Thursday, March 10
SINGLES OVER 50
Jewish singles over 50 are invited to a social evening at Beth Zion Congregation, 7:30 p.m., co-sponsored with B’nai Brith Canada. Guest speakers Joe Schwarcz and Lewis Rosen discuss “Good Wealth, Good Health.” Reservations, Heidi, 733-5377, ext. 24.
KIDS MAKE SHABBAT
Children 3 to 12 are invited to prepare a traditional full-course Shabbat meal on their own at the Friendship Circle Centre, 5-7 p.m. The next evening they serve their creations to family and friends. Programs is organized by Free Hebrew for Juniors. Reservations, 735-2259.
UKRAINIAN VOYAGE
Victor Armony, a Université du Québec à Montréal sociology professor, speaks on “Travelling to Ukraine with a Little Silver Spoon in My Pocket” at the Cummings Jewish Centre for Seniors, 10 a.m. Joyce, 342-1234, ext. 7318.
KABBALAT MISHPACHAH
A kabbalat mishpachah, featuring an upbeat kid-friendly service followed by a potluck vegetarian supper, is held at Congregation Dorshei Emet at 5:45 p.m. 486-9400
ETHICS & THE SYNAGOGUE
Prof. Eric Caplan lectures on “Living Our Ethical Commitments: The Role of the Synagogue” at Congregation Dorshei Emet during Shabbat services, 10 a.m-noon.
Sunday, March 13
BARNEY’S VERSION AT PARC
Barney’s Version is screened at the Cinéma du Parc, 6:30 p.m., as part a festival of Canada’s Top Ten of 2010, as determined by the Toronto International Film Festival. March 11-17 at 9 p.m., the cinema will show I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors by Ann Marie Fleming, one of the year’s best shorts.
JEWISH THOUGHT
“Judaïsme et Messianisme: Mode d’emploi?” is the theme of a conference, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. at Cummings House. Organized by Aleph Centre d’Etudes Juives Contemporaines, panelists include Sidney Benisty of Congrégation Emeth Le Yaakov and Jean Duhaime, a Université de Montréal theology professor. Reserve, 733-4998, ext. 3159.
MUSICAL SUNDAY
Musica Camerata Montréal presents a concert in celebration of International Women’s Day, 2:30 p.m. at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts. Works by female composers are featured. Tickets, 739-2301.
At 8 p.m., pianist Rafaëli Zaldivar, winner of last year’s Jazz en Rafale new talent award, performs Afro-Cuban music at the Segal.
PURIM CARNIVAL
A family Purim carnival takes place at Adath Israel Congregation, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., sponsored with other synagogues, community organizations and the Town of Hampstead. Winny, 482-4254.
SHALOM SESAME
A new Shalom Sesame Purim special will be shown free at the Dollar Cinema in Décarie Square at 3:30 p.m., sponsored by PJ Library. Included is a live story time with Janice Cohen of the Norman Berman Children’s Library. Reserve with [email protected].
YIDDISH LECTURE
Avrom Novershtern, a Hebrew University Yiddish literature professor, lectures in Yiddish on “Chaim Grade: The Struggle of the Self and the Striving for Harmony” at the Jewish Public Library, 2 p.m. Introduction by McGill University Jewish studies professor Eugene Orenstein. Tickets, 345-6416.
YIDDISH AND POWER
Dovid Katz of the Litvak Studies Institute in Vilnius, Lithuania lectures on “Yiddish and Power” at McGill University’s Ferrier building, 4 p.m. Sponsored by the department of Jewish studies. 398-6543.
ABOUT OPERA
A free lecture on the opera Salome by Richard Strauss will be given by Michael Eberle-Sinatra, a Université de Montréal English literature professor, at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts, 7:30 p.m. He’s joined by artists from the Opéra de Montréal which is presenting this German classic.
LEARNING AT THE SHAAR
Rabbi Asher Jacobson speaks on “Are Leaders Born or Made?” 7:30 p.m., and Velvel Pasternak follows at 8:25 p.m. with “Chassidic Music: A Joyous Celebration in Song” at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim. Part of a series on “Lessons in Leadership” and “Jewish Music in Our Lives.” Register at 937-9471, ext. 139.
QUEBEC CULTURE
Writer Yves Alavo speaks in French on “La diversité dans les arts et à la culture du Québec: Ambiguité ou solidarité?” Federation CJA, 7 p.m., organized by the Institut québécois du Judaïsme laïque. Reserve: [email protected].
FILM NIGHT
The film Appelfeld’s Table, the story of a youth’s survival of the Holocaust, will be screened at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts, 7 p.m., sponsored by the Cummings Jewish Centre for Seniors. Tickets, Stefani, 342-1234, ext. 7201.
JEWISH IDENTITY
Saul Carliner, a Concordia University education professor and co-chair of Federation CJA’s youth and young families planning committee, leads a discussion on fostering Jewish identity in Quebec, over dinner at Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, 5:45 p.m. Reserve by March 11, [email protected].
READING HEBREW
Those with basic skills are invited to improve their Hebrew reading in time for Passover with Rabbi Tuvia Hoffman, 7:30 p.m., Beth Zion Congregation. The Haggadah will be used as the text. Reservations, Rhona, 489-8411, ext. 35.
LOOKING BACK
Architect David Reich, author of the recent memoir You Could Lose an Eye: My First 80 Years in Montreal, speaks on “Reliving Our Lives: Past & Present,” at the Jewish Public Library, 7:30 p.m., sponsored by the Jewish Genealogical Society of Montreal.
A postscript to the Israeli peewee hockey team’s divisional championship at the BSR international tournament in Quebec City last month: Montreal businessman Morrie Cohen has undertaken to raise the money to cover the $6,000 deficit from the team’s stay here. He’s contacting associates to contribute $500 each. “The news that the team from Bat Yam, children from 10 to 12 years old, won every game they played in the tournament… in the hockey capital of Canada and possibly the world… for the second year in a row is great. We are certainly proud of them. I call this event a breath of fresh air when thinking about news from Israel,” he writes. Cohen can be e-mailed at [email protected]. Incidentally, the team’s arrival home at Ben-Gurion Airport made the channel 10 news on Israel television… March 11 is the deadline to reserve for the Bal Masqué de Pourim at the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogupe March 19 at 8:45 p.m. 737-3695, ext. 101… Registration is open for the choir and recorder and bridge classes at the Creative Social Centre at Congregation Chevra Kadisha. 488-0907.
Event planner Alison Silcoff was given the international award for best fundraising event by the Special Events Magazine at its gala in Phoenix, Ariz. Silcoff was cited for her organization of the 2010 Daffodil Ball, with the theme One Thousand and One Arabian Nights, which raised $1.5 million for the Canadian Cancer Society. Silcoff conceived of the Daffodil Ball and has organized all aspects of it since its inception in 1994. It’s netted a total of $20 million. This is Silcoff’s eighth award from the industry.
