Page 16 – Ottawa Jewish Bulletin – August 25, 2008 and Victor Zuckerman; Lisa Feldman, Jeff and Logan Segall; Arlene Goodman; Diane and Allen Abramson; Helen Wiseman; and Sally Philippson Edith Sonken by Ruth and Irving Aaron Myer Vexler by Andrea and Michael Malek; and Janet and Norman Ironstone Lawrence Weiner by Ellen and Marty Cardash; and Ruth and Irving Aaron The dear brother of Annette Werk by Bela Gelbman (Continued from page 15)
Morris, Joseph, Robert and Andrea Abdulezer Elaine and Norman Wolfish Mazal tov on the birth of your granddaughter by Sarah and Arnie Swedler Helen and Rick Zipes Best wishes on the birth of your twin grandchildren. Mazal tov! Mazal tov! by Sarah and Arnie Swedler R’fuah Shlema: John Holzman by Sarah and Arnie Swedler Roslyn and Myles Taller Family Endowment Fund In Honour of: Morris Kimmel Wishing you a very happy birthday and many more by Roz and Myles Taller R’fuah Shlema: Lee Raskin by Roz and Myles Taller Milton and Mary (Terry) Viner Family Fund In Memory of: Moses (Chuck) Skulsky Schaenfield and Family
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Toby and Joel Yan Family Fund In Memory of: Beloved mother of Suzanna Rubin Bleuer and Mary Rubin Fried by Toby and Joel Yan Residents Feeding Program In Observance of the Yahrzeits of: A beloved mother, Betty Polowin and a beloved father, Philip Levenson a very generous donation was made by Stephen Polowin and Heidi Levenson-Polowin In Memory of: Sidney Lithwick by Mara and Isaac Muzikansky ********** IN MEMORY OF: Joseph Ages by the Partners at Ginsberg Gluzman Fage and Levitz LLP.; Stella, Jakob, Gabriella and Ethan Arbitman Anna Buch by Helen Trachtenburg Ida Gaffen by Carolyn Weiss Bella Gallaman by Ruth and Lawrence Mendell Martin Ginsburg by the Residents, Board and Staff of Hillel Lodge Betty Grossner by Belle Gitterman Harry Langsner by the Residents, Board and Staff of Hillel Lodge; the Oramax Family; and Carolyn Kobernick Joan and Harry Langsner by Dena Kingstone and Family Sidney Lithwick by the Residents, Board and Staff of Hillel Lodge Valery Perchikovsky by the Residents, Board and Staff of Hillel Lodge; and Ethel and David Malek and family Arnost Rodan by the Residents, Board and Staff of Hillel Lodge Moses (Chuck) Skulsky by the Residents, Board and Staff of Hillel Lodge; William Bloom; Jane and David Kuhnreich, Michelle and Dina; Annette Goldenberg; Gladys and John Greenberg; Ruth and Irving Aaron; Dorothy and Abe Shapransky and Family; Phil Waserman; Angela
IN HONOUR OF: Laya and Michael Abramowitz With best wishes on your 31st anniversary by Ruth and Irving Aaron Joanna and Ira Abrams Mazal tov and best wishes on the upcoming marriage of your son Jonathan by Lillian Kahan and Sally; and Linda and Steven Kerzner Vivian Caplan With our love and best wishes for a happy birthday by Annette and Jack Edelson Dina Edelson With our love and best wishes for a happy birthday by Annette and Jack Edelson Mark Froimovitch Mazal tov on your special birthday by Minda and Peter Wershof Ruth Fyman Wishing you the best of special birthdays to 120 by Ruth and Dale Fyman Arlene and Norm Glube Wishing you all the best on your 40th wedding anniversary by Janet and Norman Ironstone Janet and Norman Ironstone Mazal tov on your 40th wedding anniversary by Arlene and Norm Glube Ellie and Joel Kanigsberg Mazal tov on Sara and Kathy’s graduation and Mazal tov on Kathy’s engagement by Ruth and Dale Fyman Steve Kerzner Wishing you good health and happiness on your birthday by Lillian Kahan and Sally Leiba Krantzberg Mazal tov on your election as Vice President of B’nai Brith Canada by Rickie and Marty Saslove Ralph Levenstein Wishing you a happy birthday and all the best for a happy, healthy year by Laurie and Bill Chochinov Amnon Pasher Mazal tov on achieving this stage in life by Minda and Peter Wershof Liz Petigorsky and Semyon Ioffe Wishing you mazal tov, happiness and good health on your wedding by Linda and Steve Kerzner Issie Scarowsky In appreciation by Carol Weidman Adele and Jeff Sidney Mazal tov on David’s engagement by Ruth and Dale Fyman Gaye and Joel Taller Mazal tov on your son Adam’s engagement by Rickie and Marty Saslove Carol and Mark Tolchinsky Wishing you a happy anniversary and all the best for continued happiness and joy by Laurie and Bill Chochinov Dayna Zunder Mazal tov on the occasion of your Bat Mitzvah by Rhonda, Danny, Samuel, Zachary and Shelby Levine Lillian and Mark Zunder Mazal tov on the occasion of Dayna’s Bat Mitzvah. Wishing you and your family a safe trip toIsrael by Doreen and Ariel Arnoni R’FUAH SHLEMA: Agnes Sermann by Bela Gelbman The Foundation would like to thank the following: Lawrence Hershorn for a generous donation to the Lodge. Musica Ebraica for a generous donation to the Lodge. Arthur and Anne Silverman for an extremely generous donation to the Lodge and for their kindness in establishing the Anne and Arthur Silverman Family Fund.
David Katz is new student rabbi for Ottawa Reconstructionist Havurah By Ruth Silbert Ottawa Reconstructionist Havurah Rabbinical student David Katz will be joining the Ottawa Reconstructionist Havurah in September to lead High Holiday Services and provide on-going spiritual and liturgical leadership over the coming year. Katz grew up in New York City and lived in Florida and Texas before moving to Philadelphia to attend the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC). He is currently in his last year of studies and anticipates his rabbinic ordination in June 2009. During his time at RRC, Katz has served as a student rabbi for congregations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, as a chaplaincy intern and student rabbi for several Jewish senior communities and nursing homes in the Philadelphia area, and as the rabbinic intern for Greater Philadelphia’s Interfaith Family Support Network and for the Reconstructionist movement’s Youth Programming Network. Previously, Katz worked as the youth and program director at a synagogue in Texas, as the director of cultural programming at a Jewish community centre in Florida, and with troubled teenagers at Covenant House Texas. He was also a public school
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teacher for several years, teaching English and math in New York and Florida. The Havurah has also announced that rabbinical student Joseph Berman will serve as cantor for the High Holiday services. Berman, who is entering his fourth year at the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College in Boston, previously worked with community organizing groups in Kansas City and Seattle and spent a year doing peace and coexistence work in Jerusalem on a New Israel Fund Social Justice Fellowship. In 2006 Berman was a Rabbinic Leadership for Public Life fellow with the Jewish Funds for Justice studying congregation-based community organizing and interning as a student rabbi at Reconstructionist Congregation Bnai Keshet in Mont-
clair, New Jersey. He founded the first egalitarian minyan at Ben Gurion University in Be’er Sheva and frequently leads services at various minyanim, havurot and synagogues. The Ottawa Reconstructionist Havurah, an egalitarian congregation, will hold High Holiday services at the First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa, 30 Cleary Ave., and at the Society of Friends Meeting House, 91A Fourth Avenue. Child care is available. High Holiday memberships are available for the month of Tishrei, beginning on the eve of Rosh Hashanah on September 29 until the end of Simchat Torah on October 22. Contact the Havurah at val_mclennan@rogers.com or 613-239-4988 or visit www.orh.ca.
Two choirs amalgamate to form Shiru Lach By Roslyn Wollock SJCC Adult Program Manager What do you get when you fuse two local choirs each imbued with an unbridled ruach and passion for Jewish song? The answer is Shiru Lach (Sing for You), now Ottawa’s largest Jewish folk choir, created by amalgamating the voices of the Soloway JCC Shira Ottawa Choir with those of the Zemer Lach Choir. Ellen Asherman, who directed the liturgical choir at Temple Israel for 20 years, will be the choir’s conductor. In addition to her conducting career, Ellen is a long-time member of the Orpheus Choral group and was the driving force behind the birth of Zemer Lach in 2007.
Accompanist Aviva Lightstone, who has been with Shira Ottawa since the choir’s inception in 1998, will continue in that capacity with Shiru Lach. A feature of the new 40-plus member choir will be the inclusion of repertoires that employ four-part harmony. Group sound and vocal quality will be developed with the help of regular visits by a vocal coach. New members are welcome. If you love Jewish music and are interested in joining the choir, come to the Soloway JCC for the group’s first rehearsal on Tuesday, September 9 at 7:00 pm. Call 613-798-9818, ext. 254 for more information.