Temple Israel very much appreciates the support of our members and friends who make it possible for us to provide year-round programming in our own Temple home.  Honour your friends and family with a donation to your choice of Temple Funds, acknowledged by a lovely card.  Attend our fund-raising events -- they are always fun and engaging.  Purchase Judaica from the Temple Israel Gift Shop and Online Gift Shop. Naming opportunities are still available for areas within our current building as well as future enhancements.  Contact Joe Samuels.

 

AUNT SADIE'S CANDIES
KOSHER FOR PASSOVER
Temple Israel earns 40% of each dollar you buy!!!

We tasted these candies at the URJ Biennial in Toronto, and everyone loved them!

Order by Feb 8, 2010 through any Temple Israel Religious School student
(Our students can earn prizes, so please support them.)
or
Contact the Temple Office 519-858-4400 to join in on the bulk shipment to Temple Israel -- Order by Feb 8, 2010
or
Order any time from Aunt Sadie's website auntsadiescandies.com or phone 888-SADIES9 (888-723-4379).
Be sure to enter Temple Israel's name and our registration code Templeisraellondonont so that Temple Israel will receive its 40% rebate credit.
Please note: Orders directly from the Aunt Sadies Candies website are in US Dollars, plus shipping.
Great for sending holiday gifts to friends and family in the US.

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CANADIAN PRICES BELOW INCLUDE SHIPPING to LONDON, ONTARIO
in Temple Israel's bulk order
Please place your order by February 8, 2010

	Small Box	Med Box	Large Box	Other
Whole Megillah Asortment	$8.50 4oz	$17.50 8oz	$32.50 16oz	Party Box $69.95 40oz
David's Coconut Crunch Bar	$8.50 4oz	$17.25 8oz	$32.50 16oz
Favourite Chocolate Clusters	$9.50 4oz	$18.25 80z	$32.50 16oz
Leah's Lavender Mallows	$7.50 4pc	$14.50 8pc	$26.50 15pc
Tevya's Charoset Truffles	$8.50 4oz	$17.50 8oz	$32.50 16oz
Molly's Chocolate Pops				$8.50 Gift bag of 4 pops
Oscar's Orange Peel	$11.00 4oz	$22.00 8oz	$41.00 16oz

Remember... Temple Israel earns 40% of each dollar you buy!!!

TEMPLE ISRAEL
YAHRZEIT (MEMORIAL) BOARD

Memorial Boards (Yahrzeit Boards) are to be found in most synagogues and temples. Frequently they are cast in bronze with room for
individual plaques naming deceased relatives; a small electric bulb is next to each plaque and is illuminated when appropriate, either on the yahrzeit or during a yiskor service.

When Stratford's Beth Israel congregation closed some years ago, Temple Israel accepted some of the important religious items from their
synagogue. Our ner tamid was originally theirs; the Ark curtain on our wall was the parochet which one would see when their Ark was opened; and our small Torah was theirs. We were delighted to accept these gifts, and we made a commitment, in accepting their Memorial tablets, to hang them in our Sanctuary when we felt the time was right. Their Memorial Board has been taken out of storage and will soon be mounted on a Sanctuary wall.

Temple Israel is now mature enough to provide a means of honouring our own deceased beloved. If there is enough interest on the part of the general membership, it is our intention, to purchase a Yahrzeit Memorial for the listing of our own deceased.

If it is your intent to honour the deceased members of your family in this way, either now or in the near future, please give the Temple Office
the following information by mail, fax: 519-858-2070, or e-mail: Office@templeisraellondon.ca

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TEMPLE ISRAEL YAHRZEIT (MEMORIAL) BOARD

The price of each name plaque is $300 with a tax receipt for the allowable amount. To introduce this project, for a limited time there will be a reduction in price for name plaques when ordered by the same person at the same time: 3 for $750; 4 or more $200 each.

NAME _____________________________ TEL. NO.________________
Number of Name Plaques I think I will order: ________
Note: Order forms will be available in early 2009.

TEMPLE ISRAEL'S TORAH - OUR SPECIAL HERITAGE!

Temple Israel has restored one of its Torah scrolls. It is our large Torah, and it was in poor shape. There were missing letters, and in some places the ink was lifting from the page.

This Torah is on permanent loan from the Westminster Holocaust Scrolls Trust in London, England. Thelma and David Rosner brought it to us in 1984. The Torah was found in a warehouse in Prague after the Second World War. It is thought that the Nazis, having destroyed the synagogues and congregations of Czechoslovakia, saved some of the valuable items and had planned to put some of their booty on display in a museum of Jewish life to be erected after a Nazi conquest in Europe. At War’s end, the Czechoslovak government found 1563 Torah scrolls without a home.

Seventeen years later, the Westminster Synagogue in London, England, made an arrangement to take these Torah scrolls, to repair them and to lend them to congregations around the world. Our Torah is Number 357 of the Czech Memorial Scrolls. We don’t know where it came from, nor its age. But we can see that the scribe who wrote down the words is a master calligrapher.

We have an obligation to keep this Torah safe and in good repair.

The Torah has been taken to people in Toronto who put it back in good shape for us—repaired the lettering, and the scroll itself, and cleaned it. This work cost $6000. And we need new crowns (the silver adornment placed over the scroll handles), and they will cost $1000. The Temple does not have an extra $7000 in its budget for this work, so we are asking you to be part of this significant undertaking.

Please help us with your contribution. Cheques can be sent to the Temple office, marked “For the Torah repair”.

When you make a $36 donation to our Torah Repair and Maintenance fund, you (or a member of your family) will become a "Shomer" (guardian) of the Torah. You will be assigned a specific phrase within a Parashah of the Torha. On the Shabbat each year when that Parashah is read, you will be honoured for your donation, and once a year, you will have an opportunity to view the phrase that you were assigned.

For each $100 that you or your family pledges you will be invited to select a Parashah (weekly reading) that you wish to sponsor. This may be the Parashah that was read at your or a family member's Bar/Bat Mitzvah, for example, or one that has special meaning for you for any other reason. If you have no preferences, we will assign a Parashah for you to sponsor. You or somebody from your family that you designate will be named a "Gibbor" (hero) or "Gibbora" (heroine) of that Parashah.

On each Shabbat, the Gibborim for that Parashah will be honoured, and will be given an opportunity to have their own Aliyah (call-up to the Torah to read the B'racha before and after the reading) if they so wish, and they may also read from the Parashah if they so wish.

For those people who have already recently made donations to the Torah Restoration Fund, somebody will contact you or someone in your family to become a Gibbor or Shomer.

Contact the Temple Office 519-858-4400

As you may know, we have replaced our old siddur, The Gates of Prayer, with the new Mishkan T’Filah siddur.

Some of you were very kind and generous to dedicate a copy of our former prayer book.
Would you perhaps like to re-dedicate that same dedication in a new Mishkan T’Filah Sidur?
Would you also like to dedicate a new prayer book to honour or remember someone else or to mark a special occasion?

Your donation would be $36 each (no tax)

Payment methods accepted: Cash, Cheque,Visa, MasterCard, Interac Debit Card.

Make cheques payable to: Temple Israel and send to
605 Windermere Rd, London ON N5X 2P1

Or call the Temple Office at (519) 858-4400

Thank you very much

Temple Israel Endowment Fund This fund was established several years ago with generous contributions from Abe Bonder, Desi and Kandice Brownstone , Jeff and Joyce Phillips and Keith Samitt. The fund is managed by the London Jewish Community Foundation and all funds are held in perpetuity.  We have made a great start with our current donors and we are now receiving modest dividends from the fund.  This is a long term project that will require the accumulation of substantial capital for the interest income to provide enough money to support valuable programs and services. The true beneficiaries of this fund will be our children and grandchildren.  One form of donation you may want to consider is buying a life insurance policy with the  fund as the beneficiary. The advantages of this would be that you would make modest contributions during your life time and it would simplify your estate planning. For more information please contact me.  -- Michael Shmukler Managed under the London Jewish Community Foundation, all contributions to this Fund are held in perpetuity, and the interest income will be provided each year to Temple Israel to help support our growing needs. For Today... For the Future We hope you will join us in creating an exciting and beneficial opportunity for the future of our Congregation -- The Temple Israel Endowment Fund. Managed under the London Jewish Community Foundation, all contributions to this Fund are held in perpetuity, and the interest income will be provided each year to Temple Israel to help support our growing needs. Please consider the difference you can make in the future of Temple Israel throug a donation today to the Temple Israel Endowment Fund. For further information, or to make a donation, please contact Monica King, Director, London Jewish Community Foundation at 519-673-3310 or by email. (A charitable tax receipt will be provided for the full amount of your donation.)     - TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YEAR-END TAX SAVINGS ­ - THROUGH A DONATION OF SECURITIES   As of the 2006 federal budget, donations of publicly traded securities to registered charities are 100% free of capital gains taxes. By making a donation of publicly traded securities to the Temple Israel Endowment Fund with the London Jewish Community Foundation, your taxable capital gain is eliminated. As well, you will receive a charitable tax receipt for the fair market value of the gift of securities to be used for tax purposes.   Notice to BCE Shareholders The pending privatization of BCE by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan means that shareholders will be required to sell their shares by early 2008. For most, the sale of BCE shares will generate significant capital gains tax, unless the shares are held in tax-sheltered RRSPs or RRIFs. As a result, this may be a particularly good time to donate your BCE shares and benefit from sizeable capital gains tax savings.   Consider the difference you can make in the future of Temple Israel through a donation today to The Temple Israel Endowment Fund. For further information, or to make a donation, please contact Monica King, Director, London Jewish Community Foundation at 519-673-3310 or at ujadir@ljf.on.ca

Thank you for supporting "Jews on Bikes."
We were able to raise $1,704 for kids in Sderot at "Walk the Land" on Sunday, June 1.
The community did this so that they could go to a summer camp, far away from the daily incoming rockets from Gaza.

We are $96 away from an even and symbolic $1,800.
Do we hear anyone saying," I'll top it off with $96!"

We await your response.
Contact: Len Silverstein
Once again, thank you

From the left; Ron Wolf, Jacob Peretz, me, Manny Friedman, Danny Bell, Daniel Sandler.
PS; not shown are the other 50 people that walked or roller bladed.

Temple Israel welcomes all donations, no matter how big or small! Your assistance is needed and appreciated.

TEMPLE FUNDS
TRIBUTE CARDS
are an excellent way to honour someone for:

Anniversaries	In Appreciation
Bar/Bat Mitzvah	New Business
Bereavement	New Home
Birthdays	New Office
Confirmation	Speedy Recovery
Graduation	Wedding

Honour your family and friends with a donation to any of our Temple Funds:

Adult Education Fund

Adult Kallah/Biennial Scholarship Fund

Art Fund

Building Fund

Choir Fund

Family Activity Fund

Flower Fund

General Operating Fund

Jewish Youth Camp Fund

Kitchen Fund

Library Fund

Prayerbook Fund

Rabbi's Discretionary Fund

Religious School Fund

Ritual Fund

Roberto Mendel Memorial Lecture Series

Social Action Fund

Tzedakah Fund

Youth Scholarship Fund

If you wish to make a donation, please contact the Temple Office, (519)858-4400. They will tell you how to reach the Temple Funds Chairperson, who will send a lovely tribute card to the honouree on your behalf. Income tax receipts are issued for all donations at the end of the year. Note re: Prayerbook Fund -- To donate a prayer book with an inscription, the cost is $36; to donate a Plaut Commentary with inscription, the cost is $91; but a contribution in any amount may be made to this fund.

If you would like to host an Oneg Shabbat or Kiddush, please contact the Temple Office and tell her who you would like to honour or remember, and if you have a preferred date.  Sharing our memories or joys by hosting an Oneg or Kiddush is a tradition that helps bring our Temple family closer together.  The host brings food and flowers and does set-up and clean-up. (There are usually lots of willing helpers to assist with clean-up.) Please respect our Temple's Food Policies.

 If you are considering donating books or other materials to the Temple Israel Library, please contact Sandra Benjamin.

 

NEW TZEDAKAH DISTRIBUTION PLAN ANNOUNCED

As all those attending services know, there is a “ pushke ” (tzedakah box) available for contributions. Beginning in September 2006, the money in the tzedakah box will be added to a proportion of the money in our Tzedakah Fund and that amount will be sent to a pre-selected recipient. In this way, those dropping spare coins into the tzedakah box at services and those sending in contributions to the Tzedakah Fund (for which tax receipts are issued) will know the recipient of their generosity.

Recipients for upcoming months are announced on the Social Action page.

The Social Action committee is currently drawing up a list of recipients for the coming year. They invite you to provide the name and website or other information for any group or organization which merits their attention. Please send your “nomination” to the Social Action chair.