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June - Aug 2025

MAY

SUMMER

May - August 2025

MAY 30

FAMILY FUN SHAVUOT 5:30PM

JUN 1

RENEWING RUTH & SHAVUOT STUDY SESSION VIRTUAL | 7PM

JUN 8

END OF YEAR TIRS PARTY TEMPLE ISRAEL

JUN 21

SHABBAT WITH RABBI STEVEN GARTEN 10:15AM TEMPLE ISRAEL

MAY 30

CONFIRMATION & POTLUCK | 6:15PM

MAY 31

SHABBAT WITH RABBI DANIEL MIKELBERG TEMPLE ISRAEL

JUL 4

OUTDOOR SHABBAT WITH RABBI ORIT ROZENBLIT AT BAYIT

JUL 11-12

SHABBAT WITH RABBI ORIT ROZENBLIT HELLENIC CENTRE

JUL 19

SHABBAT WITH RABBI ORIT ROZENBLIT HELLENIC CENTRE

JUN 2

SHAVUOT YIZKOR SERVICE | 10:15AM

JUN 13-14

SHABBAT WITH RABBI STEVEN GARTEN TEMPLE ISRAEL

JUN 23

MOVING DAY TO HELLENIC CENTRE

JUL 5

SHABBAT WITH RABBI ORIT ROZENBLIT HELLENIC CENTRE

JUL 17

LUNCH & LEARN RABBI ROZENBLIT - SESSION 2 HELLENIC CENTRE

JUL 24

LUNCH & LEARN RABBI ROZENBLIT - SESSION 3 HELLENIC CENTRE

JUN 6-7

SHABBAT WITH RABBI STEVEN GARTEN TEMPLE ISRAEL

JUN 20

PRIDE SHABBAT | 6:15PM TEMPLE ISRAEL

JUN 27-28

SHABBAT WITH RABBI STEVEN GARTEN HELLENIC CENTRE

JUL 10

LUNCH & LEARN RABBI ROZENBLIT - SESSION 1 HELLENIC CENTRE

JUL 18

OUTDOOR SHABBAT WITH RABBI ORIT ROZENBLIT AT BAYIT

JUL 25-26

SHABBAT WITH RABBI ORIT ROZENBLIT HELLENIC CENTRE

AUGUST

SUMMER PROGRAMMING CALENDAR

May - August 2025

AUG 1

OUTDOOR SHABBAT WITH RABBI ORIT ROZENBLIT AT BAYIT

AUG 15

SHABBAT SOLOWAY JCC

AUG 29

OUTDOOT SHABBAT WITH RABBI DANIEL MIKELBERG AT BAYIT

AUG 2

SHABBAT WITH RABBI ORIT ROZENBLIT HELLENIC CENTRE

AUG 16

SHABBAT SOLOWAY JCC

AUG 30

SHABBAT WITH RABBI DANIEL MIKELBERG HELLENIC CENTRE

AUG 8-9

SHABBAT WITH RABBI LISA GRUSHCOW HELLENIC CENTRE

AUG 22-23

SHABBAT WITH CANTOR DAVID MALECKI SOLOWAY JCC

RABBI’S MESSAGE

A Shabbat of Different Form

Come Spring, we typically have a B. Mitzvah for the Torah portion of Behar that includes the instructions of the sabbatical year. Every 7 years the land in Israel is given a chance to rest, agricultural activity is forbidden. This often leads to fascinating questions from our young adults, do our crops really need a break? While the ancient Rabbis were hardly agronomists, they appear to recognize the importance of all God’s works taking a pause from time to time. This is also why we prioritize Shabbat, we can’t just keep going and going, even God took a rest on the 7th day.

On that note, I’m grateful and humbled to be shortly taking a 3 month sabbatical. Candidly, in my 17 year career in the Rabbinate this is a first for me, and I’m intrigued by the possibilities of this period of recharge. My plans include taking a weeklong clergy course in crisis management at Northwestern University, spending a month in France connecting with the Jewish community, and lots of reading! I am eager to return at the end of August ready for the many opportunities (and challenges) that we continue to face in these difficult days.

Our leadership has ensured that we will be in good hands over my time away, in fact I’m excited for each of you! Our very own Rabbi Garten will be covering Rabbinic duties for the month of June. He’ll even be leading Pride Shabbat and reflecting on our journey of inclusion at Temple and in Canada. Our sister Rabbi Orit Rozenblit of Northern Israel will be spending the month of July in Ottawa. She’s bringing expertise in representing progressive Zionism, a specialty in

working with older members, and a love of Talmud. In August we can look forward to a weekend with Rabbi Lisa Grushcow of Montreal and Cantor David Malecki.

I recognize that my absence will leave gaps with some projects and communication, again, I’m thankful for your patience and appreciate your understanding. Before we know it, the high holidays will be here again and I’ll be ba-aack!

May coming days bring renewal and peace for one and all.

Rabbi Daniel Mikelberg

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

As is often the case, Temple has been bursting with energy and excitement all spring. We have had B Mitzvahs with friends and family, we have honoured our Life and Legacy and TI(O)F Chair Circle donors as well as our volunteers – kol ha kavod to Margot Rosen, Jim Merson and Jack Koskie for all the wonderful things you do for our Temple family! We hosted the Imre Rosenberg memorial lecture and had a full house! We partnered with JFO and hosted a showing of the important movie ‘October 8,’ to a sold-out crowd at the Carling Cineplex; and we hope to have a second showing in the fall – so watch for more information on that. We also awarded four youth scholarships to our teens! Mazal tov to Ari Wilbur, Sophie Albagli, Benjamin Cotsman and Freida Kaplan-Myrth, all of whom travelled to Israel either on March of the Living or the Temple Israel Solidarity mission – kol ha kavod to you all! Look for their articles to come in a later edition of our magazine. Lastly, our own Temple Israel Liturgical Choir gave an amazing concert on Sunday afternoon, May 25, along with the Ottawa Police Chorus. And we still have confirmation of our next cohort.

Usually, things quiet down over the summer at Temple, but not this year! We are gearing up to vacate the building at the end of June so the renovation can begin!! The Board will vote at the June Board meeting to finalize exact plans. Thanks to your generosity, and the amazing work of our Door to the Future fundraising team, led by Gary Viner and Chris Kessler, we are in very good shape to begin our Temple Israel Improvement Project (TIIP). The TIIP team is working hard, including Jim and Debbie Farrow, Bernie Applebaum, Gary Viner, Arthur Loeb, Jim Merson for security and Gary Kessler watching the budget, and Kim Doran, Diana Kaan and Louise Rachlis on communications, we are in excellent hands. Once we receive our final estimate from the construction manager, the Board

will determine what our plan will be. Ideally, we will have enough to complete the entire project, and I have full faith that we will get there!

While the building gets its make-over, our neighbours at the Hellenic Centre have graciously agreed to rent us space, so you won’t have to adjust your GPS! For the most part, services and our administrative offices will be there, as well as hopefully the Bayit backyard for outdoor services. We may take a few services on the road – like during Greekfest for example. We are still finalizing details for when that happens in August.

In other news this summer, Rabbi Mikelberg will be taking a well-deserved Sabbatical. Over the time he is away, we are so fortunate to have Rabbi Garten to cover Shabbat services for the month of June, and Rabbi Orit Rozenblit has agreed to come for the month of July! Very exciting indeed! For August, we will have a few special guests, including Cantor David Malecki, Rabbi Lisa Grushcow as well as Sue Potechin and Mark Kamins. Wishing Rabbi Mikelberg an exciting and fruitful few months away!

Miriam Burke President

6:15 PM

Rabbi Steven Garten

TEMPLE ISRAEL

JUNE 6, 7

JUNE 13, 14

JUNE 20, 21

HELLENIC CENTRE

JUNE 27, 28

It was 50 years ago this spring that Rabbi Garten was ordained as a Rabbi by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR). To say the world, let alone the Jewish world, has never been the same since is an understatement.

His leadership, his passion, his empathy, and his inspiring presence have guided our community for nearly half a century. We are blessed and grateful.

Renewing Ruth A

Narrative of Hesed Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell

We are the people who return to the same texts, year after year, season after season. Do we come back because we think the stories have changed? Or do we return because we know that in the months or perhaps years since we last read these narratives, we have changed, our perspectives have widened, we are asking questions we never asked before?

Sunday, June 1 7:00PM

Virtual Event

Join us as we return to Megillat Ruth, our Shavuot text, a short story that echoes many stories in today’s world. We’ll explore the rich ancient narrative of loss and connection, migration and being a stranger in a new land, risking all for hunger and protection, discovering the power of kindness/hesed in this precious, ever-renewable source-text.

Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell has been immersed in sacred stories for over 4 decades. She has served as a congregational rabbi, worked with congregations and congregational leaders through the Reform movement, taught in universities and synagogues, and written and edited works exploring Jewish women’s history and contemporary narratives. She serves as a Spiritual Director at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion, and divides her time between Tel Aviv and Philadelphia.

Shavuot Yizkor Service

Monday June 2

10:15 AM

Temple Israel

The Biblical Ruth is our Shavuot heroine, and she reminds us of the physical and spiritual paths that we take as Jews. We’re about to take our Temple on the road as we renew our space for the future. Join us for a special Shavuot Yizkor service that will include the dedication of our new Yartzeit plaques and a blessing to mark this period of renewal moving to our temporary space in the Hellenic Centre and building for tomorrow. Just like Ruth, this journey will be one of courage and strength. We’re delighted to include the Temple Israel Liturgical Choir under the direction of Carol Gurofsky.

Rabbi Orit Rozenblit

AT THE HELLENIC CENTRE

SHABBAT LUNCH & LEARN

JULY 4, 5

JULY 11, 12

JULY 18, 19

JULY 25, 26

AUGUST 1, 2

JULY 10

JULY 17

JULY 24

Orit Rozenblit was born in Kibbutz Dovrat. Her parents, Kibbutz founders raised her and her three older siblings there. Orit is a graduate of Oranim College as a teacher for Jewish studies and literature, and received her Master degree in Jewish History from Haifa University. Orit has specialized in building mentoring and teaching Beit Midrash groups for any age ranging from Young Adults to senior citizens. She is the founder and key educator of “Poteach Shearim” a non-profit Yeshiva for both Secular and Orthodox Young Adults. Her passion is exploring Jewish texts and finding their relevance for our lives today, which is what set her on her Rabbinic journey. Recently Orit has been ordained as rabbi, and is currently writing her PhD in Mishna commentary Since 2000 Orit has lived with her family in Metula working to promote Jewish Renewal in the region. She is married to Nitzan, and has three sons and a daughter and four gorgeous granddaughters.

ZIONISM: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

AND Learn Lunch WITH Rabbi Orit Rozenblit

THREE SESSIONS

JULY 10, 17 & 24

HELLENIC CENTRE

With our resident Israeli Rabbi, we’ll take a look at the history of Zionism from Herzl to today. As Reform Jews, we’ll shine a lens on our unique brand of Progressive Zionism, especially as it relates to the war and our hopes for the future. Come to learn, reﬂect and grow as we delve into this important conversation for these times.

backyard KABBALAT SHABBAT

6:15 PM

BAYIT 1295 PRINCE OF WALES

Bring a chair, your singing voices and joy!

JULY 4 & 18

AUGUST 1 & 29

Rabbi Lisa Grushcow AT

THE HELLENIC CENTRE

SHABBAT AUGUST 8-9

Over recent years we’ve been building our connection to Temple Emanuel Beth Sholom in Montreal and their amazing Rabbi, Lisa Grushcow. We’re delighted to welcome Rabbi Grushcow back to Ottawa for a whole Shabbat of learning.

Rabbi Grushcow is recognized as a leader in interfaith bridge building, an author of Torah commentaries, and a trailblazer for social justice. She will lead Shabbat Services on Friday and Saturday and teach Torah study on Shabbat morning.

Rabbi Grushcow is a home grown Canadian rabbi with ties to Toronto and Montreal. She is the author of Writing the Wayward Wife, and the editor of The Sacred Encounter: Jewish Perspectives on Sexuality. She is also a contributor to The Torah: A Women's Commentary, The Mussar Torah Commentary, and other publications in print and online. Rabbi Grushcow has a long history of interfaith bridge-building. As a Hartman Senior Rabbinic Fellow and past president of the Montreal Board of Rabbis, she is also actively engaged in Jewish pluralism and intradenominational dialogue. In 2015, The Jewish Daily Forward nominated Rabbi Grushcow as one of the 33 America's Most Inspiring Rabbis.

Cantor David Maleki

22-23

DOOR TO

TEMPLE ISRAEL

Temple Israel’s building has served us well for almost 50 years, and now it’s time for a refresh! Updates to improve accessibility, security and aesthetics will ensure that our building can best serve the needs of our current membership and next generations.

Building Renewal

Temple Israel Synagogue, our well-loved spiritual home, is nearly 50 years old. Built for 100 families, it now is the gathering place, the school, the celebration space and the locus of prayer and ceremonies for more than 300 families.

With a list of improvements that were deemed necessary by the congregation, Figure Architects Collective was engaged to redesign plans for the new renovation.

With a focus on accessibility and security, Temple Israel will have a new entrance, an elevator between floors, a second universal washroom on the main floor, an accessible bimah with a shallow ramp. There will also be flexible meeting space, an improved layout of the staff offices, integrated audio-visual capability and necessary security improvements for all of us. We look forward to an accessible and more welcoming Temple Israel in the very near future, a Temple that we can all build together.

Following an overwhelmingly positive vote on March 6, 2025 to go forward, our renovation is beginning. Our ofﬁces and services will be moving in to the Hellenic Centre next door mid- June for the next 10 months. Our amazing programs will continue as usual!

THE FUTURE FUTURE

SPRING HIGHLIGHTS

Purim at TiRS, Beatles Purim, Yom Haatzmaut Flag Raising, Shabbat with Rabbi Rick Jacobs, Havdallah Countering Anti Semitism and Volunteer Awards/Life & Legacy Shabbat.

SPONSOR AN ONEG OR KIDDUSH

This is a special way to honour loved ones for birthdays, anniversaries, simcha, accomplishments and yahrzeits.

FRIDAY EVENING:

Cheese and fruit

OR desserts and fruit

$180

Wine, cheese and fruit tray OR wine, desserts and fruit tray

$250

SATURDAY MORNING:

Bagels, cream cheese, butter, jam and fruit

$360

Bagels, lox, cream cheese, butter, jam, fruit and cookies

$500

Prices are based on 40 people.

Please inquire if you are interested as there are many other options available.

You can contribute any amount to our Oneg/Kiddush Fund. This Fund is utilized to support our Holiday Kiddushim and Shabbat when there is no sponsor. For more information or to sponsor please email Raquel Black.

Voting will be open from June 5 to June 15, 2025.

L’DOR V’DOR

As a community, Temple members embrace many meaningful ways to strengthen and sustain Jewish life—whether by offering their time and talents in service, or by supporting Temple initiatives through heartfelt gifts, including card donations, capital campaign contributions, and legacy giving through the Temple Israel of Ottawa Foundation and the Life & Legacy program.

On May 10th, Temple held its 5th annual Chai Legacy Circle Shabbat—a special Shabbat morning dedicated to honoring and thanking our legacy donors. Their generous gifts and endowments help ensure the strength and vitality of Temple Israel now and for generations to come.

Long time Temple member and past president Linda Rossman, with daughters and granddaughters by her side, spoke to the congregation about L’Dor v’dor: Generational Community and Values.

“Shabbat Shalom, everyone. Esther, Lisa, Harper, Maya, and I are deeply honored to stand here together today for this Chai Legacy Circle Shabbat. And let’s be honest— what better way to talk about community and continuity than as a family team?

For us, Temple has always been more than just a building. It’s where we celebrate milestones, grieve losses, sing loudly, ask big questions, and find comfort in familiar faces and ancient traditions. It’s not just where we show up—it’s where we belong. It gives us grounding. Purpose. Connection. And that means the world to me.

Now, speaking of long-standing synagogue connections... Yes, my grandparents were founding members of Adath Israel—the Roumanische Shul—in Toronto a century ago.

Yes, my parents were life-long members of Holy Blossom Temple. And yes, I’ve

proudly been a member here for about 45 years. That’s a lot of history. But when I see the little ones running around—with challah in their hands and enough energy to power the building —I’m not thinking about the past. I’m thinking about the future. Their future includes Hebrew school, services, and plenty of cookies at kiddush. But more than that, it includes growing up in a Jewish “home” that stretches beyond our four walls. A place rooted in kindness, learning, joy, and showing up for each other. I want them to grow up with that same deep sense of belonging. To feel the pulse of this community in their own lives. Not just to inherit a synagogue—but to inherit a reason to love it.

Just weeks after the twins were born, Lisa organized a baby-naming ceremony at our home. It was a beautiful gathering—small guest list, great Grandma Flo (my late mom) from Toronto, the twins’ beloved Auntie Esther helping with the prayers, a lovely lunch. When I asked Lisa who would officiate, I assumed it would be one of the many Jewish professionals Lisa has worked with over the years. But no—she had someone else in mind. Someone we didn’t know very well at the time. She said: “Mom, Rabbi Mikelberg is going to be the kids’ rabbi for many years. He’s the one.”

The twins have been coming to Tot Shabbat since they were just a few months old. And yes, it’s made an impression—these days, almost 3 years later, they walk in the door and immediately say one word: “Challah.” They’ve got their priorities straight.

Today, as we mark this special legacy donor Shabbat, we’re not just talking about financial planning or long-term giving. We’re talking about planting roots. About making sure this sacred space stays strong, welcoming, and full of life—for our children, for theirs and for all who walk through Temples door.

I’m grateful to be part of this vision with all of you. May we continue to raise the next generation here at Temple, rich with love, tradition, and community. L’dor v’dor.

Shabbat Shalom.

To learn about legacy giving opportunities at Temple Israel through the Life and Legacy initiative or Temple Israel of Ottawa Foundation please call the Temple office at 613-224-1802 ext.5 and your inquiry will be answered promptly.

Yahrzeit

Deceased Name Next Observance

J. Arnold Burgess

2025-06-01

Byrtha Leckie 2025-06-01

Nathan Segall

Bertha Klein

Sari Greenberg

Gordon Allen

2025-06-01

Mrs Ann Gluzman 2025-06-01

Chaja Fried 2025-06-01

Mojse Yehuda Fried 2025-06-01

Lorne Rhamey

Erika Waldmann Volker

2025-06-01

2025-06-02

Marcelle Miriam Corin 2025-06-02

Sydney Lithwick

Evelyn Sheffer

2025-06-02

Judith Levine 2025-06-02

Michael Kraschewski 2025-06-03

Margaret Rhamey

2025-06-04

Moshe Rosenzweig 2025-06-04

Lena Kaminsky

2025-06-04

Ilona Szucs 2025-06-05

Sam Moscovitch 2025-06-05

Johnny Pagurek

2025-06-05

Rose Spector 2025-06-05

Yetta Scheinine 2025-06-05

Leah Starkman 2025-06-05

Ernie Bennett 2025-06-05

Harold Shaffer 2025-06-06

Isidore Modlin

2025-06-06

Irving Kamins 2025-06-06

Alex Nyul

2025-06-07

Stanley Hollenberg 2025-06-08

Rita Cohen

2025-06-08

Rhoda Zameck 2025-06-08

Irene Kleinglass 2025-06-09

Paul Press 2025-06-09

Deceased Name Next Observance

Theodore Isaacs 2025-06-09

Ben Pomerantz 2025-06-09

Sofia Kharkov 2025-06-10

Marjorie Gibson 2025-06-10

Betty Schwartz 2025-06-10

Irwin Waldman 2025-06-10

Helen Wexler 2025-06-11

Jeremy Goldstein 2025-06-11

Hillie Levitsky 2025-06-11

Benjamin Haimovitch 2025-06-12

William Leibach 2025-06-13

Faige Levitsky 2025-06-13

Ted Ramsay 2025-06-13

Elizabeth Paquin 2025-06-13

Thea Ginsburg 2025-06-13

Pamela Behrendt 2025-06-14

Archie Levitan 2025-06-14

Stefan Behrendt 2025-06-14

Imre Rosenberg 2025-06-15

Sandra Basch Adler 2025-06-15

Sally Moscovitch 2025-06-15

Gracie Khazzam 2025-06-16

Gittle Ginsburg 2025-06-16

Helen MacCabe 2025-06-17

Edna Kett 2025-06-17

Nancy Ritt-Hoadley 2025-06-17

Grant Bisback 2025-06-17

Rose Rosen 2025-06-17

Leah Finkelstein 2025-06-17

Ruth Laxton 2025-06-17

Ruth Viner 2025-06-18

Ben Malkin 2025-06-18

Cecil Feldman 2025-06-18

Sidney Rothman 2025-06-18

Emily Florence Blair 2025-06-18

Yahrzeit

Deceased Name Next Observance

Ivan Berkowitz

Philip Waxman

2025-06-18

2025-06-19

Norman "Babe" Oreck 2025-06-19

Edward Polowin

2025-06-19

Robert Fraser 2025-06-20

Sol Lubitsch

2025-06-21

Sally Mintz 2025-06-21

Raphael Klein

2025-06-21

Isaac (Izzy) Morris 2025-06-21

Gizella Gams

Lubeck Miklos

2025-06-22

Ilona Lubeck 2025-06-22

Phyllis Friedberg

Endre Lubeck

2025-06-22

Imre Gams 2025-06-22

Andor Gams

Margit Pollak

Anne Sheffer

Frances Miller

Laszlo Gams

Panni Gams

2025-06-22

Klara Gams 2025-06-22

Rezso Pollak

Lionel Sussman

2025-06-22

Judit Gams 2025-06-22

Edith Kerdman 2025-06-23

Mrs. Laura Bolter Spergel 2025-06-23

Alfred Laxton 2025-06-23

William Ferguson 2025-06-23

Burton Ramsay 2025-06-23

Isaak Zimmer 2025-06-24

Sam Melamed

2025-06-24

Frances Hashmall 2025-06-25

Ari Zeiler 2025-06-25

Anne Laure Levain-Viner 2025-06-25

Deceased Name Next Observance

Clare Rapoport Polonsky 2025-06-26

Mrs. Rose Tomkins 2025-06-26

Lydia Pinkus Azimov 2025-06-26

Mark Lewis Nozick 2025-06-26

Hyman Borshy 2025-06-26

Alec Bloom 2025-06-27

Esther Stein 2025-06-27

Ruth Rebecca Corbosiero 2025-06-27

Mary Dudar 2025-06-27

Susan Jacobs Miller 2025-06-28

Mina Max 2025-06-28

Mr. Philip Hauptman 2025-06-28

Jean Dover 2025-06-29

Sam Schwartz 2025-06-29

Margaret Schwartz 2025-06-30

Morton Baslaw 2025-07-01

Golda Popoch 2025-07-01

Rachel Miriam Sider 2025-07-01

Hannah Chaya Angel 2025-07-01

Silas Katz 2025-07-01

Queenie Davis Gordon 2025-07-01

Rona Hollenberg Levenstein 2025-07-01

Nathan Ryant 2025-07-02

Nancy Conn Corley 2025-07-02

Stanley Barkun 2025-07-02

Martin Ginsburg 2025-07-03

Robert Farries Tarof 2025-07-03

Claudine Esther Shiller 2025-07-03

David Rotstein 2025-07-04

Joyce Loeb 2025-07-04

Robert Smolkin 2025-07-04

Solly Levine 2025-07-05

Albert Goorman 2025-07-05

Lisa Beame 2025-07-06

Josh Silburt 2025-07-06

Yahrzeit

Deceased Name Next Observance

Isaac Mendel

Sydney Lipsey

Mima Lowenbach

Sophie Corber

Lily Brauer

2025-07-06

2025-07-07

2025-07-09

Eleanor Maddams 2025-07-09

Abraham (Abe) Gencher 2025-07-09

Anne Ray Gerson

2025-07-09

Roselyn Thaw 2025-07-10

Mendel Waldman

Clara Pinsky

2025-07-10

Karen Zelikovitz Isaacson 2025-07-11

Gertrude Hughes

Sidney Rootman

2025-07-11

Jennie Goldenblatt 2025-07-12

Sara Bornfriend

Rose Stoll Tudiver

Irving Chodos

Pinchas Angel

Yetta Segal

Joseph Swedlove

2025-07-12

2025-07-13

Regina Angel 2025-07-13

Jennie White

Elaine Singer

2025-07-13

Julia Sherman 2025-07-13

Yaakov Angel 2025-07-13

Rose Angel 2025-07-13

Anna Kaufman 2025-07-14

Helen Demuth

Johnny Hanes

2025-07-15

Alan Meiyers 2025-07-15

Robert Levenstein

Jack Feldman

Izak Goldberg

2025-07-15

2025-07-16

Liesel Elise Sheridan 2025-07-16

Deceased Name

Berel Esrock

Next Observance

2025-07-16

Felicia Karlin 2025-07-17

Zvi Taub 2025-07-17

Joel Brandes

2025-07-17

Jack Mendelsohn 2025-07-18

Joseph G Schwartz 2025-07-18

Kenneth Ritt 2025-07-18

Goldie Shear 2025-07-19

Harry Klyman 2025-07-19

Claire Mandel 2025-07-20

Dora Segall 2025-07-20

Sarah Lazare Dunn 2025-07-20

Evan Jerome Weiner 2025-07-20

Jack Moraff 2025-07-21

Marcelle Gai Thomas 2025-07-21

Jacob Victor Polowin 2025-07-21

Lillian Carpman 2025-07-21

Roger Albagli 2025-07-22

Clara Anna Albertini Sicuso 2025-07-22

George Liebel 2025-07-22

John Beddows 2025-07-23

Beatrice Roodman 2025-07-23

David White 2025-07-24

Lawrence Joseph Segal 2025-07-24

Bertha Grossner 2025-07-24

Joseph Cooper 2025-07-24

Mr. Joseph Lester Applebaum 2025-07-24

Mildred Moon 2025-07-24

Norman Spunt 2025-07-25

Isabel Finley 2025-07-26

Sol Sax 2025-07-26

Otto Press 2025-07-26

Henry Levison 2025-07-26

Elizabeth Wheat 2025-07-26

Isidore Finkelstein 2025-07-27

Yahrzeit

Deceased Name Next Observance

Pari Marvizi

Solomon Levin

Nettie Lebofsky

Gertrude Paul

William Canter

David Fine

Anna Singer

Wilfred Capstick

Howard Mallek

Morris Sternthal

Leah Joseph

Harold Speevak

Harry Greenspon

Beth Travis Walsh

2025-07-27

2025-07-28

2025-07-29

2025-07-30

2025-07-31

Norman King 2025-07-31

Josephine Mallek

Lawrence Carpman

Mr Edward Israel Bonn

Dan Kessler

Reuben Ostroff

2025-07-31

2025-08-01

Bessie Kett 2025-08-01

Ron Britten

Michael Kaufman

2025-08-02

Beatrice Handel 2025-08-02

Thomas Deroche

Howard Polowin

2025-08-02

2025-08-03

Louis Bloom 2025-08-03

Sarah Hollenberg

Molly Zelikovitz

Louis Rappaport

Josephine Bloom

Maxwell Greenberg

2025-08-03

2025-08-04

2025-08-05

Michel Jacobs 2025-08-05

Sura Melamed

Moses Lewis Takefman

2025-08-05

2025-08-06

Deceased Name Next Observance

Iris Loves

2025-08-06

Ruth Ralph 2025-08-06

Shalom Ralph 2025-08-07

Max Jacobson 2025-08-07

Melvyn Morton Baker 2025-08-08

Baila Kaufman 2025-08-08

Katherine Beddows 2025-08-09

Mary Tomiuk 2025-08-09

Eunice Carin Rittner 2025-08-10

Samuel (Karowlinski) Kalin 2025-08-10

Evelyn Asherman 2025-08-10

Maurice Tarantour 2025-08-10

William L. Hersh 2025-08-10

Flora Aguilar Pacheco de Golcher 2025-08-10

Alica Gonda 2025-08-11

Mildred Raskin 2025-08-11

Pearl Takefman 2025-08-11

Robert Lajzerowicz 2025-08-11

Joseph Schwartz 2025-08-11

Lilyan Pollack Saxe 2025-08-11

Lillian Kane 2025-08-12

Lillian Wolfe 2025-08-12

Aharon Rumstein 2025-08-13

Mr. Ed Tomkins 2025-08-13

Leonora Allen 2025-08-13

Jack Aaron 2025-08-14

Gordon John O'Neil 2025-08-14

Hyman Kerdman 2025-08-14

Mortimer Goldenblatt 2025-08-14

Sheila Rosen 2025-08-15

Lottie Bambiger 2025-08-15

Alan Nozick 2025-08-15

Margaret Rachlis 2025-08-15

Robert Morrow 2025-08-15

Wallace Guberman 2025-08-16

Deceased Name

Beatrice Nozick

Marion Cotsman

Nathalie Haimovitch

Helen Bloom

Anna Lazear Saslove

Harte Sol Klyman

Pearl Bossin

Anne Mendelsohn

Harry Esrock

Pearl Taller

Mrs JEAN BONN

Murray Rubenstein

Sue Sigler

Arnold Haltrecht

Sylvia Hartman

Aaron Orlik

Sara Jane Garten

Recia Lynn Mendelsohn

James Charles Nimmo

Ruth Weinberg

Sadie Tobin

Madeleine Hurtig

Saul Rymberg

Margaret Griffin

Yaghoob Marvizi

Louis B. Siegel

David Mirsky

Sam Lewis

Jack Corber

Devra Hendelman

Kurt Orlik

Harry Goldstein

Herbert Cosman

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Deceased Name Next Observance

Rhoda Hock

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Ellen Nellie Hanes

Norman Pollock

Philip Teitelbaum

Abe Padolsky

Ruth Cox

Ruth Davine Harris

Joseph Kovesi

Jack Aaron

Helen Janet Bliss

Louis Rosen

Estella Volk Katz

James Wheat

Ida Tesher

Zelda Brandes

Helen Shusterman

Mollie Heitin

Fred Smeltzer

Rhoda Hock

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DONATIONS

Donations made to Temple Israel (Ottawa) Foundation Funds

What a wonderful way to honour or remember a person in your family or in the community. To learn more or to make a donation to a Temple Israel (Ottawa) Foundation (TIOF) fund, please contact:

Bobbi Soderstrom at 613-230-5865 or by email at bobbi.soderstrom@gmail.com

Here is a list of TI(O)F funds under which is listed recent donations made to that fund:

BERCOVITCH

Anne and Sol Shmelzer in Memory of Mort Bercovitch

Lisa, Levi, and Lila Rosen Shapiro in Memory of Dr. Mort

Lorne and Louise Rachlis in Memory of Mort Bercovitch

Fran Kladowsky and Aron Spector in Memory of Mortimer Bercovitch

Charles Khazzam and Marie Carmen Berlie in Memory of Mort Bercovitch

Deborah Smith in Memory of Mort Bercovitch

Howard and Anne Alper in Memory of Mort Bercovitch

Stuart and Lillian Lazear in Memory of Mort Bercovitch

Lisanne Hendelman in Memory of Mort Bercovitch

Bobbi and Rick Soderstrom in Memory of Mort Bercovitch

Allan and Marsha Maslove in Memory of Mort Bercovitch

Michelle Lajzerowicz & Bruce Gottfred in Memory of Mort Bercovitch

Sylvester and Signhild Damus in Memory of Mort Bercovitch

FREEMAN/BURGESS

Martin Freeman and Joanne Burgess in Memory of Florence Hertzman and Michael Parkin

RABBI GARTEN

Bobbi Soderstrom in Honour of Micah Garten

GENERAL

Anonymous

Thank you for always making them feel welcome Emma Vicuna

Elizabeth and Jim Reicker

HALTON WEISS

Miriam Salamon and Bob Moon in Memory of Ron Weiss

HOLZMAN

Mark and Debbie Holzman in Honour of Rabbi Mikelberg

MASLOVE

Allan and Marsha Maslove in Memory of Ted Ramsay

Mazel Tov on birth of grandson of Rabbi Garten and Lisa Hans in Memory of Ronald Weiss in Memory of Gary Cohen

Get well Marc Dolgin

MOON/SALAMON

Miriam Salamon and Bob Moon

Yahrzeit of Gyula Salamon

Yahrzeit of Harley Moon

DONATIONS

SINGER

Margo Rosen in Honour of Jonah, Daisy, Bobbi, Rick Soderstrom and Family

Bobbi Soderstrom

Mazel Tov on Special Birthday Margo Rosen

Frank and Margo Rosen in Memory of Gary Cohen in Memory of Bernice (Bunny) Cogan

Mazel Tov birth of Noah Irwin Singer

SOKOLOFF/SABOURIN

Dina Sokoloff and Ken Sabourin in Memory of Mortimer Bercovitch

VINER

Debra and Gary Viner in Honour Meredith Barwin and Shane Zilberberg in Memory of Florence Hertzman in Honour of Micah Garten in Memory of Michael Parkin in Memory or Rhoda Hock

Margo and Frank Rosen

Mazel Tov Gary Viner on reading Torah for 60th anniversary of Bar Mitzvah

DOOR TO THE FUTURE CAMPAIGN

Applebaum, Bernie in Memory of Joseph L Applebaum

Arajs, Christopher & Becky

Burke, Miriam & Mario in Honour of Your Mother's special Birthday

Finkelstein, Minda & Hanes, Roy

Frankel, Lois & Laube, Jan

Freeman, Martin & Burgess, Joanne

Giaccone, Penny & Roberto

Ginsberg, Karen in Memory of Ted Ramsay

Greenberg, David

The David Loeb Foundation

Merson, Jim & Forget, Gaetanne

Mikelberg, Daniel & Paul, Zach

Rosenkrantz, Lisa & Walsh, Michael In honour of the Berit Milah of William Joseph Carvish, son of Joshua Levy and Sarah Carvish and in honour of the Berit Milah of Viggo Oliver Calof son of Andrew and Anna Calof and in Memory of Tonya Pomerantz's mother

Salamon, Miriam & Moon, Bob

Stern, Leonard & Kaan, Diana

Winer, Stanley & Amalia in Memory of Our parents

Zuker, Richard & Marcia

ELLEN ASHERMAN LITURGICAL RES. LIBRARY FUND

Cooper, Hyman & Wollock, Roslyn in Honour of Rabbi Garten

HALL RENTAL & DISHES

Carleton University

Jewish Federation of Ottawa

INSIGHTS TO JUDAISM

Chicha, Thierry

Key, Claudine M.A.

JOHN HOLZMAN ENDOWMENT FUND

Farber, Jeffrey & Barbara in Honour of Jackie 90th birthday! Here's to many more happy and healthy years!

Holzman, Ellyn & Ursel, James in Honour of Rabbi Garten's 50th Anniversary as a Rabbi

KIDDUSH

Fine, Neil & Burns, Kelsey

Soderstrom, Bobbi & Rick

DONATIONS

MEMORIAL PLAQUE

McGeough, Alanna & Joe

MOON SALAMON FAMILY ENDOWMENT FUND

Salamon, Miriam & Moon, Bob in observance of Yahrzeit of Harley Moon

ONEG

Haltrecht-Matte, Merle & Matte, Guy

Hartman, Samuel & Stripp, Frank

Joury, Annette

Martin, Jennifer & Mike

Neblau, Ariella

Schoenberg, Beth

PENTATEUCH PRAYERBOOK FUND

Goldberg, Stephen & Waxman, Fern in Memory of Rose Goldberg and Becky Waxman

Koggit, Adella in Memory of The hostages liberation in Israel

PIANO FUND

Cosman, Deborah

In memory of Esther Mirsky upcoming yahrzeit

Salamon, Miriam & Moon, Bob in Appreciation of David Malecki and Larry Tarof

POTECHIN ACCESSIBILITY FUND

Crabb, Leona in Appreciation of Sue Potechin

Potechin, Sue & Kamins, Mark in Memory of Harry Goodman

RABBI'S DISCRETIONARY FUND

Alper, Howard & Anne

in Appreciation of Rabbi Daniel Mikelberg for organizing and leading Temple's Solidarity Mission to Israel

Coburn, Barry

Crabb, Leona in Appreciation of Rabbi Mikelberg

Finkelstein, Harvey

For Teen Field Trip To Toronto for NOVA exhibit In honour of Sara Finkelstein giving birth to Adam Eli

Joury, Annette

Martin, Bella Martin

Chag Pesach Sameach in Honour of Rabbi Mikelberg

Mikelberg, Daniel & Paul, Zach

Rincon, Carlos Jose

Rittarsporn, Bonnie in Appreciation of Rabbi Mikelberg, Bonnie & Dale Dreher

Salamon, Miriam & Moon, Bob in Appreciation of Rabbi Mikelberg

Singer, Jason & Jessica Noah Irwin Mikveh

Wasylyk, Stefan

RABBI'S GARTEN JEWISH LIVING & EDUCATIONAL FUND

Albert-Novick, ILANA

Mazel Tov and best wishes to Rabbi Steven Garten. Your contribution to the Ottawa community, both Jewish and non-Jewish, is spectacular. Wishing you another 50-70 years of continued good health, happiness and prosperity!

Alper, Howard & Anne in Appreciation of Your organization and leadership of Temple's Solidarity Mission to Israel Congratulations Rabbi Garten on your 50th anniversary as a Rabbi

Thank you for everything you have done for us for temple Israel and for the Ottawa community

DONATIONS

Angel-Blair, Arlene & David

Bennett, Sandy & Al in Honour of Rabbi Garten's 50 years in the Rabbinate - Mazal Tov!

Cohen, Janet

Mazel Tov and Yasher Koach on your 50th anniversary of ordination. May you and your family enjoy continued good health and many Simchas.

Corber, Michael & Beryl With much thanks for your wonderful service.

Cosman, Deborah

Cox, John & Lily in Honour of Rabbi Steven Garten's 50 years of outstanding contribution to Jewish life

Crabb, Leona in Appreciation of In appreciation of Rabbi Garten and in recognition of his 50th year in the rabbinate.

Deri Armstrong, Catherine & Armstrong, Matt in Memory of Rabbi Garten's 50th year as a Rabbi

Dubinsky, Gary & Lynn

Elkin, Eric

Esrock, Eva

Dear Rabbi Steve, our warmest congratulations on this very special occasion, we feel so blessed to have you as Rabbi and Rabbi Emeritus of our Temple Israel, and we will always be so grateful, for your vision, leadership, support and compassion during our

Evans, Sharon & Darwin in Honour of Rabbi Garten's 50th Anniversary as a Rabbi

Finkelstein, Arnold Finkelstein in Honour of Rabbi Garten

Finkelstein, Harvey Mazal Tov On 50 "Big Ones"

Finkelstein, Minda & Hanes, Roy

Freeman, Martin & Burgess, Joanne in Memory of Rabbi Steve Garten

Fried, Susan & Favreau, Jean

Gibson, Isabel Glosser, Stuart

Goff, Rachel in honour of Rabbi Steve Garten and with deep appreciation for the Talmud study group. His humor, knowledge and sagacity inform all of the discussion and the texts. He makes the Talmud accessible and th

Hendelman, Lisanne

Holzman, Jacquelin in Memory of Rabbi Garten, with thanks.

Kammer-Mayer, Catherine

Key, Claudine M.A.

Krochmalnek, Gail in Honour of Rabbi Garten's milestone anniversary

Lazear, Stuart & Lillian in Appreciation of Rabbi Garten's 50 years as a rabbi.

Loeb, Arthur & Shiller, Karen in Honour of Rabbi Garten's 50th year at the pulpit

Lyons, Paul & Lepine, Suzanne Mazel Tov Rabbi aGarten

Maslove, Allan & Marsha in Honour of Rabbi Garten

Mendelsohn, Steven & Janet Miller, Ezra

Miller, Theodore in Honour of Rabbi Steven Garten

Neblau, Ariella

Oreck-Wener, Lynne in Honour of Rabbi Gsrten

Potechin, Sue & Kamins, Mark In honour of Rabbi Garten on his 50 years in the rabbinate

Purcell, Andrea in Honour of Rabbi Garten on the occasion of his 50 years in the Rabbinate, and in recognition of his dedication to our community and his invaluable role as a special teacher and leader.

DONATIONS

Rachlis, Louise & Lorne

in honour of 50 years in the rabbinate

Rhamey, Sarah

50 years is hard to believe! In Honour of Rabbi Garten and Lisa Hans

Rosen, Margo and Frank in Honour of Rabbi Steve Garten's 50 years in the Rabbinate. Mazel tov and thank you for sharing your wisdom and guidance with Frank and me.

Rosenkrantz, Lisa & Walsh, Michael in Honour of Fifty years on the job!! Mazel Tov

Rossman, Linda in Honour of Rabbi Garten's remarkable contributions, on occasion of his 50th anniversary in the Rabbinate

Salamon, Miriam & Moon, Bob in Memory of Rabbi Garten

Segall, Donald in Honour of Rabbi Garten's half century. Mazel Tov!

Senzilet, Linda

Silburt, Allan & Vanderhoff-Silburt, Miriam

Skoll, Rosemarie & Grumach, Les

Smith, Deborah in Appreciation of Rabbi Garten

Soderstrom, Bobbi & Rick

Mazel tov, Rabbi Garten. We are so lucky you chose Ottawa as your home and continue to give of your wisdom even in your ""retirement"".

Steingarten, Linda

Thibault, Sean

Wolff, Clive & Patricia in Appreciation of Rabbi Garten's 50th anniversary as a Rabbi

Zuker, Richard & Marcia

Dear Rabbi Garten, Yasher Koach on your 50 years in the rabbinate. Thank you for all your contributions to the Temple and the Jewish Communities.

RAINBOW FUND

Schvan, Elisabeth

In appreciation of Temple, its inclusiveness and welcoming in general, and Books and Bagels on a more personal note

SCHLOMO FELDBERG MEMORIAL ENDOWMENT FUND

Smith, Angus

in observance of Yahrzeit Shlomo Feldberg

SOCIAL ACTION FUND

Doctoroff, Fern & Hammonds, Steffan

Leitman, Mitchell & Katz, Sherri

Shapiro, Kivi

In gratitude for bringing the October 8 film to Ottawa

TREE OF LIFE

Bennett, Sandy & Al

Cohen, Howard & Cathy

Cooper, Hyman & Wollock, Roslyn

Coulombe, Pierre & Heathcote, Ann

Khazzam, Charles & Berlie, Marie Carmen Smurthwaite, Cynthia

YELLOW TICKET DONATIONS

Centre for Holocaust Education

EXECUTIVE BOARD

MIRIAM BURKE President

MERLE HALTRECHT-MATTE 1st Vice President

SUSAN FRIED Vice President

GARRY KESSLER Treasurer

SARAH BERNS Secretary

PATSY ROYER Past President

BOARD

Chris Arajs

Leona Crabb

Sarah Good

Seline Herz-Fischler

Mona Klinger

Steve Poleski

Daniel Stolarski

Stan Winer

Richard (Dick) Zuker

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We are an active liberal presence in the larger Jewish community (K’lal Yisrael).

We strive through social action to fulﬁll the Mitzvot of caring for others (Gimilut Chasadim) and repairing the world (Tikun Olam).

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