Join JIAS Toronto for a virtual Canada-wide Refugee Shabbat Havdalah on March 5, 8PM EST. This is an opportunity for individuals and congregations across Canada to join together and mark the beginning of a new week while showing commitment to Tikkun Olam through supporting refugees. In this time when we are all watching and worrying for the Jews and people of Ukraine, this is an opportunity for community members to come together, light a candle, and begin the new week with hopes for peace, safety & security - register here to attend.
Congregation Habonim of Toronto 5 Glen Park Ave. Toronto, ON M6B 4J2
To send a Habonim Tribute Card to the family to express your condolences, you can do so on our website at http://www.congregationhabonim.org/payment.php or by calling the office at 416-782-7125.
We wish the entire family comfort among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
Congregation Habonim of Toronto 5 Glen Park Ave. Toronto, ON M6B 4J2
It is with great sadness that we must inform you of the recent passing of
Oskar Rajsky
Father of Rabbi Cantor Aviva Rajsky
Survived by his loving family, Habonim members
Esterita Rajsky Sari Rajsky and Ellis Chitiz Saul Rajsky and Karen Giddings Jonathan Rajsky & Chaia Berkowitz Grandfather of Jake, Dezi, Georgia, Jedediah, Eden, Isaiah, Jazmyn, and EJ
For more information, please click the link below:
To send a Habonim Tribute Card to the family to express your condolences, you can do so on our website at http://www.congregationhabonim.org/payment.php or by calling the office at 416-782-7125.
We wish the entire family comfort among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
Congregation Habonim of Toronto 5 Glen Park Ave. Toronto, ON M6B 4J2
You may not know it, but Habonim has a softball team.
We play in the men’s Inter-Synagogue Baseball League on Sunday mornings from 9:30 to roughly 11:30.
The team is looking to add new players for this year who fit the following:
*Between the ages of 18 and 40 *Would consider yourself a decent player, who has played some level of competitive baseball or softball.
While the games are friendly and it is a format with your own team throwing underhand 3 pitch, the games are competitive with some decent talent in the league.
If you are interested in learning more, please contact Ted Rechtshaffen at tedr@tridelta.ca We are hoping to finalize the team by March 31st.
Congregation Habonim of Toronto 5 Glen Park Ave. Toronto, ON M6B 4J2
Since Habonim is the first synagogue in Canada founded by Holocaust survivors after WWII, we wanted to inform you about the “Last Chance Collection” of Canadian Holocaust survivor testimony being sponsored by Liberation 75 and the USC Shoah Foundation. For more information, please see below flyer or this link:
To send a Habonim Tribute Card to the family to express your condolences, you can do so on our website at http://www.congregationhabonim.org/payment.php or by calling the office at 416-782-7125.
We wish the entire family comfort among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
Congregation Habonim of Toronto 5 Glen Park Ave. Toronto, ON M6B 4J2
One of the many notable winners is Holocaust survivor Max Eisen who was recognized for “his contributions to Holocaust education, and for his promotion of transformational dialogue on human rights, tolerance and respect.”
Max Eisen has spoken at Habonim a number of times - see: https://youtu.be/INAUzHSp4oM and is involved with many local Holocaust education organizations, including the Neuberger Holocaust Centre, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre and March of the Living.
As we enter 2022, let us be proud of all the members of our community who have made extraordinary contributions to life in Canada. Wishing you all the best in 2022! Shabbat Shalom.
P.S. See photo of Max Eisen below taken by Habonim Member Eynat Katz on the 2018 March of the Living.
Congregation Habonim of Toronto 5 Glen Park Ave. Toronto, ON M6B 4J2
To send a Habonim Tribute Card to the family to express your condolences, you can do so on our website at http://www.congregationhabonim.org/payment.php or by calling the office at 416-782-7125.
We wish the entire family comfort among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
Congregation Habonim of Toronto 5 Glen Park Ave. Toronto, ON M6B 4J2
To send a Habonim Tribute Card to the family to express your condolences, you can do so on our website at http://www.congregationhabonim.org/payment.php or by calling the office at 416-782-7125.
We wish the entire family comfort among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
Congregation Habonim of Toronto 5 Glen Park Ave. Toronto, ON M6B 4J2
To send a Habonim Tribute Card to the family to express your condolences, you can do so on our website at http://www.congregationhabonim.org/payment.php or by calling the office at 416-782-7125.
We wish the entire family comfort among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
Congregation Habonim of Toronto 5 Glen Park Ave. Toronto, ON M6B 4J2
It is with great sadness that we must inform you of the recent passing of
Victor Shawn Father and father- in- law of Habonim members Morris Shawn and Lili Shalev-Shawn For more information please click the link below:
To send a Habonim Tribute Card to the family to express your condolences, you can do so on our website at http://www.congregationhabonim.org/payment.php or by calling the office at 416-782-7125.
We wish the entire family comfort among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
Congregation Habonim of Toronto 5 Glen Park Ave. Toronto, ON M6B 4J2
We trust you will enjoy revisiting these inspirational moments from Habonim’s 2021 High Holiday Services and hope you will join us often throughout the year for our uplifting Shabbat and Holiday services.
Congregation Habonim of Toronto 5 Glen Park Ave. Toronto, ON M6B 4J2
It is with great sadness that we must inform you of the recent passing of
Dennis Kavelman Sr. Father and father-in-law of Habonim members Dennis Kavelman & Karen Fonn
Note from the family:
Thank you to everyone who has offered support and prayers during the past few weeks. They are much appreciated.
We will be sitting Shiva on Monday October 25 and Tuesday October 26 at our house - 64 Forest Hill Road. Due to COVID, we are limiting the number of visitors and the length of visits. If you are able to attend please click here to sign up for a shiva visit.
We ask that you only attend if you are fully vaccinated. Please do not attend if you have any symptoms or feel sick. In lieu of meals or flowers, please consider making a donation in memory of Dennis Sr to The Grand River Hospital Foundation at www.grandmemory.ca If you have any questions, please contact 647.973.3892 Thank you Karen & Dennis
To send a Habonim Tribute Card to the family to express your condolences, you can do so on our website at http://www.congregationhabonim.org/payment.php or by calling the office at 416-782-7125.
We wish the entire family comfort among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
Congregation Habonim of Toronto 5 Glen Park Ave. Toronto, ON M6B 4J2
In this week’s Parsha, Lech Lecha, we read of “The Call of Abraham” where Abraham is chosen by God to be the father of the Jewish people. One of Abraham’s most compelling characteristics, and perhaps why God chose him for this role, was his compassion for all humanity, whether it was for strangers wandering in the desert who he and Sarah welcomed into their tent or even for the sinners of Sodom and Gomorrah whose lives Abraham pleaded for with God.
Abraham’s universal compassion is something the rabbis encouraged us to emulate, describing the Jewish people as “Rachmanim Bnai Rachmanim”, which means, "compassionate people, the descendants of a compassionate people".
In s similar vein, since the American evacuation of Afghanistan, heroic efforts have been made to help some of its most vulnerable people. See CNN and CJN links below about how Canadian Jews, an Israeli aid group and the UAE helped rescue over 100 endangered Afghans from Taliban rule.
Shabbat Shalom
CNN
How Jews and Arabs worked together to pull off an impossible rescue mission
An Israeli aid group, officials of the UAE and a Jewish financier -- an unusual mix of people have worked together and pulled off a rescue mission that helped 125 vulnerable Afghans flee the Taliban rule. CNN's Hadas Gold reports.
Congratulations to Habonim member Melissa Lantsman on her election as federal MP for the Conservative party in Thornhill, the most Jewish riding in Canada.
The youth conference on fighting antisemitism Please note that the conference has been postponed. More information will be sent out when it becomes available. Please contact RayaTreibicz: fightingantisemitism2021@gmail.com
Congregation Habonim of Toronto 5 Glen Park Ave. Toronto, ON M6B 4J2
You may not know it, but Habonim has a softball team.
We play in the men’s Inter-Synagogue Baseball League on Sunday mornings from 9:30 to roughly 11:30.
The team is looking to add new players for next year who fit the following:
*Between the ages of 18 and 40 *Would consider yourself a decent player, who has played some level of competitive baseball or softball
While the games are friendly and it is a format with your own team throwing underhand 3 pitch, the games are competitive with some decent talent in the league.
If you are interested in learning more, please contact Ted Rechtshaffen at tedr@tridelta.ca
Congregation Habonim of Toronto 5 Glen Park Ave. Toronto, ON M6B 4J2
We hope you were able to join us this year for Habonim's High Holiday services and found them both inspiring and meaningful. In the near future, we will post the main sermons and some of the musical highlights from the services.
Last Saturday evening, September 11, 2021, Habonim held a moving memorial commemorating 20 years since 9/11 with photographer and Habonim member Andre Souroujon and other first hand witnesses to the events of 9/11. For those of you who may have missed it, please see this link:
At the Yom Kippur services, we will be announcing names of people who are ill. If you would like to have a Mi Shebeirach said for your family member or friend please send an email directly to Aviva Rajsky at avivar@rogers.com with the Hebrew (preferred) or English name.
Thank you, G'mar Chatima Tova
Congregation Habonim of Toronto 5 Glen Park Ave. Toronto, ON M6B 4J2
To send a Habonim Tribute Card to the family to express your condolences, you can do so on our website at http://www.congregationhabonim.org/payment.php or by calling the office at 416-782-7125.
We wish the entire family comfort among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
Congregation Habonim of Toronto 5 Glen Park Ave. Toronto, ON M6B 4J2
