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l Saturday, April 1 Well-Being: Nurturing Body, Mind and Soul WHEN: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. WHERE: Catholic Education Centre, 80 Sheppard Ave. East, Toronto CONTACT: Emmy Szekeres Milne COST: Special education conference featuring resource fair, presentations, workshops. For teachers, parents, community. Hosted by the special education department at the Toronto Catholic District School Board
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Visit insidetoronto.com/events to submit your own community events for online publishing. Centre, 160 Eglinton Ave. East, Toronto CONTACT: Nancy Lyon, 416-392-0511, programmanager@centraleglinton.com, www.centraleglinton.com COST: 8th annual Psychic Fair at Central Eglinton Community Centre. All welcome, free admission (exhibitors will charge their own prices for readings).
l Tuesday, April 4 Toronto’s Climate Challenge WHEN: 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. WHERE: Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W, Toronto, ON, Toronto CONTACT: Joe, volunteer@climatefast.ca, www.climatefast.ca COST: Hosted by ClimateFast, discuss the city’s climate plan with Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner Dianne Saxe and Toronto’s Director of the Environment and Energy Division, Jim Baxter. Community and political action workshops will take place following the presentations.
l Thursday, April 6 Wellness Lecture: "Digestive Health" WHEN: 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. WHERE: Bernard Betel Centre, 1003 Steeles Ave West, Toronto CONTACT: Maria Lindgren, 416-2252112, marial@betelcentre.org COST: Free Wellness Lecture on Digestive Health with Centennial College Health Promotion student, Valina Stennett. Learn how your digestive health effects the rest of your body. l Saturday, April 8 Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Singsation Saturday WHEN: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. WHERE: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church,
l Wednesday, April 5 Psychic Fair WHEN: 4 p.m. - 8 p.m. WHERE: Central Eglinton Community
1585 Yonge St., Toronto CONTACT: 416-598-0422, marketing@tmchoir.org, www.tmchoir.org/singsationsaturdays COST: $10 Join an enthusiastic community of singers and guest conductor Karen Burke (of the Toronto Mass Choir) to sing through some lively gospel music. Sheet music provided. Book Signing WHEN: 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. WHERE: Chapters (Bayview and Sheppard), 2901 Bayview Ave., #132, Toronto CONTACT: Leslie Mason, 647-828-3247, lesjamason@gmail.com COST: Sandra Foster, author of You Can’t Take It With You: CommonSense Estate Planning for Canadians. Hope for Autism WHEN: 6 p.m. - 1 a.m. WHERE: Montecassino Banquet Centre, 3710 Chesswood Drive (at Sheppard Ave. W.), Toronto CONTACT: Alina Caba, 416-268-3403, alinacaba64@yahoo.com COST: $100
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Pride of Israel Synagogue opens second chapel The Pride of Israel Synagogue acquired more than just members when Shaar Shalom Synagogue closed in June. After operating in Thornhill near Don Mills Road and Steeles Avenue as a house of worship for 44 years, the decision was made to sell Shaar Shalom due to high debt, maintenance and operating costs. The Pride of Israel Synagogue, located near Bathurst Street and Steeles Avenue on Lissom Crescent, not only inherited 55 of Shaar Shalom’s 300 members, but also its chapel. Jerry Cayne, owner of Cayne’s Super Housewares in Thornhill and former Shaar Shalomturned Pride of Israel member, donated the chapel to the North York house of worship to be used along with its main sanctuary.
| North York Mirror | Thursday, March 30, 2017
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Jerry Cayne, owner of Cayne’s Super Housewares (left) and his wife Carol arranged for the contents that made up Shaar Shalom Synagogue in Markham to be transplanted to the Pride of Israel. Situated in the basement, the Cayne Family Chapel, which can hold 60 people, had its official opening and dedication Thursday, March 23. The chapel is made up of Shaar Shalom’s pews, art work, French doors, and holy arc, where Torah scrolls are housed.
Founded in a downtown Toronto home in 1905 as the Pride of Israel Sick Benefit Society, the society later moved to Spadina Avenue in the 1940s where it established a synagogue. It then moved to Wilson Avenue before settling at its current home in 1969.
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