ben Jacobson
Michael Fox, In Honour: Rhonda
Wilansky & Israel Ben-Ishai
John Freund, In Honour: Biroshka Perl
Reichman
Daisy & Syd Jacobs, In Honour:
Shoshana, Tanya and Rhea; Jack &
Sybil Geller
Elisabeth Jaye, In Memory: Sybil &
Jack Geller
Tillie & Walter Levitt, Yahrzeit: Joan
& Donald Granatstein
Hayley McAdam, In Honour: The
Family of Sally & Ben Jacobson
Glenda Mindlin, In Honour: Etta
Ginsberg McEwan
Norma Orzy, In Honour: Karen &
Larry Hausman
Cantorial Soloist Lindi Rivers, In
Honour: The Family of Sally &
Ben Jacobson
Ruth & Hank Rosen, In Honour:
Esther & Cyril Hersh
Sid Roth, In Memory: Dorothy
Hasinoff and Kalle Vaga
Benjamin Shekter, In Memory: Etta
McEwan
Phil Smith, In Honour: Susan & Evan
Chodirker
Rabbi Yael Splansky, In Honour: The
Family of Sally & Ben Jacobson
Rachel Stern, In Memory: Martin Stern
Rabbi Karen Thomashow,
In Honour: The Family of Sally & Ben
Jacobson
Israel Study Fund
Joan Garson, In Honour: Susan Baskin
& Jack Micay
Jacob’s Tower Fund
Marvin Baskin, In Honour: Florence
Hertzman
Sally Chodorcove, In Honour:
Florence Hertzman
Maxine Wintre, In Honour: Florence
Hertzman
Joan Kerbel Leadership
Development Fund
General Donation: Florence Hertzman
Sheila Bacher, In Honour: Holy
Blossom Temple Sisterhood
Corinne Black, In Honour: Judy Malkin
Rabbi Jordan Helfman, In Honour:
Holy Blossom Temple Sisterhood
Holy Blossom Temple Sisterhood,
In Honour: Susan Baskin & Jack Micay
Daisy & Syd Jacobs, In Honour: Gail
& Gary Goodman; Holy Blossom
Temple Sisterhood; Etienne Kaplan
Jill Kamin, In Honour: Ann Hersch;
Judy Malkin
Linda & Abe Neufeld, In Honour:
Etienne & Aubrey Kaplan
Terry Nicholson, In Honour: Holy
Blossom Temple Sisterhood
Clara Rosen, In Memory: Dan
Greenwood; Brenda & Paul Hoffert;
Holy Blossom Temple Sisterhood; Andre
LeBel; SOCAN Friends and Board of
Directors
Ruthe Schipper, In Honour: Judy
Malkin; Nancy Ruth
Kiddush Fund
General Donation: Glenda Mindlin
Gefen Chazen, In Honour: Sheryl
Brody & Richie Borins and Family;
Alisa & Allan Lyons and Family
Esther Connors and Joshua Miller,
In Honour: Sharon & Shelley Miller
Judy Malkin, In Honour: Jena,
Benjamin and Rebecca
Library Book Fund
The Chesnie Family, In Honour:
David A. Cooper
John Freund, In Honour: Rachel &
Harvin Pitch
Daisy & Syd Jacobs, In Honour: Bea
& Lou Meyers
Freda & Arthur Muscovitch,
In Honour: Grace & Martin Robin
Marlene & Robert Ruderman,
In Honour: Marian & Martin Kazdan;
Hettie & Norman Lofchy; Joan & Ray
Moses; Joy & Al Rudolph
Jill & Solomon Wein, In Honour:
Irene Borins-Ash & Irv Ash
Rabbi Dow & Fredzia Marmur
Program for Educational
Excellence
Myer Brody, In Honour: Sandy &
Gordon Atlin
Lou Gurza, In Memory: Terrye & Jack
Kuper
Rabbi Dow & Fredzia Marmur,
In Honour: Linda Wolfe
Musical Heritage Fund
General Donation: Katrin & Otto
Farkas; Glenda Mindlin
Nadia Adler, In Honour: Holy
Blossom Temple Singers
Dr. Sheldon Biback, In Memory:
Mary Seldon
Esther Connors and Joshua Miller,
In Honour: Susan Baskin & Jack Micay
John Freund, In Honour: Helena Fine;
Eleanor & Peter Loebel; Frances & Phil
Shapiro
Rosalie Geller, In Memory: Barbara &
Floyd Stern
Sally Jacobson, In Memory: Nora &
John Freund
Sidney Roth, In Memory: Sharon &
Shelley Miller
Musical Legacy Fund
John Freund, In Honour: Anne Dublin
Canter Benjamin Z. Maissner, In
Honour: Anne Dublin
Mary Seldon, In Honour: Shelly
Berenbaum & Chuck Litman
Out of the Cold Fund
General Donation: Mr. & Mrs. Efim
Adler
Louis Bergman, In Memory: Marsha
& Harry Glicksman
Claudia Blumberger & Sid Troister,
In Honour: Sandy & Steven Moranis
Nadine Charendoff, In Honour:
Carolyn & Stuart Berger
Luigi DeLuca, In Honour: Hank Rosen
The Druker Family, In Honour:
Shirley & Marvin Latchman
Murray Ellis, In Honour: Mary & Paul
Spring
Stephen Firestone, In Honour:
Mindy & Moishe Handler; Sara & Al
Kellerman; Lissie & Mitch Sanders and
Family
John Freund, In Honour: The Azrieli
Foundation; Rose Wolfe
Charlotte Fullerton, In Memory:
Sandy & Gordon Atlin
Jack Gortler, In Memory: Lissie &
Mitch Sanders and Family
Mindy & Moishe Handler, In
Honour: Beverley Gould; Bonnie
Gould-Lipton
Daisy & Sydney Jacobs, In Honour:
Myrna Sandler; Debby Vigoda
Ben Jacobson, In Memory: Lesley &
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Allan Offman; Saundra & Henry
Sherman; Debby Vigoda; Paula & Alan
Warren
Neil Kozloff, In Honour: Bonnie Croll
& Robert Henry; Bonnie GouldLipton; Mindy & Moishe Handlerp
Ben Lemberg, In Memory: Esther &
Cyril Hersh
Ruth Lipson-Nathan, In Memory:
Debby Vigoda
Glenda Mindlin, In Honour: The
Chavurah
Dr. Henry Morgentaler, In Memory:
Karen & Bob Willinsky and Family
Sierra and Dustin Pulver, In Honour:
Janice & Larry Babins
Ms. Sandra Roff and Ms. Karen
Gold, In Honour: Dr. Allan Gold
Mr. & Mrs. Hank Rosen, In Honour:
Shirely & Marvin Latchman
Marlene & Robert Ruderman,
In Honour: Zelda & Lenn Melamed;
Debby Vigoda
Gregory Salzmann, In Memory: Ethel
& Harold Freeman
Alexander Shapiro, In Memory: Lissie
& Mitch Sanders and Family
Abe Singer, In Memory: Marsha &
Harry Glicksman and Family
Henry Sissons, In Memory: Debby
Vigoda
Phil Smith, In Honour: Janice & Larry
Babins
Bob Smolkin, In Memory: Susan
Baskin & Jack Micay
Joe Soren, In Honour: Marilyn &
David Gluskin
Murray Swartz, In Memory: Carol
Abugov
Esther & Marv Tile, In Honour: Elaine
& Marv Givertz; Musia Sandler
Nina Tobias, In Honour: Judy Malkin
& Elliott Jacobson
Alan Wilder, In Memory: Lissie &
Mitch Sanders and Family
Florence Winberg, In Memory: Brian
Schnurr
Kenneth Wyman, In Memory: Katrina
and Michael Wyman
Plaut Manor Fund
John Freund, In Honour: Ellen
Karabanow
Prayer Book Fund
Harvey Borden, In Honour: Adrienne
& Joel Slan
Rabbi Jordan Helfman, In Honour:
Linda, Allen, Amanda and Valerie
Warner
Rabbi Karen Thomashow,
In Honour: Sheryl Brodey & Richie
Borins and Family
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Rabbi’s Discretionary Funds
Rabbi Yael Splansky, In Appreciation:
Sandy & Gordon Atlin; Glenda
Mindlin; Avra Rosen & Mark
Goodman; Arthur & Freda Ariella
Muscovitch and Family; Diane &
Jonathan Wilson; Phyllis Wintraub
Rabbi Yael Splansky, In Honour:
Barbara & Gary Fogler; Julie & Eric
Kirsh
Rabbi Karen Thomashow,
In Appreciation: Sandy & Gordon Atlin;
Phyllis Wintraub
Rabbi Karen Thomashow,
In Honour: Ann Freeman; Julie & Eric
Kirsh
Rabbi Teri Appleby, In Appreciation:
Sandy & Gordon Atlin; Holy
Blossom Temple Sisterhood; Glenda
Mindlin; Ann & Gary Posen; Arlene
Roth; Phyllis Wintraub
Rabbi Jordan Helfman,
In Appreciation: Glenda Mindlin
Rabbi Jordan Helfman,
In Honour: Emily & Aaron Meyer; Gail
& Barry Silver and Family
Rabbi Edward Goldfarb,
In Appreciation: Alexandrina & Jeffrey
Canto-Thaler
Rabbi Edward & Fagi Goldfarb,
In Appreciation: Glenda Mindlin
Rabbi Dow & Fredzia Marmur,
In Appreciation: Glenda Mindlin
Cantor Benjamin Z. Maissner,
In Appreciation: Glenda Mindlin
Cantor Benjamin Z. Maissner,
In Honour: Holy Blossom Temple
Singers
Cantorial Soloist Lindi Rivers,
In Appreciation: Glenda Mindlin;
Diane & Jonathan Wilson
Cantorial Soloist Lindi Rivers,
In Honour: Barbara & Gary Fogler
Brian Agensky, In Memory (Rabbi
Yael Splansky’s fund): Laura Agensky
Gerald Baker, In Memory (Rabbi Yael
Splansky’s fund): Paula Moshonas and
Daughters
Edith Barruch, In Memory (Cantor
Benjamin Z. Maissner’s fund): Matilda
Bigio
Nancy Ruth Educational Fund
Bruce & Linda Kisluk, In Honour:
Nancy Ruth
Nancy Ruth, In Honour: The Birthday
Girls
Shacharit Fund
Harry Armel, Yahrzeit: Susan Berman
Elsie Berger, Yahrzeit: Barbara &
Floyd Stern and Grandchildren and
Great-Grandchildren
Herman Berger, Yahrzeit: Barbara &
Floyd Stern and Grandchildren
and Great-Grandchildren
Leo Berman, Yahrzeit: Susan Berman
and Family
Miriam Cohen, Yahrzeit: Sue Devor
Sidney Coopman, Yahrzeit: Joy &
Barry Gales
Susan Davidson, Yahrzeit: Jennifer &
Brent Davidson
Norman Drache, Yahrzeit: Iris Drache
Chaim Drujan, Yahrzeit: Judy Druyan
Martha Drujan, Yahrzeit: Judy Druyan
Lorne Dunkelman, Yahrzeit: Thelma
Dunkelman
Laura Fogler and Hartley
Blumenfeld, In Honour: Barbara &
Gary Fogler
John Freund, In Honour: Naomi Bell;
Nancy & Peter Theimer
Max Fromovitz, Yahrzeit: Evelyn
Gardner
Marnie Goldlust and Richard
Madres, In Honour: Eva & Mark
Madres and Joni & Wilf Goldlust
Merle Goldman, Yahrzeit: Fran &
Bernie Goldman
Philip Goldman, Yahrzeit: Fran &
Bernie Goldman
Ada Goodman, Yahrzeit: Goodman,
Graff and Chapnik Families
Ruth & Charles Goodman, In
Memory: Gail & Gary Goodman
Saul Goodman, Yahrzeit: Goodman,
Graff and Chapnik Families
Charles Heller, Yahrzeit: Frances
Shapiro
Esther Hermant, Yahrzeit: Julie Markle
& Joel Mickelson and Family
Janet Hershfield, Yahrzeit: Ruth Ellen
& Sheldon Greenwood and Family
Dorothy Himel, Yahrzeit: Susan Himel
& Neil Kozloff and Family
Sam Hoppe, Yahrzeit: Bonnie &
Sheldon Hoppe and Family, Mary
Hoppe
Sala Kampelmacher, Yahrzeit: Judy
Druyan
Felicia Knaul, Yahrzeit: Marie Knaul
Herman Knaul, Yahrzeit: Marie Knaul
Sigmund Knaul, Yahrzeit: Marie Knaul
Ethel Koranyi, Yahrzeit: Susan Berman
and Family
Nicholas Koranyi, Yahrzeit: Susan
Berman and Family
Joel Adam Lavine, Yahrzeit: Julia &
Lloyd Lavine and Tema & Irwin Title
Rosalyn Locketz, Yahrzeit: Happy
Iscove
Alex Mandel, Yahrzeit: Veronica
Mandel
Vivienne Manny, Yahrzeit: Cheryl
Manny
Nathan Peck, Yahrzeit: Wendy &
Ronnie Peck
William Pitch, Yahrzeit: Harvin Pitch
Ida Ruderman, Yahrzeit: Marlene &
Robert Ruderman
Ella Schaefer Sax, Yahrzeit: Julia &
Michael Sax
Alexander Shapiro, In Memory:
Cheryl Madeira-Shapiro & Bill Shapiro
and Family
Helen Shleser, Yahrzeit: The Simonsky
Family
Isaac Shleser, Yahrzeit: The Simonsky
Family
Geoffrey Shulman, Yahrzeit: Charlene
Linzon
Harry L. Solomon, Yahrzeit: Ethel
Solomon, Cary Solomon and Melanie
Unger
Louis Stein, Yahrzeit: Marla Pearson
and Marty Stein
Shirley Steinberg, Yahrzeit: Ellen &
Alan Levine and Family
Ruth Sterling, Yahrzeit: The Sterling
Family
Ralph Summerfield, In Memory:
Nora & John Freund
Murray Swartz, In Memory: Florence
Hertzman
Annie Tessler, Yahrzeit: Leon Tessler
Donna Uster, In Memory: Rosie &
John Uster
Leon Weinstein, Yahrzeit: Fran &
Bernie Goldman
George Weisfeld, Yahrzeit: Cantor
Benjamin & Hope Maissner
Ab Witkin, Yahrzeit: Rosalind &
Stanley Witkin
Kenneth Wyman, Yahrzeit: Katrina
and Michael Wyman
Max Yack, Yahrzeit: Susan Yack & Eric
Rumack
Heinz Warschauer Fund
Stella & Gerald Freedman,
In Honour: Paul, Evy, Michael and
Laura
Morris Vigoda Memorial Fund
Jean Cerson, In Memory: Debby
Vigoda
Sally Jacobson, In Memory: Debby
Vigoda
Youth Awards Fund
2013 Confirmation Class and
Teachers, In Honour: Susan Baskin &
Jack Micay
Joshua J. Chesnie, In Memory: David
A. Cooper
Lily Grace Davidson, In Honour:
Helen & Peter M. Little
Abraham Freuerlich-Berecz, Yahrzeit:
Helene Barto
Karen & David Mock; Ashleigh &
Dan Mock, In Honour: Bob & Barbara
Hodes
Alexander Shapiro, In Memory:
Susan Baskin & Jack Micay
Rabbi Karen Thomashow, In
Honour: Etta Ginsberg McEwan
Youth Engagement Fund
General Donation: Lee Davis
Tzedakah Fund
Henrietta Chesnie, In Honour: Nancy
Ruth
Rabbi Karen Thomashow,
In Appreciation: Joi Cole; Phyllis & Jeff
Denaburg; Rabbi Ed Elkin; Paula Kirsh;
Ronna Rubin & Phil Smith and
Family; Nancy Ruth; Annalee & Brian
Schnurr; Helen & Edward Sheffman
Singer Smith Youth Endowment
Fund
Mary Singer, In Memory: Gayle, Ron,
Mandy and Melanie Rubinoff; Abe
Swimmer
Holy Blossom Temple
Life at Holy Blossom
For all programs between Sept. 1 ~ Nov. 30, 2013
Monday
Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30, Oct. 7, 21, 28,
Nov. 4, 11, 18 & 25 Sept. 30
Oct 21, Nov 4 & 11 Oct. 21- Nov 11
Nov. 18
10:30 a.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
Mondays @ the Temple
Beauty without the Breast, Felicia Knaul, sponsored by Sisterhood
Reform Judaism Here and Now: Three Case Studies, Rabbi Yael Splansky
Daily Service Leaders workshop, Cantor Maissner and Lindi Rivers
Sisterhood Wellness program – Aging Graciously
until Sept. 24
Oct. 22-Nov 14
Oct. 22-Nov. 26 10:30 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
6:30 p.m.
Advanced Hebrew Grammar, Rabbi Edward Goldfarb
Jewish Books, Cynthia Good
The Big Bang in Bereshit (Genesis Rabbah); Making Torah Relevant
in Every Generation, Rabbi Jordan Helfman. Wychwood Library, 1431
Bathurst Street
Holocaust Education Week, Yitzhak Zuckerman And The Memory Of The
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Professor Michael Marrus
Tuesday
Nov. 5
7:30 p.m.
Wednesday
Weekly - Ongoing
Weekly - Ongoing (Begins Oct. 2) Weekly - Ongoing Oct. 2
Oct. 9
Oct. 16
Oct. 30 - Nov 13 Thursday
Sept. 19
Oct. 3-31
Oct. 3-Dec 5
Oct. 24-Nov 14
Nov.14 - 28 and Dec 5
9:30 a.m.
Sisterhood Torah Study, Rabbi Teri Appleby
9:30 a.m.
Advanced Hebrew Grammar, Rabbi Edward Goldfarb
11:30 a.m.
Yiddish Novel
7:30 p.m.Peacemaking in a Turbulent World: Israel’s Policy Priorities in the
Changing Middle East, DJ Schneeweiss, Consul General of Israel
7:00 p.m.
Adult B’nei Mitzvah resumes (for previous registrants)
7:30 p.m.
A CIJA Report to the Community, Shimon Fogel, CEO CIJA
7:30 p.m.
Film Talk, Dr. Gillian Helfield
10:00 a.m.
Holy Chag Sukkot, “Sukkot Iron-Chef”, Grades SK-5
7:30 p.m.
Issues In Contemporary Jewish Life, Rabbi Dow Marmur
1:00 p.m.
Living with Dementia
10:30 a.m.
Will Herberg & Reinhold Niebuhr: Religion & Politics, Rabbi Michael Stroh
7:30 p.m. Reform Zionism: What Is Our Unique Vision For Israel?, Rabbi Lawrence
A. Englander
Friday
7:00 p.m. Potluck and singing following services, on the last Friday of each
month, starting in October
Oct, 4, 11, 18, 25, Nov. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 9:00, 10:00, Little Blossoms
11:00, 12:00 p.m.
Sept. 20; Oct. 18; Nov 1
5:30 p.m.
Tot Shabbat Service & Craft
Oct. 4; Nov. 3
6:00 p.m.
Tot Shabbat Service & Pot Luck Dinner
Oct. 25; Nov. 29
6:00 p.m.Shabbat Tish. A Fusion of Potluck Shabbat Dinner, Singing, and Storytelling especially for those in their 20s and 30s.
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Fridays
Saturday
Ongoing
Aug. 31
Sept. 21
Oct. 5
Oct. 5, Nov. 2
Nov. 23
Sunday
9:00 a.m.
Shabbat Torah Study, Rabbi Yael Splansky
9:00 p.m.
Selichot Study and Service at Temple Emanu-El, 120 Old Colony Road
6:00 p.m.
JVC (Grades 7 & 8), Movie Under the Stars, Pizza in the Hut and Havdalah
9:00 a.m. Torah Study
Service 10:30 a.m.
Installation of Rabbi Jordan Helfman with visiting Rabbi Kogan
1:00 p.m.
Beit Midrash Shabbat Learning, Marla Powers, facilitator
10:30 a.m.Shabbat Morning Service and Installation of Officers and Board of
Directors
Ongoing
Sept. 22
Sept. 29
Oct. 20
Oct. 27
Nov. 3
10:30 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
9:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
1:00 p.m.
Nov. 17 Nov 24
Nov 24
10:00 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
Temple Singers
YEAH - Farm Harvest Fun (Grades 4-6)
HABSTY Opening Program – Bowling! (Grades 9-12)
Brotherhood Breakfast, Rabbi Jordan Helfman
Sunday Book Club, Sharon Singer facilitator
Holocaust Education Week, Roma Community Centre Screening of the
documentary film, A People Uncounted
Annual General Meeting
Sunday Book Club, Sharon Singer facilitator
Brotherhood Breakfast, First Nation Speaker 19
Daily
Mon. to Fri.
Mon. to Thur. Sun.
Statutory Holidays
Services
Shabbat
Fri. Sat. Sat. 7:30 a.m.
6:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m.
Services
6:00 p.m.
10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m.
Shacharit
Mincha
Shacharit
Kabbalat Shabbat Services
Shabbat Morning Service
Family Shabbat Service
Selicot
Erev Rosh Hashanah Wed. Sept. 4 9:00 p.m.
Temple Emanu-El
6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Sanctuary
Youth Chapel
Sanctuary
First Service Family Service Second Service First Day Rosh Hashanah Thurs. Sept. 5 First Service Early Family Service Second Service Late Family Service Tot Service (for children five and younger) Young Readers Service (children six ~ eight) 8:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. Sanctuary
Philip Smith Congregational Hall
Sanctuary/Philip Smith Congregational Hall
Maurice N. Eisendrath Auditorium/Youth Chapel
Philip Smith Congregational Hall
The Activity Room
Second Day Rosh Hashanah Fri. Sept. 6 Service Tashlich 10:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Sanctuary
Cedervale Park
Kol Nidre
Fri. Sept. 13
First Service Family Service Second Service Teen Service 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Sanctuary/Philip Smith Congregational Hall
Maurice N. Eisendrath Auditorium
Sanctuary/Philip Smith Congregational Hall
Max. E. Enkin Boardroom
Yom Kippur
Sat. Sept. 14
Early Family Service Morning Service Generation Aleph Service Late Family Service Study Sessions Tot Service (children five and younger) Young Readers Service (children six ~ eight) Afternoon Service Yizkor/Neilah
Sukkot
Shemini Atzeret
Simchat Torah
9:00 a.m. Maurice N. Eisendrath Auditorium/Youth Chapel
10:00 a.m. Sanctuary/Philip Smith Congregational Hall
11:00 a.m. Max. E. Enkin Board Room (for 20 and 30 somethings)
11:30 a.m. Maurice N. Eisendrath Auditorium/ Youth Chapel/Activity
Room
1:30 p.m. Various Locations
2:00 p.m. Philip Smith Congregational Hall
2:00 p.m. The Activity Room
3:30 p.m. Sanctuary/Philip Smith Congregational Hall
Wed. Sept. 18 6:00 p.m. Thurs. Sept.19 10:00 a.m. Erev Sukkot Service
First Day Sukkot Service
Wed. Sept. 25 6:00 p.m. Thurs. Sept. 26 10:00 a.m. Erev Shemini Atzeret Service
Shemini Atzeret, Yizkor Service
Thurs. Sept. 26 Thurs. Sept. 26 Thurs. Sept. 26 Consecration
Flagmaking
Service and Celebration
6:00 p.m. 6:15 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1950 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON M5P 3K9
416.789.3291 • www.holyblossom.org
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