What’s New deadlines. Sept. 21 is the deadline for the Oct. 1 issue, and, because of Yom Kippur, Sept. 25 is the deadline for the Oct. 8 issue. I take calls Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Call 416-391-1836, fax 416-391-0829 or e-mail [email protected] or [email protected]
LEADERS DINNER
Shaarei Shomayim Congregation Legacy of Leaders Dinner honours its 28 past presidents, and Benny Stark, and celebrates the installation of Rabbi Chaim Strauchler as its new spiritual leader. Keynote speaker Richard Joel, president, Yeshiva University. Call Shaindy, 416-879-2065, or e-mail [email protected]. Cocktails 6 p.m., dinner 7 p.m.
ORAYNU SHABBAT
Oraynu Congregation for Humanistic Judaism announces its Shabbat program, with special guest Canadian playwright Emil Sher, featuring readings from his play Mourning Dove, about the case of Robert Latimer. Discussion follows. 7:30 p.m., 18 Wynford Dr., Main floor. RSVP Roby, 416-385-3910 or [email protected].
HEALING SERVICE
Jewish Family & Child Jewish healing program sponsors a healing service, facilitated by Rabbi Rena Arshinoff and Mira Posner. 3-4 p.m., Sunnybrook Jewish Chapel. Call 416-638-7800, ext. 287.
CHABAD ROMANO
Chabad Romano, 10500 Bathurst St. (at Elgin Mills) presents “Amazing Women, Amazing Stories.” Guest speaker Judy Feld Carr. Boutiques at 7 p.m., program at 7:30 p.m. Tickets 905-303-1880, or [email protected].
FAMILY FUN FAIR
Chabad Jewish Discovery Centre, serving Mississauga, Oakville, Milton and Brampton, holding High Holidays fun fair for all ages. 10:30 a.m., 1552 Dundas St. W., Mississauga. $6 per child, Chabad Hebrew School students free. RSVP [email protected], or 905-268-4432.
ATTN: EDUCATORS
Jewish Russian Community Centre invites educators and parents to Real People, Real Life, Real Values. Hear New York principal Shimon Waronker, who turned one of New York’s most violent schools into one of the city’s best. 7 p.m., Bnai Torah Synagogue. Tickets $18. Call 416-222-7105, ext. 221.
FLOUR POWER
The Jewish Family Institute, a project of the Village Shul and Aish HaTorah Learning Centre, invites you to Flour Power to learn to make challah. Either 9:30 a.m., or 7 p.m., 1072 Eglinton Ave. W. $25 per person. RSVP 416-785-1107, ext. 204.
BETH TZEDEC LIBRARY
2009-10 Book & Film Club. Mondays 1:30 p.m., dessert 1 p.m. Sept. 14, the book Sima’s Undergarments for Women by Ilana Sanger-Ross, about intimacy among Orthodox women is reviewed. In a hidden bra shop, a woman’s secret is revealed. Reviewer Toby Saltzman. $60 for 6 sessions, $15 at the door. Call 416-781-3514, ext. 225, or 416-781-3511.
YESHIVA U TORAH MITZION BEIT MIDRASH
Begins programming, at Clanton Park Synagogue. Morning learning sessions 8 a.m.-noon; Afternoon learning sessions 2-5 p.m., Night learning sessions 8-10 p.m. Scholar-in-residence Rabbi Azarya Berzon. For more information, call 647-783-6960, or e-mail [email protected].
CHILDREN OF SURVIVORS
Baycrest offers a bimonthly support group for adult children of aging Holocaust survivors. Next series begins. Monday, Sept. 21, 7-9 p.m., Wagman Centre boardroom. Call 416-785-2500, Shoshana Yaakobi, ext. 2271, or Judi Cohen, ext. 2322.
BETH TZEDEC
Shabbat and Slichot Experience, Saturday, Sept. 12. Ralph & Roslyn Halbert Visiting Scholar Dr. Israel Knohl, gives two lectures, 8:45 a.m. (pulpit), 9:15 p.m. Slichot service, Cantor Simon Spiro and Beth Tzedec Singers, 10:30 p.m. Midnight reception with refreshments. Call 416-781-3511.
DANFORTH-BEACHES
Rosh Hashanah services, Chabad House, 2273 Queen St. E. Friday, Sept. 18, 7:30, meal to follow. Shacharit, Sept. 19 and 20, 9:30 a.m., Sounding the shofar, Sept. 20, 11:15. Tashlich at the lake, Sept. 20, 3 p.m. Reserve for meal, $20 per person. Rabbi Sholom Lezell, [email protected], 416-809-1365.
BETH ISAIAH, GUELPH
Warm and welcoming mixed seating congregation High Holiday services. Special rates for out of towners. Call Lisa, 519-763-8124.
Active Seniors. Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina Ave. 416-924-6211, ext, 155. Seniors computer class for absolute beginners. 8 sessions, Tuesdays, 1-3 p.m. New group – Yiddish Mamaloshen. Meet other lovers of Yiddish over a nosh. Sholem Aleichem: “Is it hard to be a Jew?” Prof. Adam Fuerstenberg offers a glimpse into Aleichem’s life as reflected in some of his work. Thursday, Sept. 24, 1:30 p.m.
Earl Bales Seniors Club in the Park. Friendly atmosphere and beautiful surroundings. Book now for Casino Rama, Wednesday, Sept. 23, Lunch and Laughter, Thursday, Oct. 8, noon, and Casino Niagara, Tuesday, Oct. 27. Ongoing mah-jong, Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Social Bridge, Thursday, 12:30-3p.m., Rummy, Mondays-Thursdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Seniors Walking Group, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9 -10 a.m. Wheelchair and walker accessible. Call Valerie, 416-395-7881.
Israel Experience for Active Seniors. Canadian Friends of Bar-Ilan University Young at Heart Mission to Israel. Oct. 15-29. Highlights include Bar-Ilan University campus, Qumran (site of the discovery of the Dead Sea scrolls), northern regions, Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv’s 100th birthday. Call 888-248-2720, or www.cfbiu.org.
Adath Israel. Fun with others who share the same interests, men and women, shul members and non-members. Bridge, mah-jong, RummyQue, and more. Wednesdays, 1-4 p.m. Call Pearl, 416-636317, or Marcia, 416-932-1229.
BERNARD BETEL CENTRE, 1003 Steeles Ave. W., 416-225-2112.
Monday, Sept. 14, Arthritis Management Clinic, sponsored by Arthritis Society, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Clinic Room. By appointment only. Call Niki, 416-979-3353, ext. 381.
Tuesday, Sept. 15. “Lost Tribes: A link with Afghanistan and Kashmir.” Diana Mingail, 10-11:30 a.m. $3 members, $6 non-members.
Wednesday, Sept. 16. High Holiday tea and concert, noon-2 p.m. Members $5, non-members $8.
WAGMAN CENTRE, 55 Ameer Ave., 416-785-2500, ext. 2267.
Barrie to Baycrest Bicycle Riders annual ride to raise money for Baycrest. Sunday, Sept. 13, 1-3:30 p.m. Refreshments and entertainment outside the Common Room, as you greet the riders.
Tuesday, Sept. 15 and 28, flower pressing with Meital. 1-2:30 p.m., creative arts room.
Rosh Hashanah tea, Thursday, Sept. 17, 1:30 p.m., Assembly Room. Shofar demonstration and live entertainment with Gordon Lindsay. Apples, honey and honey cake. Members $3, Guests, $5. Register at service desk.
Thursday, Sept. 10. 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Wagman lobby. Creative Table offers handicrafts made by members. Also raffles.
Sept. 14, all seniors invited to visit the zoo. Free admission, and free shuttle service throughout the park. Bus leaves Wagman Centre at 10:30 a.m. and returns by 5 p.m. Cost for transportation $5 members, $7 guests. Buy lunch at the zoo or bring your own. A lot of walking.
Prosserman Jewish Community Centre, 4588 Bathurst St. 416-638-1881 or www.prossermanjcc.com.
Registration for all senior social, recreational and educational programs open now. Call ext. 4259 for information, 4235 to register. New this season, tai chi afternoon and evening classes. Adult learning courses in conjunction with Ryerson/Chang.
Treasures in Jewish literature, book review series. Ext. 4235.
Kolel’s egalitarian, participatory, welcoming High Holiday services with Rabbi Elyse Goldstein. Includes family-friendly services and activities. Services at Bathurst JCC. Tickets and information, ext. 4255 or [email protected].
Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, 750 Spadina Ave., 416-924-6211 or www. mnjcc.org.
Jacobs Lounge Visual Arts Space. “Sea of Triathlon” – photographs by Michal Peleg. Series of images conveying the experience of the triathlon scene in Israel. Sept. 9-Nov. 11. Ext. 133, or [email protected].
Jewish Girls Don’t Kayak. Intimate evening of comedy with Robyn Israel, in a one-woman show. Saturday, Sept. 12, 8 p.m. Tickets www.totix.ca, or at the door $15 adults, $10 students, seniors and equity artists.
Austeria, film presented by Toronto Jewish Film Society. Sunday, Sept. 13, 4 and 7:30 p.m. Directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz. Poland during World War I. Speaker, Kalman Weiser. Al Green Theatre. $15 general admission, $10 ages 18-29 (7:30 screening). For more information, [email protected], or ext. 606.
Jewish Life @ the J. Yiddish for Beginners, Sept. 20-Nov. 11. Vos Hert zikh epes nayes? (What’s new with Yiddish?) Wednesdays, Sept. 23-Oct. 2. With Kalman Weiser.
Hebrew for Beginners Aleph, Mondays, Oct. 19-Nov. 30. Hebrew for Beginners Bet Mondays, Oct. 19-Nov. 20. Intermediate Hebrew Thursdays, Oct. 1- Nov. 12.
Cooking with chef Elise Burton. Wednesday, Oct. 14. 6:30-9:30 p.m. Breakfast for Dinner.
“The Landscape of Jewish Music” with Dr. Judith Cohen. 7 lectures, Tuesdays, Sept. 29-Dec. 1. 7-8:30 p.m.
Info on Jewish Life courses. [email protected], ext. 154. Register ext. 0.
Habonim Dror Gesher Ken. Free for kids 7 plus. Sept. 13, 4-6 p.m. Contact the Camp Gesher office, 416-633-2511, or [email protected].
Koffler Centre of the Arts, 4588 Bathurst St., 416-638-1881, ext, 4228.
Art studios in Gales Pavilion for ceramics, painting, music and dance. Register ext. 4269, [email protected].
MishMash Art Bash. Free popcorn, learn about new facilities and programs.
Israeli folk dancing, beginners, Mondays 7:30-8:30 p.m.; Intermediate 8:30-10 p.m. Starting Sept. 14. Tuesdays, 8-11 p.m., Darchei Noam Synagogue, 864 Sheppard Ave. W. International folkdancing 7:30-10 p.m. Classes start Sept. 23, cost $7 for each class. Contact Teme Kernerman, ext. 364.