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CSUQ
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President
Beryl Tovim
514-877-5000 and then
450-247-2686
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Past
President
Mark Covet
450-462-1409 |
Vice-President
Alain Assor
514-726-2470 |
Treasurer
Rosalie Miller-Hodson
450-462-7870 |
Secretary
Roger Gilor
450-462-1924 |
Directors
Ralph Abergel
Annette Benchetrit
Agathe Benhamou
Robert Bowden
Marie Knafo
Mike Parker
Isaac Sayegh
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MAILING
ADDRESS
C.P. 50547
RPO Carrefour Pelletier
Brossard, QC J4X 2V7
PREMISES
Place LaCitière
50 Taschereau Blvd.
LaPrairie, PQ J5R 4V3
EMAIL
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450-676-4115 |
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Bulletin
OCTOBER 2006
TISHRI-CHESHVAN 5767
UPCOMING
EVENTS
SUKKOT AT BERYL'S
Sunday, October 8, 2006 - 12:00 to 5 p.m.
REGISTRATION
FOR HEBREW CLASSES
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
SIMCHAT
TORAH
Saturday, October 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m.
ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING
Sunday, October 29, 2006 at 7:30 p.m.
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SUKKOT
AT BERYL'S
For
the benefit of new members, our annual pot-luck lunch at
Beryl's to celebrate Sukkot has become a tradition at the
South Shore Jewish Community and one of our favourite events
of the year. Beryl's 19th century home set in the countryside
near Hemmingford amid brilliant autumn leaves and the musty
smell of the soil could not be a more appropriate setting
for this autumn celebration.
Transportation can be arranged for any member who needs
it, so don't be shy, ask when you call Beryl to confirm
your attendance.
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SSJC
CELEBRATES SIMCHAT TORAH 2006
Mark Covet
We will be celebrating
Simchat Torah on Saturday evening, October 14, 2006, at 7:30
p.m. at our Centre.
Simchat Torah means " rejoicing over the Torah".
It is a time when communities - adults, families, and children
- join together with much merriment. Or, better said, it's
a "freilach" celebration and that's what we plan
on having.
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Leonard Cohen
will be officiating beginning with a short maariv service. He will
then lead us in the traditional hakofat (Torah procession). With song
sheets in hand, adults carrying our Torahs, children carrying flags,
we will wind our way around and around the Centre, singing and dancing
together, our voices echoing off the walls. We will end the evening
socializing over a dessert Kiddush.
I, and I am sure many of you also, have fond memories of celebrating
Simchat Torah with my parents. This year Simchat Torah falls on a
Saturday evening, making it easier to celebrate together, as well
as to include our children and grandchildren.
Let's plan on celebrating Simchat Torah together as a community, and
let's make this year's celebration a truly memorable occasion. Hag
Sameach to everyone.
RSVP Mark Covet 450-462-1409 |
SSJC GROCERY FUND-RAISING PROGRAM ON TRACK!
TARGET IN SIGHT!
Mark Covet (450-462-1409)
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We have just
completed the fourth month of our Grocery Fund-Raising Program. 45
participating families have so far bought $26,870 of grocery gift
cards/certificates. At this pace we are on track to purchase $80,000
of grocery gift cards/certificates annually. With a little encouragement,
and a little extra effort we should easily reach our target goal of
purchasing $100,000 of grocery gift cards/certificates. This would
give us an annual fund raising profit of $5000. For a small community
such as ours, all I can say is WOW!!!!
Permit me to make the following suggestions to our participating members:
1. Order/reorder your gift card/certificates regularly each month
between the 20th and the 28th of the month. Mail in your check (payable
to SSJC) together with your order form so that we receive it no later
than the 28th of the month.
2. We hope that you will anticipate your needs so that you don't run
out of gift cards/certificates during the month, but if you do run
out of gift cards/certificates, please contact the grocery fund-raising
committee. We usually have extras on hand, and we will get them to
you.
4. Always use your gift cards/certificates when grocery shopping.
5. Try to add someone else to our program (perhaps a friend, relative,
etc.) If each of us adds one extra person to our grocery fund-raising
program, we will easily reach or even surpass our $100,000 goal. |
MESSAGE
TO OUR NON-PARTICIPATING MEMBERS
(including members living in Montreal)
Please read
the explanatory article below. Remember, our grocery fund-raising
program doesn't cost you a penny.
Our $100,000 goal is within reach. Please call me now. Let me answer
your questions, put your mind at ease, so you, too, can join our
grocery fund-raising program.
Please, consider joining our program with as little as a $50 gift
card. It's just as easy as it sounds.
TOGETHER
WE CAN DO IT!!!
Order form
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COMMUNITY
COLUMN
October 2006
Happy
Birthday
Jerry Stein 1
Linda Slotzberg 5
Linda Stein 6
David Said 10
Mark Covet 13
David Gross 15
Nicole Saada 20
Rosalie Miller-Hodson 20
Marilyn Nadler 22
Louise Gross 24
Kathy Girlando 29
Herman Lovi 29
Cristina Taylor 30
Nelly Benchetrit
31
Happy
Anniversary
Rachel
& Roger Gilor 19
New
Members 2006
Bébert
& Esther Sebbag
Lionel Liquornik
Elisabeth Boushira
Eric Walfish
Jonathan Slater
Laurence Herscu
Nelly Benchetrit
Jonathan Ifrah & Anouk Doktorczyk
Daniel Medalsy & Germaine Levy
Donald Michelin
Neil Stein & Julie Korman
Barbara Levy Sentener
Mel Boyaner
Avner and Liya Levy
Nina Pesner |
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WHAT
THE GROGERY PROGRAM IS ALL ABOUT
Members can help the
SSJC raise funds without spending an extra penny when shopping for
groceries. Simply purchase from the SSJC an IGA Gift Certificate,
or a Gift Card redeemable at Loblaws, Maxi or Provigo. Both are
exchanged for the full amount of groceries when you shop. There
is no expiration date on the gift cards/certificates so you can
shop whenever you want and spend as little or as much as you need.
By shopping with these gift cards/certificates, you will enable
the SSJC to earn a 5% commission directly from these food chains.
Please take a moment and complete the enclosed form and mail it,
together with your cheque (made payable to SSJC), to our usual mailing
address. The gift cards/certificates may be picked up at the Centre
on the dates indicated on the order form between 7:30 p.m. and 9:00
p.m.
If you are unable to pick up your gift cards/certificates, contact
us and we will try to deliver them to you or make alternative arrangements.
We hope you will re-order your gift cards every month. Shopping
with these gift cards will enable our community to reach a necessary
fund-raising goal.
If you have any questions, or need further information, please contact
Mark Covet at 450-462-1409.
Order form to
print,clic here
GET ON BOARD!!!
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
2006
OUR FUTURE LIES IN INCREASING OUR MEMBERSHIP
Mark Covet (450-462-1409)
It is not an easy task
locating other Jewish homes on the South Shore. In fact, many of
us felt that we were alone on the South Shore before we discovered
the SSJC.
Over the years, our annual growth has averaged six new Jewish homes
each year. Today we have close to 100 Jewish member homes on the
South Shore, as well as around 20 additional member homes on the
island of Montreal.
With help from our 100 Jewish member homes on the South Shore, as
well as from our members in Montreal, we should be able to increase
our annual growth rate. Let's put our heads together now. Let's
aim to significantly increase our membership this year by "CHAI",
18 more Jewish homes.
If you know of any Jew living on the South Shore, who is not yet
a member, please provide us with his or her name, address, and telephone
number, and we will do the rest.
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INTERNET
BULLETIN
Rosalie Miller-Hodson, Editor
The October Bulletin will be the last Bulletin mailed indiscriminately
to all members of the community.
The Bulletin costs the SSJC around $1,500 annually to produce and
mail to the homes of members and other interested parties. With
postage now at $0.51, our annual mailing costs this year will exceed
$1,500.
For the past year, The Bulletin has been available on line at our
website: www.cjrs-ssjc.com. Those of you who have already given
us your email address are asked to read The Bulletin at our website
at the beginning of each month, and we will send you a reminder
to do so when The Bulletin has been posted.
Members who have not yet given us their email address will receive
a telephone call within the next few days and we ask you to kindly
give the caller this confidential information, knowing that it will
never be given to an outside source and will be used only to notify
you of community events or to advise you when The Bulletin is available.
If you do not own a computer, of course we will willingly place
your name on a special mailing list. Your cooperation is appreciated.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
To be held on October 29, 2006 at 7:30 p.m.
At our community centre
Our Annual General Meeting
will be held on October 29, 2006, at 7:30 p.m. at our community
centre. Elections will take place for vacant positions on the Board
and nominees are as follows:
President: Beryl Tovim. Directors: Laurent Azancot, David Bornstein,
Laurence Herscu, Mike Parker, Leo Wertheim.
Members of the Board who have a remaining year to serve are: Alain
Assor (VP), Rosalie Miller-Hodson (Treasurer), Roger Gilor (Secretary),
Ralph Abergel, Annette Benchetrit and Isaac Sayegh (directors).
These positions will be open for election in 2007.
Only members who paid their 2006 annual dues before August 31st,
2006, are entitled to vote, but everyone is welcome to attend.
AGENDA
1. Welcome address by
the President
2. Approval of the Agenda
4.1 Treasury
4.2 Membership
4.3 Religion
4.4 Education
4.5 Social
4.6 Permanent home
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3. Approval of the Minutes of the 2005 Annual General Meeting
4. Report
5. Nominees presented
by the President of the Nominations Committee
6. Elections
7. Questions/Discussions
8. Adjournment
REGISTRATION
FOR HEBREW CLASSES
OCTOBER 10, 2006 AT 7:30 P.M.
Registration for Hebrew
classes will be held on Tuesday, October 10, 2006, at 7:30 p.m.
at our community centre. Hebrew classes are being offered free for
adults this year, given that there was no response to our offer
for free Hebrew lessons for children.
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BOY
TOYS NEEDED!
The Yeshiva in
Napierville has asked our cooperation in donating toys for
boys between 12 and 16 years of age. They are looking mainly
for sports equipment such as bicycles, skateboards, soccer
or footballs, baseball mits, balls, bats, or even board games
such as chess or scrabble.
If you have any such items to donate, they can be dropped
off at our community centre on October 10th or 11th, or at
Beryl's on October 8th.
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5767 A SPECIAL
BEGINNING
Sincere thanks to Rabbi
Daniel Epstein, an ordained conservative Rabbi living in New Jersey,
who led services and brought 20 years' congregational experience
to the SSJC. He led us in traditional song and prayer, and taught
us many aspects of Judaism. He was more than a visiting Rabbi, he
treated us as if we were his congregation.
On another note, you surely realized we had a substantial increase
in expense. The Board decided to proceed nevertheless, using some
of SSJC's reserve funds and we hoped that donations would make up
the difference. Our thanks for the prompt payment of seats and for
your generosity, however, we do still have some unpaid seats and
additional donations are needed, if you haven't already donated.
Your coopera
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When:
Sunday, October 8, 2006, 12 - 5 p.m.
Where: Beryl Tovim's
Barn, 330 Roxham Road, Saint-Bernard-de-LaColle
What: Brachot
Pot luck lunch (vegetarian or dairy dishes)
Music
Call Beryl to confirm attendance and discuss food:
514-877-5000, then 450-247-2686
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Directions:
Take Route 15 south, direction USA. Take Exit No. 1 (immediately
before the border). As you come off the ramp, turn right at the
stop sign and then take a left on Montée Glass. Continue
straight on Montée Glass about 4 km. You will arrive at a
T-Junction. Turn left at this junction, this is Roxham Road. Continue
for about 7 houses. On the right/corner is Beryl's Barn.
Important:
Wear sensible walking shoes and bring a sweater
Bonus:
You can visit the apple orchards close by.
Weather: In case of inclement
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