Jewish & Community Links
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 Remembrances / Rebecca Cherry & Joyce Cherry
In the spring of 2004 Rebecca and Joyce Cherry recorded a beautiful CD of music in Temple Sholom at the suggestion of Rabbi and Cathy Bregman.
The music is a combination of Classical and Jewish themes by eminent composers including John Williams (Schindler's List), Bruch (Kol Nidré), Achron (Hebrew Melody), Rachmaninoff (Vocalise), Barber (Canzone), Fauré (Apres un Reve) and Sinding (Adagio from Concerto in A minor). The album called "Remembrances" is titled after the excerpt from the movie Schindler's List.
Recently Gordon listed the album for sale on CD Baby, one of the largest distributers of independent music on the Internet. Soon the music will also be for sale on iTunes and elsewhere. If you have heard the meditation service on Yom Kippur you will get an idea of the beauty of this music and the spectacular playing. Rebecca and Joyce's playing is magnificent and our Temple's acoustic with our piano cannot be better. The music is available for $15.00 US as a CD or can be downloaded as mp3 files for $9.99 US. Just go to CDBaby.com and type in Rebecca Cherry to find and order the album. |
 Everest Base Camp Trek October 2009
Darcy and Marty Billinkoff will be heading off to Nepal this October to trek up to Everest Base Camp, undoubtedly one of the most famous hikes in the world, to raise funds and awareness for Nepal House Society. Nepal House Society is a registered non-profit society that aims to provide psychological and therapeutic support to children in Nepal who have suffered from trauma, abuse, violence and illness resulting from natural disasters, civil war and poverty.
At present, there is no other organization offering these services in this desperately poor country.
To sponsor Darcy and Marty, send a cheque payable to “Nepal House Society” to the address below, or pay online by credit card through the NHS website www.nepalhousesociety.org.
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 »David Schwartz and Debby Freiman were delegates at the World Jewish Congress, that was held on January 26 & 27, 2009 in Jerusalem. Please click here to view David's report.
The Canadian Delegation to the World Jewish Congress in Jerusalem (Click on picture to view larger image).
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