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THIS IS THE 2016/5777 HIGH HOLIDAY BULLETIN

Schedule of Services and Events Sat. Sept. 17 (offsite) Bat Mitzvah of Madeline Zelovitzky, daughter of David & Jennifer Zelovitzky Sat. Sept. 24 10am

Bat Mitzvah of Amélie Philipp Kirshner, daughter of Ron Philipp & Mirah Kirshner

Sat. Sept. 24 (offsite) Bar Mitzvah of Jonathan Sherman, son of Emily Rayson & Michael Sherman SEE HIGH HOLIDAY SCHEDULE ON PAGE 2

Sat. Oct. 8

10am

Bat Mitzvah of Rebekah Wise & Noah Waserman Meinhard, daughters of Naomi Wise & Peter St. Laurent / Lori Waserman & Doron Meinhard

Fri. Nov. 4

8:15

Kabbalat Shabbat

Sat. Nov. 5

(offsite) Bar Mitzvah of Adam Smith son of Jason Smith & Amy Sieger

Sun. Nov. 6

11am

Holocaust Education Week - The Ship To Nowhere – On Board The Exodus.

Tue. Nov. 8

7pm

Holocaust Education Week - Confronting the Demon - Dispelling the Demon

Sat. Nov. 12

(offsite) Bar Mitzvah of Ben Tanenbaum, son of Jodi & Andrew Tanenbaum

Sat. Nov. 19

10am

Fri. Dec. 9

5:30pm Tot Shabbat

Fri. Dec. 9

6:15pm Potluck/ Kabbalat Shabbat

Bar Mitzvah of Henry Sigel, son of Derek Sigel & Shannon O’Hearn

Sun Dec. 25 to Sun Jan. 1 Chanukah

Mazal Tovs on Recent Bar/Bat Mitzvahs ❖❖

Ethan Gerry, son of Marcie Goldhar & Noel Gerry

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Maddy Blanc, daughter of Naomi Azrieli & Francois Blanc

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Noam Doron, son of Kim Doron & Ori Doron

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SCHEDULE OF 2016/5777 HIGH HOLIDAYS Religious Leaders: Eli Rubenstein, Rabbi Noam Katz Cantor & Choir Director: Aviva Rajsky Associate Cantor & Children’s Service Leader: Kim Doron Date

Service

Sun. Oct. 2

Erev Rosh Hashana

Mon. Oct. 3.

Rosh Hashana (first Day)

Tues. Oct. 4

Rosh Hashana (Second Day)

Tues. Oct. 11

Kol Nidre (Erev Yom Kippur)

Early Service 6:00pm* 8:30am

Children’s Service (22 Glen Park)

Wed. Oct. 12

Late Service 11:00am

9:15am-10:15am

11:15am-12:15pm 10:00am*

6:00pm

Yom Kippur Children’s Service (22 Glen Park)

8:30pm

8:30am

11:00am

9:15am-10:15am

11:15am-12:15pm

Tashlich (at Alexander Muir Park)

4:00pm*

Mincha, Ne’ilah (service resumes)

5:15pm*

Havdalah (children welcome)

7:15pm*

Sun. Oct 16

Pizza in the Hut with the Jewish Heritage School

10:00am*

Mon Oct. 24

Sukkot/Shmini Atzeret Yiskor Service

10:00am*

Simchat Torah *One service only, start time as indicated

7:00pm*

Children’s Services: Habonim will hold children’s services at the church across the street at 22 Glen Park. Services will be held on the first day of Rosh Hashana and on Yom Kippur. There will be two service times for each day: 9:15am-10:15 am and 11:15am- 12:15 am. The services are very participatory and hands-on. They are geared towards elementary school-aged children. Some older children might find the service engaging, while others will prefer the regular service. They are welcome to attend either. Note that children should not be left unsupervised at the children’s service. At least one adult is expected to attend the service with a child or group of children. Your High holiday tickets may be used for admission to any of the children’s services.

High Holiday Tickets All high holiday tickets ordered before September 12th were mailed out with the bulletin. Tickets ordered after this date will be sent out separately or may require pick up. If you have not made arrangements for tickets please contact the office at [email protected] *Please note there are no guest tickets available for High Holidays this year. There is simply not enough room. It is important for Congregation Habonim's long term stability to give priority to members over guests.

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PLEASE PLAY A ROLE IN OUR HOLIDAY SERVICES! High Holidays are just around the corner and we are now making arrangements for members to help with the services. The type of help we require includes English readings, lifting the Torah, opening the Ark, and in some cases reading Hebrew for an Aliyah. To help services run smoothly, please offer your help in one of these areas. Remember, it is a mitzvah to have an honour at services. Please send an email with the following information:

1. The names of all family member willing to participate and a phone number 2. What you are willing to help with: Reading an English Prayer, Lifting the Torah, Opening the Ark, doing an Aliyah or ANY OF THE ABOVE 3. Which services you will be attending: Erev Rosh Hashana, Rosh Hashana Day 1, Rosh Hashana Day 2, Kol Nidre, Yom Kippur 4. Whether you attend the early or the late service It is essential that you are precise and thorough with the above information as it makes the job a lot easier. Thanks in advance for your assistance, Joanie Smith - [email protected]

First look inside our new building

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Governance Report By Shelly Haber Three Board sub committees have now been established; Governance & Nominating; Finance, Audit & Cemetery; and Programming and Education. The fourth committee, Human Resources will be set up shortly. Governance & Nominating’s purpose is: To build and maintain a comprehensive and effective governance structure that formalizes the respective roles, interrelationship and allocation of responsibility between the Board and professional management and creates a culture of accountability and transparency. Chair: Stephen Halperin Members: Lauren Black, Cliff Lax, Daniel Libman Finance, Audit & Cemetery’s purpose is: To assist the Board in carrying out its duties in regard to financial management and reporting, legal compliance and cemetery plot obligations. Chair: Rick Glatt Members: Sonny Goldstein, Mark Grammer, Jamie Grundman, David Steinberg Programming and Education’s purpose is: To provide the Board with advice and guidance regarding the programs and educational services provided by Habonim and where possible oversee implementation. Chairs: Eynat Katz, Aviva Rajsky Members: Maxine Cadsby, Cheryl Grammer, Carly Libman, Susan Liebel, Ex Officio: Eli Rubenstein, Yodfat Snir Mandil

Birth Announcement Mazel tov to Jonah and Daria Kagan on the birth of their daughter Katherine Rose born April 14, 2016. Granddaughter of Marsha Kagan and the late Kenneth Kagan.

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BUILDING CAMPAIGN APPEAL By Ted Rechtshaffen

Our Future is Now…

This past year saw the launch of the campaign that will enable us to build a beautiful, understated new synagogue.

Tremendous energy and thought went into selecting the right design and architect to continue and build on the special character of Habonim - joy, warmth, inclusiveness and learning from Jewish history. It quickly became clear there was no better choice than one of our own members, Guela Solow Ruda, to best understand and incorporate that spirit into the design. Guela’s preliminary drawings created immediate momentum for the campaign. Features that include a beautiful enclosed courtyard behind the bimah, modern facilities for our school, a unique memorial to Holocaust survivors, and a special tribute to the roots of Habonim, all led to the understanding that we are about to create something very special.

A campaign goal of $9.5 million was set based on anticipated costs and contingencies and with the hope that the vast majority of members would grasp the moment and seize the opportunity to be part of creating a new home for our current members and generations to come.

And so the canvassing began… Judy & Larry Tanenbaum, Maxine Granovsky-Gluskin & Ira Gluskin, Naomi Azrieli & Francois Blanc, and Denyse and Don Green all stepped forward with remarkable leadership gifts to help create momentum for success. Our congregation is truly blessed to have attracted community leaders who appreciate Habonim’s values and vision. A series of parlour meetings were hosted by lead donors where small groups of members were invited to hear first-hand of plans for our future. Once again, the reaction was superb and resulted in 60 pledges that now total $6.5 million, a remarkable accomplishment in a very short period of time.

All this is to bring you up to speed on the campaign, to thank those who have already stepped forward with a gift, and to ask for the support of those who have not yet made a commitment as we raise the remaining $3 million needed to make this campaign an overwhelming success. Participation is key - not only to our fundraising but to our collective sense of ownership. If every one of our families gives appropriate to their means, we will have a new Shul with little or no debt – that is our goal.

Our campaign team includes Eli, Aviva, me, Stephen Cole, Neil Harris, David Gotfrid and Debra Kwinter. Eli and Aviva have brought a very genuine enthusiasm and joy to the effort. We all feel the opportunity is very special and there is real delight and appreciation with each gift.

Because our canvassers are few in number, you can be tremendously helpful by initiating the discussion and reaching out to me or to any member of our campaign team with whom you feel comfortable speaking. We would like to share with you the design and answer any questions you and your family might have. Any of the following would be more than happy to have the conversation with you: Eli Rubenstein

Aviva Rajsky

416-605-0850

[email protected]

416-597-4117

[email protected]

Ted Rechtshaffen 416-807-6222 Neil Harris

[email protected]

416-258-7699

[email protected]

Stephen Cole

David Gotfrid

416-364-9701 416-822-0711

Debra Kwinter 416-471-4666

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

It is important to receive pledges from as many members as possible by the end of the High Holidays, so that building plans can be finalized based on commitments made. We want to commence demolition and site work as soon as possible after High Holidays 2016.

We are very close to embarking on a new chapter in the history of Habonim. Please respond generously, remembering that pledges can be paid over a 5-year period and are fully tax deductible.

We look forward to your generous support. With appreciation,

Ted Rechtshaffen President, Habonim

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Come to Programs at Habonim for Holocaust Education Week Date & Time: Sun., Nov. 6, 11:00 a.m. Program Title: The Ship to Nowhere – On Board the Exodus,

Published by Second Story Press

Rona Arato is the award-winning author of the children’s book The Last Train. Arato’s second book on the Holocaust, The Ship to Nowhere – On Board the Exodus, tells the story of 11-year-old Rachel Fletcher and her journey to Palestine. Books will be available for purchase and author signing following the program. Exodus 1947 was a ship that carried mostly Jewish survivors of he Holocaust on an attempted voyage to Palestine. Violently turned back by the British Royal Navy, all its passengers were deported back to Europe, eventually ending up in Displaced Persons camps in Germany, the last country in the world they would want to be sent to. In 1958, the book Exodus by Leon Uris, and in 1960, the film Exodus directed by Otto Preminger and starring Paul Newman, attest to the major impact of this event on world history.

Date & Time: Tue., Nov. 8, 7:00 p.m. Program Title: Confronting the Demon - Dispelling the Demon Eliane Labendz and Katka Reszke: two women on an identity quest. Growing up in a family of Polish-born Shoah survivors, Eliane was never told that she was Jewish nor much about Poland. Katka was born and raised in Poland with no awareness of her Jewish ancestry. They reveal their ways of making sense of experiences of memory and transition set against the landscape of troubled Polish-Jewish history, and a new curious present and future.

The Jewish Heritage School Notices The new school year is upon us. Our first day of Sunday classes began September 11, 9:30am – noon, and our Thursday classes began September 15, 4:30 – 6:00pm. We continue to accept registrations for both programs, but SPACE IS LIMITED. Please visit our website www.jewishheritageschool.org for registration forms, or contact Cathy Rechtshaffen at [email protected] for more information. Please join us for Pizza in the Hut as we celebrate Sukkot! There will be many fun activities and delicious pizza, so come out and shake the Lulav with us on Sunday, October 16, 2016 at 10AM – Noon/12:30. Habonim members, friends and extended family are welcome. Please RSVP with guest numbers to Cathy Rechtshaffen at habonimschool@ gmail.com before October 9th to ensure we have enough food for everyone.

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Syrian Refugee Family Update - by Paula Schipper The Midtown Syrian Refugee Sponsorship Group, composed of mostly Habonim members, has furnished an apartment thanks to items provided by several Habonim members and others. The group is hoping its sponsored family will arrive from Lebanon in the early autumn. Midtown is very thankful for the generous donation from Barry Green and for the help of staff at Greenrock Property Management, which enabled Midtown to set up the bright and comfortable apartment located near Don Mills and Lawrence. The Midtown Group can’t wait to welcome Khadije, Ahmad and their children Fatima and Ali to their new home. The New Beginnings Group includes Habonim member Debbie Shawn. The group joined with the Beth Tikvah sponsorship group in May as it turned out the two groups were sponsoring different members of the same family. This has worked out well for all concerned. On June 22, the mother, sister, and two nephews of Syrian relatives already living in Toronto arrived and New Beginnings was able to see them settled in their new apartment in the beginning of August. New Beginnings has just been advised that the last

two family members, a niece and her husband, will arrive on September 12, so they are very excited. The group is looking for a one bedroom apartment for them that is close to the rest of the family in the Lawrence/ Victoria Park area. If Habonim members know of any available housing in the area, please be in touch with Debbie Shawn at [email protected].

Photo courtesy of iStock

Noam Doron, son of Kim Doron and Ori Doron, celebrates his Bar Mitzvah at Habonim

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Opening of Museum of Poles Rescuing Jews celebrated in Toronto The first museum honouring Poles who rescued Jews during the Holocaust was opened on March 17, 2016 in the village of Markowa, Poland. The opening was celebrated by Polish diplomatic posts all over the world, including Toronto, at Congregation Habonim. The museum, inspired by the fate of the Ulma family, presents the histories of Polish heroes during the 19391945 German occupation. The tragic history of the Ulma family shows, in a symbolic way, the fate of the many Poles who risked their lives and the lives of their loved ones. Any kind of help for Jews was punishable by death. The collective responsibility of whole families was subject to the most severe law that applied only in German-occupied Poland. The Ulma family hid eight Jews on their small farm – members of the Goldman, Grünfeld and Didner families. During the night of 24 March 1944, German military police entered the Ulma house. Józef Ulma and his pregnant wife Wiktoria, six of their children and the hidden Jews were all brutally killed in the presence of eyewitnesses. In 1995, Józef and Wiktoria Ulma were posthumously bestowed the titles of Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem. The process of beatification of the Ulma family has also begun. The ceremony in Markowa was attended by Polish President Andrzej Duda. “It is a very moving museum. I am deeply grateful and on behalf of the Republic of Poland, on behalf of fellow Poles, I would like to thank those who made this museum possible,” said President Andrzej Duda during the opening ceremony in Markowa. “May this museum, next to others, bear great witness to tragic, but good memory and let it also serve as a warning for all of us and everyone who will visit this museum what hatred and contempt can do to people,” the President added. Just a few hours after the solemn opening of the Museum in Markowa, members of Polish and Jewish

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President Andrzej Duda in Markowa

communities in Ontario gathered at Congregation Habonim in Toronto to celebrate that occasion. The event was organized by the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Toronto in cooperation with Congregation Habonim, and the Polish Jewish Heritage Foundation. The venue of the event was very symbolic as Habonim is one of the first synagogues founded in Canada by those who managed to escape the Nazi persecutions in Europe and Holocaust survivors, who were also present at Habonim synagogue. “In 1942, the majority of Markowa’s Jews were murdered by Germans. The Germans also coerced some of the village’s inhabitants, on the threat of death, to search for Jews in hiding. 25 captured victims were murdered by the German military police. In spite of that, nine Polish families continued to hide Jews. The Ulmas were among them. In the spring of 1944, they were betrayed. German gendarmes murdered Józef and Wiktoria Ulma and their six children. Along with them perished the families they were sheltering,” said ambassador Marcin Bosacki during the ceremony. “Next to the Polin Museum in Warsaw, the museum in Markowa is the most important place devoted to the common Polish-Jewish history that was created in Poland in the last two years. I strongly encourage you to visit Poland and both of the museums,” he added.

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A special applause was given to the Riesenbach family, whose ancestors, Yakel and Eta survived the war in Markowa, sheltered by their Polish neighbors, the Bar family. When helping Jews in the village of Markowa is mentioned, the Ulma family usually comes to mind first. But the Bars were also heroes. In late autumn of 1942, Józef and Ida Riesenbach appeared at their doorstep and asked the Bars for shelter. The Bars were poor but they nevertheless shared everything they had – which was not much and there was often not enough bread for everyone – with their secret guests. The Riesenbachs stayed with the Bars until 1944.

Sally Wasserman, saved as a child by a Polish family from the Dąbrowa Gornicza ghetto liquidation also shared her touching story of human solidarity. Mikołaj Turkin, by profession a teacher, worked in the ghetto reading electricity meters. There, he got to know the Goldblum family and decided to help them. He brought them food and warned when German operations would take place. In July 1943, in the evening preceding the liquidation of the ghetto, he led their daughter Salusia (currently Sally Wasserman) into the “Aryan side” and took her into his home. She remained with the Turkin for nearly two years and was treated as a member of the family. At the end of the War, she ended up at a The audience had also the opportunity to hear a very Jewish orphanage in Gliwice from where, in 1947, she moving story of Franciszek Pasławski, one of the last was taken to Canada. Polish Righteous among the Nations living in North America and the last one living in Canada. Franciszek Professor Piotr Wróbel, a historian specializing Pasławski, born in 1922, lived with his parents and in Central European Studies at the University of younger siblings in the village of Dobrowody near Toronto elaborated on the complexed, and nuanced Buczacz situated in Tarnopol province. After the last circumstances of Polish help to Jews during World liquidation action conducted in the ghetto of Buczacz War II. An ecumenical prayer was conducted by the in June 1943, Regina Zuhler and her sister Mina Habonim’s spiritual leader Eli Rubenstein and the Salzman with daughter Bina hid at the local peasants’ Reverend Marian Gil, provincial of the Missionary houses for many months. Then they asked Franciszek Oblates of Mary Immaculate, serving the Polish for help. He introduced the fugitives to his family as diaspora in Canada. Habonim’s Cantor Aviva Rajsky acquaintances from Buczacz that had lost their homes offered a beautiful vocal performance dedicated to the as a result of warfare. He used the same explanation Holocaust victims, survivors, and Righteous Gentiles. in his conversations with neighbors. The women lived The event featured a broadcast of the celebrations in safely in the village until July 1944. Markowa attended by the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, the Ambassador of Israel to Poland, Anna Azari, the Chief Rabbi of Poland Michael Schudrich and Archibishop Stanisław Gądecki. Two touching films produced for that very occasion were screened: “Without a doubt” featuring the Righteous Franciszek Pasławski and the family he saved, currently living in Israel, and “Candles of Kindness,” the story of Joe Gottdenker, another survivor saved thanks to the helping hand extended by Poles.

Righteous Among The Nations Franciszek Pasławski and Polish Ambassador Marcin Bosacki at Habonim event

(Excerpted from the website of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland)

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The High Holidays: Make a Plan By Avrum Rosensweig The High Holidays are approaching and as Canadian Jews We must involve ourselves in the lives of the impoverished we must determine which issues we will fight on behalf of, families living in the same city we live in and be painfully aware there are children eating two or even one meal a day where we will place our hearts, what is our plan. One of the issues we must be focus on is Native rights and when so many of us are enjoying exaggerated feasts and imby extension, Jewish - Native relations. As Jews who have bibing on expensive French wine. suffered terribly throughout history at the hands of anti-Semites of all backgrounds; we know what injustice and inequality means.

We have seen with our own eyes, the little boy holding his hands high, victimized by Nazis, or today in Israel when Israeli men, women and children are under threat and attack by nasty terrorist movements in the north and south.

It is precisely because of this knowledge and experience we must continue to join hands with our Native brothers and sisters across Canada, the indigenous people, and ensure their right to self-determination; that they receive the same medical care allotment as the white man, the same judicial fairness as you and I, and the right to live in a warm home when the frigid and dangerous winter winds of western Canada blow or the hot summer sun of northern Ontario burn. As Jews who have been taught about fairness in our very dear Torah, we must also embrace the struggle of Afro-Canadians and Americans. Indeed, black lives do matter and it is not okay that a black man is shot indiscriminately and our police are not held accountable for such actions. While the Black Lives Matter’s manifesto inappropriately and stupidly mentions Israel 11 times, with little to no mention of real genocides and oppression in dozens of countries around the world, the cause still matters and we cannot afford to be held back by the (sometimes) anti-Israel and anti-Semitic jargon of recently empowered leaders. As Jews about to introspectively stand before God and our fellow human beings asking for forgiveness for the wrongs we have committed, it is essential we respond to the plight of millions of slaves in the world, some of whom are mere toddlers chained to sewing machines used to make the shirts and pants we so often wear.

As a Jew, when we stand in shul on the Days of Awe, it does not suffice to simply answer amen to a blessing or tilt our heads with regret as we tap our chest during the Al Chait prayer. We are a great people and therefore we must act great reaffirming our commitment to human rights and humanitarian issues. If we choose to work tirelessly on behalf of the Jewish people, kol hakavod, all the power to us. If we choose to work on behalf of the non-Jew, well done! We are all creations of God. But let us do something and do it with verve and a courageous heart.

Let us draw upon every inch of passion and compassion that lies within us as Jews, as people, as creations, and on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kipper say: This is my issue. I will fight for women who still get underpaid or I will battle for men inappropriately jailed, or I will rarely sleep knowing there are Holocaust survivors alone, without resources, only blocks away from me, needing my visit, needing to stroke my face in appreciation. My Jewish mishpacha, make your holidays special. Do not just attend the magnificent services Eli and his team construct but come with a plan. Know what you want to accomplish, how you want to cleanse. Determine an objective that includes being a stronger advocate and activist - for that's what being Jewish is. Determine on these days that you will stop making someone whom you love emotionally invisible. Tell yourself you will love more - for what is life without an abundance of love. Ensure you will do all you can for yourselves, Israel, the world in which we live and the family you co-created with the Almighty.

These are unique days. Know that and make them so for yourself, the Jewish people, all the world. Shana tova,

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Take a seat if you're looking to fulfill COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS or just be a mensch Habonim needs people to move chairs to the sanctuary at 10:30 am on Sunday October 2nd and 9th. Please contact [email protected]

Planning a party?

Please think of ECHOage and Habonim Habonim is now a registered charity with ECHOage! If you are hosting an ECHOage party, please think of selecting Habonim as the recipient of your generosity. If you are not having an ECHOage party, consider turning your celebrations into an opportunity to give back to the community. ECHOage.com is a website that helps to make birthdays and other parties more meaningful and socially responsible through online invitations and payment. Half of the money collected goes toward a gift to the party honouree and the other half goes to a charity selected by that honouree. Please select Habonim for your next party! Questions about using ECHOage? Feel free to contact Habonim member Lauren Black at [email protected].

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Mourning those who passed away in the last year: Erwin Greben Ari Firestone

Rebbetzin Gitel Rosensweig Andrea Gabor

Elsa Allen

Maxine Drevnig

Shirley Zuckerbrot

Rosa Cook

Faye Wayne

Lauren Rachlin

Phil Wynn

Valerie Good

Yahrzeits

Yahrzeit reminders are now being sent out. To receive your reminder please update your family Yahrzeits by logging onto your account on our website. If you would like any assistance please contact Robin in the office at 416-782-7125 or [email protected]

Honour the memory of your loved one with memorial plaque or a leaf on our Eitz Chaim Tree Oval Shaped leaf 4”x 2 ½“ $180 donation Brass Plaque 9”x 2”

$360 donation.

Please contact the office for more information.

Information and contributions to THE BULLETIN. Contact: Paula Schipper, [email protected] PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION www.congregationhabonim.org RELIGIOUS SCHOOL

www.jewishheritageschool.org

To SEND TRIBUTE & CONDOLENCE CARDS and to MAKE A DONATION:

Call Rhoda Sion at (416) 782-9663 or write to: 716-660 Eglinton Ave. W., Toronto M5N 1C3

Are you MOVING, CHANGING your ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER OR EMAIL? Call the Habonim office: Tel: 416-782-7125 or

Email: [email protected]

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President Ted Rechtshaffen, 416-322-0749

Habonim Office Robin Zionce-Garber - General Manager office: 416-782-7125 Email: [email protected] Religious Leader Eli Rubenstein, 416-398-2615 Email: [email protected] Cantors Cantor: Aviva Rajsky Contact: [email protected]

Associate Cantor: Kim Doron Contact: [email protected]

Jewish Heritage School Principal Yodfat Snir Mandil Contact: [email protected]