LOOKING AHEAD
High Holy Days
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Don’t let the High Holy Days catch you by surprise!Erev Rosh Hashanah is just two days after Labour Day this year!
Please take a moment to send in your renewal package now, before your summer vacation. Packages must be received in the Temple office by Thursday August 15 to ensure delivery of your tickets prior to the Holidays A separate School Registration package has been sent to all congregants with school-aged children. We are very excited about our new model for the HBT Religious School. To learn more about it, please call 416.789.3291 ext. 239 or email [email protected]. |
Hounours
If you would like to have an Aliyah; Open the Ark, dress the Torah, etc. we would love to honour you in this way at one of our many services throughout the High Holy
Days. Please contact Shelly Berenbaum at 416.789.3291 ext. 233 or email [email protected].
“Beauty without the Breast”
Sisterhood Event for Breast Cancer Month
Beauty without the Breast by Felicia Marie Knaul
September 30, 2013
7:30 at Holy Blossom Temple
Author and Harvard University professor Felicia Marie Knaul will discuss her journey through breast cancer and also the ‘BRCA gene dilemma’ facing many Jewish Ashkenazi families.
Felicia will present her highly acclaimed book Beauty without the Breast (distributed by Harvard University Press) and enlighten us to all her challenges and outcomes. She runs the Harvard Global Equity Initiative, founded the Mexican NGO Tómatelo a Pecho (dedicated to promoting research, awareness, and early detection of breast cancer), and is a recognized leader in global efforts to improve access to cancer care and control. She and her family have been with HBT for almost 50 years.
Rabbi Dow Marmur will introduce Felicia and the topic. A specialist from Princess Margaret will join us to answer questions of a medical nature.
Dr. Marla Shapiro, Associate Professor university of Toronto, Medical Consultant CTV News and CTV NewsChannel, Host Dr Marla and Friends, will act as guest commentator.
This is a wonderful opportunity for the Temple and Sisterhood.Be sure to mark your calendars for this very special presentation and book launch.
Pay what you can with proceeds going towards breast cancer research.
Reception to follow sponsored by the Knaul family.
7:30 at Holy Blossom Temple
Author and Harvard University professor Felicia Marie Knaul will discuss her journey through breast cancer and also the ‘BRCA gene dilemma’ facing many Jewish Ashkenazi families.
Felicia will present her highly acclaimed book Beauty without the Breast (distributed by Harvard University Press) and enlighten us to all her challenges and outcomes. She runs the Harvard Global Equity Initiative, founded the Mexican NGO Tómatelo a Pecho (dedicated to promoting research, awareness, and early detection of breast cancer), and is a recognized leader in global efforts to improve access to cancer care and control. She and her family have been with HBT for almost 50 years.
Rabbi Dow Marmur will introduce Felicia and the topic. A specialist from Princess Margaret will join us to answer questions of a medical nature.
Dr. Marla Shapiro, Associate Professor university of Toronto, Medical Consultant CTV News and CTV NewsChannel, Host Dr Marla and Friends, will act as guest commentator.
This is a wonderful opportunity for the Temple and Sisterhood.Be sure to mark your calendars for this very special presentation and book launch.
Pay what you can with proceeds going towards breast cancer research.
Reception to follow sponsored by the Knaul family.
Join the Renewal Conversation: You Are Invited!
View of Gardens and New Ava Road Entry
The Renewal Project Engagement Committee is delighted to announce its first two “in the building” congregation-wide tours, to take place on Wednesday August 21 at 10 a.m. and on Tuesday August 27 at 7:30 p.m.
Each meeting will consist of a small group conversation with a representative of our architects, Diamond Schmitt, and representatives of the Renewal Project.
Together, participants will tour our Temple building to discuss their vision for its future uses and programs. A tour will take about 60 minutes.
Please click here to learn more about our upcoming Renewal Project Tours and how you can sign up and join us, and for dates of face to face meetings scheduled to date.
Each meeting will consist of a small group conversation with a representative of our architects, Diamond Schmitt, and representatives of the Renewal Project.
Together, participants will tour our Temple building to discuss their vision for its future uses and programs. A tour will take about 60 minutes.
Please click here to learn more about our upcoming Renewal Project Tours and how you can sign up and join us, and for dates of face to face meetings scheduled to date.
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