Celebrate Purim with The Jewish Heritage School
03/13/2019 01:02:42 PM
The Jewish Heritage School at
Congregation Habonim
invites you to their
FAMILY PURIM CELEBRATION
SUNDAY MARCH 24
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Leo Baeck Day School
501 Arlington Ave
Please RSVP Here
Costumes Welcome
*All children must be accompanied by an adult
March 29 Kabbalat Shabbat/Potluck with Alley-Oop to Aliyah
03/12/2019 04:28:57 PM
Friday March 29 @ 6:15 pm
Join Eli Rubenstein, Aviva Rajsky
& Tom Bellman accompanying
for
Kabbalat Shabbat & Potluck
Leo Baeck Day School, 501 Arlington Ave
With our special guest
Register Here
Passing of Dr. Ruth Pike
03/07/2019 05:14:17 PM
It is with great sadness that we must inform you of the passing of:
Dr. Ruth Pike
Mother and mother-in-law of Habonim members
Jeffrey Pike and Alyson Arbus
Funeral - Friday March 8th at 11:30 am
Pardes Shalom Cemetery
Please see more information here:
http://www.benjaminsparkmemorialchapel.ca
We wish the entire family comfort among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
If you wish 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.
Passing of Irving Borchiver
03/07/2019 04:38:06 PM
It is with great sadness that we must inform you of the passing of:
Irving Borchiver
Father and father-in-law of Habonim members
Richard and Elaine Borchiver
Mark Blidner and the late Joan Borchiver Blidner
Grandfather of
Ilana Blidner and Matthew Fishman
Funeral - Friday March 8, at 11:00 am
Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel
Please see more information here:
http://www.benjaminsparkmemorialchapel.ca
We wish the entire family comfort among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
If you wish 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.
Reminder- Kabbalat Shabbat Tonight @ 8:15 pm
03/01/2019 01:01:32 PM
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Join Eli Rubenstein and Aviva Rajsky with Tom Bellman accompanying Friday Mar 1, at 8:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Leo Baeck Day School 501 Arlington Ave. refreshments will be served |
Kabbalat Shabbat Friday Mar 1 @ 8:15 pm
02/26/2019 09:27:28 AM
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Join Eli Rubenstein and Aviva Rajsky with Tom Bellman accompanying Friday Mar 1, at 8:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Leo Baeck Day School 501 Arlington Ave. refreshments will be served |
Habonim Groundbreaking - July 16, 2018
02/21/2019 02:35:04 PM
As construction moves ahead on our beautiful new building, we wanted to share with you a Youtube Playlist of videoclips from last July’s groundbreaking ceremony.
Click Here to enjoy the clips
Men's Softball Team
02/11/2019 10:25:57 AM
The Habonim Dream, Congregation Habonim's men's softball team, is recruiting new players for our 3rd season in the Inter-Synagogue baseball league (ISBL). We play Sundays from May through September at 9:30 am at various parks in the north of the city. The cost to join is minimal.
If you're interested in joining the team, or for more information, please contact:
Tom Bellman by email at tom@bellman.ca
We do accept players that are not members of the synagogue, so if you know anyone that might be interested, please forward them this.
Passing of Jacob Schwartz
01/30/2019 11:20:52 AM
It is with great sadness that we must inform you of the passing of:
Jacob Schwartz
Grandson of Habonim members
Peter and Bonnie Levy
Nephew of Habonim members
Russell Levy and Jennifer Zosky
Funeral - Thursday January 31, at 11:00 AM
Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel
Please see more information here:
http://www.benjaminsparkmemorialchapel.ca
We wish the entire family comfort among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
If you wish 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.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
01/28/2019 04:30:48 PM
Sunday Jan. 27th, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, marked the 74th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, and was observed with commemorative ceremonies around the world. In Ottawa, Library and Archives Canada held a special event, highlighting the acquisition of a rare book, published in Nazi Germany in 1944, for their collection. The book, which was found in Adolf Hitler’s library, Statistik, Presse und Organisationen des Judentums in den Vereinigten Staaten und Kanada (Statistics, Press, and Organizations of Jewry in the United States and Canada), is a detailed census of Jewish populations and organizations in North American cities. It serves as a chilling reminder about Hitler’s intention to eliminate Jewish life in Canada and the US should the Nazis have conquered this continent.
Around the same time, the Azrieli Foundation and the Claims Conference released a shocking study revealing, among other things, that more than half of Canadians and nearly two-thirds of young people in this country do not know that six million Jews perished in the Holocaust.
Our own Eli Rubenstein was the keynote speaker at the Jan. 27th event in Ottawa, and was also interviewed by CBC about the the Azrieli Foundation and Claims Conference study.
Please see the following links and attached items:
Ottawa Citizen Article on Jan. 27th Event
CBC interview on Holocaust Study
Passing of Dorothy Dash
01/28/2019 03:24:34 PM
It is with great sadness that we must inform you of the passing of:
Dorothy Dash
Mother and mother-in-law of Habonim members
Ted Dash and Janice Bell
Funeral - In Montreal
Please see more information here:
https://www.paperman.com/en/funerals/2019-1-28-dorothy-dash
We wish the entire family comfort among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
If you wish 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.
Reminder- Celebrate Eli's birthday -Tomorrow night Kabbalat Shabbat
01/24/2019 04:26:28 PM
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Join us to celebrate Eli's 60th birthday
Friday January 25, at 8:15 pm
Kabbalat Shabbat Leo Baeck Day School, 501 Arlington Ave.
Aviva Rajskywill be accompanied by the band:Tom Bellman, Neil Gardiner,Jim Gelcer & Kobi Hass
Dessert Reception Following Service Please RSVP Here |
Passing of Kitty Schafer
01/20/2019 06:03:51 PM
It is with great sadness that we must inform you of the passing of Habonim Member:
Kitty Schafer
Funeral - Tuesday, January 22, at 1:00 pm
Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel
Please see more information here:
https://www.benjaminsparkmemorialchapel.ca
We wish the entire family comfort among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
If you wish 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.
Celebrate Eli's birthday -Kabbalat Shabbat Friday January 25
01/14/2019 01:03:27 PM
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Join us to celebrate Eli's 60th birthday
Friday January 25, at 8:15 pm
Kabbalat Shabbat Leo Baeck Day School, 501 Arlington Ave.
Dessert Reception Following Service Please RSVP Here |
Hat Radio Interview with Eli Rubenstein
01/10/2019 10:53:33 AM
Please see email below from Avrum Rosensweig regarding his recent interview with Eli Rubenstein on his newly launched podcast: Hat Radio.
Episode 5 hat radio! Interview with Eli Rubenstein, National Director of March of the Living and spiritual leader at Congregation Habonim. He's a grand storyteller and this interview is Eli answering pointed questions in a most poetic way. He’s my dear friend and I think you’ll enjoy and learn so much from this schmooze between us (in Eli’s living room).
Hat Radio! The show that schmoozes!
Hat Radio is home to intimate and magical interviews about life’s many shared experiences, hosted and produced by highly curious veteran radio personality, Avrum Rosensweig.
Passing of Peggy (Piroska) Pachner
01/06/2019 10:44:52 AM
It is with great sadness that we must inform you of the passing of Habonim member:
Peggy (Piroska) Pachner
Funeral - Sunday January 6, at 2:30 pm
Bathurst Lawn Memorial Park. Habonim section
Please see more information here:
We wish the entire family comfort among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
If you wish 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.
Passing of Shelley Nimchonok
01/03/2019 05:55:53 PM
It is with great sadness that we must inform you of the passing of Habonim Member:
Shelley Nimchonok
Wife of Meyer Nimchonok, Mother and Mother-in-law of Members Kevin and Mony Nimchonok.
Funeral - Sunday, January 6 at 1:00 pm
Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel
Please see more information here:
https://www.benjaminsparkmemorialchapel.ca
We wish the entire family comfort among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
If you wish 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.
Passing of Mildred Leiter
01/02/2019 09:33:53 PM
It is with great sadness that we must inform you of the passing of :
Mildred Leiter
Mother and Mother-in-law of Members Lawrence and Karen Leiter, Grandmother and Grandmother-in-law of Members David and Michelle Leiter.
Funeral - Wednesday, January 2 at 10:00 am
Paperman & Sons, Montreal
Please see more information here:
We wish the entire family comfort among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
If you wish 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.
REMINDER -2018 CONTRIBUTIONS
12/30/2018 04:52:52 PM
It's not too late to make your 2018 Contribution to Habonim's Building Fund and receive a tax receipt for 2018!!
Happy New Year!
Click Here - then click the link on the page for livestream access to watch the construction of Habonim's New Building, it's really coming along well.
Passing of Stanley Mostyn
12/28/2018 03:34:25 PM
It is with great sadness that we must inform you of the passing of :
Stanley Mostyn
Father and Father-in-law of Members Mitchell Mostyn and Ramona Cooperstock
Funeral - Sunday December 30, at 11:00 am
Steeles Memorial Chapel
Please see more information here:
http://www.steelesmemorialchapel.com
We wish the entire family comfort among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
If you wish 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.
Passing of Gary Lengyel
12/17/2018 03:28:30 PM
It is with great sadness that we must inform you of the passing of Habonim member:
Gary Lengyel
Husband of Carolyn Lengyel.
Father and father-in-law of
Dana Lengyel, Stephen and Briana Lengyel, Raquel Lengyel Green and Miki Green.
Brother and Brother- in- law of Audrey Lengyel and Albert Bisschop, Peter and Georgeline Lengyel, Amy Lengyel and James Andrews, and Susan and Nathan Roth.
Son of Andrew Lengyel, along with his wife Beverley Tarshis, and his late mother Judy Lengyel.
Funeral - Tuesday December 18, at 1:00 pm
Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel
Please see more information here:
http://www.benjaminsparkmemorialchapel.ca
We wish the entire family comfort among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
If you wish 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.
Passing of Lillian Gossin
12/13/2018 03:17:00 PM
It is with great sadness that we must inform you of the passing of :
Lillian Gossin
Mother and mother-in-law of Habonim members
Barb and Kenny Weinberg
Funeral - Sunday December 16, at 12:30 pm
Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel
Please see more information here:
http://www.benjaminsparkmemorialchapel.ca
We wish the entire family comfort among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
If you wish 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.
Request to Find a Home for Nicaraguan Refugees
12/06/2018 12:14:00 PM
Dear Habonim Members,
As many of you know, Silvio Munguia, who has done much work for the synagogue over the years, is from Nicaragua, a country currently in the midst of severe economic and civil unrest, resulting in a large exodus from the country. In the last few months, I have been helping some of his family come to Canada and find accommodation.
Most recently, another part of his family has arrived, and is in dire need of accommodation, but I have been unsuccessful thus far in finding them a place to live.
The 6 member family is composed of: Father: Fernando Muñoz - Civil Engineer; Mother: María Isabel Blanco - Industrial Engineer & their 4 children: Marian age 11, Amanda age 6, Fernando age 4, Isabel age 1. (See image below)
If you know of any apartments (2 or 3 bedrooms) that they might be able to rent that would be most appreciated, as right now they have no place to live. (Even Toronto’s shelters are currently completely full. ) The family is able to pay up to $1800 per month for rent, and you can email me at: elir@bell.net, if you have any ideas of how to assist this family. It would be wonderful if they could find a permanent home by this Christmas.
Over the years, our Congregation has very generously helped people in need.
As we celebrate Chanukah this week, let the glow of our Chanukah candles spread far and wide, and touch those who most need its warmth and light.
Wishing you all a joyous Chanukah,
Eli Rubenstein
Religious Leader
Congregation Habonim
Reminder - Chanukah Kabbalat Shabbat & Potluck
12/03/2018 10:03:29 AM
Happy Chanukah!
Chag Chanukah Sameach!
May your heart be warmed by the glow of the Chanukah candles and your New Year happy and healthy.
Painting by Natan Gutman, 1914-1990
Reciting the Chanukah blessings
Collection of the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland
https://www.congregationhabonim.org/event/kabbalat-shabbat--chanukah-potluck.html
Passing of David Smith
11/25/2018 10:07:52 PM
It is with great sadness that we must inform you of the passing of :
David Smith
Father and father-in-law of Habonim members
Jason Smith and Associate Cantor Kim Doron
Funeral - Monday November 26, at 1:00 pm
Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel
Please see more information here:
http://www.benjaminsparkmemorialchapel.ca
We wish the entire family comfort among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
If you wish 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.
Passing of Rae Zucker
11/24/2018 06:43:50 PM
It is with great sadness that we must inform you of the passing of :
Rae Zucker
Mother and Mother-in-law of Habonim members
Jean and Bernard Zinman
Funeral - Sunday November 25, at 11:30 am
Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel
Please see more information here:
http://www.benjaminsparkmemorialchapel.ca
We wish the entire family comfort among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
If you wish 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.
Passing of Toby Kadish
11/22/2018 07:12:50 PM
It is with great sadness that we must inform you of the passing of :
Toby Kadish
Mother and Mother-in-law of Habonim members
Neal and Karen Kadish
Funeral - Friday November 23, at 9:45 am
Steeles Memorial Chapel
Please see more information here:
We wish the entire family comfort among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
If you wish 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.