Founding Rabbi: Rabbi Joel I. Wittstein (z"l - of blessed memory)
A Warm Welcome ...
Temple Israel is a community of approximately 160 families. It is a positive and strong Reform Jewish presence in the London community, with a Religious School, Pre-School Experience, an active program of Adult Education, Social Action, Outreach, and social events. Our Shabbat Services, holiday and life-cycle observances are warm and inspiring. We welcome Jewish and interfaith couples, traditional and non-traditional families, singles, LGBT, and people of every age, race and ethnicity. Whether you are new to Judaism or a learned scholar, you will find a warm welcome and a comfortable home at Temple Israel.
Explore our website, join us for services, classes, and programs, meet our members, visit our library and gift shop. You will find many opportunities to enrich your experience of Judaism. If this is your first visit, we hope you will come back often. Membership information can be found in the "About Temple Israel" section.
Note: Most items on our website can be clicked for more information.
If this is your first visit to the Temple Israel website, please note that a summary of all announcements and upcoming events (for the next 60 days) appears on the homepage. Announcements and upcoming events for specific categories of events (eg: youth education, adult ed, social action etc.) also appear on the page for each topic. The "Programs and Special Events" page has details for future events.
Lev HaDavar
Lev HaDavar is Temple Israel's monthly bulletin. Click to view or download the CURRENT ISSUE. (No password required.) Past issues of Lev HaDavar are available in the Members' Lounge (Username and password required.)
Saturday, May 18 10:00am - Shabbat Morning Services led by Rabbi Debra Dressler at TI. Kyle Cribbs will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah.
Sunday, May 19 10:00am Adult Hebrew Class at TI
Monday, May 20 Note: Temple Office Closed (Victoria Day)
Tuesday, May 21 12:00pm - Lunch and Learn at TI led by Rabbi Debra Dressler.
Wednesday, May 22 7:30am - Morning Minyan at TI followed by breakfast. 7:00pm - JCC Quilt Festival Reception (see details below)
Friday, May 24 6:30pm - JIC/ABM Kabbalat Shabbat Dinner (see more details below; Please RSVP to the Temple Office if you wish to attend 519-858-4400
Saturday, May 25 10:00am - Torah Study at TI led by Rabbi Debra Dressler.
Sunday, May 26 10:00am - Adult Hebrew class at TI Library 11:30am - Adult Education meeting (light lunch provided). Please join us to review our existing Adult Ed programmes, and brainstorm future offerings. 12:00pm - Jewbilation Fun Day (see more details below) 12:00pm - 18 Hole Golf Tournament 2:00pm - Mini Golf & Family Fun 5:00pm - Evening Activities
JCC Quilt Festival Reception
Extend a warmLondonwelcome to the Israeli artists of the Ailsa CraigCommunity QuiltFestival!
7:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 22
Jewish Community Centre 536 Huron St., London, N5Y 4J5 (519) 673-3310
Join us!
Meet Noted Israeli Quilters Presentation by Students of theLondon Community Hebrew Day School
Dessert and Hot Beverages
Note: There will NOT be any quilts on display at the JCC for this event. It is mainly an opportunity to meet the Israeli quilters and enjoy some desserts. Please also plan to make the short (ca.30 minute) trip out to Ailsa Craig during the Festival week of May 20-26.
Kabbalat Shabbat Dinner
The Adult B’nai Mitzvah class and members of the Jewish Information Class are pleased to invite Temple Israel members and friends to the Kabbalat Shabbat Dinner they are hosting at the Temple at 6:30 pm on Friday,May 24, 2013.
Please join us as we welcome Shabbat with these groups as they progress on their Jewish journey. They welcome our support as they take their place in the community.
To assist in planning, please RSVP to the Temple Office (519-858-4400by Tuesday, May 21, 2013.
Please note times and locations, congregational Kiddush to follow services
June 1 - Sophia Sicular Moodie
9:30 am at Windermere Manor (200 Collip Circle). Childcare will be available during the service. (If you plan to use the childcare, please notify sicular@uwo.ca in advance the number and ages of children.) Kiddush/light luncheon to follow, also at Windermere Manor.
June 15 - Alexis Mara Wright
10:00 am at the JCC (more details to follow)
The May 2013 issue of Lev HaDavar is now available via the Temple Israel website homepage:templeisraellondon.ca
Jewbilation: A Family Fun Day Sunday, May 26, 2013 East Park Golf Gardens Details on the Special Events page
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Renewal of Vows 2013
Renewal of Vows 2013 Sunday, June 23, 2-5pm A heartfelt Mazel Tov to our brides and grooms Sandra & Art Benjamin Maxine & Len Silverstein Heather & Jacob Megdell
Online Donations via PayPal or Credit Card COMING SOON.
Please contact the Temple Israel office 519-858-4400 for Credit Card donations, or send Cheques to Temple Israel, 605 Windermere Road, London, ON N5X 2P1
Your support of Temple Israel Religious and Educational Programming is very much appreciated.
Temple Israel ONLINE GIFT SHOP is NOW OPEN
TEMPLE ISRAEL ONLINE GIFT SHOP is now open
We strongly encourage you to purchase Judaica through Temple Israel's own Gift Shop, where Thelma Llewellyn is happy to help you on Sunday mornings during Religious School and other times by appointment. However, for those times when you wish to shop online for convenience or a broader selection, please visit the Temple Israel Online Gift Shop.
When you click to online shops via the TIONLINE GIFT SHOPPAGE, your purchases help Temple Israel.
Currently, we have established an affiliate relationship with Chapters Indigo.. Temple Israel earns 10% commission on Bargain Books, 5% commission on other Books, Music, DVDs, Gifts and Toys, and 2% commission on Gift Cards. Purchases are eligible for iRewards or Plum points for members of those programs.
Please remember, Temple Israel only earns commission if you enter the vendor's site via our Online Gift Shop page, put items in your "cart", then check out. (Note: Free Shipping on orders over $25 is not automatic. You must click on "Free Shipping.")
Additional vendors may be added in future. Thank you for thinking of Temple Israel when you shop!
TI: the Next Generation
"TI: The Next Generation", a new page on our website, will feature web links to interesting projects, activities, awards, and accomplishments of the teen and adult offspring of our members. We rely upon parents to send a brief paragraph and optional URL to <webmaven@templeisraellondon.ca> for display on our website.
The page is now in the "About Temple Israel - History" section of our website.
Temple Israel Library Catalogue online
- photo by Rael Wienburg
Thanks to the hard work of Lisa Manax, Sandra & Art Benjamin, Joanne Kearns, Thelma Llewellyn, Lana Koslow, Tom Casler, Sharon Marks, Louise Shanfeld, and Wally Zimmerman, Temple Israel's library catalogue is now available online via LibraryThing.
You can search the catalogue by title, author, or tag (=subject) or browse through the catalogue in any order you wish.
About 80% of our books have been catalogued thus far. More books are being added all the time.
You can't check out books online, but the online catalogue is a very useful resource for discovering books in our collection.
Plan to visit the Temple Israel Library (2nd floor) any time our building is open.
Labels on the shelves make it easy to find books by subject.
To borrow a book, use the slgn-out sheet (book title, your name, your phone number).
To return a book, place it in the "Returns" box.
Adopt-A-Garden 2013
Adopt-A-Garden
Temple Israel's grounds have six flower beds, which, with some TLC could be very beautiful. If you have a green thumb and would like to take care of one of these gardens for the summer, please contact the Temple Office (519-858-4400)
This could be a project for individuals, families, or groups. Each flower bed will be prominently labelled with the gardeners' names.
What an opportunity to exercise your creativity and enhance the beauty of our synagogue!
ARZA News
ARZA News has moved from our homepage to our new Israel and ARZA page. In future, this link will appear on the "About Temple Israel" menu.
Please Help Keep Temple Israel Nut-Free
Just a reminder that Temple Israel is striving to be a Nut-Free Zone. To protect those with nut allergies, your co-operation is needed. When bringing in food for potluck dinners, minyan breakfasts, Lunch & Learn, oneg Shabbat or kiddush snacks, etc. please be careful not to bring items that contain nuts.
If you can’t drive in the dark, or you’re without a car (or license) and you want to come to Temple for any reason (a program, a service) please call the Temple Office with as much notice as you can, but even if it’s for the same day, please call.
The current issue of Temple Israel's bulletin, Lev HaDavar, is now available on the TI homepage -- LOGIN NOT REQUIRED. You may read Lev Ha-Davar online, or print it, or save it to your computer for fast future access. (Use Print or Save options in Adobe Reader.) NOTE: Past issues continue to be available in the Members' Lounge (Login required).
Please consider dedicating one (or more) of our new prayer books to honour a special occasion or the memory of your family and friends. Details on the Donations page.
For the sake of our custodian, Paul Gerster, please ensure that, at any Temple function, if you move chairs from one floor to the other, you return them to their original level. Thank you.
Members of Temple Israel take turns providing refreshments for Oneg Shabbat or Shabbat Kiddush. A great opportunity to honour a yahrzeit, a simcha, or other special person or event. Contact Temple Office.
EVERY TEMPLE ISRAEL HOUSEHOLD SHOULD BE RECEIVING – AND READING – REFORM JUDAISM MAGAZINE! It is an excellent resource which links us to the broader Reform Jewish world…and it is part of your membership package! If you do not receive REFORM JUDAISM MAGAZINE, call the Temple Office, please. Stop missing opportunities for Jewish growth!
Do you have a suggestion? A brilliant idea? A comment? Send it in to the Temple Israel suggestion box. Email suggestion.box@templeisraellondon.ca or use the convenient blue button on this page.
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. [MORE INFORMATION ON THE DONATIONS PAGE]
Thank you to Rael Wienburg for setting up a page for "Temple Israel of London, Ontario, Canada" on Facebook:
http://tinyurl.com/nr76qw
Look for the convenient blue Facebook button on Temple Israel's homepage.
Temple Israel now has a presence on Google Plus. Find us at http://tinyurl.com/TIonGPlus Join Google+ (It's free), then follow our page by putting it in one of your circles. This is completely optional. Our website templeisraellondon.ca remains Temple Israel's primary means of sharing information with our members.
Please join us for any Shabbat or Holiday service, for High Holy Days, and for any program that interests you. Contact office@templeisraellondon.ca or 519-858-4400.
A lasting way to honour the memory of your loved ones. Information about Temple Israel's Yahrzeit (Memorial) Board is now on the Donations page. Click "More Information"
Extend a warm welcome to the Israeli artists of the Ailsa Craig Community Quilt Festival. Meet noted Israeli quilters. Presentation by students of the London Community Hebrew Day School. Dessert and hot beverages.
TEMPLE ISRAEL, OR SHALOM, BETH TEFILAH AND THE LONDON COMMUNITY HEBREW DAY SCHOOL INVITE YOU TO JOIN TOGETHER FOR A FAMILY FUN DAY AT EAST PARK GOLF GARDENS SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013. EXECUTIVE 18 HOLE GOLF (GOLF CARTS AND RENTAL CLUBS AVAILABLE), MINI GOLF, GO KARTS, BUMPER CARS, BATTING CAGES, ROCK AND WALL CLIMBING, WALLY WORLD WATER PARK SLIDES. FUN FOR ALL AGES!!!!!!!!! ALL KOSHER DINNER: BBQ STEAKS, SALMON, AND HOT DOGS. MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW! MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW
B'haalot'cha (Numbers 8:1-12:16)
The Adult B’nai Mitzvah class and members of the Jewish Information Class are pleased to invite Temple Israel members and friends to the Kabbalat Shabbat Dinner they are hosting at the Temple at 6:30 pm on Friday, May 24, 2013. Please join us as we welcome Shabbat with these groups as they progress on their Jewish journey. They welcome our support as they take their place in the community. To assist in planning, please RSVP to the Temple Office by Tuesday, May 21, 2013.
Please RSVP if you wish to attend).
Sharon Marks, Alisha, and Noah have graciously sponsored this dinner in memory of Ron Marks. Proceeds from the dinner will be donated to the Ron Marks Memorial Leadership Fund, which was established to enable young members of the Temple Israel congregation to receive training to assume leadership roles in the Jewish community. We encourage you to consider making additional contributions to the fund. Please join us for this special dinner at Temple Israel. Please RSVP to the Temple Office by Wednesday, June 5
Time is approximate. Book Chaverah will follow Torah Study. We will discuss The Imposter Bride by Nancy Richler. All are welcome. You do not have to have read the book.
