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March 2008
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DJC Families, Friends and Siblings...Looking for a great March event?
Purim Carnival!
Once again, the DJC is holding its annual Purim Community Event. We’d like to invite one and all to come out for our annual Purim Carnival and Shpiel…where we do it up in style with a little kick and a shake - of the gregga! So, come on out and have a good time!
We have some great musical talent and the best carnival games on the Danforth. Hope to see you all there in full costume!
| Date: | Thursday, March 20 |
| Where: | Ms Miriam’s Stay & Play 583 A Danforth Avenue [map] |
| Time: | 4:30 - 5:30 PM - Puppet Show, Singing and Purim Story
5:30 - 7:00 PM - Carnival Games, Food and Prizes |
AGM UPDATE
The big news this time around is our upcoming AGM. With 3 Board positions being vacated, we have put extra effort into ensuring there is both continuity and renewal. A search process led by a joint Board/member nominating committee has yielded three excellent new Board members: Allen Flaming, Melissa Kluger and Karen Robbins. We are delighted! You can review their bios in a letter mailed today, or better yet, join us at the AGM on March 30th and say hello to your proposed new Board members!
| What: | AGM |
| Where: | Eastminster United, 310 Danforth- AUDITORIUM [map] |
| When: | Sunday, March 30 |
| Time: | 3:00PM |
MARCH SERVICES & STUDY
Rabbi, in-home and Torah Study
- Friday, March 28 - Shabbat Service; Melissa Heller leading - Eastminster (310 Danforth Avenue [map] ) Auditorium at 7:00 PM. Child care is available, followed by a dessert Kiddush. Please enter via the Hurndale Entrance as the “Out of the Cold” is using the Jackman entrance.
- Saturday, March 29 - Torah Study - Eastminster [map] - Room C 17 at 10:30 AM. Room directions will be posted at the Jackman entrance.
Interested in hosting a Shabbat? Please contact Diana Chastain dianach@allstream.net for more information.
Green Bayit/House Tips and Tools!
Every month, we will share a tip or tool in the newsletter to help us reduce energy use in the home, the focus of the DJC's Green House/Bayit Campaign for the Jewish Year 5768.
This month, we ask you to join Earth Hour and send the invitation to 10 friends once you have signed up online.
Earth Hour is on 29 March 2008 at 8:00 PM Chicago, Sydney, Tel Aviv, Manila, Copenhagen, Melbourne, Brisbane and Toronto are all turning off their lights for one hour to affirm our efforts to reduce global warming. Many other cities will be joining Earth Hour. Sign up for Earth Hour by visiting http://www.earthhour.org/sign-up and join the movement.
DJC BOOK NEWS…
APRIL MEETING
Our next meeting takes place on Thursday, April 3.
To register for this meeting, please write to info@djctoronto.com. Once all RSVP’s are in, location details will be e-mailed a week before the meeting.
*As meetings take place in member’s homes, there is a capacity number for each location. We recommend that you RSVP soon as all meetings this year have reached capacity quite quickly.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
DJC’s Children’s Jewish Studies Program
Open House
Thursday, April 17
SK through Grade 6 and B’Nei Mitzvah Program
The goal of our program is to provide our children with a positive Jewish experience, an understanding of their heritage and history, and a sense of belonging to a diverse community with a unique culture. Help your children learn not just the “what” but the “why” of Judaism with an emphasis on arts, music, culture and fun.
*For more information about the Open House, please click here.
Please write to info@djctoronto.com to Rsvp.
DJC MAHJ MAVENS
Maven:
American Heritage Dictionary
ma·ven also ma·vin
n. A person who has special knowledge or experience; an expert. [Yiddish meyvn, from Hebrew mêbîn, active participle of hêbîn, to understand, derived stem of bîn, to discern; see byn in Semitic roots.]
After months of scouring Toronto to find a Mahjong teacher (including an almost success in the Air Canada Centre ladies room at the Dancing with the Stars show) and a great debate on whether or not we could possibly learn from either a book or the Internet (what would a gathering of Jewish people be without great debate), a very short discussion on what type of Mahjong we would play (Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Old Jewish Lady?…Old Jewish Lady of course!) as well as the discovery that Mahj cards photocopied in black and white are useless and that Mahjong consulting can be quite lucrative (we are after all an entrepreneurial people…maybe that will be our project next year), the 9 inaugural Mahj Mavens are cracking and bamming. Laughing ourselves silly as well!
We’ll keep you posted!
COMMUNITY NEWS
From Ilana Waldston (DJC member):
Greetings!
I'm beating my February blues this coming week by emceeing and performing in "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" - a fundraiser for Metro Mothers Network (details below).
This is a catered event (appetizers and desserts) and the headliner is funny mommy Kate Davis (nominated for the 2006-07 best female stand-up a the Canadian Comedy Awards: www.funnymommy.com). There will be door prizes and a silent auction as well.
Metro Mothers Network (www.mumnet.ca) is a wonderful organization which I am very proud to support so if you'd like to join me for an elegant evening of music and comedy for a good cause, call Sandra Ferguson at 416.483.7626 for tickets. If the event is not sold out, tickets will also be available at the door.
Details:
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - a Fundraiser for Metro Mothers Network
Thursday, February 28th
CNIB Great Hall
1929 Bayview (n. of Eglinton) [map]
Doors open at 6:30 PM
Show starts at 8:00 PM
Tickets $35
Hope to see you there!
Immune System Yoga: For Inspired Health
Join us for an 8-week yoga series focused on health and healing through the practice of Kundalini Yoga!
Start spring by supporting body renewal and healing! As we come through the winter season, the immune system is often tired and in need of attention. This 8-week yoga series offers yoga exercises, breathing techniques and meditation to strengthen the immune system. Various yoga exercises help remove body toxins and improve glandular function. You will learn both relaxation techniques and ways to be energized using Immune System Yoga. This 8-week yoga series can help “recharge your batteries”. Clean out your cupboards for Passover---and commit to a healthy spring in the best “self care” way possible!
This yoga is for anyone whose health has been compromised by cancer or other autoimmune disorders such as multiple sclerosis, chronic fatigue, diabetes, etc.
Interested DJC members are offered a discounted first class for $10.00 to check out the series. The 8-week series is $100.00.
When:
Wed. April 23—9:30-11:00a.m.
Thurs. April 24—9:30-11:00a.m.
Fri. April 25—5:30-7:00p.m.
Teacher: Deborah Stewart Finestone, R.S.W.,M.Ed.,RYT, has been a member of the DJC since its inception. She has 17 years experience as a body/mind psychotherapist. Deborah’s recovery from metastasized cancer in 2003 was enabled by a daily practice of Kundalini Yoga. She became certified as a Kundalini Yoga Teacher in 2006.
To inquire, call Deborah at 416.656.5063. The class size is small to accommodate individual differences, so call early with inquiries.
Paul Penna Downtown Jewish Day School
Senior Kindergarten to Grade 6 School Tours
Thursday March 6th & Thursday April 10th @ 10am
Miles Nadal JCC, 2nfd floor
Rsvp to: 416.928.3537, jessica@djds.ca
Paul Penna Downtown Jewish Day School
Celebrating 10 Years!
www.djds.ca
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