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Pre-registration is required for this FREE event. Bagel breakfast will be served. Please RSVP at (780) 488-6333 ext. 303

or [email protected] Donations and sponsorship are gratefully accepted.

Beth Shalom invites you to join us to learn about the basics of hosting a Shabbat Dinner.

We will cover topics such as:

How to organize the dinner without breaking the bank? What prayers to say? What to talk about?

SHABBAT 101 WORKSHOP:

HOW TO HOST A SHABBAT DINNER

Sunday, August 27 at 9:30am-10:30am

BETH SHALOM SYNAGOGUE BULLETIN - www.edmontonbethshalom.org

August 2017-Av/Elul 5777

Bikkur Cholim

If you would like to be visited by someone from the

Bikkur Cholim committee, please contact

Rabbi Kleil Rose or Cantor David Mannes.

Accuracy of Information

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information in the Bulletin, but despite our best

efforts, sometimes an error appears. Please accept

our sincere apologies for any errors. Please let us

know so that we can correct them as soon as

possible or update our records where necessary.

Todah Raba to our Publishing Volunteers

Thank you to Sharon Abbott and Ruth-Ellen Shafir

for editing our Beth Shalom Publications.

The Bulletin is now Available via e-mail

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e-mail, you will help save Beth Shalom the printing

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Important Kehila Reminders

To B’nai Mitzvah Parents:

Please make sure we receive the article and photo

of your child as soon as possible! This will help us

to ensure their information is available in the

appropriate monthly bulletin. Thank You!

Daily Minyan

Daily minyans are held Monday to Friday

at 7:30am and Sundays and holidays at

9:00am.

Please make a commitment to attend at least one

minyan a month. Attendance at minyan allows

individuals to say Kaddish.

Scent Free Shul Out of respect for your fellow congre-gants who may suffer from allergies, please reduce your use of scented

products when you are in the synagogue. Thank You!

A Reminder from Beth Shalom Catering Services When making meal reservations we ask that you pay by credit card or cash when the reservation is made. Please contact

Helena Khazanovsky for catering inquiries.

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Congregation Beth Shalom

11916 Jasper Ave. NW

Edmonton AB T5K 0N9

Phone: (780) 488-6333

Fax: (780) 488-6259

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.edmontonbethshalom.org

Office Hours

Monday-Thursday 9:00 AM — 4:30 PM

Friday 9:00 AM—2:30 PM

Board of Directors 2017-2018

Michael Paull President

Sharon Cohen Secretary – Membership

Jeff Rabinovitch Treasurer – Building

Bert Malo Governance

Robert Brick Liaison – Security

Geoff Sky Finance

Kyle Huberman Communication

Anna Linetsky Adult Programs

James Mallet Vision 2020

Colleen Paull Women’s League President

Steven Katz Past President

Synagogue Professionals & Staff

Kliel Rose — Rabbi

[email protected], ext. 302

David Mannes — Ritual Assistant


Helena Khazanovsky — Office Manager


Yuliya Massarsky — Director of Membership

Engagement


Dorothy Turner — Bookkeeper


Bogumila Szopik and Vera Tkachuk — Caterers

Please contact Helena Khazanovsky for catering

inquiries.


Judaica Shop Open:

Monday-Thursday

9:30am—4:00pm

Friday

9:30am—2:30pm


Located at Beth Shalom Synagogue.

Gifts for holidays, ritual and

other occasions.

Gift Registry also available for

Weddings & Bar/Bat Mitzvahs.

Wide Selection of Cookbooks!

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Women’s League News Beth Shalom’s Women’s League book group had their spring wrap up potluck lunch on Tuesday, June 13th at Susan Baram’s home. After lunch, we discussed the book “And After the Fire” by Lauren Belfer. The book interweaves the story of two women over two hundred years from the 18th century, the Holocaust and into today; and how a hidden choral piece by Johann Sebastian Bach affected their lives.

The next book we are reading is called “The Septembers of Shiraz” by Dahlia Sofer. Read it this summer and you will be ready to attend the next discussion in the fall!

We continued Women’s League wrap ups with a potluck dinner Wednesday, June 21st at my place. Our Region President, Diana Sirkin and the new National Torah Fund Chair, Randy Schwartz and 9 other women attended. Diana and Randy were here to visit and hear about our concerns, our interests, our successes and to take suggestions on how to support our Edmonton needs. Everybody left feeling they had been given the opportunity to speak and both Diana and Randy were thrilled at all that was said.

Theirs was a whirlwind trip – they arrived Wednesday afternoon and left early Thursday. My thanks to them for taking the time to stop in Edmonton.

Penny Hardin, Odette Masliyah and I are attending the upcoming Convention in Arlington, Virginia, Sunday, July 23rd – Wednesday, July 26. It is Women’s League’s Centennial and we are looking forward to the exciting sessions and celebrations planned every day!

Women’s League always welcomes new members. For more information about membership please contact Coleen Paull at [email protected]. Enjoy the rest of the summer and I look forward to seeing you soon. Colleen Paull, Beth Shalom President

Women’s League Wrap up event. From left to right: Diana Sirkin, Sondra Grosh, Odette Masliyah, Susan Baram, Randy Shwartz, Colleen Paull, Miriam Katz, Ruth Ellen Shafir, Debby Remis – missing from the photo is Netta Phillet and Zoe (Shelley Kunin’s sister from the States).



Canterbury Court Shabbat Services A family friendly Friday Kabbalat Shabbat Service at Canterbury Court. Prayers are led by Cantor David Mannes. Refreshments for the Oneg Shabbat are

provided by members of Na’amat and Beth Shalom Women’s League. Special thank you to Hilton &

Michelle Dinner of Bon Ton Bakery for the donation of challah.

Date and Time: Friday, August 4 & 25, at 6:30pm

Location: Canterbury Court, 8403 142 St. Cost: Free of charge

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Judaism 101 with Cantor David Mannes Monthly program focusing on Jewish liturgy, prayers,

and the “how-to” of Synagogue’s services. This month’s topic is “Special Liturgy for High Holidays.”

All levels of knowledge and experience are welcome! Open to all ages.

Date: Saturday, August 19, following Kiddush Lunch

Location: Beth Shalom Boardroom Cost: Free of charge

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Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Kliel Rose Join us for a delicious lunch while learning about

Judaism. This month’s topic is “Why should it matter if my head is covered?” - Looking at the requirement

of covering the head in Judaism

Date and Time: Monday, August 21, at 12:00pm Location: Edmonton Jewish Seniors’ Centre

10052 117 Street NW, Edmonton Cost : Members of Jewish Seniors’ Centre - $9;

Non-Member - $12. A warm lunch will be served.

Torah on Tap with Rabbi Kliel Rose Torah on Tap is a monthly program for young

professionals and students (ages 18-40) to have a drink and get a little “Torah” flow from the tap in wide-ranging conversations with Rabbi Kliel Rose.

This month’s topic is back by popular demand: "Heavenly Sex—a how—to guide"

Date and Time: Thursday, August 24, at 7:00pm Location: Earls on 11830 Jasper Ave

(close to the Beth Shalom Synagogue) Free appetizers.

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Family Storytime A Shabbat program for the whole family!

We will be reading PJ library stories, singing songs, and doing crafts. Open to all ages.

Date and Time: Saturday, August 12 at 10:45am Location: Beth Shalom—Small Chapel

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Shabbat Limud Program Parsha discussion with Rabbi Kliel Rose on Saturdays

following Kiddush lunch. Open to all ages.

Date: Saturday, August 12 Location: Beth Shalom Boardroom

Cost: Free of charge

WITTEN LLP, Barristers & Solicitors Suite 2500 Canadian Western Bank Place

10303 Jasper Avenue Edmonton, AB T5J 3N6

Tel: (780) 428-0501 Fax: (780) 429-2559 Email: [email protected]


Monthly Programs

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Torah on Tap

Kadima Bowling Party

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Torah Restoration Fund Mazal Tov to Vic Amato A letter has been inscribed on his Special Birthday From: Susan Baram

Mazal Tov to Penny & Phil Hardin A letter has been inscribed in honour of the birth of their grandson Reuben William Smith From: Susan Baram

Condolences to Mila & Boris Plots A letter has been inscribed in memory of Mila’s mother Ester Leykina From: Susan Baram

Condolences to Colleen & Michael Paull A letter has been inscribed in memory of Colleen’s brother Dan Swanson From: Susan Baram

A letter has been inscribed in memory of Ruth-Ellen’s grandfather Abraham Silverman From: Ruth-Ellen & Joe Shafir & family

Mazal Tov To Susan Baram On her special Birthday From: Howie & Debbie Sniderman

To David Eisenstat On his recent appointment as Chair of Oncology at the U of A From: Howie & Debbie Sniderman

To Ron Sorokin & Lisa Redmond On their 25th Wedding Anniversary From: Howie & Debbie Sniderman

To Rick & Pauline Uretsky On their son Aubrey’s Wedding From: the Shafran family

To Francis Landy On his special Birthday From: Howie & Debbie Sniderman

Library Fund Mazal Tov to Penny & Phil Hardin On the birth of their grandson Reuben William Smith From: Netta & Frank Phillet

Mazal Tov to Debby & Irv Yaverbaum On the birth of their granddaughter Chaya Yaverbaum From: Netta & Frank Phillet

Condolences to Mila & Boris Plots & family On the loss of Mila’s mother Ester Leykina From: Abe & Karen Hering

Condolences to Joanne Swersky & family On the loss of Joanne’s mother Zena Frankel From: Abe & Karen Hering

Condolences to Colleen & Michael Paull On the loss of Colleen’s brother Dan Swanson From: Netta & Frank Phillety

Get Well To Herb Sacks From: Ruth-Ellen & Joe Shafir

To Russ Joseph From: Lana Black & George Abrams

Condolences To Colleen & Michael Paull & family On the loss of Colleen’s brother Dan Swanson From: Penny & Phil Hardin Howie & Debbie Sniderman

To Barb & Bill Swanson On the loss of Bill’s brother Dan Swanson From: Howie & Debbie Sniderman

To Mila & Boris Plots & family On the loss of Mila’s mother Ester Leykina From: Rowena & Jack Schwartzberg; Verne & Debby Karasick & family; Stan & Rosemary Kitay; & Sharon Abbott

To Robert & Margaret Pokroy & family on the loss of Robert’s mother Roslyn Pokroy From: Anna & Eugene Linetsky Herbert & Moira Sacks

To Solly Pokroy On the loss of his wife Roslyn Pokroy From: Herbert & Moira Sacks To Rowena & Jack Schwartzberg On the loss of Rowena’s uncle Bucky Stochinsky From: the Shafran Family Mila & Boris Plots To Evelyn & Norm Schayer On the loss of Evelyn’s uncle Bucky Stochinsky From: Mila & Boris Plots

To Bebe & Hymie Lieberman On the loss of Bebe’s brother Bucky Stochinsky From: the Shafran family Mila & Boris Plots To Erin & Paul Silverman & family On the loss of Erin’s father Bucky Stochinsky From: Howie & Debbie Sniderman To the Aziman family On the loss of their mother From: Sharon Abbott To the family of Bucky Stochinsky z”l On the loss of Bucky From: Marvin & Marilyn Bercovitch & family To Hannah & Jared Paull On the loss of Hannah’s father Paul Anderson From: Howie & Debbie Sniderman Ron & Ellen Dlin To Paula & Eric Weil On the loss of their daughter Sarena From: Ron & Ellen Dlin Phillip & Toni Gold To Casey Briscoe-Cooper & Ian Shapiro On the loss of Casey’s father From: Ron & Ellen Dlin


Tributes in support of one another


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TRIBUTE FUND (Charitable tax receipts are sent out every year in February). Cards: Todah Rabah, Mazal Tov, Get Well, Condolences $18.00 Yedlin Library $18.00 & up Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund $18.00 & up Chai Fund $18.00 & up Max & Helene Sussman Israel Scholarship Fund $18.00 & up Book of Remembrance $175.00 Tree of Life $250.00 Prayerbooks B’Kol Echad Song Book $18.00 Prayerbook $54.00 Etz Hayim Chumash 1/2 share $62.50 Etz Hayim Chumash $125.00 Building Improvement Fund $50.00 & multiples Torah Restoration Fund $18.00 per letter/ $36.00 per word

SHUL MENSCHENING

If you have a special occasion or accomplishment to share with the congregation please call the Office

at (780) 488-6333 ext. 301 or write to [email protected].



Happy Birthday! Sharon Abbott Hana Merrick Jared Paull Charlie Belkin Gloria Frankel Jacqueline Geller Irving Yaverbaum Jacob Masliyah Robert Brick Murray Glick Netta Phillet June Ross Felix Soibelman Emma Toporowski Gary Wolch Erin Wright Marilyn Bercovitch Naomi Wolch Jon Forsythe-Erman Drew Hanson Lauren Toporowski

Nellie Bass Farrel Shadlyn Iyla Uretsky Boris Belostotsky Linda Medland Marshall Shoctor Penny Hardin Noam Rosenblum Michael Chetner Stephen Shafran Barb Husband Len Dolgoy Clark Haines Anaya Kosmin-Rose Mirsada Nevesinjac Robert Rabinovitch Rebekah Rosenblum Shiloh Beale Aron Rosenberg Daniel Shafran Lauren Gayle Pearson Judith Goldsand

Abe Hering Howard Sniderman Ed Rabinovitch Odette Masliyah Happy Anniversary! Clive & Heidi Oshry Robert & Lisa Rabinovitch Cantor David Mannes & Sandra Ghitter-Mannes Adam & Jana Merrick Joe & Ruth-Ellen Shafir Rick & Pauline Uretsky Jordan & Candace Weiss Nellie Bass & Doug Haines Rabbi Kliel Rose & Dorit Kosmin Don & Mona Gross

Geoff & Lauren Sky Gary Wolch & Mor Barzel Gary Levine & Rosalie Shaw Jason & Dani Uretsky Trevor & Taryn Horwitz Verne & Debbie Karasick Michael & Stephanie Hendin Arlene & Pierre Morin Dylan & Leah Muscat Daniel Assh & Brenda Lee Ben & Ruth Coppens Michael & Alissia Oshry

*denotes milestone Birthdays or

Anniversaries

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If you would like us to include the name of someone who is not well during the Mishebeirach prayer on Shabbat morning, please either call or email our office manager, Helena Khazanovsky, with their Hebrew or English name/s. Traditionally we include the person's Hebrew name(s) and their mother's Hebrew name(s), for example, “Moshe ben D'vorah” or “D’vorah bat Miriam” (ben or bat means son or daughter of). If, however, you do not have a Hebrew name for this person or they are not Jewish then an English name will do. If a name on the list should no longer be listed, can you kindly let us know so we can remove the Individual from our list? Thank You!

Kiddush & Seudah Sponsors July 1- Special thank you for the donation to the Kiddush Fund by Ken & Annella Wasserman in memory of his grandparents, Annie & Morris Wasserman. By Ken & Annella Wasserman in honour of Josh Bensimon’s retirement. By Judith Friedman in memory of her uncle Morris Friedman. By Robert Abells in appreciation of Cantor Mannes’ help with the unveiling for his mother Alice Abells z”l. July 8 - Special thank you for the donation to the Kiddush Fund by Hendrik Deinum in memory of his father, Gerben Deinum. By Jerry & Miriam Katz in memory of Jerry’s father, Hymie Katz. July 15 - Special thank you for the donation to the Kiddush Fund by Bruce Bradley & Shelley Weinstein in memory of Shelley’s father, Frank Weinstein. By Judith Friedman in memory of her grandfather, Yehoshua Friedman. By Herb & Moira Sacks in honour of Sacks’ family’s July Birthdays & Wedding Anniversaries. By Francis Landy in honour of his 70th Birthday & in memory of his father, Harry Landy. By Caroline Simonson. By Debby Remis & Irving Yaverbaum in memory of Debby’s mother, Elaine Remis. By Odette & Jacob Masliyah in memory of Jacob’s mother, Naima Masliyah. July 22 - Special thank you for the donation to the Kiddush Fund by Michael & Colleen Paull in honour of Avi & Helen Linden’s visit. By Stacey & Erin Wright in honour of Avi & Helen Linden’s visit. By James Hoch in memory of his father, Paul Hoch. By Susan Baram in memory of her father, Bill Diamond & brother-in-law, Ernie Baram. July 29 - Special thank you for the donation to the Kiddush Fund by Phyllis Nurgitz & Mel Wyne in honour of Phyllis’ Birthday.

Hosting Kiddush Lunch: It is customary to help sponsor our Shabbat Kiddush Lunch to honour the memory of loved ones at the time of their Yahrzeit or in honour of a special occasion. Donations to the Kiddush Lunch can be made online on our website or by contacting the office at 780.488.6333 ext. 301 . Tax receipts are provided.


August 2 Wednesday 1:00 PM Private

4 Friday 11:00 AM Manuel Friedman

11 Friday 1:00 PM Nancy Gurevitch

27 Sunday 2:00 PM Doreen Cohen

September 24 Sunday 12:00 PM Private

24 Sunday 12:00 PM Private

October 1 Sunday 11:00 AM Private

15 Sunday 2:00 PM Private

Advertise with us!

Beth Shalom welcomes advertising from members of our congregation and the community.

Only business card size ads are accepted. The cost is $25.00 per Issue or $250.00 for a full year when paid for

in advance.

To arrange for an ad in the next Bulletin, please call the office at

780-488-6333, ext. 301.


Mishebeirach—Prayer for the Sick

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Unveilings 2017

Beth Shalom Yedlin Memorial Library New Acquisition


This is Women’s League book discussion choice for the next

meeting, Tuesday, September 12th at Faye Kay’s. Please call Netta

780 454 7109 for more information. New members are

always welcome!

“The Septembers of Shiraz”, by Dalia Sofer

(excerpts from review by Claire Messud, New York Times)

“The Septembers of Shiraz” is a remarkable debut: the richly evocative, powerfully affecting depiction of a prosperous Jewish family in Tehran shortly after the revolution. Told in the third person, largely in the present tense, the intersecting narratives follow each member of the Amin family over the course of their most difficult year, from September 1981 to September 1982. Isaac, the paterfamilias, is approaching 60. A successful jeweler and gem merchant, he has — to his grave discredit and danger — been patronized by many in the aristocracy, including the wife of the shah. In the opening chapters, he is arrested by two armed Revolutionary Guards, taken from his office at lunchtime on a routine workday. From this beginning, Sofer deftly interweaves Isaac’s experiences with those of the oth-er members of his immediate family: his wife, Farnaz; his 9-year-old daughter, Shirin; and his 18-year-old son, Parviz, who has been sent to New York to study architecture. The Amins’ young daughter is caught between an adult perceptiveness and a child’s belief in magical thinking. “Absence is death’s cousin. One day something is there, the next day it isn’t. Abracadabra.” Shirin’s brother, Parviz, strapped for cash in Brooklyn, reduced to working in his

Hasidic landlord’s hat shop, has a more practical dismay: “Why is it, he wonders, that no one understands his situation? This is not how his life was supposed to turn out. Only two years ago he was debating between an architecture school in Paris and another in Zurich, and his parents were considering buying him an apartment. ... That he should now be a burden on others both angers and shames him.” The Amins’ acute daily struggles are laced with deeper emotional and philosophical questions. Before their tragic separation, Isaac and Farnaz had reached a state of near estrangement: both felt their marriage had made them people they hadn’t wanted to be. To transcend their ordeals, each must confront what has transpired between them and what is still possible in the future. The ironies of the Amins’ lives are evident even to themselves: under the shah’s regime, the family enjoyed unthinking privilege and prosperity. Their reasons for staying in Tehran at the time of the revolution are not so far from those given by Isaac’s sister and her husband: “If we leave this country without taking care of our belongings, who in Geneva or Paris or Timbuktu will understand who we once were?” There is no intrinsic merit in the Amins’ ideologically unconsidered existence. And the arguments of the Revolutionary Guards as well as the beliefs of Farnaz’s disgruntled housekeeper and Parviz’s landlord cast doubt on their former hedonism. But just as Shirin’s friend chooses to save her because of the pleasure of their play, the novel repeatedly suggests that life’s significance derives less from ideas than from the most basic, the most concrete shards of

memory. Sofer is particularly good at illuminating the sensual experiences of her characters — the way that, in extremis, memory and experience are resolved into colors, sounds or scents. After Farnaz visits a local prison in the unsuccessful hope of finding her husband, “she walks for a long time through the city. Above her, windows and balconies close, shutting out the cool September breeze. Summer is leaving, and with it the buzz of ceiling fans, the smell of wet dust rising through the air-conditioning vents, the clink of noontime dishes heard through open windows, the chatter of families passing long, muggy afternoons in courtyards, eating pumpkin seeds and watermelon.” Sofer writes beautifully, whether she’s describing an old man’s “wrinkled voice” or Shirin’s irritation at wearing a head scarf, imagining “there are tiny elves inside ... crumpling paper against her ears all day long.” And she tells her characters’ stories with deceptive simplicity. Every member of the Amin family attains a moving, and memorable, depth and reality. Although their crises — and the philosophical questions they raise — are of the greatest urgency and seriousness, “The Septembers of Shiraz” is miraculously light in its touch, as beautiful and delicate a book about suffering can be. ____________________________

Our library is accessible to the entire community, and beyond, during synagogue office hours:

Monday to Thursday 9am--4pm, Fridays 9am-2:30pm.

Closed Saturdays & Sundays.

Please consult Netta Phillet about the possibility of donating to the library prior to bringing books to

the library. Thank You !


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Or Shalom Jewish Sunday School is looking for a School Coordinator/Volunteer Position

Seeking an organized, reliable individual with knowledge of Jewish traditions, culture, and basic Hebrew to work together with teachers and the management team to support, develop, and nurture the growth of Or Shalom Jewish Sunday School;

• Strong communication and collaboration skills essential;

• Time commitment 5-10 hours a week;

• Must be present at school on Sundays.

This is a volunteer position with $1000 honorarium.

What’s in it for you? A strong sense of satisfaction from watching children and their families connect to Judaism and our community.

Please e-mail your resume to Francie Nobleman at [email protected]. The position will be open until a suitable candidate is found.



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Give your child the gift of a Jewish education and register today!

For registration forms and information please contact: Yuliya Massarsky at (780) 488-6333 ext. 303 or [email protected]

Or Steve Friedenthal at (780) 487-4817 or [email protected]

2017-2018 registration is now open!

Or Shalom Jewish Sunday School is a partnership of Beth Shalom and Temple Beth Ora congregations. Classes are from pre-school through B’nai Mitzvah. The curriculum focuses on:

Torah/Ethics Holidays/Customs Hebrew Music Family Education Days Connections with seniors

Classes are held at Beth Shalom Synagogue on Sunday mornings from 10am-12pm. Snacks are provided.

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tel:(780)%20488-6333

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