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We have a new Facebook group.
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Dates to Remember
Light Shabbat candles at 5:37 p.m.; Shabbat ends 6:42 p.m.
Earthquake/Comfort Kits Due
Friday, Oct 30 Earthquake/comfort kit instructionsEarthquake/comfort kit update instructionsDeadline to order Jewcy Cuisine for Nov & Dec
Sunday, Nov 1, 11:30 p.m.
munchalunch.com
Daylight Savings Time Ends
Clock "fall back" one hour
Saturday, Oct 31, 2:30 a.m.
VTT Faculty Meeting
Wednesday, Nov 4, 3:30 p.m. Pro-D Day--No Sessions
Friday, Nov 6 Kristallnacht/Night of Broken Glass
Monday, Nov 9 Remembrance Day Assembly
Tuesday, Nov 10 Remembrance Day--No Sessions
Wednesday, Nov 11 Launch of RAC (Random Acts of Chesed) Week
Friday, Nov 12 Early Friday Dismissal Begins
Friday, Nov 12 K through Grade 7 dismisses at 2:20 p.m. until mid-MarchLearning Commons closed on Fridays!
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Community Calendar
FREE Israeli Dance for Families
Sundays, 3:00-3:45 p.m. JCC
Remembering Yitzhak Rabin: 20 Years Later
Monday, Nov 2, 7:30 p.m. Temple Sholom
JCC Parents Together Inclusion Series: Vocational Guidance & Career Exploration
Thursday, Nov 5, 7-9, JCC
ISRAELI CONSULAR SERVICES IN VANCOUVERJewish Federation, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Israel in Toronto, is pleased to announce the visit of a consular representative to Vancouver. The representative will offer consular services that require an in-person meeting. Deadline to book: Tues, Nov 6
Read more here
Hebrew version here
Chiune Sugihara and his legacy: Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre Kristallnacht Lecture SeriesSunday, Nov 8, 7 pm Congregation Beth Israel
Bad Jews will have its Vancouver premiere Nov 10-21
Bad Jews is Joshua Harmon's present-day story of three twenty-something Jewish cousins drawn together in New York after the death of the family's favourite grandfather.
King David High School OPEN HOUSE
Wednesday, Nov 18, 7 pm
Get the details here
Congregation Beth Israel is having an all-inclusive, family friendly Shabbat retreat in Whistler the weekend of November 27th.
Click this link to learn more
Chabad of Richmond presents Chanukah Menorah Workshop at the Home DeportSunday, Dec 6, 10 am to 12 pm
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KOL HA'KAVOD KUDOS KORNER
Running our Scholastic book ordering program is labour AND time intensive. We are so grateful to Laura Tuan and Jessica Bowie for rolling up their sleeves and investing the time and energy to ensure this program's success. Todah Rabah!
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NEED TO CHECK YOUR PAC VOLUNTEER HOURS
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Support VTT through purchasing on Amazon.
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EARLY YEARS OPEN HOUSE FOR PRESCHOOL & KINDERGARTEN
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Preschool 4 becomes Junior Kindergarten (JK)
Kindergarten become Senior Kindergarten (SK)
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HERE'S AN EASY WAY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE:
GIVE BLOOD AT THE VTT/SCHARA TZEDECK BLOOD DRIVE
Join members of the VTT and Schara Tzedeck community to give the gift of blood on Thursday, Nov 19 and Friday, Nov 20.Special thanks to VTT parents Jen Chelin and Debra Miller for organizing.
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CELEBRATING COMMUNITY-MINDEDNESS AT THE OCTOBER YACHAD ASSEMBLY
Our Grade 7 Chesed Club confidently led the first Yachad assembly of the year, with help from Morah Lisa. Yishar Ko'ach to all the students were earned a certificate for expressing the value of community-mindedness.
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TORNADOES END SEASON ON A HIGH NOTE
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Our Grade 7 soccer team had one win and two ties in their last day of league play. The boys overall record in league play was four wins and two ties to finish with 16 points and 1st overall in their division. Mazal tov on a great season!!
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HANDS ON LEARNING
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Kathleen Crawley from High Touch High Tech taught all of the grade 5 classes about simple machines today.
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THE JEWISH FOOD BANK IS IN NEED OF APPLESAUCE & OIL FOR HANUKKAH
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Potato pancake mix is in need as well.
Deposit your donations in our food bank box in the school foyer.
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| VTT parents Tamar Bakonyi and Mel Crystal did a fabulous job organizing this year's New Parent Tea. We are grateful to Ella Dreyshner of iKosherbake who patiently guided us through braiding a six strand challah.
Shabbat Shalom!
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It's amazing how VTT's art specialist, Colette Leisen, can inspire students to create such beautiful masterpieces. Third grade students used Van Gogh's Starry Night as inspiration for the above water colours.
The artwork below, created by Grade 2 students, is just as beautiful!
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Vancouver Talmud Torah is a traditional Jewish community day school dedicated to excellence in an engaging and respectful learning environment in which Jewish children can become proud, caring, responsible, and dedicated members of the Jewish people and Canadian society.
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Vancouver Talmud Torah gratefully acknowledges the ongoing support of the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver.
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ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH YACHAD, VTT's social responsibility initiative?
This month's theme is CHESED: Lovingkindness
You can read more here
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