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NARAYEVER NEWSNovember, December 2018 & January 2019
Cheshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat 5779 חדשות נרייבר
Editing TeamMichael BoydRabbi Elkin
Marsha FrydenbergTama Soble
Graphic DesignerRebecca Wilkinson
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First Narayever Congregation187 Brunswick Ave.
Toronto, ON M5S 2M4
Tel: 416.927.0546Email: [email protected]
www.narayever.ca
TABLE OF CONTENTS
President’s Message
Rabbi’s Message
Rabbi’s Sabbatical
Ritual
Adult Education
Celebrations
Youth & Families
ShinShinim
High Holidays 5779
Shul Matters
Kiddush Sponsors & Donations
Other Donations
Yahrzeit Anniversaries
Members of the Board
Calendar of Events
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Events for TeensEvents for Families
Thank Yous
Building Renewal ProjectEveryday Mitzvah HeroesRemembering Harvey Roff“Sad And Lovely Are The Ways of the Tanakh” Part Two
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It is Sukkot at the time I am writing this message and the High Holidays are fresh in my mind.
Rabbi Ed’s lesson about gratitude during Yom Kippur still resonates with me. We should strive
to uncover what we can be thankful for. Being at the Narayever services, I felt blessed that we
are privileged to observe the High Holidays as a community and that we have such a rich her-
itage to cherish.
In this spirit, I would like to thank the many people who contributed to the success of our
High Holiday services. Rabbi Elkin ensured that services at the shul ran smoothly and delivered
thoughtful sermons at both the shul and the Miles Nadal JCC. Rabbi Weiss was our spirited
leader at the MNjcc. “How does he do it?” was heard on Yom Kippur. What an incredible effort!
Just like the Tekia G’dola shofar blowing by Sarah Colman, which was indeed G’dola (big)!
Marsha Frydenberg our Director of Administration, assisted by Michael Boyd and Tamara
Lopez, put tremendous effort into preparing for the High Holidays, while Sabrina Friedman,
our Director of Family and Youth Engagement managed stimulating services and programs for
families and children.
Thank you very much to the many volunteers who made our High Holiday services successful.
I will not mention all by name here, see page 14. But I would like to specifically mention Roz
Train, our volunteer High Holiday Coordinator who tirelessly worked to ensure that all details
were covered.
Finally, thank you to our Narayever members for attending our services and for your generous
donations to the Daily Bread Food Bank, to our Yom Kippur appeal in support of social causes
in Israel and in Toronto, and to our shul on Rosh Hashanah.
An issue which has been occupying the board, the Social Action Committee (SAC) and the
Ritual Committee for a long time is the manner in which our community should recognize the
indigenous people of Canada.
Last May, Pippa Feinstein, the chair of the SAC at the time, put forth a resolution to the Nara-
yever board for adding one line to the prayer for Canada as follows: “Guide them that they
may pursue meaningful reconciliation with the Indigenous peoples of this land in good faith
and with open hearts.”
Our siddur presently includes a very long prayer for Canada. There has been discussion about
replacing it with the older, shorter version, which provided the opportunity to consider adding
the line for indigenous peoples to the prayer for Canada.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
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An alternate approach was suggested by the Ritual Committee with a separate prayer concern-
ing indigenous peoples and Canada to be recited by a single member of the congregation at
times and dates determined by the rabbi (i.e. not necessarily every Shabbat).
In addition to the above suggestions, the following options were discussed:
• Install a plaque in the shul with an appropriate land acknowledgement,
• Continue with the current acknowledgement which is part of the
president’s announcements,
• Dedicate a Shabbat to indigenous recognition, similar to Shabbat Itanu.
To help come to a decision we invited members of the congregation to attend the September
board meeting to listen to one another and be heard on this matter. In addition to board mem-
bers, over twenty members of the congregation attended this open meeting. Each was invited
to address those present and offer their perspective. It quickly became apparent that people feel
strongly about the topic and that there is a wide range of opinions. We are still on the journey
with this issue to try and reach a consensus and to allow us all to be comfortable at shul.
What I appreciated in this open board meeting was that people listened to the “other side”,
while engaging in an open and sincere discussion. Tal Keinan postulates in a recent book that it
is Vox Populii, the power of open debate, which has enabled us for many centuries to remain as
Jews in spite of our diaspora.
Looking forward to another year of building community together.
Avi Schonbach
Co-President
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Dear Friends,
One of the most stimulating non-fiction books I have read recently is Israeli historian Yuval
Noah Harari’s Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. The book covers the development of our
species from the time when we were apes in East Africa millions of years ago up until contem-
porary developments in bionics and genetic engineering and artificial intelligence which may
lead to the evolution of a new type of human altogether.
Jews and Judaism only make brief appearances in Harari’s book, which attempts to paint a
more universal picture of humankind. Nevertheless, there are aspects of Harari’s provocative
thesis that are profoundly challenging for Judaism in our time.
Harari discusses how it was that Homo Sapiens, which began as a rather undistinguished and
insignificant ape species in one corner of one continent, broke out to become the powerhouse
world dominant species. This is a riddle that has challenged anthropologists for a long time.
Harari links this development to the cognitive ability humans developed to work together in
larger groups than any other species could.
Chimpanzees, for example, usually live in small troops of several dozen individuals. They form
close friendships, hunt together and fight shoulder to shoulder against baboons, cheetahs,
and enemy chimpanzees. There is an alpha male who leads a stable coalition of allies in these
common efforts. But there are clear limits to what these groups can achieve, because their or-
ganization requires that group members know each other intimately, thus limiting their size.
Humans, on the other hand, developed language and myths which enable much larger groups
of individuals who don’t know each other to effectively cooperate. “Churches are rooted in
common religious myths. Two Catholics who have never met can nevertheless go together
on crusade or pool funds to build a hospital because both believe that God was incarnated in
human flesh and allowed Himself to be crucified to redeem our sins. States are rooted together
in common national myths. Two Serbs who have never met might risk their lives to save one
another because both believe in the existence of the Serbian nation, the Serbian homeland, and
the Serbian flag. Judicial systems are rooted in common legal myths. Two lawyers who have
never met can nevertheless combine efforts to defend a complete stranger because they both
believe in the existence of laws, justice, human rights – and the money paid out in fees.”
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Harari maintains that all these things are myths. Nations, money, human rights, laws, justice,
gods – none exists in the real world. They exist only in the human imagination. But these
shared myths are what enable large numbers of human beings to cooperate so successfully.
It should already be apparent how challenging Harari’s thesis is to Jewish faith. On the one
hand, he says that stories are absolutely essential to the growth and survival of any human
group, and we Jews certainly have plenty of those. However, anyone who accepts Harari’s
argument is now conscious that their myths are myths. Do stories have the same power once
they are conceived of as myths, rather than as Absolute Truth?
Many people, especially in the modern period, have labelled religious stories as myths. Harari
has popularized the idea that it is not only religions which mythologize. The whole human
enterprise, everything we do, everything we believe in most fundamentally, is based on myths
of one sort or another. Do we buy this argument? If not, how do we respond to Harari? If so,
how do we understand Jewish faith and Jewish affiliation going forward?
P.S. I look forward to having the opportunity to study more ancient and contemporary sources
during my upcoming sabbatical in Israel, and sharing what I have learned upon my return.
Rabbi Ed Elkin
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We are delighted that our hard-working rabbi is going to be taking some time to nourish his soul this winter. The rabbi and the board agreed to divide his sabbatical to be taken over two years, with a ten week sabbatical period in 2017/2018 and again for another ten weeks in 2018/19.
Rabbi Ed will be using this time to engage in the kind of deep learning that he is otherwise unable to do because of the many ongoing demands of being a congregational rabbi, and also to have some well-deserved rest. We are confident that he will come back to us from Israel refreshed and energized and ready to teach and lead us once again, as was the case after his last sabbatical in 2011.
The rabbi’s sabbatical will run from December 27, 2018 to March 7, 2019. All our Shabbat services, both Friday night and Shabbat morning, will run as usual, with the help of our won-derful volunteers. Sunday minyan will also continue as usual. The rabbi’s absence is a great opportunity for us to remind ourselves that volunteerism is at the core of our identity as a shul community. If you have any questions or concerns about the sabbatical, please contact us.
RABBI ED’S SABBATICAL
Avi Schonbach and Hart Schwartz
Co-Presidents
We honour the memory of those who were murdered in Pittsburgh on Shabbat, October 27.
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TEFILLAH COACH’S MESSAGE
As this article is being written, the Tishrei holidays have come to an end and we are returning to the cycle of week-days and Shabbatot. One feature of any service, whether weekday, Shabbat or holiday, is the nusach in which the prayers are chanted.
Nusach is a medieval Hebrew term which, as used here, refers to special musical modes and motifs that are char-acteristic of each tefillah/prayer service. These special motifs are applied to portions of the tefillah that are chanted by the Shliach Tzibbur/prayer emissary of the congregation. Part of the preparation for serving as a Shliach Tzibbur is learning these musical motifs. Any-one familiar with traditional nusach could distinguish between a weekday, Shabbat or holiday service just by their nusach. Regularly at Narayever, we can hear the nusach that distinguishes Kabbalat Shabbat from Ma’ariv on Friday nights and Shabbat from Sunday morning Shacharit services.
In addition to the nusach chanted by the Shliach Tzib-bur, synagogue services also feature melodies sung by the congregation. For example, the Shema, and the open-ing blessings of the Amida, and Aleynu are each sung to traditional melodies common to many Ashkenazi syna-gogues around the world. (In the Sephardi world there is more diversity in their musical modes called maqamat). In contrast, verses of the Kedusha section of the Amida, are sung to melodies chosen at the discretion of the Shl-iach Tzibbur. These might include an Israeli or Yiddish folksong, or a Hasidic niggun. As well, we sing prayers such as Ein Keloheinu and Adon Olam to a variety of melodies.
I’ve described elsewhere the two aspects of Jewish prayer that we seek to blend in each prayer experience: keva - fixed ritual, and kavanna – spiritual intent or focus. At the Narayever, we value nusach and traditional melodies, which help us honour the keva – fixed- aspect of tefillah and which serve to unify Ashkenazi Jews across geogra-phy and generations. It is also the case that singing the words of a familiar prayer to a new or different melody
can connect us more deeply to their meaning, thus help-ing us achieve the kavanna – spiritual focus -- aspect of tefillah.
In the 12th century, Rabbi Yehuda he-Hasid, wrote: Say your prayers in a melody that is most pleasant and sweet to you. Then you shall pray with proper kavanna because the melody will draw your heart after the words that come from your mouth. Supplicate in a melody that makes your heart weep, praise in a melody that makes the heart glad. (Sefer Hasidim/Book of the Pious, 11).
When davenning/praying as a community, we rely on the Shliach Tzibbur to choose these melodies for us. A sec-ond part, then, of his or her preparation is considering the kavanna aspect of tefillah and selecting melodies that are likely to draw our hearts after the words. We are fortunate to have among us individuals who are prepared to step up to the bima to be emissaries of our tefillah. As congre-gants we do our part when we add our voices to theirs’ to create what Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel described as “a wave of song that can carry the soul to heights.” (I Asked for Wonder – a spiritual anthology, p 55)
If you are interested in learning to be a Shliach Tzibbur for any part of our services please contact me at: [email protected].
Ruth Rohn Tefillah Coach
RITUAL
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ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS
ADULT EDUCATION
SIGMUND FREUD & THE HOLOCAUST Holocaust Education Week Post-Kiddush Program with Vita Shtivelman
REFLECTIONS OF AN ISRAELI JOURNALIST IN TRUMP’S WASHINGTONwith Amir Tibon
This presentation will focus on the life of Sigmund Freud and his family during the Holocaust period as well as on the concept of totalitarianism from the per-spective of his theory.
Vita Shtivelman is a Russian Jewish poet, essayist, hi-tech professional, author of books, publications, soundtracks for movies and the host of a popular radio show. Vita is founder and manager of Et Cetera (arts and science club). She has received awards for achievements in Jewish culture from the Israeli Knesset and the City of Toronto.
Amir Tibon has covered critical topics such as Trump, Netanyahu, Abbas, the “ultimate peace deal”, the fate of the two-state solution, the Iran-Syria threat and the Is-rael-Diaspora relationship with unflinching honesty and astute analysis. He’ll share his insights with you during this lively and informative evening presentation.
Amir Tibon has been the Washington correspondent for Ha’aretz newspaper since January 2017. He was the diplomatic correspondent for Walla News, a lead-ing Israeli news website, between 2013 - 2016. Prior to that he was a producer for Uvda, the premier investi-gative news program on Israeli TV, and is co-author of The Last Palestinian, a biography of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas.
In 2015, he received a National Press Club Award and was nominated for a National Magazine Award for an article on the latest round of the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. In 2012, he produced an exclusive report from in-side the Syrian civil war; chosen as the best TV report of that year by the Israeli Documentary Directors’ Forum. His writing on Israel and the Middle East has appeared in leading American and Israeli publications.
Saturday, November 3, 1:30 pm
Wednesday, November 14, 7:30 pm at the shul. Light refreshments to follow. (Co-sponsored with Canadian Friends of Peace Now)
ADULT EDUCATION
Israel has been called a “start-up nation”, with a booming high tech industry and world-famous water preservation solutions. But can Israel overcome the challenges of the future, facing rising population density, high tempera-tures caused by climate change, and diminishing natural resources?
Victor Weis is a graduate of the 6th Fellowship Program of the Heschel Center and The Mandel School for Edu-cational Leadership, and holds a B.A. in geography and education and an M.A. in health systems management. A seasoned educator, long-time environmentalist and lover of Israel geography, Victor founded and directed the field of environmental protection in the IDF, establishing and leading innovative initiatives focused on environmental protection and education over much of his 23-year mil-itary career. He has led the Heschel Center since 2016.
Saturday, November 17, 1:30 pm
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ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS CONT’D
ISRAEL IN 2050: CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES & WHAT SUS-TAINABILITY HAS TO OFFERwith Victor Weis
OFF THE DERECH: HALACHAH AND THE 21ST CENTURYwith Dan Aviv
What would the rabbis of the Mishnah and Talmud think of how halachah is applied and practiced today? Would they be impressed or horrified? What accounts for the dramatic shift in halachic practice in the past 40 years?
Narayever member Dan Aviv is Lead Design at ADRABA, a new blended-learning Jewish high school opening in Toronto in September 2019. He has been engaged in Jewish learning as an educator, lecturer, professor, pub-lished scholar, author, podcaster and reluctant public intellectual for over 25 years. His biggest accomplish-ment, however, is co-parenting his three children: Maayan, Heala and Tal with Noa Mendelsohn.
Saturday, November 24, 1:30 pm
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Building on the chanting circles Alon Nashman leads at High Holidays, the shul will host monthly gatherings on Saturday afternoons to “Sing Out Shabbat.” Please join Alon and Tiferet Nashman to sing our way through the precious conclusion of Shabbat into Havdalah. Partici-pants are asked to arrive on time, as we can build more energy when we share the entire experience in sacred community.
Alon Nashman is an actor and creator of theatre. His work has toured across Canada and internationally, and includes Kafka and Son, Scorched, Alphonse, Hirsch, and Charlotte: A Tri-Coloured Play with Music. Alon is a stu-dent of Rabbi Shefa Gold and Reb Zalman Schacter-Sha-lomi, zt”l, who have guided him in the ways of Jewish chant. Tiferet Nashman is an educator and outdoor enthusiast. She has worked and learned in the Jewish community across North America, including at Shoresh Jewish Environmental Programs, the National Havurah Committee, Eden Village Camp, Isabella Freedman, and Yeshivat Hadar. She is a student of Joey Wisenberg’s Singing Communities Intensive and Let my People Sing .
Saturday, November 24, December 15 and January 19, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Saturday November 24, December 15, & January 12 9:30 am - 10:30 am in the solarium
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ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS CONT’D
SINGING OUT SHABBAT:CHANTING PROGRAM Alon & Tiferet Nashman
TEFILLAH CLASSES/ JEWISH PRAYER 101with Ruth Rohn
HAFTARAH CLASSESwith Ruth Rohn
We will continue our exploration, pray-and-learn style, of the structure and components of the Shabbat morning service. These classes are geared to beginners, all are wel-come. More advanced classes will follow during the year.For information contact Ruth Rohn by email at [email protected].
We would like to offer a Haftarah-chanting class this year. The dates and times are still to be determined. If you are interested in learning to chant Haftarah, please contact Ruth Rohn by email at [email protected].
Above artwork by: Evan Sator
ADULT EDUCATION
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Kesher Shabbat Program
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CELEBRATIONS
CHANUKAH PARTY
Sunday, December 9, 4:00 – 6:00 pm
Join the Narayever community to celebrate Chanukah. Kindle all eight lights of the menorah, sing Chanukah songs, spin dreidels, create shadow puppets and more. All while you enjoy latkes and applesauce and a sweet treat. All are welcome. No charge.
TU B’SHVAT SEDER
Sunday January 20, 5:30 pm
Tu B’shvat is our annual New Year for Trees! There is a kabbalistic tradition to celebrate Tu B’shvat with a seder, modelled in many ways on the Passover seder. This is an event appropriate for both adults and families with kids.
The meal will include nutritious seasonal and symbolic foods prepared by our very own Rachel Zilberg. Enjoy learning new traditions and extending your learning with an updated Tu B’Shvat Haggadah.
All are welcome.
Adults: $18
Children 5 to 13: $12
Families: $50
Children under 5 are free
Above: A Kesher Shabbat hosted by Sharone Bar-David and Rob Schwartz.
Please call the office by January 10 at 416-927-0546 or email Marsha or Michael in the office at:[email protected] to reserve your spot.
Jill Magen [email protected]
On October 12 Narayever launched a Kesher Shabbat Program under the leadership of Lesley Simpson. The purpose of this program is to facilitate Narayever mem-bers enjoying Shabbat dinner in each other’s homes.
The initiative was a great success!
The next Kesher Shabbat will be Friday night February 1, 2019.
WIDER COMMUNITY
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YOUTH & FAMILIES
EVENTS FOR TEENS
There are many ways to get involved in the Narayever’s fun, rich & Jewish programming for families, youth and teens. Take a look through the exciting programs coming up in November, December and January!
A huge thank you and kol hakavod to our amazing teens who dedicated time, effort and lots of energy to planning and leading all our High Holiday programming at the MNjcc. And of course to our Shabbat teen program leaders and babysitters for their ongoing work. We could not do any of this without each of your talents and contributions. Below, find programs planned just for you.
YOUTH SHABBAT: Saturday December 1
CHALUTZIM DINNER PARTY: Cooking Night with the ShinShinim
Join us Saturday January 26, 7:00 pm for Chalutzim bowling night
Get your taste buds ready for this culinary event. Learn new recipes, cook a tasty meal with Nir and Lian, and enjoy your homemade feast “family style”. Please email [email protected] for more details.
Our annual Youth Shabbat will take place on Shabbat December 1. This is the day when teens and younger kids lead most of the Shabbat service. If your child, would like to take part in this year’s Youth Shabbat either by leading part of the davening, leyning a small portion of Torah, or in some other role, please contact Rabbi Elkin at [email protected].
Rehearsal: Tuesday November 20, 7:00 pm.
Saturday November 24, 6:30 pm
SAVE THE DATE!
Sabrina FriedmanDirector of Family & Youth Engagement
YOUTH
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EVENTS FOR FAMILIES*
SHABBAT PROGRAMMING
Our awesome ShinShinim and teen program leaders, babysitters, Sabrina and a group of wonderful parents offer a selection of programs and services every Shabbat for kids of all ages throughout the school year. Garinim (ages 0-5 years) is a shortened, song-based tefillah (prayer) service for little ones, with crafts, games, and other Shabbat activities. Shtilim (ages 6-9 years) is our Junior Congregation, with a tefillah service led by a group of talented parent volun-teers, followed by programming offered by our teen leaders. Netivot (ages 10-12) is teen-led Shabbat programming for our oldest pre-bar and bat mitzvah kids.
Every Saturday
HAVDALLAH
Family-friendly, musical Havdallah experiences for kids and their grown-ups. Put that extra kick of Jewish rit-ual into your week. Say the blessings, sing, hear a story, do a craft and have a light snack with Sabrina and our ShinShinim. Save the Date! Next Family Havdallah pro-gram will be Saturday February 9, 6:30 pm.
Saturdays November 10, 5:45 pm and January 12, 6:00 pm
CHANUKAH GROOVE!
TU B’SHVAT SEDER
BAR & BAT MITZVAH CLASS
“Grooves” are an excellent way for families to connect with our wider downtown Jewish community and explore mul-tiple dimensions of Judaism, through activities and fun! Save the Date! Tu B’Shvat Groove will be Sunday Janu-ary 20, 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm at Wychwood Barns.
For details see Celebrations on page 10.
Under the direction of Sabrina and Rabbi Ed, with a valuable assist from the ShinShinim, this year’s class – with 20 students, one of the largest in years – is now well underway, with the kids diving into a rich curriculum covering a range of subjects, from Jewish Pluralism to life in Israel, Shabbat practices, and the role of charity in Jewish life. We’re looking forward to a number of field trips, including visits to a Mosque, a Mikveh, and Benjamin’s Park Memorial Chapel, as well as a shul sleepover in November. If you’re a par-ent whose child is approaching Bar/Bat mitzvah age, the shul office will begin booking Bar/Bat Mitzvahs for 2021 in early March. There are also still open slots for 2020. If you don’t hear from us by then, feel free to drop us a line.
Simon [email protected]
Sunday November 25, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm at the MNjcc
Sunday January 20, 5:30 pm
YOUTH & FAMILIES
When a program is indicated that it is for “families”, we are targeting the content for kids under bat/bar mitzvah age.
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SHINSHINIM
SHINSHINIM HAPPENINGS
Stay one step ahead of Bunny and save the date for our next ShinShinim movie night on December 4! And if you can’t come, not to worry: there will be another movie night on February 5.
We are also going to be participating in many events and programs for families, children and teens. All of the information for family and youth activities can be found in Sabrina’s youth article, so be sure to check it out!
Questions? Just want to say “Hi”? We are always available at [email protected] and [email protected]
See you soon,
Nir and Lian
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THANK YOU TO ALL WHO MADE THE HIGH HOLIDAYS POSSIBLE
Thank you to all who took the initiative to volunteer, who readily accepted when asked to volunteer and who worked as employees or contractors. Thank you to all who helped to prepare for and lead services and programs at the shul on Brunswick, at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre and at Kensington Gardens long-term care home.
Thank you to all who came to daven with us, attend adult programs and who brought children to our services and programs for families, children, youth and teens. Thank you to all who contributed to our food drive for the Daily Bread Food Bank, who opened your homes for meal-matching and who contributed to our Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur fundraising drives.
Special thanks to our spiritual leader Rabbi Elkin and to Rabbi David Weiss for leading services at the shul and at the MNjcc.
Special thanks also to Marsha Frydenberg and Michael Boyd for their indomitable efforts in the office. Marsha is responsible for the planning and execution of most of the High Holiday logistics at both the shul and the MNJCC. Michael worked through a steep learning curve and many challenges to master a complex new computer system and in doing so opened the door to a vast array of enhanced functions. Tamara Lopez worked tirelessly in the office to assist in preparation for the High Holidays.
Thank you to all who responded to the post-High Holiday annual review and request for comments by providing important information that helps us continue to improve and plan for the future.
We remember Peter Gold, z”l, who chose to help Harvey Starkman co-ordinate High Holiday ushers for the shul well in advance, knowing that he might not be here. We remember Cantor Michael Rumack, z”l, who assisted Rabbi Elkin as High Holiday Service Leader and Hazan at the shul last year.
If we have inadvertently missed acknowledging you in this list or misspelled your name then please accept our apologies and let us know the error.
See the next page for a list of all the volunteers who helped out during the High Holidays.
High Holidays 5779
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High Holidays 5779
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO MADE THE HIGH HOLIDAYS POSSIBLE CONT’D
Service Leaders at Shul & MNJCCRabbi Ed ElkinRabbi David WeissRabbi Joseph Ben DavidRuth Rohn Ali AberAndy GannAnne MatlowBenjamin GevaBenjy CohenBrenda EnchinElaine GoldJacob DaumJennifer Paton SmithJordan WosnickJoseph WeissgoldJoshua Engel-YanJulia GluckLili LittleMarc GrushcowMedina RobbinsMendl MalkinMichal Er-elNeil NaftNora GoldPeter SevittRebecca ColmanSarah ColmanSharna SearleSharone Bar-DavidTanhum Yoreh
ShofarSarah ColmanJacob DaumMichael MurrayBrenlee Robinson
Distributing HonoursMiriam DiamondBen CarniolMichal Er-elTrudy Shecter
Service Co-OrdinatorsRabbi Ed ElkinLeisa Hirtz
Administration, Planning, Financial & Computer ExpertiseMarsha FrydenbergMichael BoydTamara LopezAdam Polansky Shapiro, Shul SolutionsAlex KindlDavid BarkinStephen Benjamin
MarketingBernard FederSuzanne KepplerLiz BohnenMicky Fraterman
Ticket Takers & BabysittingJulie Teppermanand her excellent team of babysitters and ticket takers
Apples, Honey & Honey CakeRachel ZilbergFood Committee Dawn BerneyElizabeth Neswald Joan JudgeLesley SimpsonLorne CappeMark Guttman Marni CappeMickey NarunSue Weinstein
Meal MatchingDavid Barkin
Service Leaders at Kensington GardensJanis RubenzahlDavid CheaterDianne Saxe
SecurityNorthern ForceToronto Police Service
SpeakersAvi SchonbachHart SchwartzAnne MatlowBenjy CohenNoa Mendelsohn Aviv
Kol Nidre Choir at MNJCCGalia ShakedRabbi David WeissAlan AckermanBenjamin RubinDan GordonDavid CheaterDavid WintreEsther GevaFrances EnchinGrace FeuervergerLaraine NaftLeslie CarlinLindsay NaftMischa LevinePatricia Patchet-GolubevSylvia Solomon
Leaders of Adult Education ProgramsBrenlee RobinsonAlon NashmanJack LightstoneGreg Beiles
Leaders of the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Fundraising AppealsLili LittleLucille NarunRyan Peck
Carrying the Torah from MNJCC to shulDaniel Benjamin Rachel BenjaminStephen Benjamin
Food drive for the Daily Bread Food BankKathryn Polson Ferguson
Pledge CollectorsAlex BarkinCandice BarkinDaniel BenjaminDavid BarkinEllen FriedlandIsabel MalkinJared PeckJulia RosebrughMicky FratermanMiriam DiamondNatalie Geffen Rachel BenjaminRyan PeckStephen BenjaminSusan Starkman Tama Soble
Page Turners at the MNJCCJill Magen-LichtblauCathy Mallove Josh SorefJoanne Shenfeld Ezra RAmy BlockJonathan Zamir Sam ZMax ZJodi BlockSophie BFaye BJosh Fogel
Art, Poster DesignNaomi Boyd
PrintingLucas Wilson, The Printing House
Kids’ Programs Shofar BlowersMichael MurrayBrenlee Robinson
ContractorsRob Ball, SoundLaird MacDonald, CurtainsArmando MoversEvent Rental Group
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High Holidays 5779
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO MADE THE HIGH HOLIDAYS POSSIBLE CONT’D
MNJCC & Downing Street Property ManagementHarriet Wichin, Executive DirectorJulie Murphy, Facilities ManagerAngie Stillitano, Bookings Dept.Grace Smith, Bookings Dept.Kalia (security)Lillian Radosevic, Front DeskRichard Chisholm, Front Desk Marie Vines (Waterford)Paul Draycott-FacilitiesQuincy LePalm-FacilitiesRicardo Laroza - FacilitiesRico Velasco-FacilitiesWaterford Staff
UshersEllen Friedland (MNJCC)Peter Gold z”l and Harvey Starkman (shul) Alison CohenAllison VanekAndrea MostAnita ShlienDavid Barkin Elaine Peretz Ellen Friedland Frances Enchin Harvey Starkman Isabel Malkin Issie Lyon Jackie SilverbergJanet Horowitz Jill Magen LichtblauJim DavisJoan JudgeJosh SorefKathryn FergusonLaila Lipetz Laura JacobLeslie CarlinLeslie Starkman Linda Ander Lorne CappeMax DublinMendl Malkin Micky FratermanNatalie Fingerhut
Beyachad Family Service LeadersSarah Colman – Organizer, coordinator, directorDan FriedmanErica DenburgJulio SzmuilowiczLawrence AronovitchNathan PerlisRachel MelzerRebecca ColmanSarah MarglesShayne Robinson
Hall MonitorsAmy BlockAnn KomaromiAudrey MacklinCandice BarkinGalina VaismanJeff KrusnerJennifer Gold Jodi BlockJonathan ZamirJosh FogelMischa LevineNathan PerlisRochelle BarkinSarah LambertScott GreeneSimon HouptSophie BlockTammy Simon
Programs & services for families, children, youth and teensSabrina Friedman, Director of Family and Youth Engagement Eliana Train, High Holiday Youth Programs Assistant Coordinator
Guest Program LeadersCarly ShenfeldHannah Feldman
CustodiansMalou TenorioPaulo Tenorio
Ushers Cont’d Olga Palmateer Peter Sevitt Phyllis Berck Randi PavalowRon KanterRoy WiseShaun SingerSue WeinsteinSusan Starkman
Board members who assisted with welcoming at the MNJCCAnna PaceBrenlee RobinsonDavid BarkinJill MagenJodi BlockNathan PerlisRoz TrainSimon Houpt
Helping to set up and break down at MNJCCGary LichtblauJill Magen-LichtblauShayne RobinsonKalil RNava MRaffy BEmmett Penslar Larry FoxRonnie Levinson BurbankBonnie PascalAaron A
Youth and Family Services LeadersMarcia BeckTiferet NashmanYavni Bar-Yam
Beyachad Family ServiceJunior HelpersAvivaKalilShanaStella
Teen Leaders & VolunteersAaron AAdi A-KAdina MAlice AAvital FElla PEzra GHeala M-AJesse PJosephine LLiat SMaayan M-AMichal HMira PRachel PSipora WYuval SZoe B
Jr. Teen Leaders & VolunteersAbigail BAlex RElijah MEzra MIshai TLilian ELyla E-SMolly FOphir SRachel SRamona WReuben P-RTalia G-SZoe H
Special recognition to Kalil M R who helped with set-up at the JCC, leading Beyachad, and re-minders to Sabrina Friedman through the holidays, acted as shofar caller to his aunty Brenlee Robinson, and for being a kind, smiling mensch.
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BUILDING RENEWAL PROJECT
Proceeding with renovations to our beautiful shul building to make it accessible for people with mobility challenges, provide better programming space, add an office for the Rabbi and replace aging building systems is still a very high priority for our congregation. Unfor-tunately, we cannot move forward until we receive the decision on our plan from the Ontario Municipal Board hearing. The OMB hearing started in June 2017 with 3 days of hearings completed in January 2018. We have been eagerly awaiting the decision and are hopeful that it will be rendered soon. Once we have the decision we will be providing information to the congregation about next steps, including a Special General Meeting.
Anna PaceBuilding Task Force
MAZEL TOV TO...
We Warmly Welcome our New & Returning Members:
• Andrew Brown and Leemor Valin,
on the birth of their son
• Issy Lyon and Nan Wiener, on the
marriage of Josh Lyon to Kaley Stuart
• Nava and Benjy Rubin, on the birth
of their grandson
• Marissa and Michael Shinewald,
on the birth of their son
• Joël Beddows
• Robert Cappell
• Brian Cohen
• Samara Enchin & Jacob Sadikman,
and their children
• Shirley Fishman
• Daniel Gelfant
• Merita and Daniel Kligerman
& their children
• Kate McGee
• Jodi Segal
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EVERYDAY MITZVAH HEROES
This is the first of what we hope will be a series on Narayever everyday mitzvah heroes. If you have suggestions for future profiles or would like to write for this feature please contact Tama Soble, at [email protected]
TIKKUN OLAM: REPAIRING THE WORLD, ONE GOOD DEED AT A TIME
by Julia Gluck
Need inspiration for Tikkun Olam? They’re in the shul’s second pew: Brenda and Jerry Enchin, who celebrat-ed their 70th birthdays this year (their 50th anniver-sary is next year), and who have volunteered together since age 16. This summer, Ted and I visited them at Camp Winston, where for the last 10 years, Jerry has been (resident) Executive Director and Brenda Special Coordinator of Many Things. After seeing their work there, we felt we should honour this amazing couple’s Tikkun Olam.
Camp Winston is accredited by the Ontario Camps Association to serve children aged 7 – 17 with com-plex neurological disorders such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, Tourette’s, Anxiety Disorders, Learning Dis-abilities, ADHD, OCD, ODD, and Fetal Alcohol Syn-drome. The camp provides respite to families who are under-serviced in their communities, their children socially isolated and not welcome at programs because of their “behavioural” issues. Despite no government funding, all families are subsidized, with the Founda-tion raising funds to ensure the camp’s viability.
35-40 campers attend camp in four 2-week sessions, supported by about 65 staff. The campers enjoy a res-idential summer camp program which includes music, drama, arts and crafts, swimming, boating and canoe-ing, high ropes and tripping. They get social skills train-ing through informal education, role playing, group games and team building.
While Jerry focused on the physical plant, outside con-tracts, compliance, fundraising and stewardship, and staff support, Brenda was senior advisor to the directors and program staff. Her unique camper programs - turtle time and turtle games - provided environmental edu-cation, and more importantly, gave the campers a safe place to get to know each other, take a stuffy for a sleep-over, and talk about their life experiences. Many camp-ers and staff sought Brenda out to “just chill”. (Cont’d on next page)
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TIKKUN OLAM: REPAIRING THE WORLD, ONE GOOD DEED AT A TIME CONT’D
REMEMBERING HARVEY ROFF
by Brenda Enchin
(Cont’d from previous page) As we walked around, camp-ers and staff alike greeted the Enchins with smiles, ob-viously appreciative of the family atmosphere the En-chins create. But then, if you see Brenda and Jerry at a shul Kiddush, you’ll notice everyone greeting them with smiles too. And no wonder. They have both also con-tributed a great deal to our shul.
Brenda served on the Bar/Bat Mitzvah committee first as chair and then as a member. She also served on the Ritual committee, served as Bar/Bar Mitzvah Class Co-ordinator, and took on extra duties when Rabbi Ed went on sabbatical in 2011, is on the rotation for Gabbai and honours service coordinator; and occasionally leyns Torah and chants Haftarah.
Jerry served on two iterations of the Building committee, provided training and advice for two telethon events, developed and participated in Yom HaShoah programs,
including home delivery of memorial candles, delivered the High Holiday appeal, and provided training on how to put on T’fillin for the Bar/Bat Mitzvah class.
Together they organized Rosh Hodesh services for 8 years including breakfast made by Jerry, and prepared lunches for Out of the Cold program with their daugh-ter Samara’s family.
And then there’s the rest of the Tikkun Olam they have done…but that has to wait til another newsletter. Kol Hakavod to Brenda and Jerry Enchin, Tikkun Olam champions.
Most of us who grew up in the Jewish community in Niagara Falls, Ontario abandoned our hometown to pursue careers and life elsewhere. Sandy Gold, however, married Harvey Roff, a graduate engineer from Toronto, in 1966 and they settled in Niagara to join Sandy’s parents in the expanding family business, Gold’s Variety Stores. The B’nai Jacob Synagogue and the approximately 50 Jewish families in Niagara were direct beneficiaries of this couple’s decision.
While raising their three children, Sandy and Harvey de-voted much time to the needs of the shul and communi-ty. Harvey’s gentle demeanor and sensitive nature made him a cherished leader. He chaired the Chevra Kadisha and led an impressive project to erect a Holocaust me-morial monument in the Jewish section of the Lundy’s Lane Cemetery, which was dedicated in September 1998. (Cont’d on next page)
This space will be reserved for memorial articles written by family members and friends of Narayever members who have recently died. We hope to honour those who have passed and bring attention to the quality of each of their unique lives.
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(Cont’d from previous page) In 2008, Harvey and Sandy moved to Toronto to be near their children and grand-children. They joined the Narayever, where Harvey had worshipped in his youth. I was thrilled to be able to re-new the Niagara relationship, as was our caterer, Rachel, another Niagara native. Harvey immediately played an active role in the shul. He attended regularly on Shab-bat and was often called upon for the Levi Aliyah. I could count on him for the Rosh Hodesh minyan. He contributed to the Membership and Shul Communi-ty Committee. Because they were a couple who acted when they saw a need, Sandy and Harvey initiated and oversaw the making of the fabric book pockets for the seats at the JCC High Holiday Services.
Sadly, in January 2014, cancer took Sandy’s life. Har-vey persevered through his grief. He continued to audit university courses, pursued his woodworking hobby, delighted in baking with his grandchildren and social-ized with many friends who cherished his intelligence,
REMEMBERING HARVEY ROFF CONT’D
“SAD AND LOVELY ARE THE WAYS OF THE TANAKH”*: Part Two
by Linda Lipsky
warmth, thoughtfulness and sense of humour. He was blessed with a new, loving relationship with Faye Librach and embraced her family. Harvey was a kind, giving soul and a true mensch. He died this past July at the age of 80 after a brief illness. His memory lives on as a blessing.
In the last newsletter, occasioned by the Torah reading for the second day of Rosh Hashone, my essay presented the varied responses in Yiddish literature to the Binding of Isaac, Akeydas Yitskhok. Parshas Vayere (Genesis 22:1-19) was also read in the weekly cycle on October 27. I not-ed that most Yiddish texts engage with the anguish that inheres in a thoughtful deliberation on this narrative. I looked at Old Yiddish, Spielmann and Haskole (En-lightenment) sources; I now turn my attention to its Modern exemplars.
Goldfaden’s Akeydas Yitskhok in 4 Acts and 40 Tableaux, is a self-described historishe operete [historical operetta] with
Midrashic elaborations: Abraham proclaims his desire for a bookish child; Sarah grieves in full throttle and in dialogue with Satan who falsely reports on Isaac’s death. She delivers a heartfelt viglid [lullabye], an opportunity not afforded her in the Bible. The histrionic exaggeration, the clutching at the breast: these are grand gestures owed to a time of Romantic Nationalism, when the local “folk” type was being defined. The protagonists enact their lives folkstimlekh (Peretz), “in a folk mode.” Goldfaden’s theater songs and operetta arias have, through a process of folklorization, handily entered the popular repertoire. There are also macaronic [mixed or multi-language] songs with an akeyde theme. Indeed folklorist Ruth
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Rubin notes a wedding song which has the bride led to the altar as if to her akeyde.
This family saga in extremis heightens each author’s sig-nature style. Manger adds his own dramatis personae to the cast, dressing them up, Joseph Papp-like, in contem-porary dress. In his poem, “Akeydas Itsik,” the “Itsik” of the title is his eponymous self. This poem includes his usual themes: existential ennui, anomic loneliness, the sorrows of gin. His common-sensical observations ---”sad and lovely”--- forego metaphor for forthright prose. Ros-enfarb’s poem, “Isaac’s Dream” situates lovers, “the rem-nants” --- her most pervasive theme---in a landscape of survival in war-ravaged Lodz. Glatshteyn’s take on this narrative is particularly well-suited to an inzikhist (intro-spective) meditation on his own father. His poem “Mayn tate Yitskhok” inverts the Biblical family paradigm, mak-ing the narrator, Yankef, the son who witnesses his fa-ther’s sacrifice. Yehoyesh’s translation of the Tanakh into vernacular Yiddish is a Midrash of sorts, by dint of his unique lexical choices and bold revision. Poets Lyesin and Leyvik were proto-Modernists: politi-cally forward thinking, but aesthetically rear-guard. As editor and contributor, respectively, to the Yiddish dai-ly Forward, they found themselves at the confluence of intellectual crosscurrents. Yet Biblical legends superceded these, serving as career-long touchstones. Biblical nar-ratives and their inventions pervaded their polemical treatises as they did their belletristic writing. Critic Bialostotsky uses appropriately Biblical language to de-termine Lyesin’s place in the Yiddish canon: he is “der bereyshis fun undzer moderner poezye” [the genesis of our modern poetry]. Both iluim [Talmud prodigies], they evinced a fierce precocity. In the essay “Der Yid---der yokhid” [The Jew---the Individual] Leyvik recalls his audacity when, as a 7 year old, he dared his teach-er: “What would have happened had the angel arrived a moment too late?” Faith precludes this eventuality. But Leyvik and Lyesin struggled, variously, with their belief. This tearful question launched the provocative salvo of Leyvik’s career. He went on to confront the sacrifice in
a serialized play and as character in a wedding party in a Displaced Person’s camp, “Akeyde Tsigelboym.” In his play, Di akeyde, Isaac reproaches Abraham for his rote piety which places his own humanity on the funeral pyre. No forefather hagiography here, no encomium of Abraham’s selfless devotion to his God. Much more than sad, something less than lovely is this grim chapter on the genesis and etiology of human agency.
(*from Manger’s parenthetical comment in the poem from Khumesh Lider: “Avrom avinu fort mit Yitskhokn tsu der akeyde”: “( Troyerik un sheyn, zogt der poet,/ zenen di vegn fun Tanakh).”)
Bibliography available upon request.
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KIDDUSH SPONSORS & DONATIONS
August 4, 2018Kiddush donations were made by: Beverly Harris, in honour of the yahrzeit of her father Charles Samuel Lewis; Joan Judge and Josh Fogel, in memory of Harvey Roff; Andrea Most and Alan Ackerman, in memory of Peter Gold; Rebecca Shandling, Maureen Shandling and Sheldon Levitt, in honour of the yahrzeit of Hyman Shandling; Chanoch Sisneros; Sharoni Sibony, in memory of Peter Gold.
August 11, 2018A kiddush donation was made by: Robert Savan, in honour of the yahrzeit of his father, Milton Savan.
August 18, 2018Kiddush donations were made by: Joel Edelson, wishing Liz Bohnen and Allen Piggott mazel tov on their new home; Faye Librach, in memory of Harvey Roff; Jennifer Paton Smith and Sander Smith; Anita Shir-Jacob and Cyril Press, in honour of the yahrzeit of Anita’s mother Ada Katzman; Sheldon and Hélène Silverman, in honour of the yahrzeit of Sheldon’s mother Ruth Silverman.
August 25, 2018Kiddush donations were made by: Liz Bohnen, wishing Joel Edelson a speedy and full recovery; Rafi Clarke, in memory of Cookie Clarke; Ellen Friedland and Arthur Vanek, in memory of Justine Silver and Elaana Fields-Shvartsman’s father Joseph Fields.
September 1, 2018Kiddush sponsored by the Sarah Lambert and Scott Greene, in honour of Rafi’s Bar Mitzvah.
Kiddush donations were made by: Jodi Segal, in honour of the yahrzeit of his sister Martha Segal; Hedda Rothman, in memory of Jack Kimel; Alisa Weyman, in honour of the yahrzeit of her father Leo Hornung.
September 8, 2018Kiddush donations were made by: Dawn Berney & Christopher Geggie, in honour of the yahrzeit of Dawn’s mother Carole Berney; Abigail Carpenter-Winch and Sarah Brodbar-Nemzer, in honour of the yahrzeit of Abigail’s brother Isaiah Carpenter-Winch; Maire Kushner, in honour of the yahrzeit of her father Ben Stocker; Rhona Phillips-Carniol and Ben Carniol, in honour of the yahrzeit of Rhona’s mother Aida Babins Phillips; Fay Siahou, wishing her husband Habib a refuah shlemah; Food committee members, who donated the apples, honey, and honey cake for the High Holidays, in honour of a sweet new year.
September 15, 2018Kiddush donations were made by: Shelley Adler and Paul Cohen; Sharon Drache, in honour of the yahrzeiten of her parents Edythe and Murray Abron; Sharon Drache, in honour of the yahrzeit of her grandmother Sara Levinter; Bernard Feder, Frances Cheslo and Cecile Federbush, in honour of the yahrzeit of Harry Federbush; Anne Matlow and John Bohnen, wishing Lesley Sevitt a speedy recovery; Anne Matlow and John Bohnen, wishing Andy Gann a speedy recovery; Rosalie and Ray Moscoe, in memory of Harvey Roff; Rhona Phillips-Carniol and Ben Carniol, wishing Mazel Tov to Erica and Elisha Denburg on the birth of their son.
September 22, 2018Kiddush donations were made by: Etti Miller, in honour of the yahrzeit of her father, Meyer Blitz; Shaun Singer and Sue Weinstein, in honour of the yahrzeit of Shaun’s parents Esther and Sam Singer; Teresa and Larry Swern, in appreciation of the Narayever.
September 29, 2018Kiddush donations were made by: Tamara, Janet and Sharon Brooks in honour of the yahrzeit of their mother Shirley Brooks; Francine Dick, thanking Rabbi Weiss for memorable and meaningful Yom Tov services at the MNjcc; Francine Dick, thanking Roz Train for her co-ordination of Yom Tov services; Anne Matlow and John Bohnen, wishing Jack Colman a refuah shlemah; Anne Matlow and John Bohnen, wishing Joel Edelson a refuah shlemah; Anne Matlow and John Bohnen, wishing Dianne Saxe a refuah shlemah; Isabella Meltz, in honour of the yahrzeit of her father Jack Meltz; Paul Milgram and Galia Shaked and family, in honour of the yahrzeit of Paul’s mother Sophie Milgram.
October 6, 2018Kiddush sponsored by Noa Mendelsohn-Aviv and Dan Aviv, in honour of Heala’s Bat Mitzvah.
Kiddush donations were made by: Liz Bohnen and Allen Piggott, in honour of Phyllis Berck on the occasion of her retirement from the City of Toronto; Martin Geffen and Cathy Mallove, in honour of the yahrzeit of Martin’s father Heime Geffen; Smadar Peretz, in honour of Sylvia Bashevkin and the publication of her new book; Leslie Mendelson, wishing Sharone Bar-David a yasher koach for leading the Kol Nidre service at the shul; Rishona and Moises Moshinsky, in honour of the yahrzeiten of Rishona’s father Sidney Shiffman and stepmother Viera Katz; Sylvia Solomon wishing Joel Edelson a refuah shlemah.
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OTHER DONATIONS
ADULT EDUCATION FUND
• Donations in memory of Peter Gold have been made by: Philip Berger and Frederika Rotter, Holli-Ellen Clairman, Deborah Fisher and Jack Colman, Deborah Gann Furchtgott and Leon Furchtgott, Evelyn and Stephen Schaefer, Jill and John Topping, Linda and Roy Wise and Family, Brian, Lisa and Sarah Yellin, and Jan Nolan, Kathryn and Hugh Ferguson, Rachel and Rabbi Joseph Ben David, Arthur and Agi Dunec, Sharon Drache, Richelle Gordon, Kerah and Tasha Gordon-Solmon, Bernard Wolf and family (Susan, David Kareen and Max).
• Barbara Lynn and Isaac Dwosh, in memory of Harvey Roff• Linda and Allan Gold, in memory of Harvey Roff• Brenda and Jerry Enchin, wishing Joel Edelson a full and speedy
recovery• Janet Horowitz, in honour of John Bohnen and Anne Matlow• Tirzah Meacham & Harry Fox
BUILDING RENEWAL FUND
• Lily Sarno and Harry Schacter, in memory of Peter Gold• Micky Fraterman, in honour of the yahrzeit of her father Justus
Oostra• Suzanne Shuchat• Miriam Shvartsman
DANIEL CAMENIETZKI MEMORIAL LIBRARY FUND
• Donna and Clifford Orwin, in memory of Peter Gold• Edye Jacobson, in memory of Shuli Horowitz• Wendy Simon, in honour of the yahrzeit of her husband,
Roger Simon
GENERAL FUND
• Sarah Finkelstein and Daniel Beiles, in honour of Greg Beiles• Anna Solomon, David Watkins, Isabella Watkins, Gabriel
Watkins, in memory of Jacob and Emilie Watkins• Roz Train, in honour of Misha Schwartz’s marriage to Rosa Stall• Steven Wolff• Robert Ezrin• Ira Glasner• Morley Greene, in honour of the yahrzeit of his father, Abraham
Greenberg• Ilona and Malka Hayeems• Ruth and Ivan Joffe• Patti Kirk• Tracey and Joe Madras, in memory of Brauna Heidler• Toni Olshen• Roz Train, wishing Aurora Mendelsohn a refuah shlemah
GENERAL FUND CONT’D
• Dot Whitehouse, in honour of all welcoming hearts• Ralph Barcan, in memory of Ginette Barcan• Rebecca Katzin and Matthew Levy• Jane Shapiro, in memory of Sidney, Lora and Andrew Shapiro• Rebecca and Jason Sorokin, in memory of Carolyn Ekstein and
Marvin Sorokin• Beth Spigelman, in memory of Sheila and Mel Spigelman• Jacobo Bibliowicz• Rafi Clarke, in appreciation of the volunteers at the Kensington
Gardens Shabbat morning services• Tamara Lopez, wishing mazel tov to Marsha Frydenberg on her
new home• Jack Micay• Nicole Miller-Bertini• Adrienne Simic• Julie Stevens• Phil Aber• Frances Macklin• Gina Pinsky• Barbara Zeller and Simon Strauss• Phyllis Adler, in memory of Eli Adler• Larry and Susan Barron• Michael and Sharon Freeman, in memory of Howard Freeman,
George Fineberg and Stephen Aarons• David Myhre• Dorothy Ross, in memory of Robert David Ross• Elizabeth Cooper• Emily Feingold• Dara and Andrew Moncarz• Catherine Oliver and Joel Lexchin, in memory of Peter Gold• David Silverstone, in memory of Celia and Irving Rappoport• Jason Ziedenberg, in memory of Jack Layton• Roger Chaplin• Marion Cohen• Jill Miller• David Midanik• Irving Garten, in honour of Chaja and Mayer Garten• Daniel Hoffmann• Elayne Mock• Rachel Melzer, Shayne Robinson and family
HESED FUND
• Jodi Segal, in honour of the yahrzeit of Paula Segal
ISRAEL FUND
• Frieda Forman, in memory of Peter Gold• Roz Train, in memory of Georges Benarroch’s sister Yvette Solika
Ayache
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LEV SHALEM DEDICATION FUND
• Esther and Ben Geva, in memory of Esther’s mother Sarah Brull• Esther and Ben Geva, in memory of Esther’s father Yehuda Brull
MEMBERSHIP SUBSIDY FUND
• Donations in memory of Peter Gold have been made by: Jill Magen-Lichtblau and Gary Lichtblau, Wendy Simon, Alana Johns and Bezalel Elan Dresher, Sharoni Sibony, Abigail Carpenter-Winch and Sarah Brodbar-Nemzer, Erica and Elisha Denburg, Rebecca Colman and Adam Liederman, Elizabeth Ennis and Warren Milne, The Edith and Bernard Ennis Foundation
• Liz Bohnen, in memory of Harvey Roff• Beverly Harris, in honour of the yahrzeiten of her mother and
father, Yhetta and Charles Lewis• Caroline Silverman and Jordan Wosnick• Joanne Yolles and Lorne Cappe, in honour of Roz Train, Marsha
Frydenberg, Michael Boyd and all members and staff, who make our High Holiday services possible
• Kayla Ramlochand and Leonard Elias, in memory of Victor Elias• Margit and Melvin Silverman• Galina Vaisman and Paul Winestock• Jodi and Eric Block, in memory of Sharon Kirsh• Keren Brown and Jonathan Ohayon• Gary Clement and Gill Lefkowitz, in memory of Max Clement• Benjamin Cohen and Jane Rimmer• Lucille and Mickey Narun, in memory of their parents• Harry Schachter• Melanie Segal and Daniel Stern, in memory of Shifra & Haskell
Segal• Maureen Shandling and Sheldon Levitt• Caroline Silverman and Jordan Wosnick• Sharone Bar-David and Rob Schwartz, in honour of Linda
Lipsky and Rabbi Elkin• Miriam Diamond, in memory of Tova and Hillel Diamond• Elizabeth Ennis and Warren Milne, in memory of Michael
Rumack• Ilene Golvin and Philip Mass• Lili Little and Mitchel Smith, wishing Liz Bohnen and Allen
Piggott mazel tov on their recent move• Lili Little and Mitchel Smith, wishing Julia Gluck and Ted
Overton mazel tov on the engagement of their son Jess to Ayelet Mizrahi
• Lili Little and Mitchel Smith, wishing Anne Matlow and John Bohnen mazel tov on the birth of their grandson
• Lili Little and Mitchel Smith, wishing Marsha Frydenberg and Michael Boyd Shana Tova and thanking them for all their work
• Lucille and Mickey Narun, in memory of Justine Silver’s father, Joseph Fields
• Robert Weinstein• Dyanoosh Youssefi
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MEMBERSHIP SUBSIDY FUND CONT’D
• Samantha Berman and Rael Rifkind, in memory of Doreen and Michael Rifkind
• Rosalie Evans, in memory of her parents Lillian and Joseph Evans
• Lili Little and Mitchel Smith, wishing Joel Edelson a refuah shlemah
• Morton Beiser and Timothy Hunt• Michael Brown and Nadira Kahn• Pazit Cahlon• The Edith and Bernard Ennis Foundation, in memory of
Michael Rumack• The Edith and Bernard Ennis Foundation, in memory of Lisa
Weintraub• Esther and Ben Geva, in memory of Sarah and Yehuda Brull• Keren & Shalom Camenietzki• Diane Philipp and Robert Muller• Stacia Rubinovich, in memory of Fern Glass Rubinovich• Maggie Siggins and Gerald Sperling• David Wintre• Randee Pavalow, in honour of Janyce and Maurice Pavalow• Rona Sherebrin and Glenn Rubinoff• Lili Little, in honour of Rafi Lambert-Greene’s bar mitzvah
RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND• Anita and Albert Kerzner, in memory of Peter Gold• Sharon Weintraub, in honour of the yahrzeit of her father, Jacob
Weintraub• Brenda and Jerry Enchin, in honour of the yahrzeit of Jerry’s
father, Archie Enchin• Anonymous, in memory of Peter Gold• Philip Berger and Frederika Rotter, in memory of Chezi Zionce• Barbara and Isaac Dwosh, in memory of Peter Gold• Robin and Derek Penslar, in honour of the yahrzeit of Lewis
Levin• Peggy Solomon and Abe Hirsz, in memory of Peter Gold• Teddy Bercovici and Julie Seemangal, in memory of Joseph
Fields• Peikang Dai, wishing Joel Edelson a refuah shlemah• Tania Nardandrea-Isakovic and Adi Isakovic, in appreciation of
Rabbi Elkin’s support• Olga Palmateer, in memory of Peter Gold• Sarah Lambert and Scott Greene, in appreciation to Rabbi Elkin
for his guidance and support for their son Rafi’s Bar Mitzvah• Daniel Gelfant, in memory of his parents Maxine and Harry
Gelfant• Leonard Varah• Michael Daum and Lani Milstein
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• Naomi and Shmuel Sharir• Liz Bohnen, in memory of Georges Benarroch’s sister Yvette Solika
Ayache• Isabel and Mendl Malkin, wishing mazel tov to Julia Gluck and
Ted Overton on the engagement of their son Jess to Ayelet Mizrahi• Sharon Drache, in memory of J. Michael Sigel• Sharon Drache, in memory of Benjamin Levinter• Julia Gluck and Ted Overton, wishing Joel Edelson a refuah
shlemah• Sharon Drache, wishing Joel Edelson a refuah shlemah• Sharon Drache, in memory of Peter Gold• Sharon Drache, in honour of the birth of Erica and Elisha
Denburg’s son• Sharon Drache, in honour of Alexander Moss’s graduating high
school and his current attendance at Gilboa Yeshiva• Ali Aber & Jeffrey Krusner, thanking May and Dan Friedman for
their hospitality• Sylvia Bashevkin, thanking Rabbi Elkin for his inspiring leadership
of High Holiday services• Sylvia Bashevkin, thanking Rabbi Weiss for his inspiring leadership
of High Holiday services• Sylvia Bashevkin, in honour of Miriam Diamond for her
contributions to the MNjcc services• Sylvia Bashevkin, in honour of Shula and Tom Mor on the
occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary
WIDER COMMUNITY FUND
• Sharon Drache, in memory of Pearl Greenberg
TORAH FUND
• Beth McAuley, in memory of Harvey Roff• Brenda and Jerry Enchin, in memory of Harvey Roff• Hannah Brown, in memory of Peter Gold• Sharon Drache, in memory of Harvey Roff
TORAH FUND CONT’D
• Anita Shir-Jacob and Cyril Press, in honour of the yahrzeit of Anita’s father Eli Katzman
• Sarah Lambert and Scott Greene and family, in memory of Peter Gold
• Tanhum Yoreh and Shoshanna Saxe, in memory of Peter Gold• Tamara, Janet and Sharon Brooks in honour of the yahrzeit of
their mother Shirley Brooks
YOUTH FUND
• Lenore and Jonathan Bromberg, wishing Sarah Lambert and Scott Greene mazel tov on Rafi’s Bar Mitzvah
• The Livak-Komaromi Family, in honour of Rafi-Lambert Greene’s Bar Mitzvah
• Sarah Colman and Jared Peck, in honour of Rafi Lambert-Greene’s Bar Mitzvah
• William and Karen Smith, in honour of Mitchel Smith’s 80th birthday
• Hannah Brown, in memory of Arthur Greenberg
SOCIAL ACTION FUND
• Judith Librach and Ryan Peck, in memory of Peter Gold• Judith Librach and Ryan Peck, in memory of Harvey Roff• Brenda and Jerry Enchin, in honour of Malka Elkin• Alison and Joshua Engel-Yan, in memory of Peter Gold• Miriam Diamond, in honour of Rabbi Elkin for his inspiration
and energy to lead us through the High Holiday services• Miriam Diamond, in honour of Rabbi Weiss and Nora Gold for
their inspiration and energy to lead us through the High Holiday services
• Miriam Diamond, wishing Joel Edelson a refuah shlemah• Miriam Diamond, wishing Dianne Saxe a refuah shlemah• Mona and Jacques Kornberg, wishing Joel Edelson a refuah
shlemah
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13 Kislev
14 Kislev
14 Kislev
15 Kislev
15 Kislev
16 Kislev
16 Kislev
17 Kislev
17 Kislev
17 Kislev
Salmon Isaac James
Jack Starkman
Michael Mandel
Harry Golden
Harry Silverberg
Belmore Weinstein
Rachel Kofsky
Cela Iancovici
Cela Kuperhause
David Weidman
Ethelda Weinstein
Marion Meacham
James Blugerman
Bernard Mass
Stewart Saxe
Minnie Kamenir
Donna Schachter
Clara Klein
Israel Lichtshein
Myles Sheldon Robinson
Edward Ezra Cohen
Sol Feferman
Eva Rubenzahl
Regina Beiser
Estelle Schacter
Alexander Chernick
Nechama Schlanger
Lillian Starkman
Irving Feder
Beulah Wagman
Edah Goldstein
Burton Weiser
Sydney Phillips
Molly Lyon
Wilfred Yaphe
Jack Goldberg
Samuel Palef
Goldie Title
Pinchas Chai Sofioff
Devorah Dublin
Stephen Roth
Norbert Loewenstein
Albert Peretz
Solomon Nusbaum
Esther Matlow
Eleanor Ruth Leikin
18 Kislev
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21 Kislev
22 Kislev
22 Kislev
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24 Kislev
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28 Kislev
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29 Kislev
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29 Kislev
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30 Kislev
1 Tevet
1 Tevet
1 Tevet
2 Tevet
2 Tevet
2 Tevet
3 Tevet
3 Tevet
4 Tevet
5 Tevet
6 Tevet
6 Tevet
6 Tevet
7 Tevet
7 Tevet
7 Tevet
8 Tevet
9 Tevet
9 Tevet
9 Tevet
10 Tevet
10 Tevet
Joseph Louis Silverman
Arnold Clairman
Abraham Press
Lila Zuker
Rose Weyman
Gerald Smith
Irwin Fisher
Isaac Jacobson
Alex Rothman
David Isaac
Molly Weinstein
Aryeh Haimovitz
Gail Dublin
Peter Harris
Steven Robert Blumberger
Sandra Weisman
Margot James
Sidney Levinson
Connie Robinson
Frooma Epstein
Alice Nusbaum
Morris Kamenir
Stella Rimmer
Dova Beryl Savan
Rachel Edelson
Willem Evan Murray
Albert Joseph Presement
Jack Schoenfeld
Bessie Leah Bobrow
David Beiles
Jacob Jacobs
Linda Richman
Joan Hope
Alex Rubin
Sandy Halberstam
Sid Cohen
Annette Blugerman
Henry (Henach) Kagan
Anna Kalikow
Rachel Rice
Pinia Title
Sonia Lion
Vicky Bach
Rose Schoenfeld
Bessie Greenblatt
father of Frances Enchin
father of Harvey Starkman
husband of Karen Golden
father of Ronald Golden
father of Jackie Silverberg
father of Sue Weinstein
sister of Lawrence Lofchick
mother of Rodica Rubinstein
mother of Jacob Kuperhause
father of Michael Weidman
mother of Sue Weinstein
mother of Tirzah Meacham
father of Olga Palmateer
father of Philip Mass
husband of Dianne Saxe
mother of Sandra Kamenir
wife of Harry Schachter
mother of Jack Klein
father of Dan Aviv
father of Brenlee Robinson and
Shayne Robinson
brother of Ben Carniol
father of Irv Feferman
mother of Sam Rubenzahl
mother of Morton Beiser
mother of Marla Schacter
father of Lili Little
sister of Miriam Schlanger
mother of Harvey Starkman
father of Allan Feder
mother of Laraine Naft
mother of Evelyn Schaefer
father of Kalman Weiser
father of Rhona Phillips-Carniol
mother of Israel Lyon
father of Joel Yaphe
father of Lucille Narun
father of Allan Palef
mother of Nancy Sternberg
father of Rachel Jacobus
sister of Max Dublin
husband and father of Sheila Roth,
Dara Roth Edney, Ava Roth, Elie Roth
and the late Lev Roth
husband of Ursula Loewenstein
father of Smadar Peretz
father of Ruth Leneman
mother of Anne Matlow Bohnen
granddaughter of Rosalie Shapiro and
Steven Leikin
father of Melvin Silverman
husband of Holli-Ellen Clairman
father of Cyril Press
mother of Elaine Gold
mother of David Weyman
father of Mitchel Smith
father of Deborah Fisher
father of Edythe Jacobson
father of Ben Rothman
husband of Barbara Schacter
mother of Earl Weinstein
husband of Phillis Willer
mother of Max Dublin
husband of Beverly Harris
father of Daniel Blumberger
mother of Karen Weisman
mother of Frances Enchin
father of Ronnie Levinson Burbank
mother of Brenlee Robinson and
Shayne Robinson
mother of Aura Kagan
wife of Mitchell Brown and sister of
Ruth Leneman
father of Sandra Kamenir
mother of Jane Rimmer
mother of Robert Savan
mother of Joel Edelson
brother of Michael Murray
father of Ricki Grushcow
father of Stuart Schoenfeld
mother of Karen Bass
husband and father of Daniel Beiles
and Janice Beiles
father of Helene Jacobs
sister of Alan Banack
sister of Alan Hoffmann and Jack
Hoffmann
father of Benjamin Rubin
mother of Yosh Halberstam
brother of Ben Carniol
mother of Olga Palmateer
father of Manfred Kagan
mother of Louis Kalikow
mother of Wallace Rice
father of Nancy Sternberg
mother of Asya Kovnat- Ezer
mother of Sarah Wyld
mother of Stuart Schoenfeld
mother of Jack Greenblatt
YARHZEIT ANNIVERSARIES
“May their souls be bound up in the bond of everlasting life.” ויצרור בצרור החיים את נשמותיהם
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11 Tevet
11 Tevet
12 Tevet
12 Tevet
13 Tevet
14 Tevet
15 Tevet
15 Tevet
16 Tevet
16 Tevet
16 Tevet
17 Tevet
17 Tevet
17 Tevet
18 Tevet
19 Tevet
19 Tevet
20 Tevet
21 Tevet
21 Tevet
22 Tevet
24 Tevet
24 Tevet
24 Tevet
25 Tevet
28 Tevet
29 Tevet
25 Tevet
1 Shevat
2 Shevat
2 Shevat
3 Shevat
3 Shevat
3 Shevat
3 Shevat
3 Shevat
4 Shevat
4 Shevat
4 Shevat
Edith Bernice Schwartz
Jennifer Mendelsohn
Esther Myers
Haim Michael Aaron
Pearl Propas
Manny Kirschenbaum
Esther Bashevkin
Ervin Szamosi
Norman Bresko
Pearl Brown
Imre Joseph Komaromi
Edith Ennis
Molly Lipsky
Moshe Yoseph Aaron
Joseph H. Beiser
Julie Goodbaum
Sydney Sharpe
Rose Klein
Beatrice Letovsky
Gabriel Grushcow
Max Klein
Lily Fineberg
Florence Richmond
Frances Rothman
Edith Singer
Saul Morris Pascal
Jeffrey Bernard Davis
Harry Cherney
Michael Rifkind
Freda Solomon Gann
Frank Epstein
Rubin Jacobs
Joseph S. Rosenberg
Betty Sevitt
Ron Joseph
Esther Levin
Rose Enchin
Henry Albert
Ruth Leikin
4 Shevat
5 Shevat
5 Shevat
5 Shevat
6 Shevat
6 Shevat
6 Shevat
7 Shevat
7 Shevat
8 Shevat
9 Shevat
9 Shevat
9 Shevat
10 Shevat
13 Shevat
13 Shevat
13 Shevat
14 Shevat
15 Shevat
16 Shevat
16 Shevat
16 Shevat
16 Shevat
17 Shevat
17 Shevat
17 Shevat
17 Shevat
18 Shevat
21 Shevat
22 Shevat
23 Shevat
23 Shevat
23 Shevat
24 Shevat
Sophie Cooper
Penina Chaya Davis
Pearl Dwosh
Michael Aronovitch
Libbie Gold
Iosif Samoilovich Livak
Moshe Benjamin
Schonbach
Barry Zachary Schacter
Chaim Goldstein
Joseph Kerzner
Sylvia Burstein
Jacob Moshinsky
Sydney Robins
Dan Merkur
Daniel Bohnen
Judith Bohnen
Ceceil Levinson
Esterka Rozenblat
Joan Jacoby
Chaim Kleiman
Sonia Blitz
Helen Mendelsohn
Alva Trossman
Mary Malkin
Lilian Ruth Stein
Davidovitz
Louis Shenfeld
Muriel Fogel
Harry Lipsky
Sarah Chernick
Livia Plaks
Janyce Pavalow
Annie Petroff
Froim (Ephraim) Merkur
Estrella Schneeweiss
mother of Hart Schwartz
mother of Noa Mendelsohn-Aviv
daughter of Louis Myers
brother of Miriam Schlanger
mother of Lorne Propas
father of Janet Horowitz
mother of Sylvia Bashevkin
father of Eli Szamosi
father of Gitta Rice
mother of Irving Brown
father of Ann Komaromi
mother of Elizabeth Ennis
mother of Linda Lipsky
brother of Miriam Schlanger
father of Morton Beiser
father of Mark Goodbaum
father of Steven Sharpe
sister of Jack Klein
mother of Eric Letovsky
father of Marc Grushcow and Hilary
Goldenberg
father of Jack Klein
mother of Rosalie Shapiro
mother of Ann Golden
mother of Ben Rothman
mother of Nancy Singer
father of Paul Pascal
brother of Jim Davis
father of Lawrence Cherney
father of Rael Rifkind
mother of Andrew Gann
father of Aura Kagan
father of Gordon Jacobs
father of Howard Rosenberg
mother of Peter Sevitt
brother of Marion Hoffmann
sister of Michael Levin
mother of Gerald Enchin
father of Lori Albert
mother of Steven Leikin
mother of Moe Cooper
daughter of Jim Davis and Anna
Korteweg
mother of Isaac Dwosh
father of Lawrence Aronovitch
mother of Elaina Gold
father of Leonid Livak
father of Avi Schonbach
father of Yael Schacter
father of Sheine Mankovsky
brother of Albert Kerzner
mother of Anita Kerzner
father of Moises Moshinsky
father of Ricki Sharpe
brother of Laila Lipetz and
Celia Hirsh
father of Liz Bohnen
mother of Liz Bohnen
mother of Ronnie Levinson Burbank
mother of Lala Loon
mother of Alan Jacoby
father of Beatrice Myers
mother of Etti Miller
mother of Eric Mendelsohn
mother of Jeff Trossman
mother of Mendl Malkin
mother of William Davidovitz
father of Avery Shenfeld
mother of Joshua Fogel
father of Linda Lipsky
mother of Lili Little
mother of Jason Plaks
mother of Randee Pavalow
mother of Shaya Petroff
father of Laila Lipetz and
Celia Hirsh
mother of Suzan Schneeweiss
YARHZEIT ANNIVERSARIES
“May their souls be bound up in the bond of everlasting life.” ויצרור בצרור החיים את נשמותיהם
OUR CONDOLENCES TO…
Elaana Fields-Shvartsman and Justine Silver, on the loss of their father Joseph Fields
Co-Presidents Avi Schonbach & Hart Schwartz
Vice President Anna Pace
Secretary Roz Train
Treasurer Stephen Benjamin
Past-President Liz Bohnen
Adult Education Brenlee Robinson
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Simon Houpt
Building Mickey Narun
Communications Reuven Shlozberg
Food Lorne Cappe
Governance Barry Pervin
Hesed Jodi Block
Israel Georges Benarroch [email protected]
High Holidays Roz Train
Membership & Shul Community David Barkin
Ritual Lawrence [email protected]
Social Action Ryan Peck
Wider Community Micky Fraterman
Youth Jennifer Gold & Nathan Perlis
Staff
Rabbi Edward Elkin [email protected]
Tefillah Coach Ruth Rohn
Family & Youth Engagement Sabrina Friedman
Director of Administration Marsha Frydenberg [email protected]
Administration Michael Boyd
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Che
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2 /
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Can
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5:4
9 pm
Serv
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6:0
0 pm
3 /
Che
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Shab
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0 pm
Hav
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57 p
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4 /
Che
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Turn
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1 h
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Sund
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n 9:
00 a
m
5 /
Che
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6 /
Che
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n 28
CSA
4:0
0 pm
7 /
Che
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n 29
Intr
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tion
to R
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Par
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7:
00 p
m
8 /
Che
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n 30
Ros
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9 /
Kis
lev
1 R
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Cho
desh
Kis
lev
Can
dle
Ligh
ting
4:4
0 pm
Serv
ices
6:0
0 pm
10 /
Kis
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2
Shab
bat T
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:00
amK
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n G
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1:00
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Hav
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e, 5
:45
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5:48
pm
11 /
Kis
lev
3
Sund
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n 9:
00 a
m
12 /
Kis
lev
4
Bar
/Bat
Mit
zvah
Cla
ss, 5
:15
pm
13 /
Kis
lev
5
CSA
4:0
0 pm
14 /
Kis
lev
6
Talk
wit
h A
mir
Tib
on, 7
:00
pm
15 /
Kis
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716
/ K
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v 8
Can
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Ligh
ting
4:3
3 pm
Serv
ices
6:0
0 pm
17 /
Kis
lev
9
Shab
bat V
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zei
Serv
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9:0
0 am
Post
Kid
dush
talk
with
Vic
tor W
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Hav
dala
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41 p
m
18 /
Kis
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10
Sund
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n 9:
00 a
mB
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Mee
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, 7:0
0 pm
19 /
Kis
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1120
/ K
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v 12
CSA
4:0
0 pm
Yout
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:00
pm
21 /
Kis
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1322
/ K
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v 14
23 /
Kis
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15
Can
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Ligh
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4:28
pm
Serv
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6:0
0 pm
24 /
Kis
lev
16
Shab
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hlac
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es 9
:00a
m,
Tefil
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Cla
ss, 9
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1:00
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36 p
m
25 /
Kis
lev
17
Sund
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n 9:
00 a
m
26 /
Kis
lev
18
Bar
/Bat
Mitz
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Cla
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:15
pm
27 /
Kis
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19
CSA
4:0
0 pm
28 /
Kis
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2029
/ K
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v 21
30 /
Kis
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22
Can
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4:2
4 pm
Serv
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6:0
0 pm
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23
Shab
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Shab
bat M
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chim
Serv
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9:0
0 am
Yout
h Sh
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tH
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5:33
pm
2 /
Kis
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24
Cha
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3 /
Kis
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25
Cha
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Bar
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Mit
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Cla
ss, 5
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pm
4 /
Kis
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26
Cha
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h 3r
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CSA
4:0
0 pm
Shin
Shin
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nig
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5 /
Kis
lev
27
Cha
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Ken
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Gar
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Han
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pm
6 /
Kis
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28
Cha
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7 /
Kis
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29
Cha
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Can
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Ligh
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4:2
2 pm
Serv
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6:0
0 pm
8 /
Kis
lev
30
Shab
bat M
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Cho
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Tev
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5:31
pm
Cha
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9 / T
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Sund
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10 /
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Cha
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5 pm
11 /
Tev
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CSA
4:0
0 pm
12 /
Tev
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13 /
Tev
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14 /
Tev
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Can
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Ligh
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4:2
3 pm
Serv
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6:0
0 pm
15 /
Tev
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Shab
bat V
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Serv
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9:0
0 am
Tefil
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0 pm
Hav
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32 p
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16 /
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Sund
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mB
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0 pm
17 /
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18 /
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Fast
of
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19 /
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21 /
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Can
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4:25
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6:0
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22 /
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4
Shab
bat V
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5:35
pm
23 /
Tev
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5
Sund
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00 a
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Sund
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00 a
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30 /
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24 /
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6
31 /
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3
25 /
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27 /
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28 /
Tev
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29 /
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1
Shab
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5:39
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2 / T
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25
3 / T
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26
4 / T
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27
Can
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4:3
6 pm
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6:0
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5 / T
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28
Shab
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Serv
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9:0
0 am
Hav
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46 p
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6 / T
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29
Sund
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m
7 /
Shev
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Ros
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8 /
Shev
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9 /
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10 /
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411
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Can
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4:4
3 pm
Serv
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6:0
0 pm
12 /
She
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6
Shab
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am
Hav
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13 /
She
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7
Sund
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00 a
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14 /
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8
Bar
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Mit
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Cla
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pm
15 /
She
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916
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17 /
She
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1118
/ S
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Can
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Ligh
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4:5
2 pm
Serv
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6:0
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19 /
She
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13
Shab
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Serv
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9:0
0 am
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6:02
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20 /
She
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14
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00 a
mTu
Bis
hvat
sed
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m
21 /
She
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15
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22 /
She
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1623
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24 /
She
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18
25 /
She
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19
Can
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Ligh
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5:01
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Serv
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6:0
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26 /
She
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20
Shab
bat Y
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9:0
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Self-
Cat
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Kid
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H
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6:11
pm
27 /
She
vat
21
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00 a
mB
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mee
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, 7:0
0 pm
28 /
She
vat
22
Bar
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Mit
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Cla
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pm
29 /
She
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2330
/ S
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31 /
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25
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