Welcome to the
JFED e-weekly
November 15th, 2019
17th of Cheshvan
Candle lighting times;
Friday, November 15th - 4:19 pm Shabbat begins
Saturday, November 16th - 5:33 pm Shabbat ends
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Programs of the Jewish Federation of Edmonton
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Your gifts to UJA support PJ Library Edmonton, bringing families together through their love of reading.
Your donations to UJA help our community’s children learn Jewishly, with PJ Library. Every month, PJ Library sends free Jewish children’s books to families in Edmonton and across the world, filling young minds with Jewish stories, values, and ideas. To further build our children’s bond to Jewish values and traditions, the PJ Library community in Edmonton gathers for holidays and special occasions. This year’s events include a Sukkot celebration, a community-wide Chanukah party and a chocolate Passover Seder. Without donors like you, we would not be able to provide this program so crucial to our community’s future. Thanks to your support, PJ Library Edmonton has been able to serve 358 children since its inception. We thank our UJA donors for their continued generosity.
Your gift to the 2019/20 UJA Campaign makes programs like
PJ Library possible!
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PJ parent Yuliya Massarsky and her son Zach
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Holocaust Education Committee
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Edmonton Public Schools Archives and Museum,
located at the Mckay Avenue School, is hosting an exhibition focused on the life of Anne Frank. Many school children will be attending. The exhibit is open to the general public on the following dates:
November 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2019 from 3-7 p.m.
November 11, 2019 from 12-4 p.m.
January 9, 16, 23, and 30, 2020 from 3-7 p.m.
Annual Toby and Saul Reichert Lecture.
Tuesday, November 19th at 5:00pm in the Telus Centre Auditorium on the U of A Campus. Guest speaker Dr. Herman van Goethem.
Did you know more than 100,000 Jewish soldiers
fought in the German army during WWI, 80% of whom served on the front lines? Despite their outstanding service, antisemitic theories about Jewish soldiers spread as Germans looked for someone to blame for their defeat.
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Israel and Gaza declare cease-fire
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If your child is 6 months to 8 years old,
Click here
to register your child for PJ Library and receive free books monthly courtesy of the Jewish Federation of Edmonton and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation.
As of November 11th PJ will switch to one book per child. Additional siblings must be signed up before December 25th, 2019 in order to qualify. Please call Dani at 780-487-0585 ext. 205 for more information or go to
www.pjlibrary.org
to register your child.
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Hillel supports Jewish students on campus.
Click here
for our latest International Newsletter
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J.CORE - Jewish Community Outreach Reconnect Edmonton
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For more information about JCORE
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Newspaper of the Jewish Federation of Edmonton
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Click here to read our latest edition
Look for the
next
edition in the October EJN. There are more copies available at the Jfed Offices.
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The Edmonton Jewish Community Charitable Foundation (EJCCF) helps people support Jewish causes that are important to them.
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Jewish Free Loan Edmonton
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Jewish Free Loan Edmonton grants interest-free loans to members of the Edmonton Jewish Community who are in need of temporary financial assistance.
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Check out the community's upcoming events and add your organizations to the calendar. The community calendar is an important tool which helps our community organizations plan their events.
Please be sure to use the calendar tool and add all of your organizations events on an ongoing basis.
For more information please contact Dani at
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Ben Steinberg Musical Legacy Award -
Presented annually to a promising young Jewish artist (instrumentalist or vocalist).
Corrie Ten Boom's
THE HIDING PLACE
Play Tickets are going fast!
The true story of Holocaust survivor Corrie Ten Boom. Corrie and Betsie Ten Boom are sisters working in their father’s watchmaker shop in pre-WWII Holland. Their uneventful lives are disrupted with the coming of the Nazis. The Ten Boom family joins the underground resistance to help save Jewish families. When they too are arrested and imprisoned, they are left with nothing to cling to but their
Click here for more info
November 15th to 17th, Manluk Theatre, Wetaskiwin.
Join the Anti-Racism Advisory Committee
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NCJW - Edmonton -
The National Council of Jewish Women - ensuring the rights of women, children, and the disabled.
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Please join Rabbi Schwarzman for a Kabbalat Shabbat Dinner on Friday, November 22nd -
6:00pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service. 6;30pm Friday Shabbat Dinner. 7:30pm guest speaker Senator Paula Simons. Cost is $25 per adult; $12 per child ages 6-12; free for children age 0-6.
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Former Mossad Agent Yola Reitman
shares her leading role in the heroic rescue of Etheopian Jews: as seen in the recent Netflix movie
"Red Sea Diving Resort" Tuesday, November 26th at 7:30 pm
at the Fantasyland Hotel Conference Room 10. $18 per person. Call 780-481-7881 to reserve you spot.
November is Blue Box Month
- Help us keep our forests green, our parks clean, and our paths pristine. JNF is collecting all Blue Boxes to ensure your 2019 tax receipts are issued ina timely fashion. Drop off your Blue Box and pick up a new one at the JNF office: Suite 100, 10220-156 St.
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Application Deadline Tuesday, November 19th
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From Survival to Thrival: Shared Historical Experiences
is a project sponsored by the Jewish Senior’s Centre in partnership with the Indigenous community to look for commonalities in the effects of persecution, stereotyping, oppression, humiliation and attempts to destroy culture and spiritual practices. It is a forward-looking project where we will examine how both peoples have survived the past and can go on to successful futures.
Please contact the office at 780-488-4241 if you are planning to attend. These sessions start October 28th and run on Mondays at 1:00 pm.
Schmooze and News
Click here
to read our latest newsletter.
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CHW Cards are Available for Every Occasion!
CHW Cards help support programs and services for
Children, Healthcare and Women in Israel and Canada.
Call us at 403-253-2612 or email
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JAHSENA - The Jewish Archives and Historical Society of Edmonton and Northern Alberta
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Preserving the history of the Edmonton Jewish Community from generation to generation.
Click here
to visit the website.
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CJPAC - Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee
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Boker Torah
Sunday Mornings at BI.
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If you are in grades 9 through 12 and interested in joining BBYO, please contact Dani Uretsky at
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AIFDA - Aviv Israeli Folk Dance Association
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Na'amat -
Enriching the lives of women and children in Israel since 1925.
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ORT - Edmonton
- Providing Education and Training in communities worldwide.
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For more information call Sondra Grosh at
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Our Parents' Home has been uniquely designed to meet the needs of a new generation of seniors.
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Chevra Kadisha Unveilings
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Unveilings
None currently scheduled.
Click here
for the most recent funeral announcements.
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